Deliver your prayer in one minute. Free and anonymous-friendly.
Apply for Añjali- Offering is optional
- You can set notifications later
- You can submit without making the details public
Just the essentials first
Añjali is a way to visualize your prayer and deliver it onward
From application to livestream display to delivery before the Buddha, you can follow the entire process online yourself.
Safe with anonymity and privacy
Only the prayer card appears on the livestream. Your name and the details of your wish are not made public.
Easy to trust because you can see the flow
You can watch how your prayer is delivered through the livestream.
Peace of mind with a completion notice
If you enable notifications, you can receive confirmation when your prayer has been delivered.
- 1Enter your wish
- 2Visualized on the livestream
- 3Delivered to the Buddha
- 4Receive notification
Pray here and now.
Send your feelings just as they are.
- You are carrying the pain of illness alone and cannot talk about it to anyone.
- Your heart is exhausted, yet you have no room to stop and breathe.
- You are worn down by relationships and have no one with whom you can speak honestly.
- You want to pray for someone dear, but the temple is too far away.
- You want something to support you, but you do not know where to begin.
What stays close to a heart like yours is Byodoji Temple's own online prayer system, Añjali.
Añjali is a Sanskrit word that means palms joined in prayer.
Just as you place your palms together when visiting a temple, it is a way to offer a sincere prayer online as well.
With Añjali, from wherever you are right now, without worrying about time or distance, you can deliver your prayers and wishes directly to Byodoji Temple's principal Buddha, Yakushi Nyorai.
The Buddha always wishes to remove your suffering and give you peace. Añjali is a new bridge that connects the Buddha's warm compassion with your own sincere prayer.
A New Form of Prayer
Visualize, Remotely, Directly
Añjali is a new way of praying born from Byodoji Temple's 24-hour livestream. More than simply sending a wish, it lets you experience online how your prayer takes visible form and is delivered to Yakushi Nyorai.
What happens when you pray with Añjali?
The concrete flow, from your prayer to its arrival
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Enter your wish freely
From the Añjali application page, enter your name, whether real or a nickname, and the wish you want to entrust from the heart. In a space no one else sees, put your honest feelings into words.
Strong security
Your wish is stored in a highly encrypted state. Please rest assured that even the chief priest who manages the system cannot read your feelings.
2
Your prayer becomes visible
The prayer you enter is immediately transformed into a visible form, like a beautiful card or a votive image shaped like a flying cloud or dragon, and appears on Byodoji Temple's livestreams, including YouTube Live, Twitch, and Niconico Live.
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Please do not worry. What appears on the livestream is only the proof that you offered a prayer: the prayer card itself. Your name and the detailed content of your wish are never disclosed to other viewers. Your privacy is carefully protected. You can also choose to make some information public.
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Delivered straight to the Buddha
After your prayer is visualized and displayed on the livestream for a certain time, it is delivered to a dedicated tablet placed very near Byodoji Temple's principal Buddha, Yakushi Nyorai.
Only on this tablet are your name and the full text of your entrusted wish shown clearly.
Physical distance does not matter at all. No matter where you are, your prayer reaches Yakushi Nyorai and the heart of Byodoji directly.
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Know when your prayer has arrived
When your prayer has safely been delivered before Yakushi Nyorai, a message will reach you saying that it has certainly arrived. This convenient notification feature, through LINE, Discord, email, web push, and more, becomes available once you create a simple account on the Byodoji website and choose how you want to be notified.
This helps you feel with confidence that your prayer has truly been received and gives even greater peace of mind.
What Añjali brings to your heart
A special experience of reassurance and connection, anytime and anywhere
1
Share your inner thoughts without hesitation
There is no need to tell your wish at a temple reception desk or worry about someone overhearing you. It becomes a quiet, personal dialogue between you and the Buddha.
2
The comfort of staying connected across distance
Even if you live far away, are not feeling well, or are too busy to come to the temple, you can connect with Byodoji Temple's Yakushi Nyorai anytime from your home or any place you like. The Buddha's compassion is always close to you.
3
A prayer that comes with a new sense of reality
By experiencing the whole flow in which your prayer appears on the livestream in visible form and then reaches the Buddha, you may feel a new kind of real assurance and connection with the Buddha, different from a conventional temple visit. In a sense, it may even feel closer than being there in person.
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An unseen circle of prayer and warm empathy
Many other people watching the livestream also witness the moment someone is offering a prayer, while the content remains private. It lets you sense an unseen yet real circle of prayer, bringing reassurance that you are not alone and allowing you to share in the warmth of people praying together.
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Confidence that it arrived, and a record of your prayers
If you create an account and enable notifications, you can know through LINE, email, and other channels that your prayer truly reached Yakushi Nyorai, bringing calm to your heart.
In addition, on your account page you can look back anytime on the history of the prayers you have offered through Añjali. We hope it helps you preserve the path of your heart and feel your connection with the Buddha more deeply.
Añjali is free
Anyone can experience this new form of prayer
Optional online offerings are also supported. The warm support we receive from everyone is carefully used for the maintenance and development of Byodoji Temple and the Añjali system.
Because of system constraints, online offerings below 50 yen cannot be accepted.
Let your wish
be delivered with peace of mind
Prayer is deeply important and private. That is why Añjali exists from the chief priest's wish to protect your freedom of faith and the privacy of your heart. From system development to management and operation, everything is handled personally without relying on outside vendors.
Since its launch in January 2022, and under thorough security, already more than 400,000 wishes have been delivered to Yakushi Nyorai through Añjali.
This is not merely an online service. Against the background of Byodoji Temple's 1,200-year history of prayer, it is a bridge that connects you and the Buddha through the unity of the chief priest's technical skill and faith.
Worries you do not want anyone to know, wishes held deep within your heart, gratitude you want to share quietly. Yakushi Nyorai and Añjali receive even the smallest voices gently and surely.
Please take your first step into this new form of prayer with confidence.
Let Añjali carry your heartfelt wish
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Byodoji
Online Prayer Service
If you want to pray more deeply, choose prayer, memorial, and rite services offered by the chief priest
To convey your wish to Yakushi Nyorai with even greater care, we also offer Byodoji Online Prayer, a service in which the chief priest reads your name and wish aloud on your behalf during the daily morning and evening services and special goma fire rituals.
This service is separate from Añjali and can be requested from the Byodoji Online Prayer page. Some rituals can be applied for free, so please feel at ease. If you want your heartfelt wish delivered more deeply and more surely to the Buddha, we invite you to consider this service as well.
Amulets and talismans can also be requested.