Sagano nunnery where Setouchi Jakucho gave Dharma talks, with 5,000 volumes of 'Omoide-gusa' prayer notebooks
A Jodo nunnery in the depths of Sagano, originating in 1646 when Dokucho Shoen established a thatched hermitage. It is also known as the site where the writer and nun Setouchi Jakucho gave Dharma talks. Notebooks called "Omoide-gusa Note" are placed in the main hall for visitors to write their thoughts; some 5,000 volumes have accumulated, forming a record of people's prayers and feelings. Because…
Jikishian traces its origins to 1646 (Shōho 3), when the Zen monk Dokucho Shoen built a thatched hermitage deep in the Sagano district of Kyoto. The temple is said to have subsequently been revived and reorganized as a Jodo-sect nunnery, with Amida Nyorai enshrined as its principal object of worship…
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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