Chōkōji
📍 Saitama, Yokoze Town · 6086 Yokoze, Yokoze Town, Chichibu District, Saitama
About
MountainKitayama
SectRinzai-shu Shokoku-ji school
PrincipalKannon Bosatsu
Founded1397
FounderAshikaga Yoshimitsu
HeritageUNESCO World Heritage
Website www.shokoku-ji.jp/kinkakuji/
History
Chōkōji, an ancient Zen monastery in Yokoze, polishes the spiritual faculties of its practitioners until they gleam with clarity. The white fox has deep affinity for Zen's profound simplicity, perceiving in the monks' gaze the power to see truth's naked essence. Through seated meditation, practitioners encounter their own Buddha-nature directly. This temple stands as a crucible of that austere and sacred practice.
Benefits
Meditative stabilitySpiritual cultivationPath to enlightenment