Head temple of the Jodo sect, fondly known as "Kuro-dani-san," originating in 1175 when Honen Shonin first expounded the teachings of nembutsu at this site. In the late Edo period the Aizu domain under Matsudaira Katamori, serving as Kyoto Protector, established its main camp here, making it a historic site associated with the origins of the Shinsengumi. From the three-storied pagoda (Monju Tower)…
The temple traces its origins to 1175, when Honen Shonin descended from Mount Hiei and first expounded the nembutsu teachings at this site. According to tradition, Honen witnessed auspicious purple clouds when he chanted the nenbutsu here, and the site came to be venerated as a sacred place of the J…
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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