Heirin-ji, Buddhist temple in Takarazuka, Japan

Heirin-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, with the mountain name Mukozan, an old name for Mount Rokkō. Its grounds contain a main hall (hondō) and a Kannon hall (kannondō), plus four sub-temples: Jōju-in, Saikō-in, Jōfuku-in and Hōju-in. The temple houses a seated Shaka Nyorai statue from the early Muromachi period and a Kamakura-period stone roban finial.

According to temple tradition, Prince Shōtoku founded Heirin-ji on the order of Emperor Yōmei in the Asuka period, and the nun Nyoi revived it in the Heian period. In 1578 it burned during Araki Murashige's revolt and was rebuilt in the Edo period, when it ranked among the seven great temples of the Muko region.

Heirin-ji belongs to the Shingon tradition (a single independent temple) and is one of the seven great temples of the Muko region. Its main hall is the 73rd stop on the Settsu Province 88-temple pilgrimage, and its Kannon hall is the 2nd stop on the Settsu Province 33-temple route. Goshuin seals are normally issued at its four sub-temples, all with the same seal.

Heirin-ji is a five-minute walk from Sakasegawa Station on the Hankyu Imazu Line. The temple is one of the Muko Seven Temples, and its four sub-temples (成就院, 西光院, 成福院, 宝寿院) normally issue the same goshuin stamp; during major events it can also be obtained at the temple office beside the main hall.

Heirin-ji is one of the Mukoshichi-ji, the seven great temples of the Muko region of Settsu Province, a group it belonged to when it was at its most prosperous. Its mountain name, Mukozan, comes from an old name for Mount Rokkō. The temple is the second stop of the 33 sacred sites of Settsu Province (Kannon Hall) and the 73rd of the 88 sacred sites of Settsu Province (main hall).