{"id":11415,"date":"2013-01-30T23:28:13","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T15:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/?p=11415"},"modified":"2013-01-30T23:28:13","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T15:28:13","slug":"japan-2012-the-beautiful-kyoto-ryoanji-%e9%be%8d%e5%ae%89%e5%af%ba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/?p=11415","title":{"rendered":"Japan 2012 :: The Beautiful Kyoto &#8211; Ryoanji \u9f8d\u5b89\u5bfa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From previous entry&#8230;.. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today is Shrine\/Temple Visting Day, before we know it, we are on our way to another famous temple&#8230; more walkingggg again! Haha!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0039.png\"><\/p>\n<p>8 minutes to The Temple of the Dragon at Peace&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0041.png\"><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nI really love the streets on Kyoto, it&#8217;s just so clean, quiet and beautiful!!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0044.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Haha.. here&#8217;s another lovely japanese gal I captured on the streets.. I just can&#8217;t help it, can it? :p<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0047.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Take a deep breath and look at this S u r r e a l<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0050.png\"><\/p>\n<p>In fact, I&#8217;m very wow-ed by this temple and the significance behind everything here..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0051.png\"><\/p>\n<p>We have to take off our shoes before we step into the temple\u2026 and rock garden..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0076.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Seriously, does anyone really know what&#8217;s the meaning of looking at the 15 stones? I guess we&#8217;ve yet to attained enlightenment&#8230;. \ud83d\ude41 so better read up more from Wiki la..<\/p>\n<p><<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ry%C5%8Dan-ji\" title=\"From Wiki\" target=\"_blank\">From Wiki<\/a>> 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 h\u014dj\u014d, the residence of the abbott of the monastery.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0053.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Miniatures of the <em>karesansui<\/em> (dry rock garden) &#8211;> Z E N!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0074.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Marley appearing again.. hee hee<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0067.png\"><\/p>\n<p>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 Ry\u014dan-ji tsukubai, which translates literally as &#8220;crouch;&#8221; because of the low height of the basin, the user must bend over to use it, in a sign of reverence and humility.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f2\/Tsukubai2.JPG\/450px-Tsukubai2.JPG\" title=\"Tsukubai\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).If each is read in combination with \u53e3 (kuchi), which the central bowl is meant to represent, then the characters become \u543e, \u552f, \u8db3, \u77e5; simply means &#8220;what one has is all one needs&#8221; 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&#8217;t that my favorite phase: \u77e5\u8db3\u5e38\u4e50?!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0071.png\"><\/p>\n<p>I love Autumn<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0063.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t help taking pictures of &#8220;\u65e5\u5149&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0081.png\"><\/p>\n<p>love this so much.. already made it my cover photo on ladysuki.net facebook page!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0086.png\"><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0083.png\"><\/p>\n<p>\u6700\u540e\uff0cJUMPSHOT \u4e00\u5b9a\u8981\u5f97\u5566&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\u00a92013 ladysuki kyoto\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC_0088.png\"><\/p>\n<p>========================================<br \/>\n<em>More on Kyoto coming up&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Honeymoon-Kyoto.jpg?w=620\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fladysuki.net%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D11415&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From previous entry&#8230;.. Today is Shrine\/Temple Visting Day, before we know it, we are on our way to another famous temple&#8230; more walkingggg again! 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