Zuishin-in
Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan
Zuishin-in (随心院) is a Buddhist temple located in the Onogoryō-chō neighborhood of Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is a head temple of the Zentsuji school of Shingon Buddhism. Its sangō prefix is Ushiyama (牛山). The Ono district where the temple is located is considered the base of the Ono clan, and Zuishin-in is also known as a temple associated with the famed Heian period waka poet Ono no Komachi. Its precincts were designated a National Historic Site in 1966.
History
Zuishin-in was originally a tatchu sub-temple of Gohizan Mandala-ji, which was founded by Ningai (954–1046). Ningai is the founder of the Ono school of Shingon Buddhism. He is said to have prayed for rain nine times at Shinsen-en Garden, and made it rain each time, so he was nicknamed "Rain Sōjō". Mandala-ji was built in 991 after Emperor Ichijō bestowed upon Ningai the land next to the Ono family residence. According to legend, Ningai dreamed that his late mother had been reincarnated as a cow, and raised the cow, but it died shortly after.
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