Tŏ-Ji

Arashiyama Heian Jingu Higashi Hongan-Ji Imperial Palace Kinkaku-ji Kiyomizudera Nijŏ-Jŏ Nishi Hongan-Ji Okazaki Shrine Sanjusangendo Tŏ-Ji Kyoto 1966

Tŏ-Ji

Kŏbo-san Market Pagoda Temple

 

was established in 794
in 818 was handed over to Kūkai
founder of the Shingon school of Buddhism

on market day (21st of each month)
Buddhist observances and market activities go hand in hand

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an incense offering

 

a prayer of thanks for good healing

 

touch the stone turtle for good fortune

 

for difficult cases rub hard

 

pray with the priest

 

as he offers incense

 

names in a hall of honor

 

a shrine on the temple grounds

 

offering incense to Buddha

 

giving thanks for healing

 

service with priests

 

a priest

 

the purifying incense

 

 

priest at prayer

 

protectors for the throat and the head

 

 

temple bridge

 

a small shrine

 

larger shrine
pull the rope to ring the bell


Kŏbo-san Market Pagoda Temple

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