Kaidan-in Temple

Japanese: 戒壇院 - かいだんいん

This building is located in the grounds of Todaiji Temple in Nara City and is used to give ordination to monks. When Ganjin came to Japan from the Tang Dynasty, he built a platform in front of the Great Buddha Hall of Todaiji Temple in 754, where he gave ordination to Emperor Shomu and 400 other people. He soon moved the platform to the west of the Great Buddha Hall and built a temple, marking the beginning of Kaidan-in. Later, in 822, he built the Enton Kaidan on Mount Hiei and began giving ordination to Tendai monks, but the temple continued to flourish. It later suffered multiple fires, and the current building was rebuilt by Eko of Edo Reiunji Temple in 1733. The "Standing Statues of the Four Heavenly Kings" (national treasure) are currently enshrined in the hall.

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Japanese:

奈良市，東大寺の境内にある僧に戒を授ける建物。唐から来朝した鑑真が天平勝宝6 (754) 年東大寺大仏殿の前に建立して，聖武天皇以下 400人に戒を授けた戒壇を，まもなく大仏殿の西に移して堂宇を築いたのが戒壇院の初めである。そののち弘仁 13 (822) 年比叡山に円頓戒壇を築いて天台の僧に授戒をするようになったが，本院はなおも隆盛をきわめた。のちたびたび火災にあい，現在の建物は享保 18 (1733) 年江戸霊雲寺の恵光の復興したもの。現在『四天王立像』 (国宝) を堂中に安置している。

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