An old gate in the woods 京都 大原 古知谷阿弥陀寺
When visiting here,I always feel something to close to awe that I can not express well...
location : Kyoto Kochidani (northern area of Ohara) Amidaji temple,Kyoto city .Kyoto prefecture,Japan
即身仏（ミイラ仏/ 京都で唯一ここのみ）弾誓上人のお寺
京都大原 古知谷 光明山法国院 阿弥陀寺
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E5%BC%A5%E9%99%80%E5%AF%BA_( in Japanese)
The temple belongs to the Pure Land of Jodo-shu Sect of Buddhism,crowned with the mountain name of Kochidani-Komyozan古知谷光明山.
The high priest Tanzei 弾誓 established the temple in 1609 as a training hall for sutra chanting.The priest was born in present Aichi Prefecture and entered priesthood at age of 9. He journeyed during his training before he settled down here.
The priest "became a Buddha in his own body ( starved himself to death) " in 1613 in the age of 63.
His mummified remains ,now deified were placed in a coffin and enshrined even today in the founder's cave in the far back of main hall. The statue of priest Tanzei is said to be have been created by the priest himself using his own hair and it referred to as the "revered statue with hair" It is placed in the main hall as the principal deity. The sitting statue of Amitabha Tathagata (Important Cultural Asset) is enshrined in the temple's treasure house along with invaluable items donated by Imperial relatives.
A stone cavern called Chozen-kutsu澄禅窟 is located on the top of the mountain in the back ,where the high priest Chozen 澄禅 came to this temple as he deeply admired the virtuous late priest Tanzai.
- Amidaji temple
Canon EOS M5/ EF-M18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM /
ƒ/8.0 34.0 mm 1/8sec ISO200 /all manual (no editing)
/handheld
An old gate in the woods 京都 大原 古知谷阿弥陀寺
When visiting here,I always feel something to close to awe that I can not express well...
location : Kyoto Kochidani (northern area of Ohara) Amidaji temple,Kyoto city .Kyoto prefecture,Japan
即身仏（ミイラ仏/ 京都で唯一ここのみ）弾誓上人のお寺
京都大原 古知谷 光明山法国院 阿弥陀寺
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E5%BC%A5%E9%99%80%E5%AF%BA_( in Japanese)
The temple belongs to the Pure Land of Jodo-shu Sect of Buddhism,crowned with the mountain name of Kochidani-Komyozan古知谷光明山.
The high priest Tanzei 弾誓 established the temple in 1609 as a training hall for sutra chanting.The priest was born in present Aichi Prefecture and entered priesthood at age of 9. He journeyed during his training before he settled down here.
The priest "became a Buddha in his own body ( starved himself to death) " in 1613 in the age of 63.
His mummified remains ,now deified were placed in a coffin and enshrined even today in the founder's cave in the far back of main hall. The statue of priest Tanzei is said to be have been created by the priest himself using his own hair and it referred to as the "revered statue with hair" It is placed in the main hall as the principal deity. The sitting statue of Amitabha Tathagata (Important Cultural Asset) is enshrined in the temple's treasure house along with invaluable items donated by Imperial relatives.
A stone cavern called Chozen-kutsu澄禅窟 is located on the top of the mountain in the back ,where the high priest Chozen 澄禅 came to this temple as he deeply admired the virtuous late priest Tanzai.
- Amidaji temple
Canon EOS M5/ EF-M18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM /
ƒ/8.0 34.0 mm 1/8sec ISO200 /all manual (no editing)
/handheld