Shingon Buddist Temple

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ohigan, the Spring Equinox service, is conducted when Night (the realm of the past) and Day (the realm of the present) have equal length, so it is the best day to communicate with people from the past. Please join us and pray for your ancestors during this year’s Spring Ohigan on March 17th. Ohigan_Form_お彼岸フォーム_Spring_2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In a Goma ceremony, we set up a special area to set a fire to burn wooden sticks in front of the Buddha.   The fire symbolizes the wisdom of the Buddha and the wood sticks symbolize human desires (the root of suffering).      In this ritual, the Buddha burns away the root of our suffering as we pray for our wishes to come true. At Seattle Koyasan, we pray to the Fudo MyouOh, (who is the Buddha of Compassionate Fire).    We will talk more about Fudo Myouoh some another time.