Zentokuji
📍 Kyoto, Ayabe · 8 Morihigashi, Kamisu Town, Ayabe City
About
MountainKitayama
SectRinzai-shu Shokoku-ji school
PrincipalKannon Bosatsu
Founded1397
FounderAshikaga Yoshimitsu
HeritageUNESCO World Heritage
Website www.shokoku-ji.jp/kinkakuji/
History
A training hall for practitioners accumulating zen virtue, this temple guides steady progress toward enlightenment. Only those who walk carefully step by step approach true awakening. Confronting oneself here reveals the essence of spiritual training.
Benefits
zen virtue cultivationdharmic resolveenlightenment attainment
