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About the haze reflected in photographs of temples and shrines

Hello.
It hasn't happened anywhere else, but especially when I take pictures at shrines, etc., white haze may be reflected even though there is no smoke.
We have a long camera history, and I intend to be detailed about the phenomenon where something is unintentionally captured in a photograph due to backlighting, halation, ball blur, etc., but since it's different from such things, it's a bit scary and twisting my head.
(If you think back, I've had a lot of strange experiences like this since time immemorial

Are temples and shrines sanctuaries? It's like, and I've heard that unclean things can't come in, but is that true? What is the meaning of a place where these things are reflected? Isn't that a bad thing??
Personally, it's a place I like, so it's a bit difficult to go there with the feeling that it's “disgusting.”
Sorry to trouble you, but please answer.

4 Zen Responses

What's in the picture?

Nice to meet you, Sumire
I read your question.
In conclusion, I don't know either
Most photos of gods and spirits have nothing to do with spirits, but it seems that there are occasional photos that cannot be explained, but it seems that the photos discussed this time are extremely likely to be the latter, but after all, I haven't looked at the photos, so I can't decide
However, if it's a picture taken at a shrine, I don't think it's a bad thing.

It's just the one on the picture

I didn't try to see that kind of thing in the video.
There was no doubt that the image was clear and in high quality.
A photograph shows reality, reality, and truth through a filter called a camera, and then further printed out from there.
It is common for strange deposits to occur during such processes.
Please try various experiments with cameras, mobile phone cameras, etc.
Rather, it's something that gets in relatively easily with haze, blur, misalignment, and light.

A spot on a mold is just a stain.
If you pick up the meaning, just one spot on a mold can also cause a stain on your heart.
It doesn't soak in, doesn't stick to, and doesn't distract me from assigning meaning to myself.

Temples and shrines are sanctuaries

Nice to meet you, Sumire.
This is Nakamura Taishaku from Tokushima Prefecture, the temple of Dharma and ceiling paintings.

When Sumire is photographed at a shrine, white haze is sometimes reflected. Sumire is familiar with photography, and it seems certain that it is not a phenomenon such as halation caused by light.

The shrine passes through a torii gate and enters the precincts. I think Sumire has seen shimenawa stretched around the precincts. This is to separate the inside and outside of the shimenawa. The inside is a pure area with a barrier. It is a place protected by the power of the Divine Body of God.

The same goes for temples. Pass through the temple gate and enter the precincts. The precincts are pure areas with barriers. It is protected by the power of the principal image.

I think the fact that something like a haya is reflected in it was drawn to the object of worship at a shrine or the principal image of a temple. I think it's okay to think that there aren't any bad things in the barrier.

For reference only.

I don't care about what I can't see

I've also been taking pictures for a long time.
Certainly, strange things that cannot be explained optically are often reflected.

Like showing on positive film even though it doesn't appear on negative film, or on a digital camera even though it doesn't appear on film...

What I want to say is God or spirit, the mountains, but it's probably a matter of sensitivity range and latitude...

Proof of this is that, even when taken with the same camera, it doesn't appear on everything, or when taken with a different camera, it doesn't appear; in reality, I think that's probably the case.

It was reflected because the tuning happened to be right, and I don't know its true identity, but it could be something like invisible light or electromagnetic waves.

This isn't just about cameras, it's also about us humans.

Even with our eyes, we can see what we can see, but we can't see what we can't.

It's like there's nothing you can't see, and you can't say it's there.
Even if it is what is called a so-called spirit, and even if it is actually there, it is the same as not being there because it is invisible.

Therefore, Buddha explains that we should not be trapped by what we cannot see, including the world after death.

Occasionally, your camera may see things you can't see and get in the way of the scene you want to capture, but it just so happens that the camera just didn't fit you, so please take it with kindness and respect.

What the camera sees, you don't see.
Please don't feel uncomfortable and take as many photos as you like.

I'm looking forward to seeing this picture with your own eyes.