Virtual Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage #23 Ongaku-ji Temple

 

     Priest Shoku (910-1007), Priest Tokudo at the beginning of the 8th century, Emperor Kazan (968-1008), Emperor Shirakawa (1053-1129), Priest Ryochu (1199-1287), Priest Tsukan, Yama-raja in India, Sahadeva in India, Bhaisajyaguru, Amitabha in Zenko-ji Temple, Sudrsti (the Buddhist deification of the North Star), Zao Gongen (the manifestation of all the Buddhas and Gods), and Kumano Gongen (the manifestation in Kumano) were believed to have established the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage.  When the 13 saints visited halfway down the Ogasaka Pass (going beyond time and/or space?), the winds through pine trees sounded as if they had been played by Bodhisattva.  When a temple was founded there, it was named Ongaku-ji, namely Music Temple.

Address: 3773 Terao, Chichibu, Saitama 368-0056

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