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'Sange' (散華) is a ritual offering of flowers. Early each morning at Hōnen-in 25 flowers (commonly camellia) are dedicated to a statue of Amida carved by Genshin (源信 942-1017).
The flowers represent the 25 bodhisattva who help Amida take the souls of the dead to paradise.

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Water basin decorated with camellia flowers. Water basin decorated with camellia flowers. Water basin decorated with camellia flowers. Water basin decorated with camellia flowers.
May 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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💔🙏AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER👑🗡️

Banbukyō-ji (萬無教寺 aka Manmukyō-ji) sits on the Philosopher's Path beneath Zenki-san (善気山).

Thanks to its links to Hōnen, it is better known as Hōnen-in (法然院), and because of the many camellia that grow here it's nicknamed Tsubaki-no-dera (椿の寺).

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The rustic gate and sand terraces of Honen-in. A camellia and camellia leaf rest on the edge of a wash basin at Honen-in (the leaf channeling a weak stream of water). A simple bound stone denotes that the path is out of bound to visitors. Looking towards the entrance of Honen-in, almost blended in to the forest.
May 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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The Philosopher's Path in Kyoto, Japan, is beautiful in spring, when the cherry trees burst into bloom. This painting captures the white cherry blossoms along the path.

Philosopher's Path
Original Oil Painting
by Erin Hanson, 2024
22 x 32 in

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Philosopher's Path Original Oil Painting by Erin Hanson, 2024 22 x 32 in Original Available 3D Replicas & Canvas Prints Available The Philosopher's Path in Kyoto, Japan, has the most beautiful color in the autumn when the maple trees turn color, but also in the spring, when the cherry trees burst into full bloom. This painting captures the white cherry blossoms that surround the stepping stone pathway. The brush strokes are loose and impressionistic, capturing the transient beauty of the scene. https://www.erinhanson.com/portfolio/philosopher's-path
April 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Philosopher's Path, Kyoto #photography #photo #philosopherspath #kyoto #Japan #travel
April 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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#kyoto #japan #nippon #philosopherspath #philosophers #path
April 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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April 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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An inspiring day following the #PhilosophersPath in #Kyoto

Absolutely perfect.

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April 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Nishida Kitarō's (西田幾多郎 1870-1945) famous poem is immortalized in stone on the path. It is an angry retort to blind nationalism.

people are people,
and I will be myself.
regardless,
the path I follow
I will follow on…
人は人吾はわれ也とにかくに吾行く道を吾は行くなり

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The Path of Philosophy during the height of cherry blossom season when the sakura provide a gorgeous white and pink canopy above the water. The Path of Philosophy during the height of cherry blossom season when the sakura provide a gorgeous white and pink canopy above the water. The Path of Philosophy during the height of cherry blossom season when the sakura provide a gorgeous white and pink canopy above the water. The Path of Philosophy during the height of cherry blossom season when the sakura provide a gorgeous white and pink canopy above the water.
April 1, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Towards the middle of April parts of the canal beside the Philosopher's Path (哲学の道) become a river of petals.
The phrases 'hana-no-ukibashi' (花の浮橋 'floating bridge of flowers') and 'hanaikada' (花筏 'flower raft') both describe water thick with petals.

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'Flower rafts' form when the fallen petals completely line the surface of the water in a pink layer. Sakura along the Philosopher's Path. 'Flower rafts' form when the fallen petals completely line the surface of the water in a pink layer. 'Flower rafts' form when the fallen petals completely line the surface of the water in a pink layer.
April 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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In Buddhism the equinox is known as 'Higan' (彼岸).

Higan translates as 'Other Shore', a reference to the far shore of the 'Sanzu-no-kawa' (三途の川 'River of the 3 Crossings'). Similar to the River Styx in Greek Mythology, the dead would cross the river to reach the afterlife.

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A raft of fallen sakura petals on canal that runs beside the Philosopher's Path. Sweets beneath the blossoms along the Philosopher's Path. Matcha beneath the blossoms along the Philosopher's Path. Blossoms along the Philosopher's Path.
March 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM