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We livestream the space before the Buddha in the main hall 24 hours a day. When you request a prayer, the head priest reads your name and wish aloud in the hall.
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Open in YouTube ↗When you request a prayer or memorial service online, the head priest reads the name and wish aloud during the morning service or goma. During goma, the priest also places a prayer stick into the flames while offering the prayer.
You can see this on the livestream and join your palms at home as you hear the name read aloud.
Reading during the daily service is free. Goma prayers start at 500 yen per wish.
Añjali is a way to send a prayer whenever it comes to mind. When you send a wish, a prayer card appears on the livestream.
The full text of your wish is sent to a dedicated device beside the principal image of Yakushi Nyorai. Its contents do not appear on the livestream; only you and the Buddha can read them. You can watch the livestream to see it arrive.
People join the morning service on screen from different places and chant sutras together. After the service, the head priest answers submitted questions on the livestream.
There are days when the service is skipped because of travel, funerals, and the like. Check the list of services for evening services and special services.
The head priest created the main hall livestream, the process from receiving prayer requests to reading them aloud, and Añjali, so that the wishes of people far away can actually reach the space before the Buddha in the main hall.
It began with a major ceremony on January 19, 2020. The main hall is at the top of a stone staircase, and people with limited mobility and older people cannot climb up to the principal image. We livestreamed that day’s ceremony for them.
As the COVID-19 pandemic made visiting difficult, we began livestreaming the main hall 24 hours a day on April 26, 2020.
Byodoji has the story of a father and son. A father put his son, who could no longer walk, in a hakoguruma (box cart) and traveled around Shikoku, and the cart was dedicated to the honzon, as the story is handed down. To open the Main Hall precisely to those who cannot come: the live stream carries that wish forward.
Please comment calmly, as if you were standing before the buddha.
Community guidelinesRemote worship means putting your hands together before the buddha in the Main Hall through the live stream, without going to the temple. Byodoji streams the Main Hall 24 hours a day, so you can join the morning service and goma through the screen. You can also apply for a prayer or send a prayer through Añjali.
Apply for a prayerLearn about AñjaliPut your hands together toward the Main Hall, and that is worship. If you apply for a prayer, your name and wish are read aloud at the service or goma. With Añjali, you can send the prayer of the moment to the buddha.
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Yes. As Temple 22 of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage, Byodoji welcomes everyone's visit. The same goes for the live stream.
About ByodojiYes, that is part of what the stream is for. Put your surroundings and your doctor's advice first, and watch only as far as is comfortable. Prayer for recovery from illness does not replace medical care.
Apply for a prayerThe head priest reads your name and wish aloud at the morning service or goma. You do not need to visit; the whole application is completed online. Your name can also be withheld when it is read. If you apply for an ofuda or omamori together, it is sent to you after the prayer service.
Apply for a prayerView ofuda and omamoriYes. Ancestral and mizuko memorials can be applied for online. The Jizo goma at 20:00 on the 24th of each month is a goma that prays for children's growth and for the memorial of mizuko.
Apply for memorial serviceAbout the Jizo gomaYes. Special rituals such as the Obon and Ohigan services, star offering services and the Shō Hassenmai-ku are also streamed from the main hall. Check the ritual list for the schedule.
See the list of servicesAbout the 8,000-Stick GomaZuiki means rejoicing in another's good deeds as if they were your own. Praying with your heart joined to a service stream is also zuiki. TOK are points given after a service to those who took part in zuiki, a way to see the merit you have gathered as a number. Collected TOK can be used for a limited set of purposes, such as booking an online personal consultation with the head priest.
Learn about zuikiJoin the rite in zuikiYes. Send it from the questions page, and the head priest answers through the stream in the Q&A after the service or at the tea session. If you ask for it to be made public, a summary with personal details removed, along with the answer, may be posted on Byodoji Online.
Send a questionOutside the times of service and goma, the Main Hall is simply quiet. That is also how the hall is. Sometimes you hear birds and insects outside the window. If the video has stopped completely, reload the page or reopen it on YouTube.
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Open in YouTubeOpen in TwitchYes. You can watch in a browser or the YouTube app on a smartphone, tablet, or computer. If there is no sound after you press play, unmute with the speaker icon on the player.
Open in YouTubeThe camera shows the inner sanctuary of the Main Hall. People joining the service in the hall may appear.