Item #910
Rating: 5 Stars
Category: Things To Do
Title: Kenninji | The Oldest Zen Temple Kenninji | KYOTO
URL: http://www.kenninji.jp/english/
User's Notes:
One of Grance Dore recommendations, for starting a travel in KYOTO, Japan
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Kenninji is a temple of the Zen sect, one of the main branches of<br />
Japanese Buddhism. Buddhism, founded approximately 2,500 years ago<br />
in India by Shakyamuni Buddha, teaches that the inherent suffering<br />
of life can be transcended through equanimity, wisdom, and compassion.<br />
The Zen sect, dating back to sixth-century China, seeks the realization<br />
of this ideal through a strict training system stressing work and meditation.<br />
At present, there are three branches of Zen in Japan - the Rinzai Soutou<br />
and Oubaku schools. Kenninji belongs to the Rinzai tradition. The temple<br />
was founded in 1202 by the priest Yousai (1141-1215).
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