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Honzon (本尊, "fundamental
honored [one]"),
sometimes referred to as a
Gohonzon (ご本尊 or 御本尊), is the
enshrined main
image or prin****l
deity in ****anese...
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Shingon Buddhist temple in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, ****an. Its main
devotion (
honzon) is Yakushi. Daigo,
literally "ghee", is used
figuratively to mean "crème...
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which devotional chanting is directed. Linguistically, the
rootword honzon (本尊)
derives from
ancient word konpon-sogyo,
signifying a
devotional object...
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human skulls,
which would be
coated in the
resultant mix in
order to
create honzon. However,
those practices were
considered heretical,
leading to the sect's...
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place of
worship to the Buddha, the Law of the Universe, etc.
Scrolls (
honzon) or
statues are
placed in the
butsudan and pra**** to
morning and evening...
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include what is
considered his two most
significant works, the
Kanjin no
Honzon Shō (観心本尊抄, "The
Object of
Devotion for
Observing the Mind") and the Kaimoku...
- Shingyō) is
chanted along with
repetition of the
Mantra of the main
image (本尊,
honzon) and the
Mantra of
Light (光明真言, Kōmyō Shingon).
After kigan and ekō (prayers...
- in most cases,
Akshobhya is
given that role. As an
exceptional case, the
honzon of
Mount Kōya's Kongōbu
Temple was
changed from
Akshobhya to Bhaiṣajyaguru...
- the
fundamental teachings in
Nichiren Buddhism,
which include Hommon-no-
honzon (本門の本尊:
object of
devotion of the
essential teaching), Hommon-no-kaidan...
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Tendai sect
located in the city of
Shibukawa in
Gunma Prefecture, ****an. Its
honzon is a
bronze statue of
Senju Kanzeon Bosatsu (千手観世音菩薩). The
temple is also...
