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👣KYŌTO'S BLOOD CEILINGS🩸
The rear portion of the ceiling in Genkō-an's (源光庵) main hall is stained with what at first glance looks like water damage...
...but soon a footprint emerges on the rust coloured wood, the shape of a doll, shadowy fingertips, the fold of a kimono! -
Circles play an important role in zen thought😑
Without corners there is no end and no beginning, just an uninterrupted and continuous journey.'Ensō' (円相), a circle painted with a single stroke, symbolizes absolute enlightenment, freedom of the mind, elegance, and the universe.
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😵💫⏹️WINDOW TO THE SOUL⏺️😇
Visitors to Genkō-an (源光庵) are presented with a riddle when they settle in the main hall...a question built into the architecture of the the temple.
What does the world look like to one who is enlightened?🤔
Two windows hold the key.
#Kyoto #京都 #Genkoan #源光庵 #zen #enlightenment #Takagamine #鷹峯
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👣KYŌTO'S BLOOD CEILINGS🩸
The rear portion of the ceiling in Genkō-an's (源光庵) main hall is stained with what at first glance looks like water damage...but soon a footprint appears on the rust-coloured wood, the shape of a doll, shadowy fingertips, the fold of a kimono!
Genkō-an is 1 of 8 temples that claim to have received bloody floorboards from Momoyama Castle (伏見城/aka 桃山城), some time after the Siege of Fushimi in 1600.