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| Manjushri (Enryakuji) |
Yesterday I visited Kyoto’s Toji, The East Temple. It’s been on my to-visit list since completing
my pilgrimage of Shikoku several years ago. With a couple
of exceptions, the 88 temples along the 1200km route belong to Japan’s Shingon
school of Buddhism, a Tantric school established in the 9th century by Kukai. Toji was the master's base in Kyoto and the first Tantric
temple in the capital. Toji is also unique
for housing a large collection of rare sculpture and paintings, much of it
brought by Kukai from China.
