Temple Names
A temple's name (jigō (寺号?) or jimyō (寺名?)) is usually made of three parts. The first is the sangō (山号, mountain name?), the second is the ingō (院号, cloister name?) and the third is the san'in-jigō (山院寺号, temple name?).
Read more about this topic: Buddhist Temples In Japan
Famous quotes containing the words temple and/or names:
“The divinity in man is the true vestal fire of the temple which is never permitted to go out, but burns as steadily and with as pure a flame on the obscure provincial altar as in Numa’s temple at Rome.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The world is never the same as it was.... And that’s as it should be. Every generation has the obligation to make the preceding generation irrelevant. It happens in little ways: no longer knowing the names of bands or even recognizing their sounds of music; no longer implicitly understanding life’s rules: wearing plaid Bermuda shorts to the grocery and not giving it another thought.”
—Jim Shahin (20th century)