Hōtoku-ji
📍 Nara, Nara · 23 Jūrinmachi, Nara City, Nara Prefecture
About
MountainKitayama
SectRinzai-shu Shokoku-ji school
PrincipalKannon Bosatsu
Founded1397
FounderAshikaga Yoshimitsu
HeritageUNESCO World Heritage
Website www.shokoku-ji.jp/kinkakuji/
History
As its name shows, Hōtoku-ji treasures above all the Buddha's teachings and virtue practice. All who enter its gates find pure light in their hearts' depths. Throughout the long years I have watched, its radiance never fades.
Benefits
Virtue accumulationMerit increaseHeart purification
