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THE PAN PACIFIC TEMPLE BELL 1937 dedicated to this temple. 1937 moving out to Saipan. 1944 disappearances in Saipan. 1965 found in Texas, USA Odessa City, Discoverer Mitsue Hester. 1974 D.V.kureya exhibited in San Francisco Sakura Festival, then, it was donated to the temple. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Buddhist mythology, Yama (Sanskrit: यम) is a dharmapala (wrathful god) said to judge the dead and preside over the Narakas (Hells or Purgatories) and the cycle of rebirth.
Although ultimately based on the god Yama of the Hindu Vedas, the Buddhist Yama has developed different myths and different functions from the Hindu deity. He has also spread far more widely and is known in every country where Buddhism is practiced, including China and Japan.
In Japan, Bishamonten (毘沙門天), or just Bishamon (毘沙門) is thought of as an armor-clad god of warfare or warriors and a punisher of evildoers -- a view that is at odds with the more pacific Buddhist king described above. Bishamon is portrayed holding a spear in one hand and a small pagoda in the other hand, the latter symbolizing the divine treasure house, whose contents he both guards and gives away. In Japanese folklore, he is one of the Japanese Seven Gods of Fortune.
Bishamon is also called Tamonten (多聞天), meaning listening to many teachings because he is seen as the guardian of the places where Buddha preaches. He is believed to live halfway down Mount Sumeru.
Motorcycle Touring with Japanese Seasons オートバイと原風景とロールケーキと Vol.006。都心で古き情緒を残す小石川・本郷へエストレヤ で。小石川植物園、文京朝顔市・ほおずき市、樋口一葉旧居跡、鷺坂・鐙坂・炭団坂・最後に播磨坂。今回のSwiss Rollsは、小石川のアリンコ小石川工場前店。（小石川のアリンコ小石川工場前店さん店内イートインは出来ません）