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Yakushiji Temple - Dai Kōdō Great Lecture Hall
Category: Temple

The Dai Kōdō Great Lecture Hall is the largest structure in the temple, measuring 41m wide, 20m deep, and standing 17m tall. It is said that monks, independent from which sects they belonged, used to gather at the Great Lecture Hall and hold Buddhist sermons to study the sutras. The statues of the Miroku (Maitreya) Triad (Important Cultural Property) and Bussoku-seki (Footprint of the Buddha) (National Treasure) are housed here. Miroku Nyorai (Maitreya) is said to be the buddha that preached the precepts of the Hossō sect, therefore, it composes a picture of the monks studying the teachings of this sect in front of the grand teacher.

Address:

457 Nishinokyocho, Nara

Access:

A short walk from the Kintetsu Nishinokyo Station
18 minutes by bus from JR Nara Station
22 minutes by bus from Kintestu Nara Station
Near the Yakushi-ji bus stop