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Eiheiji, Eihei-Ji Temple

Gabi Greve

Gabi san
13 Oct 2004
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Eihei-Ji Zen Temple in Gifu

岐阜の永平寺へ



I invite you on a short trip to this cold temple.

This morning, the minus temperatures make me think of the monks at Eihei-Ji, the great Zen training temple in the cold mountains of Gifu, where the beginners have to stand at the gate for three nights, bare feet with straw sandals, no food and wait for an elder to let them in.

And that is just the beginning of a long career-training in enduring hardships. If you look carefully, you can see them standing in front of the gate of the above photo, the little black dots in the white snow.
You need a lot of ZEN mind to go through this.

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Eihei-Ji Temple - Dogen Zenji


Greetings from icecold Japan
Gabi san
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Dr. Gabi Greve
Daruma Museum, Okayama, Japan

Join the Daruma Forum
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Visit the Daruma Museum and Gallery
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Enjoy some Haiku Musings about Happiness
 
Thanks for the link, Gabi.

Let me remind our users that I also wrote about Eiheiji temple on the JREF Travel Guide : https://jref.com/practical/eiheiji.shtml
 
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