Sacred birthplace where Honen first proclaimed exclusive nembutsu in 1175; the head temple of the Seizan Jodo sect, founded when disciple Kumagai Naozane built a hermitage here, and celebrated for its Maple Approach — praised as the finest autumn foliage in Kansai.
The head temple of the Seizan Jodo sect and the "first nembutsu training ground of the Jodo sect," where the monk Honen first taught the exclusive nembutsu practice. In 1175 Honen opened the nembutsu practice here, and his disciple Kumagai Naozane built a hermitage to start the temple. The first sacred site of the Twenty-five Honen Sacred Sites. In autumn the "Maple Approach" blazes crimson, prais…
Komyoji Temple is traditionally regarded as the site where the monk Honen first preached the exclusive nembutsu practice in 1175, making it the founding ground of Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhism in Japan. The temple's formal establishment is dated to 1198, when Kumagai Naozane (known in religious life as …
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