Ep. 089: A Small Hall and a BIG Buddha
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Number 9 on the Saigoku Pilgrimage is a single hall in a formerly-great but these-days-diminished temple in Nara. It also happens to be a fifteen-minute walk from Todai-ji, home of Japan's largest statue of the Buddha. We'll visit both--plus one more--in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »
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