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[2025 Eiheiji Attraction] Travel Guide for Daihonzan Eiheiji (Updated Mar)

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Eihei Temple is a temple located in Eiheiji Town, Yoshida County, Fukui Prefecture. It is a place for meditation practice founded by Master Dogen in the second year of Kuanyuan (1244). Zen Master Dogen was born in Kyoto in 1200. He became a monk at Mount Hiei at the age of 14. In the spring of the age of 24, he went to Tiantong Mountain in China, where he studied from Zen Master Rujing, and returned to Japan to inherit the Buddhist teachings of "Zen Zen" by Sakyamuni Buddha. The temple was built according to the pattern of the Mingzhou Zen Temple in the Song Dynasty, with a typical layout of Zen temples. The ancient temple is still well-preserved, with quaint wooden buildings. The central content of practice here is sitting meditation, but sitting meditation is not the entire content of practice. It is important to incorporate the spirit of zazen into everyday life. For example, the daily labor of monks wiping the promenade with cloth is also a kind of "dynamic sitting meditation". The brochure has pictures of monks wiping the floor, just like Yixiu wiping the floor in the cartoon. Visitors who are interested in praying for blessings or learning about meditation may wish to take a look.

Address:
5-15 Shihi, Eiheiji, Yoshida District, Fukui 910-1228, Japan
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-2 hours
Phone:
+81 776-63-3102
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