龍安寺🙏

●Ryoanji Temple

Originally a country house of Tokudaiji Clan,it was acquired in 1450 by Hosokawa Katsumoto for use as a Zen training temple.

It was destroyed by fire during the Onin War and was rebuilt in 1499.

It was registered as World Heritage Site in 1994.

●The Rock Garden

This simple and remarkable garden measures only twenty-five meters from east to west and ten meters from south to north.

The rectangular Zen garden is completely different from the gorgeous gardens of court nobles constructed in the Middle Ages.No trees are to be seen; only fifteen rocks and white gravel are used in the garden.

The walls are made of clay boiled in oil.

As time went by,the oil that seeped out .

This internationally famous rock garden was said to be created at the end of Muromachi Period (around1500),by a highly respected Zen monk , Tokuho Zenketsu.

●There are 15 Ryoanji stones in all, and the arrangement is such that only 14 can be seen from any angle.

Have a heart of gratitude for yourself while staring at yourself and facing what you lack

Zen heart

●全部で15個ある龍安寺の石、どの角度から見ても14個にしか見えない配置になっている。

自分をしっかり見つめ足りないものと向き合いながら、今の自分に感謝する心を持つ

禅の心🙏