Shoren-in Temple

The Qinglian Courtyard of the Tiantai Sect remains beautiful even in winter. Although form is emptiness, only form can make believers feel awe and yearning. This is a tacit understanding in both esoteric and exoteric Buddhism. The national treasure, the Acalanatha statue enshrined here, looks like a ball of fire. After all, if Buddhism cannot influence the deceased, one can still transform into a wrathful deity and be cremated on the spot.