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Visitors sit at the veranda of the Hojo of Ryoanji Temple, overlooking the dry landscape garden. The wall surrounding the garden was made of clay boiled in oil that sipped out in time, creating subtle brown and orange tones, and is an important element to the garden. The wall reflects "wabi" and the rock garden "sabi" creating the garden's aesthetic of "wabi-sabi".
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Ryōanji (Peaceful Dragon Temple), dry rock garden, study and grounds, Kyoto, Japan
This temple complex is part of the Myoshinji school of Rinzai the Zen sect of Buddhism
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Ryoan-ji in Kyoto has a world famous zen rock garden. Here you can see some of the simplicity that makes this garden so impressive. The position of the stones and the carefully maintained sand is a sight to behold. The temple itself isn't bad either.
Ryoan-ji is a famous temple of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. It dates back to the 1400's and was originally associated with the Fujiwara family (big suprise there). The most famous aspect of Ryoan-ji, however, is the karesansui (dry landscape) rock garden--believed to be the finest in the world. It contains 15 stones, although I had trouble finding the last one. Apparently, most people can only see 14 unless you have the right perspective of this 30mx10m garden. There is also a famous fountain (tsukubai), which I failed to get a decent photo of.
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Ryōan-ji (Shinjitai: 竜安寺, Kyūjitai: 龍安寺?, The Temple of the Dragon at Peace) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. Belonging to the Myoshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism, the temple and karesansui garden is one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The site of the temple was originally a Fujiwara family estate. It eventually came into the hands of the Hosokawa clan branch of the Fujiwaras. Hosokawa Katsumoto inherited the residence, and lived here before the Ōnin War. Katsumoto willed the war-ravaged property to be converted into a Zen sect temple complex after his death. Later Hosokawa emperors are grouped together in what are today known as the "Seven Imperial Tombs" at Ryoan-ji. The burial places of these emperors -- Uda, Kazan, Ichijō, Go-Suzaku, Go-Reizei, Go-Sanjō, and Horikawa -- would have been comparatively humble in the period after their deaths. These tombs reached their present state as a result of the 19th century restoration of imperial sepulchers (misasagi) which were ordered by Emperor Meiji.[1]
Ryōan-ji's tsukubai (蹲踞?), which is a small basin provided at Japanese Buddhist temples for visitors to purify themselves by the ritual washing of hands and rinsing of the mouth.
An object of interest near the rear of the monks quarters is the carved stone receptacle into which water for ritual purification continuously flows. This is the Ryōan-ji tsukubai (蹲踞?), which translates literally as "crouch;" and the lower elevation of the basin requires the user to bend a little bit to reach the water, which suggests supplication and reverence.[2] The kanji written on the surface of the stone are without significance when read alone. If each is read in combination with 口 (kuchi), which the central bowl is meant to represent, then the characters become 吾, 唯, 足, 知. This is read as "ware tada taru (wo) shiru" and translates literally as "I only know plenty" (吾 = ware = I, 唯 = tada = only, 足 = taru = plenty, 知 = shiru = know). The meaning of the phrase carved into the top of the tsukubai is simply that "what one has is all one needs" and is meant to reinforce the basic anti-materialistic teachings of Buddhism.
The absence of a dipper is intended to imply that the water is for the soul only and that it is necessary to bend the knee in humility in order to receive its blessing.[2]
Ryōanji (Peaceful Dragon Temple), dry rock garden, study and grounds, Kyoto, Japan
This temple complex is part of the Myoshinji school of Rinzai the Zen sect of Buddhism
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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A line of slippers is created at the Ryoanji Temple by the visitors who must don them to view its rock garden.
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Ryōanji (Peaceful Dragon Temple), dry rock garden, study and grounds, Kyoto, Japan
This temple complex is part of the Myoshinji school of Rinzai the Zen sect of Buddhism
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Ryōanji (Peaceful Dragon Temple), dry rock garden, study and grounds, Kyoto, Japan
This temple complex is part of the Myoshinji school of Rinzai the Zen sect of Buddhism
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ryōanji (Peaceful Dragon Temple), dry rock garden, study and grounds, Kyoto, Japan
This temple complex is part of the Myoshinji school of Rinzai the Zen sect of Buddhism
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Ryōanji (Peaceful Dragon Temple), dry rock garden, study and grounds, Kyoto, Japan
This temple complex is part of the Myoshinji school of Rinzai the Zen sect of Buddhism
UNESCO World Heritage Site
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dan-ji
Ryōan-ji (Shinjitai: 竜安寺, Kyūjitai: 龍安寺?, The Temple of the Dragon at Peace) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. Belonging to the Myoshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism, the temple and karesansui garden is one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The site of the temple was originally a Fujiwara family estate. It eventually came into the hands of the Hosokawa clan branch of the Fujiwaras. Hosokawa Katsumoto inherited the residence, and lived here before the Ōnin War. Katsumoto willed the war-ravaged property to be converted into a Zen sect temple complex after his death. Later Hosokawa emperors are grouped together in what are today known as the "Seven Imperial Tombs" at Ryoan-ji. The burial places of these emperors -- Uda, Kazan, Ichijō, Go-Suzaku, Go-Reizei, Go-Sanjō, and Horikawa -- would have been comparatively humble in the period after their deaths. These tombs reached their present state as a result of the 19th century restoration of imperial sepulchers (misasagi) which were ordered by Emperor Meiji.[1]
Ryōan-ji's tsukubai (蹲踞?), which is a small basin provided at Japanese Buddhist temples for visitors to purify themselves by the ritual washing of hands and rinsing of the mouth.
An object of interest near the rear of the monks quarters is the carved stone receptacle into which water for ritual purification continuously flows. This is the Ryōan-ji tsukubai (蹲踞?), which translates literally as "crouch;" and the lower elevation of the basin requires the user to bend a little bit to reach the water, which suggests supplication and reverence.[2] The kanji written on the surface of the stone are without significance when read alone. If each is read in combination with 口 (kuchi), which the central bowl is meant to represent, then the characters become 吾, 唯, 足, 知. This is read as "ware tada taru (wo) shiru" and translates literally as "I only know plenty" (吾 = ware = I, 唯 = tada = only, 足 = taru = plenty, 知 = shiru = know). The meaning of the phrase carved into the top of the tsukubai is simply that "what one has is all one needs" and is meant to reinforce the basic anti-materialistic teachings of Buddhism.
The absence of a dipper is intended to imply that the water is for the soul only and that it is necessary to bend the knee in humility in order to receive its blessing.[2]