Senko-ji Temple
全興寺· Temple
About
Heaven and hell are talked about often enough. This is an unusual temple where you can see both while still alive. After taking the check that rates your degree of paradise and your degree of hell, you can go on into the hell hall, where Enma, the king of hell, receives you and lurid paintings set out what judgment each kind of sin brings. In the paradise side, the Land of the Buddhas, sand from each of the temples of the Saigoku eighty-eight sacred sites is held inside the stair handrail, and you sit under stained glass of a mandala depicting the world of the Buddhas and meditate. Coming here may change the way you live.
Translated from the Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City tourist listings (観光施設一覧, CC BY 4.0).
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Designated cultural properties
Osaka Prefecture's list of designated cultural properties names this place as the owner of 8. Objects are not necessarily on view.
And 2 more on the list. 大阪府 文化財一覧 (CC BY 4.0), current at 2024-05-01. Joined by owner name; long names are shortened to the buildings or the object.
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