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After showing the hilltop tumulus in Kyōto to the Australian scholar (previous post), we went deep into the valley to the Otagi Nembutsuji (愛宕念仏寺). This temple has the unique 1,200 rakan (arhat, Buddhist adepts) carved in stone and adorned with various moss, because the temple is on the shady north side of the mountain.

The stone statues vary from pious to whimsical, each displaying its own personality. The first picture has an inscription in the phonetic alphabet katakana, which I read as a Japanese rendering of the Sanskrit mantra Namo saddharmaya pundarika sūtra, homage to the Lotus Sūtra. The statue lying next to it might be a light-hearted take on the Buddha's Parinirvāṇa!

A Shintō shrine in the Buddhist temple is named 天河辯財天社 or Tenga Benzaiten-sha, so somehow a sort of cave in the mountainside with a mirror in it reflects our Milky Way galaxy. Yet when you look into it, you see your own reflection.

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Since moving to Mastodon, reposting a few oldies but goodies. This one explores how the Lotus Sutra and Amida Buddha relate to one another within the context of the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism :

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