Dosha Kaji (Sand Blessing)

On Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. (JST), the Dosha Kaji ceremony will be performed in the main hall of Byōdō-ji, Temple No. 22 of the Shikoku Pilgrimage, and streamed live.

Byōdō-kō is a Shikoku pilgrimage group organized by Byōdō-ji. On this day, to coincide with the group's visit to Byōdō-ji, the Dosha Kaji ceremony will be performed as a special occasion.

Dosha Kaji is a ceremony in which sand is blessed through the recitation of the Mantra of Light (Kōmyō Shingon). It is taught that when this blessed sand is scattered over the remains or the grave of the deceased, its power brings them to rebirth in the Pure Land of Bliss.

■ Prayer and memorial requests

Prayer or memorial service: 1,000 yen per request

Plan including the blessed sand: 3,000 yen

(The blessed sand can be sent by post or handed to you directly at Byōdō-ji.)

Apply here:

https://byodoji.online/app

■ Source

Original text

以是真言加持土沙一百八遍，尸陀林中散亡者尸骸上、或散墓上，遇皆散之。彼所亡者，若地獄中、若餓鬼中、若修羅中、若傍生中，以一切不空如來不空毘盧遮那如來真實本願大灌頂光真言神通威力加持沙土之力，應時即得光明及身除諸罪報，捨所苦身，往於西方極樂國土，蓮華化生，乃至菩提更不墮落。

Translation

Bless sand 108 times with this mantra, and scatter it at the burial ground over the remains of the deceased or over their grave. Wherever the deceased may be, in the realms of hell, hungry ghosts, asuras, or animals, through the power of the sand blessed by the Mantra of the Light of Great Consecration (the Mantra of Light), the light at once reaches them and the karmic consequences of their wrongdoing are removed. Leaving behind their body of suffering, they are reborn in the Pure Land of Bliss in the west and will not fall back into the realms of delusion until they attain awakening.

The Mantra of the Light of Great Consecration of Amoghapāśa Vairocana Buddha (Taishō vol. 19, No. 1002, p. 606b)

■ The Mantra of Light

On abokya beiroshanō makabodara mani handoma jinbara harabaritaya un

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