Angil's posts from November 2020

Nov. 29, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 13 – SUMIYOSHITAISHA II – CHARMS AND…

♫♫ Charms ♫♫ Charms a poem by W.H. Davies She walks as lightly as the fly Skates on the water in July. To hear her moving petticoat …

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Nov. 27, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 13 – SUMIYOSHITAISHA

♫♫ Sumiyoshi Taisha - Osaka ♫♫ Sumiyoshi Taisha Osaka's Sumiyoshi Taisha (住吉大社, "Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine") is one of Japan's oldest shrines. Founded in the…

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Nov. 25, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 13 – FROM KOYASAN TO SUMIYOSHITAISHA …

Petrol pumps are placed overhead because space is a scarce commodity in Japan. First time I saw something like this ♫♫ Frank Sinatra Awful lot of coffee in…

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Nov. 23, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 13 – KONGOBU-JI TEMPLE – KITCHEN AND…

We eventually ended in Kongobuji's kitchen with its enormous hearth and kamado stoves large enough to feed up to 2000 people We saw scores of monks passing by…

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Nov. 21, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 13 – KONGOBU-JI TEMPLE – KOBO DAISHI

♫♫ Kobo Daishi ♫♫ Kūkai (空海; 27 July 774 – 22 April 835), also known posthumously as Kōbō Daishi (弘法大師, "The Grand Master who Propagated the Dharma"), was…

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Nov. 19, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 13 – KONGOBU-JI TEMPLE - BANRYUTEI…

♫♫ Kongobuji Rock Garden ♫♫ Behind the building is the Banryutei Rock Garden, the largest rock garden in Japan. Built in 1984, its large rocks from…

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Nov. 17, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 13 – KONGOBU-JI TEMPLE - HEAD…

♫♫ Kongobuji Temple ♫♫ Kongobuji (金剛峯寺, Kongōbuji) was originally constructed in 1593 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to commemorate the death of his mother. Later…

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Nov. 15, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 13 – DAIMON GATE AND DANJO GARAN

♫♫ Daimon Gate and Danjo Garan by Night ♫♫ Koyasan Daimon Gate was originally built in the 11th century in the Tsuzuraori Valley and was moved a century…

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Nov. 13, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 13 – SHINGON BUDDHISM – THE BALD…

♫♫ Shingon Monks chants ♫♫ Secrecy Today, there are very few books on Shingon in the West and until the 1940s, not a single book on Shingon had ever been…

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Nov. 11, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 13 – SHINGON BUDDHISM

♫♫ Exploring the Mysteries of Shingon Buddhism on Japan’s Koyasan ♫♫ Shingon, (Japanese: “True Word”) branch of Vajrayana (Tantric, or Esoteric) Buddhism…

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Nov. 09, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 13 – RED BRIDGE

♫♫ Niall Teague & The Fast Company - "Big Red Bridge" ♫♫ The Red Bridge Poem by Liilia Talts Morrison I saw a bridge meant to be crossed…

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Nov. 07, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – LAST PICTURES OF DAY 12 – SHOJIN RYORI…

Video - Learn from the master chef how to eat -SHOJIN RYORI Shojin Ryori Shojin Ryori is a type of Buddhist cuisine that exists all over Asia. While the…

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Nov. 05, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 12 – OKUNOIN CEMETERY

All these pictures were taken by Teresa. I got really sick here and stayed at the monastery resting. ♫♫ Okunoin Cemetery Mt.Koya ♫♫ Concealed atop the…

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Nov. 03, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 12 – OKUNOIN AT KOYASAN

All these pictures were taken by Teresa. I got really sick here and stayed at the monastery resting. ♫♫ Okunoin Cemetery Mt.Koya ♫♫ Okunoin (奥の院) is the…

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Nov. 01, 2020

JAPAN TRAVELOGUE – DAY 12 – KOYASAN

All these pictures were taken by Teresa. I got really sick here and stayed at the monastery resting. ♫♫ Koyasan ♫♫ Koyasan is a basin running 2 km north…

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