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Honzon

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Honzon, sometimes referred to as a Gohonzon, is the enshrined main image or principal deity in Japanese Buddhism. [1]

25 relations: Acala, Adhiṣṭhāna, Bhaisajyaguru, Buddharupa, Buddhist temples in Japan, Butsudan, Cult image, Dai Gohonzon, Daigo-ji, Ekai Kawaguchi, Enkōji, Gohonzon, Iwamoto-ji, Jingū-ji, Kanjizai-ji, Kasagi, Kyoto, Kikō-ji, List of Cultural Properties of Japan - historical materials (Kōchi), List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Nara), List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Toyama), Nichiren Shōshū, Seiryō-ji, Shōryaku-ji, Shingon Buddhism, Tachikawa-ryu.

Acala

Acala (अचल "immovable") is a dharmapala, Jp.

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Adhiṣṭhāna

The Sanskrit term adhiṣṭhāna (अधिष्ठान;; 加持 kaji; อธิษฐาน àtíttǎan) is the name for initiations or blessings in Vajrayana Buddhism.

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Bhaisajyaguru

Bhaiṣajyaguru, formally Bhaiṣajya-guru-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-rāja ("King of Medicine Master and Lapis Lazuli Light"), is the Buddha of healing and medicine in Mahāyāna Buddhism.

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Buddharupa

Buddharūpa (literally, "Form of the Awakened One") is the Sanskrit and Pali term used in Buddhism for statues or models of beings who have obtained buddhahood, including the historical Buddha.

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Buddhist temples in Japan

Buddhist temples are, together with Shinto shrines, considered to be among the most numerous, famous, and important religious buildings in Japan.

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Butsudan

A Butsudan, sometimes spelled, is a shrine commonly found in temples and homes in Japanese Buddhist cultures.

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Cult image

In the practice of religion, a cult image is a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, spirit or daemon that it embodies or represents.

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Dai Gohonzon

The Dai-Gohonzon of the High Sanctuary of the Essential Teachings, commonly known as the Dai-Gohonzon (Japanese: 大御本尊 The Supreme (Great) Gohonzon), is a venerated calligraphic mandala image inscribed with Sanskrit and Chinese characters on a plank of Japanese camphorwood.

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Daigo-ji

is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

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Ekai Kawaguchi

(February 26, 1866 – February 24, 1945) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, famed for his four journeys to Nepal (in 1899, 1903, 1905 and 1913), and two to Tibet (July 4, 1900–June 15, 1902, 1913–1915), being the first recorded Japanese citizen to travel in either country.

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Enkōji

is a Chisan Shingon temple in Sukumo, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.

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Gohonzon

Gohonzon is a generic term for a venerated religious object in Japanese Buddhism.

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Iwamoto-ji

is a Chisan Shingon temple in Shimanto, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.

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Jingū-ji

Until the Meiji period (1868–1912), the were places of worship composed of a Buddhist temple and of a shrine dedicated to a local kami.

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Kanjizai-ji

Kanjizaiji (観自在寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Ainan-cho (愛南町), Minamiuwa District, Ehime, Japan.

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Kasagi, Kyoto

is a town located in Sōraku District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

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Kikō-ji

is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan.

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List of Cultural Properties of Japan - historical materials (Kōchi)

This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of for the Prefecture of Kōchi.

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List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Nara)

This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of for the Prefecture of Nara.

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List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Toyama)

This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of for the Prefecture of Toyama.

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Nichiren Shōshū

is a branch of Nichiren Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222–1282).

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Seiryō-ji

is a Buddhist temple in the Saga district of Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

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Shōryaku-ji

is a Shingon temple in the southeast of Nara, Japan.

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Shingon Buddhism

is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asia, originally spread from India to China through traveling monks such as Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra.

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Tachikawa-ryu

is a Japanese school of Mikkyō (esotericism) of Shingon Buddhism founded in 1114 by the monk Ninkan (仁寛) (1057-1123) in an attempt to create a Japanese tradition corresponding to Indian tantra (Sanskrit Vāmācāra).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honzon

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