Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The lifting of the War Measures Act in 1949 restored Japanese freedom of movement throughout Canada; some Japanese Buddhists returned to BC, many stayed in Alberta and others settled elsewhere. Many temples now have a multicultural population consisting of Japanese, Japanese-Canadians and non-Japanese members.
Having the support of shōgun Minamoto no Yoriie, he was able to found temples in both Kamakura and Kyoto. A little later, Dōgen introduced the Sōtō school to Japan. Unlike Eisai, he declined the support of Kamakura's regent Hōjō Tokiyori and open his head temple, Eihei-ji, within the forests of today's Fukui prefecture. The success of the ...
The first Japanese Buddhist temple in Canada was built at the Ishikawa Hotel in Vancouver in 1905. [4] Over time, the Japanese Jōdo Shinshū branch of Buddhism became the prevalent form of Buddhism in Canada [3] and established the largest Buddhist organization in Canada. [3] Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery near Kamloops, BC
The ancient Japanese word stems from the importance of rice in the daily Japanese diet and symbolizes the miracles of heaven and earth. As one of the principal deities of Shinto, Inari houses, feeds, and protects all people so that they may live a fulfilling life. [4] Inari is one of the most widely venerated kami in Japanese culture. [5]
A sign at a park featuring Irasutoya illustrations. In addition to typical clip art topics, unusual occupations such as nosmiologists, airport bird patrollers, and foresters are depicted, as are special machines like miso soup dispensers, centrifuges, transmission electron microscopes, obscure musical instruments (didgeridoo, zampoña, cor anglais), dinosaurs and other ancient creatures such ...
Jōdo-shū, like other Buddhist schools, maintains a professional, monastic priesthood, based on the parent Tendai-sect monastic organization, with two "head temples", one at Chion-in in Kyoto, and one at Zojoji in Tokyo. The head of the Jōdo-shū school is called the monshu in Japanese, and lives at the head temple of Chion-in. For the Seizan ...
Upgrade to a faster, more secure version of a supported browser. It's free and it only takes a few moments:
Chion-in (Head temple of the Jōdo-shū Buddhist sect) Daigo-ji; Daikaku-ji; Daitoku-ji; Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji (Head temple of the Seizan branch of Jōdo-shū) Ginkaku-ji (Temple of the Silver Pavilion) Higashi-Honganji (Head temple of the Ōtani-ha branch within the Jōdo Shinshū school) Kinkaku-ji (Rokuonji, Deer Garden Temple, Temple of the ...