뵤도인 (平等院)

뵤도인은 일본 교토부 우지시에 있는 불교 사원이다. 고도 교토의 문화재의 일부로서 유네스코 세계유산으로 지정되어 있다. 후기 헤이안 시대에 지어졌으며, 17세기 이래 정토종과 천태종을 겸했고, 현재는 특정 종파에 속하지 않는 독립된 불교 사원이다.

Byodoin

This temple was originally built in 998 in the Heian period as a rural villa of high-ranking courtier Minamoto no Shigenobu, Minister of the Left. After he died, one of the most powerful members of the Fujiwara clan, Fujiwara no Michinaga, purchased the property from the courtier's widow. The villa was made into a Buddhist temple by his son Fujiwara no Yorimichi in 1052. Being one of the World Heritage sites of Japan, the Byodoin Temple buildings and Buddha statues have a long history of about 1000 years. In East Asian Buddhism, there is the Three Ages of Buddhism, which are three divisions of time following Buddha's passing.