Ryoanji

Also known as Ryōan-ji

Ryōan-ji (, , The Temple of the Dragon at Peace) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The Ryōan-ji garden is considered one of the finest surviving examples of kare-sansui ("dry landscape"), a refined type of Japanese Zen temple garden design generally featuring distinctive larger rock formations arranged amidst a sweep of smooth pebbles (small, carefully selected polished river rocks) raked into linear patterns that facilitate meditation. The temple and its gardens are listed as one of the Historic Monumen

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Religious building.name: Ryōan-ji
Religious building.native_name: 龍安寺
Religious building.native_name_lang: ja
Religious building.image: Kare-sansui zen garden, Ryōan-ji, Kyoto 20190416 1.jpg
Religious building.image_size: 300
Religious building.caption: The kare-sansui (dry landscape) zen garden at Ryōan-ji
Religious building.map_type: Japan Kyoto city
Religious building.map_caption: Location in Kyoto
Religious building.location: 13 Ryoanji Goryonoshita-chō, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Religious building.religious_affiliation: Zen, Rinzai sect, Myōshin-ji school
Religious building.deity: Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)

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Ryoanji (japanska: 竜安寺 eller 龍安寺, Ryōan-ji, "Den fridsamme drakens tempel"), är ett zenbuddhistiskt tempel i Kyoto, Japan, beläget på vad som en gång var släkten Fujiwaras egendom. Templet, som främst är berömt för sin karesansui-trädgård ("zenträdgård") anlades cirka 1488, tillhör -riktningen inom den zenbuddhistiska skolan Rinzai och är en del av de på Unescos världsarvslista upptagna "Historiska Kyoto".

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