Kyoto's Torin-in temple on Thursday began a special viewing of fallen Japanese stewartia blossoms, whose brief life made them a symbol of impermanence in classic Japanese literature.Visitors to the temple in Kyoto's Ukyo Ward sat on the veranda and quietly viewed the white flowers, which last a single day, fall onto the green moss of the garden.The trees were planted as a substitute for the sal trees under which the Buddha is said to have died in present-day India, with tradition saying the flowers fell on his body.The blossoms are also referenced in the opening passage of the 13th-century …READ FULL ARTICLE
