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A goma performed through a day-and-night fast
The Shō Hassenmai-ku is a goma rite with Fudo Myoo as the principal deity, in which 8,000 goma sticks are offered into the fire while the practitioner keeps a day-and-night fast.
The practitioner prays for about eight hours.
Together with Fudo Myoo, the aim is to burn away defilements and attain enlightenment overnight.
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See the latest Shō Hassenmai-ku informationThis observance needed the help of many people. For the final day, we invited those who came to worship to chant Fudo Myoo's mantra together with us.
Those who requested prayers online could hear their prayers read aloud on the live stream.
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Three weeks of preliminary practice
The schedule was as follows
