A Jodo Shinshu Honganji temple also known as 'Okazaki Gobo,' standing on the site where Shinran built a hermitage after descending from Mt. Hiei and spread the nembutsu teachings. An important site in Jodo Shinshu history, it retains the Ukihatsu-do hall and stone monuments associated with Shinran. Located near Heian Jingu and Okazaki Park.
Okazaki Betsuin is said to have originated in 1212, when Shinran, having completed his training under the Buddhist master Honen, descended from Mt. Hiei and built a hermitage in the Okazaki area of Kyoto. From this site, Shinran is believed to have propagated the nembutsu teachings, laying the found…
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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