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#SilentSunday at #Ryoanji #Temple

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Looking up the stone stairs at old temple. Both sides are covered with bright green leaves and trees. There’s an entrance of the temple at the end of the stairs

Kyoyochi Pond・鏡容池: The Kyoyochi Pond at Ryoanji Temple, on a sunny morning in the snow.

晴れた朝、雪の中の龍安寺の鏡容池。 https://hermosawavephotography.com/250211/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #龍安寺 #鏡容池 #京都旅行 #日本の風景 #雪景色

Always time for a little frolic.

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #snowyday #snow #Myoshinjin #妙心寺 #Ryoanji #龍安寺 #GardenTeahouse

"Zen teaches us to to actively focus on one thing at a time..."
"Eating, walking, wringing out a wet rag. Just focus on that. It can be anything. "

"So right now, take a moment to focus on eating a piece of candy. This is your entrance into Zen."

"Welcome to your 'Inner Trip'."

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #snowyday #snow #Myoshinjin #妙心寺 #Ryoanji #龍安寺

Snow covers a maneki neko and statue of Hotei at Taizo-in.

Taizo-in is famed for its painting of a man trying to catch a catfish with a gourd...and so the temple has many catfish motifs hidden around the precincts.

Not a bad morning walk to work🙌

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #snowyday #snow #Myoshinjin #妙心寺 #Ryoanji #龍安寺 #GardenTeahouse

Entrance to Benzaiten's shrine in Ryoan-ji's grounds, in the snow.

Slippery steps at Ryoan-ji, leading down from the Abbot's Quarters.

One of Myoshin-ji's sub-temples deep in snow.

🌨️⛄️SPRING SNOW🍵🌸

There is a saying in Kyōto at this time of year that goes "sankan shion" (三寒四温), "3 days cold, 4 days warm".

I think we may be deep in those 3 days...

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #snowyday #snow #Myoshinjin #妙心寺 #Ryoanji #龍安寺 #GardenTeahouse

Ryoanji Snow Garden・龍安寺の雪庭: The famous rock garden at Ryoanji Temple, covered with snow.

雪に覆われた龍安寺の有名な石庭。 https://hermosawavephotography.com/250209/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #龍安寺 #雪庭 #石庭 #京都観光 #日本庭園

A fresh canvas.
Snow brings fresh meaning to Ryōan-ji's famous riddle🪨🌨️🤔

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #Ryoanji #龍安寺 #zen #snow #雪

あなたの神社属性診断の結果は「地」でした！

#相性の良い神社 #池上本門寺 #伊勢山皇大神宮 #龍安寺
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10) THE DRAGON (龍)🐲
Some say it's possible to trace the outline of a dragon, starting with the rock at the most easterly point.
Follow the curving body through the central garden to the NW group, then on to the SW group, finishing at the tail (the low rock from Shikoku 四国).

This may seem like a pretty far out there idea, but the temple's name 'Ryōan-ji' (竜安寺/龍安寺) translates as 'The Temple of the Dragon at Peace' so...

#竜安寺 #龍安寺 #Ryoanji #dragon #龍 #Kyoto #京都 #Japan

A dragon dribbles water into a purification basin. As deities of water, dragons are a common motif around fountains.

Many zen temples have ceilings painted with dragons (a protective guardian from fire and other misfortunes).

5) CROSSING OF THE TIGER CUBS (虎の子渡し 'Tora-no-ko-watashi')🐅

A mother tiger has to cross a river. She has 3 cubs, but can carry only one at a time.
One cub was born a leopard and if left alone will devour the other cubs.

The positioning of the rocks may answer the riddle.

The 'tora-no-ko-watashi' riddle is an odd one, based on the Chinese tale 'Guixin Zashi' (癸辛雑識).

#Ryoanji #龍安寺 #tiger #garden #drylandscapegarden #zen #虎の子渡し

Woodblock print depicting tigers terrorizing soldiers at a river crossing.

Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/

Nao-san models in front of tiger painting in Nishiki Market.

Woodblock print of a tiger (and leopard) at a river's edge.

Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/

🪨THE RIDDLE OF RYŌAN-JI'S GARDEN🤔

Ryōan-ji's (竜安寺) dry landscape garden (枯山水 'karesansui') is by far the most famous zen garden in the world.

It is a 'koan' (公案 a zen riddle without a solution, intended to focus & open the mind) written in gravel, rocks and moss.

#Japan #Kyoto #京都 #Ryoanji #龍安寺 #公案 #zen #善 #枯山水 #karesansui

Ryoan-ji's famous dry landscape 'rock' garden.

Nao-san enjoys a moment of peace before the rock garden.

Autumn at Kyoyochi Pond within the grounds of Ryoan-ji. The pond was old before the creation of the temple.

Snow brings fresh meaning to Ryōan-ji's famous riddle🪨🌨️🤔

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #Ryoanji #龍安寺 #zen #snow #雪

Kinukake-no-michi (きぬかけの路), the 'Silk-draped Path', is a 2km stretch of road that joins the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺 The Golden Pavilion), Ryōan-ji (龍安寺) and Ninnai-ji (仁和寺).

As our Garden Teahouse sits on this famous route, let's take a tour👣

#CamelliaTeaCeremony #GardenTeahouse #Kyoto #京都 #龍安寺 #Ryoanji #Kinukake #きぬかけの路

Garden Teahouse in the snow...and before the paths are shoveled.

Ryoan-ji's famous dry landscape garden carpeted in snow.

Ryoan-ji's pond, surrounded by snowy woodland and mountains.

🌞🎎DRAPED IN SILK🏖️🏔️

Just beside our Camellia Garden Teahouse runs Kinukake-no-michi (きぬかけの路 the 'Silk-draped Path'), a 2km stretch of road that joins the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺 The Golden Pavilion), Ryōan-ji (龍安寺) and Ninnai-ji (仁和寺).

#Japan #Kyoto #京都 #Kinukakenomichi #きぬかけの路 # Kinkakuji #金閣寺 #Ryōanji #龍安寺 #Ninnaiji #仁和寺