Hōkyō-ji Temple
Sign in to saveHōkyō-ji (宝慶寺) is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple founded about 1278 in Echizen, Fukui prefecture, Japan.
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- Instance of
- Buddhist temple
- Religion
- Sōtō
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Ōno-shi
- Image
- Hokyo-ji - gate.jpg
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- inception
- 1278-00-00
- Commons category
- Hōkyō-ji (Ono, Fukui)
- street address
- 〒912-0434 福井県大野市寶慶寺１−2
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Hōkyō-ji (宝慶寺) is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple founded about 1278 in Echizen, Fukui prefecture, Japan.
==History and founding== Jakuen left Eihei-ji in 1261. He meditated in solitary with the wild animals at the base of Mount Ginnanpo, about away. By one account, a leader of the Fujiwara clan in charge of the Ono District, Ijira Tomotoshi happened to find him during a hunt, and offered his financial support. In 1278, Tomotoshi's son Tomanari built a temple for Jakuen who apparently wished to revere Ju-ching by taking the name from the Hōkyō era in China, a period during which Ju-ching was Dogen's teacher.
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