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Seiunji Temple
Seiunji ( Seiunji, Seiunji) is a temple in Yamato-cho, Kisai, Kōshū, Yamanashi, Koshu City, Yamanashi Prefecture. It is a Kenchoji sect temple of the Rinzai school, with the mountain name of Tenmokuzan and the Honzon of Shakyamuni Buddha. At the time of its founding, the temple was called Gokoku Zenji. Overview Seiunji Temple is located on the left bank of the upper reaches of the Nichikawa valley at an elevation of about 1,050 meters in the Tenmokuzan mountains. In Tano, another 4.6 km downstream of the Nichigawa valley, there is a Soto Zen temple, Tenmokuzan Keitokuin. In 1348, the founder Gokkai, Gokkai Honjo (also known as Gokkai, 1284–1352) visited this mountain, which was then called 1284–1352) visited this mountain, which was called Mount Tokusayama In the second year of Bunpo (1318), Narihumi and five of his companions traveled to Yuan dynasty, The Yuan Dynasty, where they received teachings and the Inka shōmei, Inka from the Buddhist master Zhongfeng Mingbe ...
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Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and gradually spread throughout much of Asia via the Silk Road. It is the world's fourth-largest religion, with over 520 million followers (Buddhists) who comprise seven percent of the global population. The Buddha taught the Middle Way, a path of spiritual development that avoids both extreme asceticism and hedonism. It aims at liberation from clinging and craving to things which are impermanent (), incapable of satisfying ('), and without a lasting essence (), ending the cycle of death and rebirth (). A summary of this path is expressed in the Noble Eightfold Path, a training of the mind with observance of Buddhist ethics and meditation. Other widely observed practices include: monasticism; " taking refuge" in the Buddha, the , and the ; ...
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