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Otagi nenbutsu temple

This is one of my favorite temples in Kyoto, It has 1,200 statues that represent Arhats, some other call them Rakan, these were priests who spread the teachings of Buddhism, and it is said that 500 of them witnessed the Buddha's attainment of Nirvana, and 700 of them gathered to hold a seminar 100 years after the death of the Buddha. I love the peaceful atmosphere of this temple

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Uploaded on December 1, 2016
Taken on November 18, 2016