Kaidan-in Temple

"A Rinzai Buddhist temple founded by the monk Ganjin (Jianzhen) in 761. Built as a facility for those entering the clergy to receive the precepts necessary to become full nuns and monks, the temple is also known as the ""Chikushi Kaidan-in (Ordination Temple),"" a reference to the ancient name for the area. The temple's principal object of worship, a statue depicting a seated Rushanabutsu (Vairocana Buddha), was created at the end of the distant Heian period (794-1185) and has been designated a National Important Cultural Property. The ordination platform in main temple building stores soil from ancient India, China, and Nara Prefecture."