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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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which devotional chanting is directed. Linguistically, the root word
honzon (本尊)
derives from
ancient word konpon-sogyo,
signifying a
devotional object...
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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...
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chief priest of the temple. However, a
replica of the
statue (Maedachi
Honzon) has been
created which can be
shown publicly once
every six
years in spring...
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chanting Namu-myōhō-renge-kyō is what is
called polishing. Nichiren's
Kanjin honzon shō, one of his most
significant works,
established the
doctrinal foundation...
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purposes which houses the "main
object of veneration" (本尊, Ch: běnzūn, Jp:
honzon),
usually a
Buddha image. Life in a Zen
monastery is
often guided by a daily...
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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...
- Tosa, Kōchi, ****an. It is the 36th
temple of the
Shikoku Pilgrimage. The
Honzon of
worship at Shōryū-ji is Acala.
According to the
temple records, the temple...
- 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...
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through the Torii, then the Sanmon, and down the Sandō
before reaching the
Honzon.
Cardinal Archbishop Peter Doi was
personally ambivalent to the design,...
