Next Buddhist Ceremony
O-jyuyae (Ten-Night Chanting Neｍbutsu Service)...(November)
Jyuyae (Ten-Night Chanting Nembutsu Service)
Jyuyae (Ten-Night Chanting Nembutsu Service)
Doing ten days and ten nights of good deeds in this world full of worldly desires and temptations surpasses 1,000 years of ascetic practices in the world of Buddha, where the environment is perfect for the training free from worldly desires and temptations.
(Muryojukyo Sutra, The Immeasurable Life Sutra; one of the Three Pure Land Sutras)
Based on the teachings of the Sutra of Muryojukyo, ten days and ten nights neｍbutsu (calling to the name of Amida Buddha) is to be practiced. The practice has its roots, in the Jodo Shu, in ten-night memorial service held at Daihonzan Komyoji Temple (Kamakura) under the imperial decree of Emperor Gotsuchimikado. Nowadays, more and more temples tend to practice it in one-day. The merit of the nembutsu is used to pray for the repose of the souls of our ancestors.
One of the temple's three major ancestral memorial services.
・Held in mid-November.
Buddhist ceremonies
Segakie (Ancestral Ceremony)
One of the temple's three major ancestral memorial services
Held every year on May 23rd: a sermon starts at 1:00 p.m.; Segaki memorial service at 2:00 p.m.
Urabon Service: Urabon-e
One of the temple's three major ancestral memorial services.
Held every year on July 13th: Urabon-e memorial service starts at 11:00 a.m.
During Obon period (from the 13th to 15th), the front doors of the main prayer hall are open for visitors to pray.
Jyuyae (Ten-Night Chanting Nembutsu Service)
One of the temple's three major ancestral memorial services.
・Held in mid-November. Ten-Night Chanting Nembutsu Service starts at 2:00 p.m.
O-higan, an equinox day memorial service (Spring/Autumn)
During the equinoctial week, the front doors of the main prayer hall are open for visitors to pray.
Hanamatsuri（Flower Festival: The Buddha’s Birthday)
Hanamatsuri is an event to celebrate the Buddha's birthday. The “Migawari Jizoson” and “Shokan Yakushi” handed down in this temple will be unveiled once a year at this occasion.
Sweet tea will be served.
Tōunji Temple, a Jodo Shu religious institution
〒168－0062
2-5-4 Honan, Suginami-ku, Tokyo
Phone/Fax:
03-3316-5801
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