Mampuku-ji
The Ōbaku-san Mampuku-ji ( Japanese 黄 檗 山 萬 福寺 ) is the main temple of the Japanese Ōbaku - Zen school, to which about 460 temples in Japan belong.
The temple was founded in 1661 by the Chinese monk Yinyuan Longqi ( Chinese 隱 元 隆 琦 , Pinyin Yǐnyuán lóngqí ; Japanese Ingen Ryūki; 1592–1673) and his disciple Muyan and is located in Uji , near Kyoto .
In memory of his Chinese temple, the Wan-fu-si ( 萬 福寺 , Wàn-fú-sì ) on Mount Huang-bo ( 黄 檗 山 , Huáng-bò shān ) in Fujian , Master Ingen gave the new temple the same name ( Japanese) "Mampuku-ji" and named the hill "Ōbaku-san" in honor of the Chinese Chan master Huangbo Xiyun from the 9th century . Master Huangbo Xiyun (Japanese Obaku) had been the teacher of Linji (Japanese Rinzai), and Ingen wanted to use this prestige for the renewal of both Japanese Rinzai and Sōtō Zen.
The temple is built in the Chinese style of the Ming Dynasty . It was not until the fourteenth abbot that the temple passed from the hands of Chinese monks to that of Japanese monks.
Web links
- Official Website - Japanese
- Mampuku-ji temple at Culture-in-Asia: Part 1 with description - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5
Coordinates: 34 ° 54 ′ 51.34 " N , 135 ° 48 ′ 21.83" E