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Sōji-ji (總持寺) is one of two daihonzan (大本山, "head temples") of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. [1] The other is Eihei-ji temple in Fukui Prefecture. Fodor's calls it "one of the largest and busiest Buddhist institutions in Japan". [2] The temple was founded in 740 as a Shingon Buddhist temple.
This file, which was originally posted to Monks of Soji-ji, was reviewed on 10 December 2013 by reviewer JurgenNL, who confirmed that it was available there under the stated license on that date. Captions
In September 1931, after one more practice period and sesshin at Eihei-ji, So-on arranged for Suzuki to train in Yokohama at Sōji-ji. Sōji-ji was the other main Soto temple of Japan, and again Suzuki underwent the harsh tangaryo initiation. Sojiji was founded by the great Zen master Keizan and had a more relaxed atmosphere than Eihei-ji. At ...
Keizan enlarged the Shingon-temple Yōkō-ji in Ishikawa prefecture, turning it into a Zen monastery in 1312. [24] Thereafter he inherited the Shingon temple Shogaku-ji in 1322, renaming it Sōji-ji, which was recognized as an official monastery. [25] In 1324 he put Gasan Jōseki in charge of Sojo-ji, and returned to Yōkō-ji. [25]
The armies became larger and the violence increased, until in 1121 and 1141 Mii-dera was burned to the ground by monks from Enryaku-ji. Other temples became embroiled in the conflicts as well, and Enryaku-ji and Mii-dera united against Kōfuku-ji, and, another time, against Kiyomizu-dera.
Daiun Sogaku Harada (原田 大雲祖岳, Harada Daiun Sogaku, October 13, 1871 – December 12, 1961) was a Sōtō Zen monk who trained under both Sōtō and Rinzai teachers. He became known for his teaching combining methods from both schools. [ 1 ]
In medieval Japan, this tradition developed a process for sokushinbutsu, which a monk completed over about 3,000 days. [8] It involved a strict diet called mokujiki (literally, ' eating a tree '). [10] [9] The monk abstained from any cereals and relied on pine needles, resins, and seeds found in the mountains, which would eliminate all fat in ...
The original of this map of Eihei-ji took a priest in Aichi Prefecture 4.5 years to paint. Today the temple grounds cover about 330,000 m 2 (0.13 sq mi). [8] The Butsuden (Buddha hall) main altar carries statues of the Buddhas of the Three Times: right to left, Amida Butsu (past), Shakyamuni Butsu (present), and Miroku Bosatsu (future).