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A copy of the Hokke Mandara (法華曼荼羅), a mandala centered on Prabhūtaratna Buddha & Shakyamuni Buddha within the jeweled stupa preaching the Lotus Sutra

Color on silk dating to the Kamakura period (1185-1333) from the collection of Tōshōdaiji (唐招提寺) in Nara

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What is it with tourists defacing ancient sites?

#japan #nara #toshodaiji kondo temple #golden hall #8th century #people can be so stupid

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Toshodaiji Temple in Nara, Japan. 律宗総本山 唐招提寺 @Toritsushodai

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#wtfiwwy #tourists behaving badly #damn kids

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Japan: Toshodaiji Kondo temple in Nara defaced by Canadian teen

BBC News By Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto July 10, 2023   A Canadian teenager has been questioned by police in Japan after carving letters on a wooden pillar of an 8th Century temple. Police said the 17-year-old boy carved “Julian” on a pillar at the Toshodaiji Kondo temple complex in Nara, Japan. The boy was caught carving the pillar with his fingernail by a Japanese tourist, who alerted…

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Japan: Toshodaiji Kondo temple in Nara defaced by Canadian teen

A 17-year-old boy reportedly carves the name “Julian” on an 8th Century temple in Nara, Japan. from BBC News – World https://ift.tt/4htJxeM via IFTTT

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Friday January 13/2023

Today, we took a train to Nara city. Nara is a treasure house of ancient history and culture set in a beautiful natural environment. We planned to take a long circle walk through the Park and Woods past numerous temples and shines.

Before, we got out of the station, we met a couple of Japanese gentleman that belonged to the YMCA with very good English. One of them volunteered to show us around. Are we lucky or what! Simon was cautiously skeptical, but in the end this was a legitimate offer.

We walked through a narrow street that was centre of calligraphy with shops full of supplies.

We walked around the pond to view the five story pagoda from a distance. It was under repair and closed to public, so we couldn’t go inside, but the outside was beautiful. Then we went to the three story pagoda. This pagoda was burned three times and rebuilt In the eighth century. He explain to us how it was built and could survive earthquakes and pretty much anything except fire. The most important part of the pagoda was a metal standard on the top centre so everyone could see it from the distance.

Then we walked through the park to Todaiji temple. In the park, deer were abundant and protected as the messengers of gods. They would come close for food and bow Their heads! At the ancient time, there were white deer living in this area. People would worship them, give them food, and bow at the deer because they were god’s messengers. So now these deer adopted the behaviour, and bow so food will be given to them. Fascinating!

Todaiji temple was famous for housing a massive statue of the Buddha and was the largest and oldest wooden structure in the world.

Then we walked by great bell to Tamukeyama hachimangu shrine. The beauty of the building, with a huge balcony and adorned with lots of variously shaped hanging lanterns, made this shrine different than all the others.

The next stop was Kasuga talsha shrine. The path to this shrine was lined with 2000 stone lanterns, many draped in moss, and the eaves of the shrine itself was decorated with a thousand hanging bronze lanterns. It was very impressive scenery. Everything was in harmony with the natural surrounding environment, as is the basis of Shinto religion. Incredible!

One day a year all of the lanterns are lit to celebrate the shrine’s anniversary.

After lunch, we visited Shin-yakushiji temple that was built for the empress to pray daily for her husband’s recovery. We had to take a local bus past the imperial palace to Toshodaiji temple and Yakushiji temple. At this point, after walking for hours, we were tired and templed out. We took the train back to Kyoto, and we were in bed by 7 PM.

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Senju Kannon, Toshodaiji temple

Nara, Japan

dry lacquer

8th century, 780?

#senju kannon #avalokiteshvara #buddha #bodhisattva #toshodaiji #ganjin #japan #nara #temple #religion #religious #buddhism #buddhist #art #history #archaeology #sculpture #lacquer

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Toshodaiji Temple.

Nara, Japan.

November 20th, 2020.

Toshodaiji Temple was founded in 759. The kondo (lecture hall) (second row from the bottom, center) was previously an administrative building in the Nara Imperial Palace, and was later moved to Toshodaiji. It is the only surviving building from the palace.

When I visited, I was able to get my first Goshuin (temple stamp) (second photo). I also made a crow friend.

#Japan #Buddhism #Nara #Buddhust temple #Toshodaiji #Toshodaiji temple

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Cleaning the sculpted images of buddhas enshrined at Tōshōdaiji Temple (唐招提寺) in Nara

Image from an article in the Nara Shimbun Digital on December 16, 2022

#buddhist temple #buddhist monk #奈良市 #nara #唐招提寺 #toshodaiji #templo budista

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⭐︎ カメラと 読みかけの文庫本と 小さなガイドブックを バックパックに詰めて 細かい予定を立てず だらっと旅したい #nikon #nikonz7 #z7 ⠀ #z50mmf18s ⠀#nara #japan #toshodaiji (唐招提寺) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLHYND9HF_s/?igshid=1kcirncy9omr2

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Yes, it was no doubt a beautiful temple. But my heart was drawn more to the sea of moss on the grounds. #japan #nara #toshodaiji #temples #templegrounds #travel #traveling #traveler #travelgram #essay #photoessay #womanwriter #writersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B3GAm2kB20U/?igshid=18qhyvw9d8ijw

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Toshodai-ji : Big wooden gate door #GoldenHall #ToshodaiJi Buddhist temple was built in the Nara period (710 to 794) in #Nara #Japan #金堂 #唐招提寺 #奈良 #日本 (at Tōshōdai-ji)

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初秋の金堂 by sunnywinds* Via Flickr: The Main (Golden) Hall of Toshodaiji Temple in this Early Aumtumn

#なら #奈良 #唐招提寺 #初秋 #秋 #秋晴れ #金堂 #国宝 #鑑真 #鑑真和上 #日本 #風景 #お寺 #佛寺 #Nara #Japan #autumn #momiji #Landscape #Toshodaiji #Buddhist #temple #golden #hall #紅葉 #紅葉狩り #もみじ #foliage #Leica #summilux