Manju-ji
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History
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In 2012, the monastery participated in the so-called East-West Spiritual Exchanges organised by the Institute for Zen Studies of Hanazono University and the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (DIMMID) in which Buddhist and Christian monks or nuns take turns residing for one month in each other’s monasteries.[5]
Artwork
An artistically noteworthy Amida figure is too large to be moved from Manju-ji for display elsewhere.[6] The temple holds a collection of esoteric Buddhist art which was traditionally used in teaching the salient points in the story of the life of Gautama Buddha.[7]
See also
Notes
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- ↑ Iwao, Seiichi et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon, p. 1742.
- ↑ Baroni, Helen Josephine. (2002). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism, p. 214.
- ↑ Japan Cultural Profile: "Buddhist architecture in the Kamakura period (1185-1333)"
- ↑ Joint Council for Japanese Rinzai and Obaku Zen: "Transmission of Zen to Japan"
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- ↑ McCallum, Donald F. "Heian Sculpture at the Tokyo National Museum. Part II: A Review Article," Artibus Asiae, Vol. 36, No. 1/2 (1974), pp. 147 n3.
- ↑ JAANUS (Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System): Script error: No such module "Nihongo"..
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References
- Baroni, Helen Josephine. (2002). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism. New York: Rosen Publishing Group. Template:ISBN; OCLC 42680558
- Dumoulin, Heinrich. (2005). Zen Buddhism: A History (Vol. II: Japan). Bloomington, Indiana: World Wisdom. Template:ISBN
- Iwao, Seiichi, Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii, Shōichirō Yoshida, et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. Template:ISBN; OCLC 51096469
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society.
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