-Part 2- Japanese culture

READING ABOUT KOYASAN

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Mount Koya’s Okunoin Cemetery (photo by alq666 CC BY)

"Mount Koya (高野山, Kōyasan) is the center of Shingon Buddhism, an important Buddhist sect which was introduced to Japan in 805 by Kobo Daishi (also known as Kukai), one of Japan's most significant religious figures. A small, secluded temple town has developed around the sect's headquarters that Kobo Daishi built on Koyasan's wooded mountaintop. It is also the site of Kobo Daishi's mausoleum and the start and end point of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage.

Kobo Daishi began construction on the original Garan temple complex in 826 after wandering the country for years in search of a suitable place to center his religion. Since then over one hundred temples have sprung up along the streets of Koyasan. The most important among them are Kongobuji, the head temple of Shingon Buddhism, and Okunoin, the site of Kobo Daishi's mausoleum.

Koyasan is also one of the best places to experience an overnight stay at a temple lodging (shukubo) where you can get a taste of a monk's lifestyle, eating vegetarian monk's cuisine (shojin ryori) and attending the morning prayers. Around fifty temples offer this service to both pilgrims and visitors."

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New words:

-Sect (n) [sekt]: giáo phái 

- significant religious figure: hình tượng tôn giáo quan trọng

- secluded (adj) [si'klu:did]: hẻo lánh

- headquaters (n) ['hed'kwɔ:təz]:  sở chỉ huy, cơ quan đầu não

- wooded mountain top (n) :đỉnh núi rừng

- mausoleum (n) [,mɔ:sə'liəm]: lăng mô lăng tẩm

- pilgrimage (n) ['pilgrimidʒ]: cuộc hành hương, chuyến đi tới nơi (có liên quan tới ai/ cái gì) mà mình kính trọng

- temple lodging (n): nhà nghỉ trong đền chùa

- pilgrim (n) ['pilgrim]: người hành hương, người du hành

JAPANESE CULTURE (part 2)

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SUMMARY:

1: How many temples are there in Koyasan?

2. How many monks are there recently?

3. How long has the monk been there?

4. What dose the monk learn in Koyasan?

5. What factors we will learn in meditation?

6. What can the tourists do in Koyasan?