Pictures of Kozen-ji Temple
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Date: 17 October 2005 11:34:56
Hurrah! I have managed the wonders of technology to get those pictures off my phone and onto the laptop. I have totally given up on bluetooth - far too complicated. Tried Infra-Red instead, just turn PC Infra-Red on, point phone at PC, select pictures and choose 'Send via Infra-Red'. Would that life were this simple across the board! And it actually seems faster than Bluetooth too. Double Bonus!!
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It was an amazingly peaceful place to be, in spite of the crowds of people visiting on a Bank Holiday Monday. The Temple belongs to the Tendai Buddhist sect (a Branch of the Enrakyu-ji Temple in Kyoto) and was founded in 860 AD, in the reign of Emperor Seiwa by holy priest Honsei. At Kozen-ji the Buddhist deity Fudo-myo-o is enshrined as the principle image of Buddha, but it is forbidden to show the statue to the public.
Becuase there have been many fires at Kozen-ji over the years, much of it has been rebuilt at different times (the gate was most recently re-built in 1944) .