Virtual Aduma 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #22 Shoen-ji Temple

     It is unknown when Shokaku-ji and Enmei-in Temples were founded, but they were both officially listed in 1633.  They were merged in 1908 under the new name of Shoen-ji.

Shoen-ji's main deities are the Five Tathagatas which were dug out in Shokaku-ji Temple, and which are supposed to have been made in the Heian Period (794-1185).  It is unknown why and when they had been buried.  The Five Tathagatas or the Five Wisdom Tathagatas are Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, Vairocana, Amitabha, and Amoghasiddhi, who embody the principle of enlightenment in Buddhism.  They are the primary object of realization and meditation in Shingon Buddhism, a school of Vajarayana Buddhism founded in Japan by Kukai (774-835).

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