Category: KOYASAN

MT. KOYA, JAPAN: KOYASAN ~ DANJO GARAN, PT. 2

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11nov14. Koyasan, Japan.

MT. KOYA, JAPAN: KOYASAN ~ MIZUMUKE JIZO THE BODHISATTVA

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a row of statues depicting Jizo, a popular Bodhisattva that looks after children, travelers, and the souls of the dead. Visitors make offerings and throw water at the statues, known as Mizumuke Jizo (Water Covered Jizo) to pray for departed family members. (http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4901.html)
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MT. KOYA, JAPAN: KOYASAN~OKUNOIN CEMETERY PT. 1

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Kukai’s mausoleum is here. Kūkai (空海), also known posthumously as Kōbō-Daishi (弘法大師 The Grand Master Who Propagated the Buddhist Teaching) – created a retreat in Mt. Koya in 816. (wiki)

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MT. KOYA, JAPAN: KOYASAN ~ AUTUMNAL SUNSHINE

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“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.” [Notebook, Oct. 10, 1842]”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne

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