Dainembutsu-ji
The Dainembutsu-ji ( Japanese 大 念 仏 寺 ) is a Buddhist temple in Hirano-ku in the Japanese city of Osaka and the main temple of the Yūzū Nembutsu-shū with about 350 branch temples .
The temple originally belonged to the Shingon-shū under the name Shuraku-ji ( 修 楽 寺 ) and was visited by Ryōnin ( 良 忍 ; 1072–1132), the founder of the Yūzū Nembutsu-shū, after his stay in Shitennō-ji (1127) . Under Ryōnin's successor Gongen ( 権 現 ) the temple was converted to the Yūzū Nembutsu-shū.
The main temple of the Yūzū Nembutsu-shū he was under Hōmyō ( 法 明 ; 1279-1349), who restored it.
literature
- Daigan Lee Matsunaga and Alicia Orloff Matsunaga: Foundation of Japanese Buddhism; Vol. II; The mass movement (Kamakura & Muromachi periods) . Buddhist Books International, Los Angeles and Tokyo 1976. ISBN 0-914910-27-2 .
Web links
Commons : Dainembutsu-ji - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official Website - Japanese
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 34 ° 37 ′ 38.1 ″ N , 135 ° 33 ′ 1.8 ″ E