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💦👁️WATER TO HEAL THE EYES👁️🙌

In 811 Kūkai (空海) left his post at Otokuni-dera (乙訓寺) to visit the nearby temple of Yōkoku-ji (楊谷寺). Whilst on retreat he noticed monkeys returning each day to a spring. Rather than drink, they washed the eyes of a blind infant🙈💦🤔
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On the 17th day observing the monkeys Kūkai was shocked to see the infant's eyesight restored!
He took his tokko (独鈷), a single-pronged vajra used in esoteric rituals, & touched it against the spring's rock. It cracked and the trickle of water grew to fill a generous pool. ImageImageImageImage
Yōkoku-ji (楊谷寺) shows just how colourful hydrangea can be.

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