A Tendai temple founded in 1013 by the monk Jakugen as a training hall for shomyo (Buddhist liturgical chant), known as the principal dojo of the Ohara Gyozan-ryu shomyo tradition. It is historically significant in Buddhism as the site of the "Ohara Mondo" debate of 1186, in which Honen argued the orthodoxy of Jodo teaching against Kensin and others. The legend that Amida Nyorai radiated light as …
Shōrin-in was founded in 1013 (Chōwa 2) by the Tendai monk Jakugen as a training hall for shōmyo, the Buddhist tradition of liturgical chant. The Ohara district had long been regarded as a center for Tendai shōmyo practice, and Jakugen established the temple—known also as Gyozan Daigenji—as the prin…
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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