Adashino Nenbutsuji is a Jodo-sect temple founded in 811 by Kukai (Kobo Daishi) as Gochisan Nyoraiji, later converted into a nembutsu training hall by Honen. Adashino was once one of the three great burial grounds of Heian-kyo alongside Toribeno and Rendaino, and the sight of approximately 8,000 stone Buddhas and stone pagodas filling the precincts evokes a profound sense of impermanence. The "Sen…
The temple is said to have been founded in 811 by Kukai (Kobo Daishi) under the name Gochisan Nyoraiji. According to tradition, Kukai took pity on the countless remains that had been left exposed in the Adashino area and enshrined stone Buddhas there to conduct memorial rites. During the Heian perio…
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "阿弥陀如来"
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