Deities for Afterlife & Memorial

66 deities · 121 places

Deities

Amida Nyorai

Boshin war deadJodo Shinshu devotionPure Land devotion47 temples

Amida Nyorai

great Buddha devotion1 temples

Amida Nyorai (Chiko Mandala)

Pure Land rebirth1 temples

Amida Nyorai (Ikko Sanzon)

once-in-lifetime salvation1 temples

Amida Nyorai (Juichison Tennotoku)

communal nenbutsu salvation1 temples

Amida Nyorai (Konjikido)

golden hall salvation1 temples

Amida Nyorai (Okotsubutsu)

bone Buddha memorial1 temples

Amida Nyorai (Unazuki Amida)

women's salvation1 temples

Amida Nyorai triad

deathbed welcoming (raigo)1 temples

Awashima Myojin

needle memorial (hari-kuyo)women's ailments healing2 temples

Awashima Myojin

doll memorial1 temples

Chukai Shonin

two mummified monks1 temples

Dainichi Nyorai

Shingi Shingon blessingsall-embracing protectionfamily fortune protection10 temples

Date Masamune

Masamune mausoleum1 temples

Eleven-faced Kannon

all-round kannon blessingscancer wardingchild-granting (kosazuke camphor)27 temples

Emperor Sutoku (Sutoku-in)

spirit pacification1 temples

Five Hundred Rakan

arhat statues memorial1 temples

Fukuju Jizo

mizuko child memorial1 temples

Fukuoka Daibutsu (Shaka Nyorai)

salvation from hell1 temples

Gohyaku Rakan (500 Arhats)

ancestor memorial1 temples

Hijiri Hasami Kannon

scissors memorial1 temples

Honen Shonin

Honen birthplace devotionnenbutsu salvation2 temples

Ikko Sanzon Amida Nyorai

paired pilgrimage salvationsalvation2 temples

Izanami no Mikoto

ancestor world connection1 temples

Jizo Bosatsu

communion with deceasedconsolation of the bereavedcrane guardian protection10 temples

Jizo Bosatsu

Jizo salvation1 temples

Juichimen Kannon

Kannon compassionall-round wish grantingchild-bestowing camphor tree22 temples

Ketsumimiko-no-Okami (Susanoo)

spiritual rebirth1 temples

King Enma

ancestor memorial1 temples

Kobo Daishi

birthplace blessingseternal meditation blessingspilgrimage guidance5 temples

Kobo Daishi (Kukai)

ancestral memorialwarding off misfortune2 temples

Kobo Daishi (Kukai)

pet memorialsalvation & afterlifeyakuyoke for women3 temples

Kobo Daishi in Eternal Meditation

ancestor memorial1 temples

Kokuzo Bosatsu

ancestor memorial1 temples

Konohanasakuyahime no Mikoto

photograph memorial rites1 temples

Konpira Daigongen

chopsticks memorial rites1 temples

Mikaeri Amida

compassionate salvation1 temples

Mikaeri Amida (Looking-back Amida)

compassionate guidance1 temples

Miroku Bosatsu

diabetes and eye healingfuture Buddha salvationfuture buddha salvation6 temples

Miroku Bosatsu (pensive statue)

future buddha contemplation1 temples

Neko-gami (cat spirits)

cat memorial and blessing1 temples

Nichiren Shonin

Lotus Sutra devotionNichiren memorial devotionovercoming crisis3 temples

Nine Amida Nyorai

Pure Land rebirth1 temples

Okinagatarashihime no Mikoto (Empress Jingu)

doll memorial1 temples

Oyamatsumi no Okami

eel release and memorial1 temples

Senju Kannon

ancestral spirit mountaincape fudaraku maritime safetycompassionate protection17 temples

Shaka Nyorai

47 ronin memorialDate family bodaijiFujiwara clan protection44 temples

Shaka Nyorai (Gifu Great Buddha)

disaster victims memorial1 temples

Shakamuni Buddha

banned rakugo stories memorialgolf victory and distance2 temples

Shakyamuni Buddha

Buddha relics venerationSoto Zen ancestral ritesZen training devotion3 temples

Shinnyokai Shonin

sokushinbutsu living Buddha1 temples

Shinran Shonin

shinjin faith & gratitude1 temples

Sho Kannon

Date clan ancestral templeGenpei war memorialchild raising & korori46 temples

Spirits of the war dead

honoring the war deadmemorial for war deadwar dead memorial9 temples

Taima Mandala (Amida Pure Land)

pure land visualization1 temples

Taima Mandala (Amida)

Pure Land rebirth1 temples

Taira clan spirits

Heike spirit repose1 temples

Takeda Shingen

Shingen memorialvictory over oneself2 temples

Tateyama Gongen

hell and paradise pilgrimage1 temples

Thousand-armed Kannon

back and nerve painboke-fuji & evil wardingchild-granting prayer20 temples

Thousand-armed Kannon

extinction of sinseye disease healing2 temples

Tokudo Shonin (pilgrimage founder)

pilgrimage founding blessing1 temples

Tsukuyomi no Mikoto

mountain of the dead1 temples

Uesugi Clan Lords

clan mausoleum1 temples

Yakushi Nyorai

Bandai healing templeChosokabe clan templeSomin sai yakuyoke55 temples

Yata Jizo (substitute Jizo)

suffering taken in our place1 temples

Where to visit

Kyoto

Adashino Nenbutsu-ji

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Awashimado Sotoku-ji

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Byodo-in

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Chion-in

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Chion-in (Jodo-shu head temple)

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Eikan-do (Zenrin-ji)

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Eikan-do Zenrin-ji (Jodo Seizan Zenrinji-ha head)

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Gyogan-ji Kodo (Saigoku 19)

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Higashi Hongan-ji (Shinshu Otani-ha head)

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Honen-in

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Jakko-in

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Kodai-ji

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Konkai Komyo-ji Kurodani

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Koryu-ji

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Mishima Jinja

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Ninna-ji (Shingon Omuro-ha head)

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Nishi Hongan-ji (Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha head)

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Nison-in

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Rokudo Chinno-ji

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Sanzen-in

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Sanzen-in Ojogokuraku-in

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Senbon Enma-do (Injo-ji)

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Shinnyo-do Shinsho Gokuraku-ji

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Shogaku-an (Fude no Tera)

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Yata-dera Kyoto

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