Buddhist Temples of Kyōto and Kamakura - Beatrice Lane Suzuki †
9 Tōfukuji
Buddhist Temples of Kyōto and Kamakura - Beatrice Lane Suzuki †
Beatrice Lane Suzuki † [+]
Beatrice Lane Suzuki (1878-1939) was a very well informed and sensitive expositor of Mahāyāna Buddhism and the American wife of the well-known Zen Buddhist Suzuki Daisetsu. She lived in Japan for many years and came to know the leading temple centres of various Buddhist schools - especially in Kyōto and Kamakura - very well.
Description
In this chapter, the author describes the temple Tōfukuji, founded in 1236. This temple one of the most important monasteries of the Zen sect in Kyōto.