We went to see the Byodo-In temple which is located at the Valley of the Temples Memorial Park at Kahekili in Kaneohe. This temple was to commemorate the 1st Japanese immigrants to Hawaii in 1968.
This temple was built entirely without the use of nails! Apparenty, the temple was built to represent the mytical phoenix, its wings upheld by pillars of stone.
Byodo-In translates to "Temple of equality" and not to discriminate and is home to Amida, a golden Buddha towering about 18feet.
The Bell house is 5foot high, 3 ton brass bell called Bon-Sho (sacred bell). It seems the tone of the bell sounds a message of deep calm and peace, cleansing the mind of evil and temptation. This bell is rung before one enters the temple.
We had a good time ringing the bell together, the sound of it did create a sense of tranquility.
Walked around the temple and came across some lovely black swans flapping away in the lake.
Oh! btw I was biten my monster mosquitos while trying the take the 1st shot of the temple from the grass.. esh esh...
2 comments:
dei meenachee.....g
lad you're having fun and settling in :) Looking forward to a juicy email soon...
smooches and lots of love - thangachee....
Whoh-Hooo!!
The woman has gone techie. Finally got blog after months of pondering.
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