▁in ▁the ▁post war ▁era , ▁ab bot ▁K ou un ▁Sh ig ar aki ▁founded ▁his ▁own ▁religion ▁and ▁split ▁the ▁temple ▁away ▁from ▁Buddh ism . ▁Thus ▁the ▁temple ▁was ▁finally ▁able ▁to ▁recon cile ▁with ▁its ▁y am ab ush i ▁pat rons ▁and ▁other ▁una ff ili ated , ▁es oter ic ▁ad her ents ▁of ▁mountain ▁worship . ▁ ▁Object ▁of ▁worship ▁The ▁original ▁objects ▁of ▁worship ▁under ▁the ▁T end ai ▁order ▁were ▁B ish am ont en , ▁prote ctor ▁of ▁the ▁north , ▁and ▁the ▁Th ous and - Ar med ▁K annon . ▁However , ▁in ▁the ▁worship ▁hall ▁another ▁statue ▁has ▁been ▁added ▁to ▁these ▁two , ▁which ▁the ▁current ▁leadership ▁says ▁creates ▁a ▁tr inity ▁called ▁the ▁" S ont en ". ▁B ish am ont en ▁represents ▁the ▁Sun , ▁K annon ▁represents ▁Love , ▁and ▁the ▁third ▁statue , ▁the ▁Def ender ▁Lord , ▁represents ▁Power , ▁together ▁being ▁the ▁" Sp irit ual ▁Kings ▁of ▁the ▁World ". ▁The ▁Def ender ▁Lord ▁came ▁from ▁Ven us ▁ 6 . 5 ▁million ▁years ▁ago ▁and ▁is ▁et ern ally ▁ 1 6 ▁years ▁old ▁due ▁to ▁chemical ▁differences ▁in ▁the ▁atmos pher es ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁plan ets . ▁Some ▁New ▁Age ▁writers ▁identify ▁the ▁Def ender ▁Lord ▁with ▁San at ▁K um ara . ▁ ▁The ▁actual ▁objects ▁of ▁worship ▁are ▁ordin arily ▁conce aled ▁from ▁view , ▁but ▁visitors ▁can ▁see ▁rep lic as ▁of ▁all ▁three ▁images