Waterfalls in Kyoto
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Waterfalls in Kyoto
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- MerrowmumGuildford, UK1,373 contributionsIt's great fun watching everyone queueing for these three streams - which one will they want to go for? Apparently you should only choose one!Written 20 December 2019This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- akathartosTuusula, Finland33 contributionsBeautiful waterfall and prayer site. About one hour hike from Kiyotaki parking lot. All paved road and stone steps. Just before the waterfall you need to pass the yard of an abandoned building.
Closest vending machines are located at the parking lot. Next to the parking lot at north east there is also possibility for dipping into the river water by climbing down steep stone steps.Written 25 July 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - KwakakuSakai, Japan2,203 contributionsI walked up by Sanzen-in Temple, and then by Raigo-in Temple. I kept walking, took the wrong mountain trail to the right, and bumped into a check dam. I half returned, and took another trail. By luck, I found a sign showing the direction to Otonashi-no-taki Fall, literally the Soundless Fall.
After a while, I was standing in front of the fall, looking down at the basin of the fall, listening to the sounds of the Soundless Fall.
Saicho (767-822) established Tendai-shu Buddhism Sect, a Mahayana Buddhist Sect in Japan. He sent Ennin (793-864) to China to master Shomyo, a style of Buddhist chant. As Ennin was accepted as a short-term study monk, he was forbidden to travel to Mount Tiantai, the head temple of the sect in China. Under the protection of Jang Bogo (787-846), a Silla pirate king, however, he could illegally visit Mount Wutai , another major holy place of the sect, instead. On May 22, 840, he saw a Brocken specter on one of the five peaks of Mount Wutai, realized it as the appearance of Manjushuri, and trained much harder. He returned to Japan, and opened a Shomyo school in Ohara, which had the similar Chinese-character notation to that of Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi Province, where Mount Wutai was located.
After Ennin, there came Ryonin (1077-1132). Ryonin stayed away from Mount Hiei, which had been commercialized, and lived a secluded life in Ohara. He practiced Shomyo in front of the fall so hard that the fall became soundless.
The most materialistic comprehension of the situation is that the volume of his chant overpowered the sounds of the fall. Another rather spiritualistic comprehension of the situation might be that he concentrated so much that the sounds of the fall didn’t reach his ears. The possible Buddhism-like comprehension of the situation could be that he trained so hard as to unify himself with the nature that his Shomyo unified itself with the sounds of the nature, especially with the sounds of the fall.
Listening to the sounds of the Soundless Fall, I wondered what Ryonin would think if he saw Ohara and its temples today, which have been commercialized.Written 27 October 2018This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
