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Eihei-ji Temple

right|250px is one of two main temples of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism, the largest single religious denomination in Japan (by number of temples in a single legal entity). The other is Sōji-ji in Yokohama. Eihei-ji is located about east of Fukui in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In English, its name means "temple of eternal peace" (in Japanese, 'ei' means "eternal", 'hei' means "peaceful", and 'ji' means "Buddhist temple").

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Religious building.name: Eihei-ji永平寺
Religious building.image: Eiheiji08bs3200.jpg
Religious building.map_type: Japan Fukui Prefecture#Japan
Religious building.relief: 1
Religious building.map_caption: Eihei-ji
Religious building.location: 5-15 Shihi, Eiheiji-chō, Yoshida District, Fukui Prefecture
Religious building.religious_affiliation: Buddhism
Religious building.rite: Sōtō Zen
Religious building.deity: Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)Miroku Butsu (Maitreya)Amida Nyorai (Amitābha)
Religious building.country: Japan
Religious building.functional_status: Head Temple
Religious building.founded_by: Dōgen
Religious building.year_completed: 1244

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History
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Training
Tourism
Denuclearization
Gallery
Cultural Properties
National Treasure
National Important Cultural Properties
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See also
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Its founder was Eihei Dōgen, who brought Sōtō Zen from China to Japan during the 13th century. The ashes of Dōgen and a memorial to him are in the Jōyōden (the Founder's Hall) at Eihei-ji. William Bodiford of UCLA writes that, "The rural monastery Eiheiji in particular aggrandized Dōgen to bolster its own authority vis-à-vis its institutional rivals within the Sōtō denomination."