Hoshikuyoe Kaibyaku

Buddhist memorial service: Hokuto Goma

Classification: Prayer

The first day (beginning) of the star memorial service. It is held on the evening of the winter solstice, when the Big Dipper is twinkling. The ceremony is held to break the bad luck of the evil stars and pray for good fortune and expulsion. The Mandala of the Big Dipper has a comprehensive arrangement of the Zodiac Signs (zodiac), the Nine Days of the Zodiac, the Nine Lodges (calendar), the Palace of the Zodiac (12 signs of the zodiac), the First Dragon Star (zodiac), and the current year's star (age). The practice of holding up the Big Dipper Mandala and observing the North Star and the Big Dipper is the Polaris and the Big Dipper Memorial Service. At the same time, the Hokuto Goma is performed to complete the Hoshi-Kaihaku, which is a sincere and silent ceremony. Applications for Hoshoku prayer cards are accepted throughout the year. The Hoshoku prayer will be concluded on Setsubun of the following year.

Shuseikai

Buddhist memorial service: Da Hannya Tendoku (Recitation of the Great Heart Sutra), Soku Sai Goma (Fire Ritual for Protection from Calamities), Honzon Kuyo (Offerings to the Main Deity)

Classification: Prayer

One of the two major pujas at Kwanchiin. The New Year's revisionist rites are held to pray for the fulfillment of various wishes for the new year. The wind of wisdom generated by the recitation of 600 scrolls of the Great Hannya blows away and destroys vexations, evil spirits, illnesses, and defilements. At the same time, a goma for good health is burned. Please fill out the New Year's gift bag with your wish and the name of the person you wish to pray for, and it will be written on a gomafuda (paper gomafuda). The gomafuda will be enshrined in the presence of Fudo Myoo in the main hall for one year, and after praying each time, it will be burned in the fire of the goma at the next year's revision ceremony. After the Great Prajnaparamita, a memorial service is held for the principal image. At the beginning of the year, the main image of the temple, the eleven-faced Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, is reverently worshipped, and a connection is made with the image as the first Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. Sushi and tea are served. The hall is set up so that visitors can eat and drink inside and outside the hall.

Hoshikuyoe Kechigan

Buddhist memorial service: Hokuto Goma

Classification: Prayer

Completion of the Hoshi Kuyoe Ceremony (Seimitsu). The ceremony is held every year on February 3, Setsubun. On the following day, Hoshoku prayer cards are sent out to those who have applied for them from all over Japan. The details are explained on the application form, which will be distributed upon request.

Shunhiganne

Classification: Memorial service

The spring equinox is the middle day, and the seven-day period from three days before (the beginning of the equinox) to three days after (the end of the equinox) is known as the spring equinox. Since the sun sets in the west, it is easy to reach the other shore (the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss) and to be closest to the ancestors, and since the days and nights are almost the same, it is essential to make offerings to ancestors to practice the Middle Way as taught by the Buddha. Therefore, the puja will be held every day at the same time for seven days to honor and worship the ancestors, as well as for the relatives who often visit the graves and the Eternal Sutra Ashes Hall.

Bonkyo

Classification: Memorial service

It is also called Bon Gyo or Tanakyo. As one of the preparations for welcoming ancestors back home, we visit the homes of parishioners and offer incense at their Buddhist altars (or shelves of Buddhist tablets) so that they can welcome the Obon with sincerity and solemnity. We will visit the homes of parishioners to offer incense at their Buddhist altars (or tablet shelves) to celebrate the Bon festival with sincerity and solemnity. We will send you a postcard in advance so that you can arrange the date and time. We will visit any place you request, not only our parishioners.

Ryusuikanjo

Buddhist memorial service: Offering of food to hungry ghosts

Classification: Memorial service

This is one of the two major pujas at Kwanchiin. Known in the past as the Eitai Lantern Memorial Service (Lantern Floating Ceremony), it is the biggest memorial service for ancestors during the year. The Kantei is an ancient Indian coronation ceremony in which holy water from the Four Oceans is poured over the head of a king to transform him from a secular to a holy being. The blessing power generated during the puja flows into the gushing clear water, making mutual offerings to all life, including those attending the puja, and to the spirits of the three worlds, and this action, combined with the floating lanterns, has come to be known as Nagaremizu Kantei. By making offerings not only to new spirits and ancestors, but also to hungry ghosts, we can face our own hearts and nurture the good hearts and compassion of the Japanese people to save all sentient beings, whether related or unrelated. Originally, Shogaki memorial services are held in the dark, and are also held during the nighttime, as they are the culmination of the offerings that have been made since the Bon Festival (bonkyo). Ancestral memorial services, lantern memorial services, doll memorial services, and altar and altar utensil memorial services are accepted throughout the year, so please bring your items at any time before the day of the puja.

Akihiganne

Buddhist memorial service: Memorial service

Autumnal equinox day is the middle day, and the seven-day period from three days before (the beginning of the equinox) to three days after (the end of the equinox) is the Autumnal equinox. As with the Spring Higan Festival, pujas are held every day at the same time during the seven-day period, so please feel free to come up to the main hall to pray.