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This is the name used by the oldest temples in the country. [ 3 ] A kondō , for example Hōryū-ji 's is a true two-story building with a 3x2- bay central core ( moya ) surrounded by a 1-bay wide aisles ( hisashi ), making it 5x4 bays, surrounded by an external 1-bay wide mokoshi , for a total of 9x7 bays. [ 2 ]
A Chaitya, Chaitya hall or Chaitya-griha refers to a shrine, sanctuary, temple or prayer hall in Indian religions. The term is most common in Buddhism, where it refers to a space with a stupa and a rounded apse at the end opposite the entrance, and a high roof with a rounded profile. Strictly speaking, the chaitya is the stupa itself, and the ...
In 1886, the Kinpusen-ji and Ōminesan-ji reverted to Buddhism, and the two locations were separated into Kinpusen-ji at the foot of the mountains and Ōminesan-ji at the top. In 2004, Ōminesan-ji was designated as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.
Okunoin or Oku-no-in (Japanese: 奥之院, lit. ' inner sanctuary ') is a sacred Buddhist site and cemetery on Mount Kōya, in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.Opened in 835, it houses the mausoleum of Kūkai, founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism.
Rumtek Monastery (Tibetan: རུམ་ཐེག་དགོན་པ་, Wylie: rum theg dgon pa), also called the Dharma Chakra Centre, is a gompa located in the Indian state of Sikkim near the capital Gangtok.
In the beginning the work of a monk is given simply as: Kesa — hair of the head, Loma — hair of the body, Nakha — nails, Danta — teeth, Taco — the skin which enwraps the body. This is the true work for those monks who practice according to the principles of Dhamma as were taught by the Lord Buddha."
Like most monks of the Joseon period, Hyujeong had been initially educated in Neo-Confucian philosophy. Dissatisfied, though, he wandered through the mountain monasteries. Later, after making a name for himself as a teacher, he was made arbiter of the Seon school by Myeongjong of Joseon, who was sympathetic towards Buddhism. He soon resigned ...
Sheng Yen, Footprints in the Snow: The Autobiography of a Chinese Buddhist Monk. Doubleday Religion, 2008. ISBN 978-0-385-51330-2. History of the Dharma Drum Lineage: Yu, Jimmy (2022). Reimagining Chan Buddhism : Sheng Yen and the creation of the Dharma Drum lineage of Chan. Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 978-1-003-19637-2.