With over 1600 Buddhist temples in Kyoto, today was always going to be a long one. The Eastern area of Kyoto – Higashiyama – contains enough means of salvation that even a Premier League footballer could find it – if not spell it. Highlights of my day included;
Nanzen-ji – a Zen Buddhist temple. It's the headquarters of the Nanzen-ji branch of Rinzai Zen.
While,
Chion-in – the headquarters of the Jōdo-shū sect founded by Hōnen, who proclaimed that sentient beings are reborn in Amida Buddha's Western Paradise.
Not forgetting,
Kiyomizu-dera – which was originally affiliated with the influential Hossō sect. However, in 1965 it severed that affiliation, and its present custodians call themselves members of the Kitahossō sect.
Got that? Thanks Wikipedia. Let's not bother with the other one-thousand, five-hundred and ninety-six shall we, I don't think the spell-check could handle it.
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