• Higashi Hongan-ji (東本願寺), or, "the Eastern Monastery of the Original Vow", is one of two dominant sub-sects of Shin Buddhism in Japan and abroad...
  • Our Shinshū Ōtani-ha (popularly known as Higashi Honganji) is one of the largest Buddhist denominations in Japan, with approximately 8,700 local temples...
  • Higashi Honganji, or “Eastern Temple of the First Vow” is one of two head temples of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Pure Land Buddhism, the most popular form of...
  • A small Japanese garden named Shoseien is located another few street blocks east of Higashi Honganji and serves as a detached temple residence of Higashi...
  • Nishi-Honganji ile bir tapınak kompleksi içerisinde yer alan Higashi-Honganji, aynı zamanda Doğu Higashi olarak da anılmaktadır.
  • This garden belongs to the Higashi Honganji temple and was donated by Shogun Iemitsu Tokugawa (1604 – 1651) in 1641.
  • Higashi Honganji is the head temple of the Otani school of the Shinshu sect, so the precincts are quite large.
  • Located in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Higashi Honganji Temple is one of the two main temples of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, alongside Nishi Honganji Temple.
  • My Higashi Honganji teachers related the teachings to life experiences, thought processes, perceptions, and emotions, guided by Shinran’s writings.
  • Although the official name of the temple is “Shinshu Honbyo Temple”, it is more commonly referred to as Higashi Honganji Temple due to its location east...