ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Kegonji</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Styles file.css" /> <style type="text/css"> table { table-layout: automatic; } td { padding: 10px; font-family: trebuchet MS; background: #FAEFE1; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>Temple 33: Kegonji</h1> <h1><font face="SimSun">Sú[</font></h1> <p align="center"> <i>To explore Kegonji, click on the links at the bottom of this page</i> </p> <div align="center"> <table width="700" border="1"> <tr> <td width="50%"><font face="Monotype Corsiva" color="#950000" size="+2">About Kegonji:</font> <br>Our final temple of the pilgrimage is a long way from the penultimate KannonshMji, far up into the mountains in the tea-growing area of Tanigumi. Here the pilgrims place their jackets and books and staffs as an offering to Kannon in thanks for their successful journey. There is a sense of world-weariness here that echoes the fatigue one feels at the end of this long journey. There is a passageway within the temple that goes deep underneath the inner sanctum that contains the secret image of Kannon. This pitch-black chamber is called the  womb , and once you enter the darkness of the passage and come out the other side, you are said to have been reborn and are ready to return to the mundane world, carrying Kannon s sacred power and blessings with you.</td> <td width="50%" align="center"><img src="temple33.jpg" width="330"></td> </tr> </table> <p><font face="Monotype Corsiva" color="#950000" size="+2"> <a href="General33.htm" target="text">General Information about Kegonji</a> <br /> <a href="Honzon33.htm" target="text">Honzon and other enshrined images</a> <br /> <a href="Places33.htm" target="text">Places of interest within the temple grounds</a> <br /> <a href="History33.htm" target="text">History of the temple</a> <br /> <a href="Legends33.htm" target="text">Founding story and other legends</a> <br /> <a href="Goeika33.htm" target="text">Goeika sacred hymn</a> <br /> <a href="../travel info.htm" target="text">Directions for getting to Kegonji</a> </font> </p> </div> </body> </html>