Buddha

Vairocana Buddha (Dainichi Nyorai)

Explore sacred places with reviewed veneration relationships to Vairocana Buddha (Dainichi Nyorai).

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Butsumoku-ji

Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Butsumoku-ji is the forty-second temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage and one of its most distinctive: a Shingon temple where the principal image was carved from a camphor...

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Buddhism

Dainichi-ji

Kōnan, Kochi Prefecture, Japan

Dainichi-ji enshrines Dainichi Nyorai, the cosmic Buddha at the centre of Shingon doctrine, in a wooded precinct in rural Kōnan....

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Buddhism

Dainichi-ji

Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

Dainichi-ji is Temple 4 of the Shikoku 88, in Itano, Tokushima. It enshrines Dainichi Nyorai, the cosmic Buddha at the center of Shingon esotericism....

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Buddhism

Kōon-ji

Saijō, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Kōon-ji is the 61st fudasho on the Shikoku 88 and the head temple of the Shingon-shū Goki-ha sub-school....

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Buddhism

Mandara-ji

Zentsūji, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

Mandara-ji is the ancestral temple of the Saeki clan, into which Kūkai was born....

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Buddhism

Yokomine-ji

Saijō, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Yokomine-ji clings to the northern slope of Mt. Ishizuchi, the highest peak in western Japan, at roughly 750 m elevation....

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Korean Buddhism

Girimsa Temple

Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

Girimsa opens into two different centers. Daejeokgwangjeon houses Vairocana, the Buddha associated with all-pervading illumination, while another court gathers a mature...

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Buddhism

Songgwangsa

Suncheon, Jeollanam-do, South Korea

Songgwangsa is the 'Sangha Jewel' of Korea's Three Jewel Temples, refounded in 1190 by the reformer Bojo Jinul as the seat of a movement to revive Korean Buddhist practice....

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Buddhism

Chuang Yen Monastery

Kent, New York, United States

Chuang Yen Monastery in Kent, New York, belongs within Buddhism. At Chuang Yen Monastery, sacred life continues through meditation at Chuang Yen Monastery, chanting at...