Chūzen-ji Temple
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is a Buddhist temple standing on the shore of Lake Chuzenji of the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Zen and its honzon is a statue of Jūichimen Senjū Kannon Bosatsu. The temple's full name is Nikkō-san Rinaiji-betsuin Chūzen-ji (日光山 輪王寺別院 中禅寺).The temple is the 18th stop on the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage route.
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- Instance of
- Buddhist temple
- Part of
- Bandō Sanjūsankasho
- Religion
- Tendai
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Nikkō-shi
- Body of water
- Lake Chūzenji
- Parent organization
- Rinnō-ji Temple
- Dedicated to
- Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara
- Official website
- www.rinnoji.or.jp/temple/chuzenji
- Image
- The Chuzenji temple, Nikko - panoramio.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chūzen-ji
- located in protected area
- Nikkō National Park
- inception
- 0784-00-00
- official shop URL
- chuzenji.official.ec
- native label
- 中禅寺
- street address
- 栃木県日光市中宮祠2482
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is a Buddhist temple standing on the shore of Lake Chuzenji of the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Zen and its honzon is a statue of Jūichimen Senjū Kannon Bosatsu. The temple's full name is Nikkō-san Rinaiji-betsuin Chūzen-ji (日光山 輪王寺別院 中禅寺).The temple is the 18th stop on the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage route.
==History== The details of the founding of this temple is uncertain. According to the temple's legend, it was founded by the priest Shōdō in 784. The priest was on a boat on Lake Chuzenji when he noticed an apparition of Kannon Bosatsu stating by a katsura tree. He cut down the tree and carved a statue, which become the honzon of the new temple.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chūzen-ji Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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