Jionji Temple

Japanese: 慈恩寺 - じおんじ

Jionji Temple in Sagae City, Yamagata Prefecture is a temple of the Jion sect at the foot of Mt. Hayama. The main deity is Maitreya Bodhisattva. Originally it was of the Hosso sect, and later it was both the Tendai sect Jionji school and the Shingon sect Jionji school, but in 1952 it became the Jion sect. It is said to have been founded in the 8th century, and was rebuilt in 1108 by Gansei of Kofuku-ji Temple in Nara. It was further built by Hirotoshi in the mid-12th century. It was protected by the feudal lord and given a vast area of land for temple seals, and a unique religious community of temple samurai and temple farmers developed there. Many buildings remain, including the main hall with a single-story gabled roof, and the main hall, the seated statue of Amida Nyorai, and the Hayashiya Bugaku performance dedicated to the Maitreya Hall are designated Important Cultural Properties.
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Jionji Temple

This temple was located south of Xian in Shaanxi Province, China. It was built in 648 by the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty (later Gaozong) to repay his mother's kindness, and is also known as the Great Ci'en Temple. It flourished as a center of new Buddhism after welcoming Xuanzang, who had returned from India, and had him carry out projects such as translating Buddhist scriptures into Chinese, but fell into ruin when Buddhism was abolished in 845. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which was rebuilt in the early 8th century, remains.

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Japanese:

山形県寒河江(さがえ)市慈恩寺，葉山山麓にある慈恩宗の寺。本尊弥勒菩薩。当初は法相宗，のち天台宗慈恩寺派・真言宗慈恩寺派の両派を兼ねたが，1952年慈恩宗となった。８世紀の創建と伝え，1108年奈良興福寺の願西が再興。さらに12世紀半ば弘俊によって造営された。領主に保護され，広大な御朱印地を与えられて，寺侍，寺百姓をかかえる特殊な宗教集団集落が発達した。単層入母屋造の本堂など多くの堂が残り，本堂や阿弥陀如来座像，また弥勒堂に奉納される林家舞楽は重要文化財。
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慈恩寺【じおんじ】

中国，陝西(せんせい)省西安(せいあん)の南に当たる地にあった寺。648年唐の太宗(たいそう)の皇太子（のちの高宗）が母の報恩のために建立したもので，大慈恩寺とも。インドから帰朝した玄奘(げんじょう)を迎えて仏典漢訳等の事業を行わせたので，新仏教の中心として栄えたが，845年の廃仏により荒廃。８世紀初めに再建された大雁(だいがん)塔が残っている。

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