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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...
- 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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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...
- of the Kōmyō (光明宗) sect
after the temple's founder,
Empress Kōmyō. The
honzon of the
temple is a
statue of Jūichimen
Kannon (Avalokiteśvara),
which is...
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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...
- male as a
jitsurui deity and the
female as a
provisional incarnation. The
honzon or
focus of
worship in this rite is thus
called "provisional and real devas"...
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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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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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through the Torii, then the Sanmon, and down the Sandō
before reaching the
Honzon.
Cardinal Archbishop Peter Doi was
personally ambivalent to the design,...
