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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi, 774–835 CE)

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A small stone statue of the #Shingon founder #Kūkai (空海) a.k.a. #Kōbō #Daishi (弘法大師) at Ishiyama Kannon (石山観音) in the outskirts of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, #Japan.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Sumadera (須磨寺) is a unique #temple full of iconographic #arts, at the western end of Kōbe (神戸). Perhaps because it's not in Kyōto or Nara, there is little information available online about Sumadera, even in #Japanese. It was founded in 886 and has its own branch of Kūkai's #Shingon #Buddhism: Sumadera-ha (真言宗須磨寺派). It is internationally active, and a place for #religious practices rather than an outdoor museum. By the same token, it's free to enter.
Suma appears in ancient waka poetry (和歌) of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables, and is associated with the Heike Monogatari (平家物語). I was determined to go, despite the rain, because I'd read an article clarifying wabi and sabi with a #waka coincidentally about Suma. The first photos show Sumadera's exchanges with #Nepal resulting in a display of Tibetan #Buddhist and #Hindu #iconography. Although there was light rain on the beach at first, later up at Sumadera the day turned bright.

#Japan #travel #religion #Hinduism #mythology
@religion @mythology

Dear Friends of #Buddhism,

As we may know eventually ...
After #reading #theory, perhaps a #visit to a center and or #temple ...

We practice #meditation!

If you have ever tried and given up, you might need a different #technique or approach:
At the #moment a lot of my practice time after the #settling period is #mantra/#chanting.

During the settling time I do a sort of seated '#Yoga Nidra' (#Yogic Sleep). I may then use techniques from #Shingon or other #esoteric schools. We future #Buddhas are an #eclectic #sangha of #misfits, #mystics, #worriers and #warriors ...

https://feedle.world/search?query=buddhism

Temples that practise #Shingon #Buddhism, one of the few surviving #Vajrayana lineages in East Asia, perform #goma fire rituals (derived from #Hinduism's #homa) to destroy harmful thoughts and desires, and to seek blessings and the fulfilment of prayers.

#ByodoJi is part of the oldest and largest Shingon sect in #Japan and is a stop on the #Shikoku Pilgrimage trail. Byodo-ji streams its #NewYear goma ritual from midnight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l9r2Q6-lyg

#お正月 #新春護摩 #護摩 #平等寺 #EsotericBuddhism #yagya

"Esoteric Buddhism, Grundgestalt, with a touch of Frank Zappa"

https://noblogo.org/eidon/esoteric-buddhism-grundgestalt-with-a-touch-of-frank-zappa

#Mantra #मन्त्र #Grundgestalt #Kotodama #言霊 #Krabat
#Shingon #真言 #種子

What the heck could ever have in common, esoteric Buddhism and Grundgestalt?

In my opinion, everything ^_^

Here's some ideas (in #Italian, sorry)

https://noblogo.org/i-miei-piccoli-grundgestalt/buddismo-esoterico-e-grundgestalt

#Shingon #Grundgestalt
#noblogo #writefreely