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*''Chinese/Japanese'': 法門寺 ''(Famensi / Houmonji)''
The Dharma Gate Monastery is a prominent and ancient Buddhist temple in China.
It is sometimes purported to have been founded in the 3rd century BCE, around the time of the Indian king & great patron of Buddhism [[Ashoka]], though the earliest records of the temple date to [[555]]; texts indicate that a regional ruler worshiped at the temple at that time.
The temple is famous for its possession of a supposed relic of the [[Shakyamuni|historical Buddha]], a finger bone exhibited in procession once every thirty years.
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==References==
*Valerie Hansen, ''The Open Empire'', New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 238.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Asuka Period]]
The Dharma Gate Monastery is a prominent and ancient Buddhist temple in China.
It is sometimes purported to have been founded in the 3rd century BCE, around the time of the Indian king & great patron of Buddhism [[Ashoka]], though the earliest records of the temple date to [[555]]; texts indicate that a regional ruler worshiped at the temple at that time.
The temple is famous for its possession of a supposed relic of the [[Shakyamuni|historical Buddha]], a finger bone exhibited in procession once every thirty years.
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==References==
*Valerie Hansen, ''The Open Empire'', New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 238.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Asuka Period]]
