Saigoku Pilgrimage– category –

In the early Heian period, a Japanese monk who had just returned from Tang China set out to explain a distinction that would reshape the entire landscape of Japanese Buddhism. His name was Kukai (774–835), posthumously honored as Kobo Da...

I began the Saigoku Pilgrimage of the Thirty-Three Temples in 2026. For the sacred sites I have already visited, I have written articles accompanied by my own photographs. From here, I will have AI write support articles about the sites ...

I began the Saigoku Pilgrimage of the Thirty-Three Temples in 2026. For the sacred sites I have already visited, I have written articles accompanied by my own photographs. From here, I will have AI write support articles about the sites ...

I began the Saigoku Pilgrimage of the Thirty-Three Temples in 2026. For the sacred sites I have already visited, I have written articles accompanied by my own photographs. From here, I will have AI write support articles about the sites ...

Since beginning my pilgrimage along the Saikoku Thirty-Three Temples, I have had the opportunity to practice shakyō (sutra copying), and it has renewed my interest in the Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyō). I will be having...

For more than 1,300 years, pilgrims have walked a winding route through the Kansai region and beyond, stopping at thirty-three temples dedicated to Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Along the way, one quiet act binds them to the dei...

I began the Saigoku Pilgrimage of the Thirty-Three Temples in 2026. For the sacred sites I have already visited, I have written articles accompanied by my own photographs. From here, I will have AI write support articles about the sites ...

I began the Saigoku Pilgrimage of the Thirty-Three Temples in 2026. For the sacred sites I have already visited, I have written articles accompanied by my own photographs. From here, I will have AI write support articles about the sites ...

I began the Saigoku Pilgrimage of the Thirty-Three Temples in 2026. For the sacred sites I have already visited, I have written articles accompanied by my own photographs. From here, I will have AI write support articles about the sites ...

I began the Saigoku Pilgrimage of the Thirty-Three Temples in 2026. For the sacred sites I have already visited, I have written articles accompanied by my own photographs. From here, I will have AI write support articles about the sites ...

I began the Saigoku Pilgrimage of the Thirty-Three Temples in 2026. For the sacred sites I have already visited, I have written articles accompanied by my own photographs. From here, I will have AI write support articles about the sites ...

The story of Kukai and Saicho crossing to Tang China is, at its heart, a tale of two young monks who risked their lives at sea to bring esoteric Buddhism (mikkyo) back to Japan. What these two men learned on the Chinese mainland would go...

The next temple on the Saigoku Pilgrimage after Yoshimine-dera is Anao-ji. When I visited, the lotus flowers were in full bloom. It seems the hydrangeas had also been blooming beautifully just a little before. I had AI write a support ar...

I began the Saigoku Pilgrimage of the Thirty-Three Temples in 2026. For the sacred sites I have already visited, I have written articles accompanied by my own photographs. From here, I will have AI write support articles about the sites ...

I began the Saigoku Pilgrimage of the Thirty-Three Temples in 2026. For the sacred sites I have already visited, I have written articles accompanied by my own photographs. From here, I will have AI write support articles about the sites ...

I began the Saigoku Pilgrimage of the Thirty-Three Temples in 2026. For the sacred sites I have already visited, I have written articles accompanied by my own photographs. From here, I will have AI write support articles about the sites ...