Ayus

"On deiba yakisha banta banta kakakaka sowaka."
  這就是這個可愛的婆婆唸的禁慾咒語！
  什麼時候念呢？根據京都東山區庚申堂的文字上，它是這麼說的：If you feel a desire coming on, you should put your hands together, pray to Koshin, and recite the Buddhist sutra！這樣，就可以止住你的慾望唷！所以壓，我稱這為禁慾的猴子！
  你說你沒有看到猴子？喔，你沒看到這一隻一隻手腳都被青面金剛給綁起來的五彩六色的小猴正吊在那兒，提醒你自己不要被自己的慾望所打被嗎^-^ ，這不是我胡掰的，硬說人家是猴子。我可是有憑有據的呢，哼哼！
  去年到訪京都的時候，遊歷東山一帶，我跟林小嵐便對許多人家屋簷下這一串紅紅的小吊飾感到很好奇的，只是，不明所以。偶而在屋簷上，也會遇到這樣可愛的非禮勿聽、非禮勿視、非禮勿言猴。 對了，人家可是有名字的呢！
Iwazaru, Kikazaru, Mizaru  =Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil, See No Evil

    這次特地造訪庚申堂，一方面是為了對庚申信仰還有這有趣的猴子感到有興趣，其實最大的理由反而應該是：我一直相信同一個地方壓，一定有很多有趣的東西我還沒有發掘的！
  正如同畫面中所見的，庚申堂所供奉的當然是具有神力可驅除病魔的青面金剛神。研究上是認為，這也是源自中國道教的。傳說中，每個人身上都有所謂的三尸蟲，這個角色聽起來有點像是上帝派在每個人身上的spy，在每六十年輪轉一次的庚申之夜，人體內的三屍蟲會脫離，登上天庭，向天帝告狀，此人便會折壽。三尸蟲為了早日重返天庭，一定會拼命告狀，因為寄宿主越早上天堂，三尸蟲當然才能越早脫離苦海。為此日本人發展出在庚申之夜為祭祀青面金剛佛而徹夜不眠的習俗，因為這笨蛋三尸蟲呢，一定要在人睡著的時候才能夠離開人的身體，所以，我們只要不睡覺就好了壓^-^
  日本人稱其為“庚申待”，並設立刻有青面金剛佛及三猴的庚申塔碑，以祈求延命招福，並告誡人們要謹言慎行。這便是我研讀個中繁簡英文後所得到的[庚申文化]簡介。
  其實關於猴子，各式各樣的說法跟信仰多的很，庚申信仰不過是其中一樣而已罷了！上面圖片中的紅色小猴呢，一般說法似乎是所謂的’身代猿’（

，把你的願望寫在小猴兒背面，掛上去，讓猴神幫你完成你的願望。在八粄庚申堂所看到的，就都是這些七彩繽紛的許願猴兒囉～～
  且慢且慢，寫了那麼多，怎麼沒有寫到禁慾這回事呢？哈哈，我怕我翻的不好，所以貼原文給大家看看好了^^說真的，我跟林小嵐也是在現場這個老婆婆拿了這張可愛的說明給我們看了之後，我們兩個才認真誠懇的也給他帶了一串’禁慾猿’回來的啦！不過呢，根據我們兩個的親身實地經驗，好像對於我們兩個的瘋狂敗家跟瘋狂吃食，一點都沒有限制的作用……哈哈^-^
  以下是原文，轉錄自這個有趣的網站，請享用^-^。對了，下回兒有機會造訪東山一帶時，也來看看這日本第一早的庚申堂吧，收斂收斂一下自己的慾望

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Yasaka Koshindo Temple 
Koshin-san (Shomen kongo (the blue warrior), one of the Buddhist guardians) likes good people. Therefore, divine favor is given to them. But he abhors bad people. Therefore, punishment is given to them. His wish is that everybody will become a good person. That is why he has an angry face so that humans will not have a wicket heart. He aids those who try with all their might to be a good person. 

Kukurizaru (The Hanging Monkey) The Kukurizaru is a monkey which has its hands and feet tied together and cannot move. It is said that the monkey is an animal very like man, but after all it is an animal that simply acts upon its will or desire. If you go to a zoo, you can see that a monkey just plays about as it likes. This figure is compared to the desire in man, and in order that "desire" can not come out it is tied by Koshin. 
In order to have one of your wishes granted by the monkey, you should get rid of one of your desires. 
When you put in the effort to fulfill your wish, your desire tries to come out and prevent it from coming true. So you must put your desire in the monkey and Koshin will help you control it. Therefore, if your desire tries to come out and you do a bad thing, or you lose the willto keep up your effort as though the monkey in you is playing about you should remember Koshin's angry face. You should warn yourself that "You will be punished" and you should control your desire like a hanging monkey. If you do a good thing the hanging monkey will help you as a servant of Koshin. If you feel a desire coming on, you should put your hands together, pray to Koshin, and recite the Buddhist sutra: 

"ON DEIBA YAKISYA BANTA BANTA KAKAKAKA SOWAKA" 

If your monkey gets dirty or old you should replace it with a new one. And, if you do not need it anymore, please sent it back to Koshindo. 

Writer: Emi Kitagawa Kyoto  Saga University of Arts, Department of Tourism Design
Email: b103901@kyoto-saga.ac.jp
Editor: Eleanor Robinson  Kyoto University

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