Kongōfuku-ji
Kongōfuku-ji (金剛福寺) is a Buzan Shingon temple in Tosashimizu, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Temple 38 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the deity that is worshipped at this temple is Sahasra-bhuja, or Senju Kannon Bosatsu (千手観音菩薩) in Japanese. The temple is said to have been founded by Gyōki in 822.
Kongōfuku-ji is 85 km south of Temple 37 (Iwamoto-ji) and can take an average pilgrim 30 hours to reach on foot. This is the furthest distance between two temples on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
Buildings
- Hondō
- Sanmon: Niōmon (仁王門)
- Shōrō
- Gomadō (護摩堂): Shrine within the temple grounds to conduct Goma rituals to ask for blessing from deities. Goma is conducted by burning cedar sticks available for purchase next to the gomadō.
See also
References
- ^ "Kongofukuji Temple at Cape Ashizuri". Japan Travel. Japan Travel K.K. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "金剛福寺". 四国八十八ヶ所霊場会. 四国八十八ヶ所霊場会. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ Covell, Stephen Grover (2005). Japanese Temple Buddhism: Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation. University of Hawaii Press. p. 2. ISBN 0824829670.
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