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  1. 🕯️📿THE IMPERMANENCE OF ALL THINGS🙏🕯️

    For one week from mid-October each year Tōrin-in (東林院), a sub-temple of Myōshin-ji, illuminates its main garden with 800 candles.
    The "Bontō no akari ni shitashimu-kai" (梵燈のあかりに親しむ会) is intended as an elegant form of prayer.

    #Myoshinji #Torinin #妙心寺 #東林院

  2. 🕯️📿THE IMPERMANENCE OF ALL THINGS🙏🕯️

    For one week from mid-October each year Tōrin-in (東林院), a sub-temple of Myōshin-ji, illuminates its main garden with 800 candles.
    The "Bontō no akari ni shitashimu-kai" (梵燈のあかりに親しむ会) is intended as an elegant form of prayer.

    #Myoshinji #Torinin #妙心寺 #東林院

  3. Tōrin-in celebrates Koshōgatsu during the 2nd half of January (小豆粥で初春を祝う会).

    Guests are first served 'fuku-cha' (福茶), a tea made with the year's first drawn water.
    Plums, resistant to the cold and a symbol of longevity, are eaten to cleanse the mouth and dispel any 'evil'.

    #Torinin #Myoshinji #Japan #Kyoto

  4. Tōrin-in celebrates Koshōgatsu during the 2nd half of January (小豆粥で初春を祝う会).

    Guests are first served 'fuku-cha' (福茶), a tea made with the year's first drawn water.
    Plums, resistant to the cold and a symbol of longevity, are eaten to cleanse the mouth and dispel any 'evil'.

    #Torinin #Myoshinji #Japan #Kyoto

  5. In part thanks to the current head, Nishikawa Genbō (西川玄房 *somewhat of a celebrity in his own right*), Tōrin-in has become well known for its (vegetarian) 'devotional cuisine'.

    Fresh vegetables are grown behind the temple, and classes are held each Tuesday.

    #東林院 #Kyoto #Torinin #京都 #Japan #西川玄房

  6. In part thanks to the current head, Nishikawa Genbō (西川玄房 *somewhat of a celebrity in his own right*), Tōrin-in has become well known for its (vegetarian) 'devotional cuisine'.

    Fresh vegetables are grown behind the temple, and classes are held each Tuesday.

    #東林院 #Kyoto #Torinin #京都 #Japan #西川玄房

  7. For most communities the New Year began with the first full moon of the first month.

    It was customary to eat 'azuki-gayu' (小豆粥), a rice gruel mixed with red adzuki beans, for health and to exorcise evil spirits.
    Red was considered a protective colour, especially against disease.

    #littlenewyear #newyear #azuki #beans #gruel #Torinin #Myoshinji

  8. For most communities the New Year began with the first full moon of the first month.

    It was customary to eat 'azuki-gayu' (小豆粥), a rice gruel mixed with red adzuki beans, for health and to exorcise evil spirits.
    Red was considered a protective colour, especially against disease.

    #littlenewyear #newyear #azuki #beans #gruel #Torinin #Myoshinji

  9. 🌾LITTLE NEW YEAR🙏

    Before the New Year celebrations wrap up, there is one more observance to be made on January 15th.

    Tōrin-in preserves the tradition of 'Koshōgatsu' (小正月 'Little New Year'), a once-popular ritual in rural areas, where people would pray for good harvests.

    #Myoshinji #妙心寺 #Torinin #小正月 #Kyoto #littlenewyear #Japan

  10. 🌾LITTLE NEW YEAR🙏

    Before the New Year celebrations wrap up, there is one more observance to be made on January 15th.

    Tōrin-in preserves the tradition of 'Koshōgatsu' (小正月 'Little New Year'), a once-popular ritual in rural areas, where people would pray for good harvests.

    #Myoshinji #妙心寺 #Torinin #小正月 #Kyoto #littlenewyear #Japan

  11. 👶THE SAL TREE💀

    "The sound of the Gion Shōja bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sāla flowers reveals the truth that the prosperous must decline. The proud do not endure, they are like a dream on a spring night..."
    -The Tale of the Heike (平家物語).

    #HeikeMonogatari #平家物語 #saltree #Buddha #Buddhism #zen #Myoshinji #Torinin

  12. 👶THE SAL TREE💀

    "The sound of the Gion Shōja bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sāla flowers reveals the truth that the prosperous must decline. The proud do not endure, they are like a dream on a spring night..."
    -The Tale of the Heike (平家物語).

    #HeikeMonogatari #平家物語 #saltree #Buddha #Buddhism #zen #Myoshinji #Torinin

  13. 27 years ago, during renovations of the temple's main hall, Tōrin-in's head priest struck upon the idea of recycling old tiles as candle saucers.

    From then on he arranged the candles each year to form a different message, the event acting as a prayer to erase earthly desires🕯️

    #梵燈のあかりに親しむ会 #lantern #lanternlightup #lightup #Torinin #zen #Myoshinji

  14. 27 years ago, during renovations of the temple's main hall, Tōrin-in's head priest struck upon the idea of recycling old tiles as candle saucers.

    From then on he arranged the candles each year to form a different message, the event acting as a prayer to erase earthly desires🕯️

    #梵燈のあかりに親しむ会 #lantern #lanternlightup #lightup #Torinin #zen #Myoshinji

  15. 🕯️📿THE IMPERMANENCE OF ALL THINGS🙏🕯️

    For one week from mid-October each year Tōrin-in (東林院), a sub-temple of Myōshin-ji, illuminates its main garden with 800 candles.

    The "Bontō no akari ni shitashimu-kai" (梵燈のあかりに親しむ会) is intended as an elegant form of prayer.

    #Myoshinji #妙心寺 #zen #lantern #Torinin #東林院 #lightup

  16. 🕯️📿THE IMPERMANENCE OF ALL THINGS🙏🕯️

    For one week from mid-October each year Tōrin-in (東林院), a sub-temple of Myōshin-ji, illuminates its main garden with 800 candles.

    The "Bontō no akari ni shitashimu-kai" (梵燈のあかりに親しむ会) is intended as an elegant form of prayer.

    #Myoshinji #妙心寺 #zen #lantern #Torinin #東林院 #lightup

  17. Lined up along the length of the temple veranda were thousands of tiny pieces of sliced daikon radishes, drying in the cold winter air😮

    Despite the recent rain and snow, winter in Kyōto is a bone-chillingly dry affair.

    #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #Torinin #東林院 #Myoshinji #妙心寺

  18. Lined up along the length of the temple veranda were thousands of tiny pieces of sliced daikon radishes, drying in the cold winter air😮

    Despite the recent rain and snow, winter in Kyōto is a bone-chillingly dry affair.

    #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #Torinin #東林院 #Myoshinji #妙心寺