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Name is redundant (Temple = ji). Anyone care to move to Todaiji? Story I heard about hair is that it's snails, which crawled onto the historical Buddha's head to keep him cool while he meditated in the heat.

Reputedly the largest wooden building in the world... That honor, I'm afraid, actually goes to a dirigible hanger in Tillamook, Oregon. --Calton 15:44, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)

• Well, the Guinness Book of Records gives Woolloomooloo Bay Wharf, Sydney, Australia the honour [1]. As usual, it's probably a case of how your define "largest" for buildings.--Malcohol 10:33, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Yeah, I think we should move it. 2 Mysteries 3 Shinto Buddhism? 4 Deer not afraid of humans

[edit] Yeah, I think we should move it.

I agree. 'ji' means temple, so it's redundant. And I just think "The Todaiji" sounds better, and more accurate. Also, is anybody interested in adding to the history of this structure? I know it was destroyed in the Genpei Wars, as was the Daibutsu inside. The article seems to indicate as though it has never been destroyed nor rebuilt... If no one else wants to, I suppose I could add things, but...

• I'll see if I've any details on it at home (I picked up a handful of stuff at the tourist office in Nara, so there's got to be something in there). But if you want to add details to the history of the temple, by all means do so. If you're unsure whether people will believe you, cite your sources. Oh yes, and I agree with the move proposal. Average Earthman 11:26, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

• Oppose. The meaning of a Japanese suffix is not particularly relevant. What we need to look at is how it would be best understood in English, and "Tojaiji temple" is often used in English. Literature handed out on-site isn't particularly relevant to answering that question; if you are there, you will know from various other ways that what you are looking at is a religious ediface, without having to have it spelled out in the name. It's different here. Gene Nygaard 20:43, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Below are some Google tests I just performed. (I've used Nara, Todaiji's location, to exclude random occurences). There are certainly plenty of references to Todaiji which don't use the term temple, and plenty (although not as many) which do. I'm suprised to see so many occurences of Todai-ji. I do see your point about what a Wikipedia user would expect. --Malcohol 09:32, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    1. 23,600 for Todai-ji Nara
    2. 16,800 for Todai-ji Temple Nara
    3. 16,700 for Todaiji Nara
    4. 11,800 for Todaiji Temple Nara
    5. 7,940 for "Todaiji Temple" Nara
    6. 6,120 for Todai Temple Nara
    7. 830 for "Todai-ji Temple" Nara
    8. 276 for "Todai Temple" Nara

This article has been renamed as the result of a move request. violet/riga (t) 23:18, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mysteries

Rename it the "mystery temple" and let us try to solve the mystery of why the normal rules of mathematics are suspended there. How, if the Buddha contains 440 kg of gold and 499 "tons" (whatever they are) of copper, does the total weight get to be "250 tons"?

What are " balls whose diameter are 18 cm and whose height are 30 cm each"? To me, balls are round objects. Spheres. Same height as diameter. Gene Nygaard 20:32, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Shinto Buddhism?

Changed "Shinto Buddism(sic)" to Shinto. Shinto and Buddhism have been linked from time to time in history, (see Shinbutsu Shugo) but Shinto is definitely not a form of Buddhism. Tallasse 02:41, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deer not afraid of humans

Is it relevant that the deer are not afraid? It somehow gives the wrong impression, they can be quite intimidating demanding food and snapping ladies handbags. Grmf 12:48, 25 August 2006 (UTC)