Fudo - Hakone Historic District - Saratoga, CA
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N 37° 15.092 W 122° 02.473
10S E 585028 N 4123207
A stone carving at Hakone Garden in Saratoga.
Waymark Code: WMT329
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2016
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The sculpture is in one of the smaller garden of the garden. It sits on a small hill. The carving stands at about one foot tall.
"Acala (Sanskrit: "immovable") is a dharmapala[1] primarily revered in Vajrayana Buddhism. He is a protective deity particularly in Shingon traditions of Japan where he is known as Fudo Myoo,[2] in Tangmi traditions China, in Nepal and Tibet as Candarosana, and elsewhere in Tantric Buddhism." (
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