Zenpuku Temple
Zenpuku Temple, also known as Zenpuku-ji (善福寺), is a Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhist temple in Tenri, Nara. It located within walking distance of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters and is just to the southwest of Tenri High School.
Zenpuku Temple is known as the place where Miki Nakayama (Oyasama) was initiated into the mysteries of the Jodo (Pure Land) sect when she was 19 years old.
Life of Oyasama
According to Life of Oyasama Chapter 2,
While She devoted Herself to the management of the household and also to the family occupation, nothing gave Her greater joy than to visit temples and listen to sermons from time to time. Thus, in the spring of 1816, She was initiated into the mysteries of the Jodo sect at the Zenpuku Temple of Magata Village at the age of nineteen.
Note: Magata Village (勾田村) is now known as Magata-chō (勾田町), which is part of the present-day City of Tenri.
Address
- English: 407 Magata-chō (勾田町), Tenri, Nara Prefecture 632-0033, Japan
- Japanese: 〒632-0033 奈良県天理市勾田町４０７（てんりし・まがたちょう）[1]
