From previous entry…..
Today is Shrine/Temple Visting Day, before we know it, we are on our way to another famous temple… more walkingggg again! Haha!
8 minutes to The Temple of the Dragon at Peace…
I really love the streets on Kyoto, it’s just so clean, quiet and beautiful!!
Haha.. here’s another lovely japanese gal I captured on the streets.. I just can’t help it, can it? :p
Take a deep breath and look at this S u r r e a l
In fact, I’m very wow-ed by this temple and the significance behind everything here..
We have to take off our shoes before we step into the temple… and rock garden..
Seriously, does anyone really know what’s the meaning of looking at the 15 stones? I guess we’ve yet to attained enlightenment…. 🙁 so better read up more from Wiki la..
<From Wiki> Fifteen stones of different sizes, carefully composed in five groups; a group of 5, two groups of 3, and two groups of 2 stones. The garden is meant to be viewed from a seated position on the veranda of the hōjō, the residence of the abbott of the monastery.
The stones are placed so that the entire composition cannot be seen at once from the veranda. They are also arranged so that when looking at the garden from any angle only fourteen of the boulders are visible at one time. It is traditionally said that only through attaining enlightenment would one be able to view the fifteenth boulder.
Miniatures of the karesansui (dry rock garden) –> Z E N!
Marley appearing again.. hee hee
Besides the rock garden, the temple also has a water garden; the Kyoyochi Pond. A famous stone water basin, with water continually flowing for ritual purification. This is the Ryōan-ji tsukubai, which translates literally as “crouch;” because of the low height of the basin, the user must bend over to use it, in a sign of reverence and humility.
The kanji written on the surface of the stone are without significance when read alone (sorry, the words kinda faded in my photo after post-processing, can view a clearer pic from wiki here).If each is read in combination with 口 (kuchi), which the central bowl is meant to represent, then the characters become 吾, 唯, 足, 知; simply means “what one has is all one needs” and is meant to reinforce the basic anti-materialistic teachings of Buddhism. The absence of a dipper is intended to imply that the water is for the soul only and that it is necessary to bend the knee in humility in order to receive its blessing. Omg.. isn’t that my favorite phase: 知足常乐?!
I love Autumn
Can’t help taking pictures of “日光”…
love this so much.. already made it my cover photo on ladysuki.net facebook page!
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最后，JUMPSHOT 一定要得啦…….
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More on Kyoto coming up…
