Kaidan-in (Dazaifu)
Kaidan-in ( Japanese 戒壇 院 ) is a temple belonging to the Rinzai BuddhistSchool in Dazaifu (Fukuoka) , Japan . The facility was built by the monk Jiàn Zhēn (Japanese Ganjin),who came from China,in 761 on the area of the Kanzeon Temple (Kanzeon-ji)founded 15 years earlier.
She served with her ordination platform ( kaidan ) during the Nara time next to the kaidan-in of the Tōdai temple ( Tōdai-ji ) in Nara and the kaidan-in of the Yakushi temple (Yakushi-ji) in Shimotsuke for the ordination of monks and Nuns across the country. Because of their geographical location, these three institutions in Dazaifu, Nara and Shimotsuke were also called "West Kaidan-in" ( Nishi-Kaidan-in ), "Central Kaidan-in" ( Chūō-Kaidan-in ), "East Kaidan -in "( Higashi-Kaidan-in ).
The monopoly of ordination in these three temples did not last. In 822, the Enryaku Temple ( Enryaku-ji ) on Mount Hiei received permission to set up an ordination platform, and four more platforms for the Tendai School followed in the 14th century . The Yakushi Temple in Shimotsuke went up in flames in 1571 during battles between warring warriors.
In the 17th century, the dilapidated facility in Dazaifu was restored under Kuroda Mitsuyuki (1628–1707), lord of the Fukuoka feud, established in 1600. In 1703 it was outsourced as an independent temple. Today it belongs as a branch temple to the Shōfuku Temple ( Shōfuku-ji ) in Fukuoka.
In the main hall there is a Vairocana Buddha ( 毘盧遮那 仏 , Birushana-butsu ) from the late Heian period , which in 1904 was declared an "Important Cultural Asset of Japan" . The flanking statues of Manjushri ( 文殊 菩薩 , Monju bosatsu) and Maitreya ( 弥勒 菩薩 , Miroku bosatsu ) date from the Edo period. According to tradition, the ordination platform (5 × 5 m) in the main hall contains soil from India, China and Yamato (Nara).
Web links
- Dazaifu City Website (Japanese)
literature
- Arima Manabu / Kawazoe Shōji (Ed.): Fukuoka-ken no chimei [Geographical names of Fukuoka Prefecture]. Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2004 (Nihon Rekishi chimei taikei)
- Kyūshū Rekishi Shiryōkan (Ed.): Chikushi Dazaifu Kaidan-in [The Kaidan Temple in Dazaifu, Chikushi]. Fukuoka: Kyūshū Rekishishiryōkan, 1994 (Kyūshū no jisha shiriizu, 13)
- Fukuoka-ken Fukuokakaikan (Ed.): Kaidan-in shozōhin mokuroku [Directory of the possessions of the Kaidan Temple]. Fukuoka: Fukuokakaikan. 1980 (Fukuoka-ken rekishishiryō chōsa hōkokusho, 9)
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Coordinates: 33 ° 30 ′ 53 ″ N , 130 ° 31 ′ 15 ″ E