Myōren-ji (Kyoto)

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Main hall ( Hondō ) of the Myoren-ji

The Myōren-ji ( Japanese 妙蓮 寺 ), with the mountain name Ubokusan ( 卯 木 山 ), in Kyoto is one of the most important temples ( 大本 山 daihonzan ) of the Honmon Hokke-shū , a Buddhist school of Nichiren Buddhism .

The temple was founded in 1294 by Nichizō ( 日 像 ; 1269-1342). Nichizō was a student of Nichirō ( 日 朗 ; 1245-1320), one of the six main students of Nichiren . Previously, the temple was also called Yanagi-dera ( 柳 寺 'willow temple ' ) and Myōhō-renge-ji ( 妙法 蓮華 寺 ).

Not uncommon for Japanese temples, today's temple complex, with its eight side temples, was destroyed several times by fire. Still, most of the buildings that exist today are more than 200 years old. It has been the main temple of the Honmon Hokke-shū since 1870.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A Dictionary of Buddhist Terms and Concepts, Nichiren Shoshu International Center, ISBN 4-88872-014-2 , page: 307
  2. ↑ 大本 山 妙蓮 寺 . Myōren-ji, accessed September 14, 2019 (Japanese).
  3. ^ Fire in The Lotus, Daniel B. Montgomery, Mandala 1991, ISBN 1-85274-091-4 , p. 249.
  4. ↑ Nichiren Mandala Study Workshop, Fourth Edition, ISBN 9781304289414 , page 54 [1]

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