Spring Light / Kyoto Ohara Sanzenin　京都大原三千院

            location :   Sanzen-in (三千院)temple  -   the Ojo Gokuraku-in      Hall (往生極楽院)    Kyoto city ,Kyoto prefecture,Japan

Yusei-en garden(有清園) and Ojogokuraku-in hall（往生極楽院） looked from Shinden Building.

Sanzen-in (三千院) is a Tendai school monzeki temple in Ōhara, Kyoto, Japan. The Heian period triad of Amida Nyorai flanked by attendants is a National Treasure.

Sanzenin Temple  is the main attraction of the rural town of Ohara(大原）, which is located about an hour north of central Kyoto（京都）. The approach from Ohara bus stop to Sanzenin is lined with shops and restaurants catering to temple visitors, and there are a number of smaller temples in the vicinity. Sanzenin Temple itself has large temple grounds and a variety of buildings, gardens and walking paths.

Sanzenin is a temple of the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism and was founded by nobody less than the revered monk Saicho who introduced Tendai Buddhism to Japan in 804. Sanzenin is a monzeki temple( 門跡）, one of only a few temples whose head priests used to be members of the imperial family.

After entering the temple through the front gate, visitors to Sanzenin pass through a series of connected temple buildings. The first major building is the Kyakuden (guest hall), which displays works of Japanese calligraphy and paintings on sliding doors (fusuma襖). The building opens up onto the Shuhekien Garden, a traditional Japanese garden that has a small pond and hill.

Connected to the Kyakuden by a corridor, the Shinden (main hall) displays statues of three Buddhist deities, the central figure of Amida Buddha being flanked by the attendants Kannon and Fudo Myoo. From the Shinden visitors can enjoy the most famous view of Sanzenin Temple: the Ojo Gokuraku-in Hall seen through maple and cedar trees across a moss garden.

After admiring the view from the Shinden, visitors walk through the moss garden. A tranquil atmosphere permeates the garden, and there are a number of amusing stone statues that peek out from the moss. 

Located in the middle of the moss garden, the Ojo Gokuraku-in Hall（往生極楽院） is the oldest temple building at Sanzenin. The hall was first built in 985 and most recently rebuilt in 1143. It holds a statue of Amida Buddha, Sanzenin's most valued treasure. The statue of Amida is accompanied by two attendant deities, Kannon on one side and Seishi on the other.

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大原の地は千有余年前より魚山と呼ばれ仏教音楽（声名）の発祥の地であり、念仏聖による浄土信仰の聖地として今日に至ります。創建は傳教大師最澄上人（７６７～８２２）が比叡山延暦寺建立の際草庵を結ばれたのに始まります。別名 梶井門跡・梨本門跡とも呼ばれる天台宗五箇室門跡の一つで、皇子皇族が住職を勤めた宮門跡です。現在の名称は明治４年法親王還俗にともない、梶井御殿内の持仏堂に掲げられていた霊元天皇宸筆の勅額により、三千院と公称されるようになりました。

往生極楽院
寺伝では寛和二年（９８６）に「往生要集」の著者で天台浄土教の大成者である恵心僧都源信が父母の菩提のため姉の安養尼と共に建立したと伝えられています。お堂に比べて大きい「阿弥陀三尊像」(国宝）を収める工夫として天井を船底型に折りあげています。現在は肉眼ではわかり難いものの、その天井には極楽浄土に舞う天女や諸菩薩の姿が極彩色で描かれています。

有清園
本堂の寝殿より極楽院を眺める有清園は、中国の六朝時代を代表する詩人、謝霊運の「山水清音有」より命名された池泉回遊式庭園です。

一隅を照らす　これ則ち国宝なり。国宝とは何ぞ　宝とは道心なり                 
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Taken on: April 29, 2017

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