Kongōfuku-ji Temple

Overview

Kongofuku-ji is a Buzan-branch Shingon temple in the city of Tosashimizu, Kochi Prefecture, carrying the mountain name Sadazan and the temple name Fudarakuin. Its principal image is Senju Kannon, the thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara, and it is known as temple 38 on the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage.

Highlights

• ●The mountain name Sadazan and temple name Fudarakuin
• ●Senju Kannon enshrined as the principal image
• ●A founding tradition dating to 822, attributed to the monk Gyoki
• ●The far end of the pilgrimage's longest stretch, roughly 85 km from the previous temple

History

Temple tradition holds that it was founded in the year 822, said to have been established by the monk Gyoki. It is counted among the pilgrimage's temples with a particularly long history.

Map

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Suggested itinerary

1. 1Enter the grounds of Sadazan Kongofuku-ji through the temple gate
2. 2Recite the principal mantra before the Senju Kannon image
3. 3Take in the imagery of Fudaraku evoked in the temple's pilgrimage hymn
4. 4Reflect on the roughly 85-kilometer pilgrimage route leading here from Iwamoto-ji

Did you know?

💡 Alongside the principal mantra "on bazara tarama kiriku sowaka," the temple hands down a pilgrimage hymn describing "the boat's pole at this cape of Fudaraku," weaving in the imagery of Kannon's Pure Land that also gives the temple its name, Fudarakuin.

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