Joruriji Temple
The name of Joruriji Temple comes from the "Jorurisekai", the pure land of Yakushi Nyorai, the buddha enshrined in the three-story pagoda on the temple grounds.
In the middle of Joruriji is a lake that is said to have been modeled after the "A" character in Sankrit.
The pagoda enshrining Yakushi Nyorai sits to the east, and the pagoda enshrining Amitabha sits to the west.
The Jodo-style garden is a representation of the Western Pure Land in this world, and the long, horizontal main hall houses the Nine Sitting Statues of Amida Nyorai.
During the Heian period, it was said that there were more than 30 such temples housing nine-statue formations located in and around Kyoto, but Joruri-ji Temple is the only temple to have survived, in its original state, until the present day.
※ Beginning in July 2018, the Nine Sitting Statues of Amida Nyorai are being repaired, two at a time, over an estimated time of five years.
