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The original temple was built in 1234 by Hōnen's disciple, Genchi (1183–1238) in memory of his master and was named Chion-in. While the temple was affiliated more closely in the early years with the Seizan branch of Jodo Shu, its 8th head priest, Nyoichi (1262–1321) was deeply influenced by the priest Ryōkū, a disciple of Ryōchū who ...
Cast in 1633, the 74-ton Chion-in Temple Bell, located in Kyoto, Japan, held the title of heaviest functioning bell in the world until 1810. [5] From March 1839 until March 1896, the Mingun Bell was not functional due to the fact that it was not hanging freely from its shackles. During this period, the Chion-in Temple Bell regained its former ...
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 ...
Directly to the north (and abutting the park) is the vast temple of Chion-in, followed by the smaller temple of Shōren-in. The park is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty . [ 1 ]
Currently located in the temple of Chion-in, in Kyoto, the painting depicts the salvation of the deceased by the Buddha Amitābha, and twenty-five bodhisattvas, among them Kannon and Seishi Bosatsu as they arrive to welcome a deceased soul. [1] [2] [3] [4]
In 1916, he was invited to be a lecturer at the summer retreat of the head temple, Chion-in, and in 1918, he was welcomed as the 61st head priest of Muryokoji, the head temple of the Taima school of the Ji sect of Buddhism, and founded Komyo Gakuen on the temple grounds to educate people.
The management system of the sect was established, in which Chion-in was recognized as Monzeki and Zōjō-ji as Sōroku-jo. [b] [4] Kantō Jūhachi Danrin were designated under the law, and it was also stipulated that important issues regarding the sect were to be discussed at the meeting of danrin and that the priests were to be trained only ...
Jukyō-ji (樹敬寺) is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in the Shinmachi neighborhood of the city of Matsusaka, Japan. It is a subsidiary of Chion-in in Kyoto. It contains the grave of the Edo period kokugaku scholar Motoori Norinaga and his son Motoori Harunaga, which was collectively designated a National Historic Site in 1936. [1]