#okunoin

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Some monuments and graves from the Okunoin cemetery, Koyasan, Wakayama, Japan. Sacred to the Shingon faith, Okunoin is almost 1200-years-old, and it is the final resting place of Kobo Daishi Kukai, who brought Vajrayana religion to Japan. It is said that he remains in eternal meditation, inside his mausoleum. This is a deeply sacred place, and I am very grateful to have spent a few days wandering its hallowed grounds.

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Okunoin Cemetery. x

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A stone image of Thousand-Armed Kannon Bodhisattva (千手観音菩薩) in the Oku no In area (奥之院) of Mount Kōya (高野山) in Wakayama Prefecture

Photo by the artist 神仏切り絵師 秀多 [Shinbutsu Kirieshi Hidekazu], August 2021

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how come it has nearly been 3 years since I first set foot in Japan but it still hasn’t left my mind?

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Okunoin Cemetery, Mount Kōya por TokyoViews Por Flickr:

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🇯🇵🏮 Okunoin | Koyasan by Dave Wong Via Flickr: 奥の院 | 高野山