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Worship & Live Streams

Live Streaming ZUIKI Practice Sutras Shakyo Offering Ema Offering

Prayers & Memorials

Ritual Calendar Apply for a Goma Prayer Sacred Items Application for Prayer Añjali - Pray Here and Now Dāna

Learn & Read

Learn About Byodoji Articles Temple Guide Various orders Special Ritual

Byodoji & Visiting

About Byodoji Access Visiting Guide Live Streaming

Questions & Contact

Ask the Head Priest Answers to questions we have received Contact Us Personal Meeting Otayori

Worship & Live Streams

Live Streaming ZUIKI Practice Sutras Shakyo Offering Ema Offering

Prayers & Memorials

Ritual Calendar Apply for a Goma Prayer Sacred Items Application for Prayer Añjali - Pray Here and Now Dāna

Learn & Read

Learn About Byodoji Articles Temple Guide Various orders Special Ritual

Byodoji & Visiting

About Byodoji Access Visiting Guide Live Streaming

Questions & Contact

Ask the Head Priest Answers to questions we have received Contact Us Personal Meeting Otayori

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Learn About Byodoji

History of Byodoji Temple Byodoji Temple Origin Record Principal Yakushi Nyorai The Eleven-Faced Kannon of the Jibutsudo Vaiśravaṇa at Byodoji Kṣitigarbha at Byodoji Acala at Byodoji The Box-Cart Miracle

Articles

Byodoji Almanac The Complete Ennichi Ganfuji: a Japanese prayer concerning cancer What Is "One Buddha, One Land"? Why Two Buddhas Never Arise in One World, Traced from the Sources 21-Day Gyakushu Offering What Is the Kaikyoge? The Sutra-Opening Verse, Its Meaning and Origins What Is Shugen? Tracing the "Gen" of Shugendō to Its Sources What Is Nyubutsu Samaya? Entering the Buddha's Vow in Shingon Buddhism What Is Transgressing the Samaya? Breaking the Vow With the Buddha What Is Kyuri Kaji Kyuri Kaji Temples Across Japan What Is the Eleven-Faced Kannon What Is Vaiśravaṇa What Is Kṣitigarbha What Is Acala What Is Bhaisajyaguru (Yakushi Nyorai)What Is the Rishukyō What Is the Roji-no-ge (Verse on Striking the Gaṇḍī)? What the Bell Tells Focusing on People and Prayer — Eight Years of Cashless Offerings at ByodojiIn preparation The Complete Guide to the Shikoku Pilgrimage (Ohenro)Shikoku 88 Temple Directory

Temple Guide

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morning and evening service books Praise for the Vajradhātu Maṇḍala Praise for the Garbhakoṣadhātu Maṇḍala Shingon service book Saikoku 33 pilgrimages service book Meal service book

Special Ritual

New Year special Goma prayer 8K Homa Ohigan Memorial Service Obon Memorial Service Cucumber Blessing Ennichi Yakushi Homa Sunday Homa

Events

top page Tokai lecture Koyasan 2023 Saikoku Kannon Pilgrimage 2024 #1 Western Pilgrimage 2024 #2 Western Pilgrimage 2025: A Journey of the Wish Shikoku Pilgrimage Tour 2026 Shikoku Pilgrimage Tour 2026 #2

Community

Temple Visit Guidelines Photo & Social Media Posting Guidelines Community Guidelines Content Distribution Guidelines for Visitors Discord Byodoji Server Byodoji Notion

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Live Streaming Ritual Calendar Apply for a Goma Prayer Sacred Items ZUIKI Practice Sutras Shakyo Offering Ema Offering Online Shikoku Pilgrimage Ask the Head Priest Answers to questions we have received Contact Us Personal Meeting Otayori Upahāra: Sending an Offering Application for Prayer Añjali - Pray Here and Now Soten Magazine Dāna HukTok Handmade, Prayer-Blessed Shimenawa from a Temple Bamboo Mandala Byodoko Ranking of Zuiki points and Mantra points

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Soten

Monthly archive

Soten

The online edition of Byodoji Temple’s journal, featuring Kobo Daishi’s words, messages from the head priest, and news from the temple.

Published issues

4

Latest issue

September 8, 2025

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Start with the newest issue, then move backward through earlier ones as a quiet reading path.

September 8, 2025

Accomplish all things without rising from one’s seat.

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Amoghavajra (translator) “Treatise on Bodhicitta”

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How to read

Read in this order to let each teaching come into focus

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Begin with the latest issue

Start with the newest words and the head priest's reflection to feel the tone of this month.

02

Move slowly through past issues

Following earlier releases lets Kobo Daishi's words resonate from different angles over time.

03

Read the bridge into daily life

Each issue carries the featured line, its background, and a practical reflection in one flow.

Monthly archive

Published articles

Read the founder's words and the head priest's reflections in publishing order.

Together, let us benefit all beings.

July 8, 2025

Together, let us benefit all beings.

Kukai “Shugei Shuchi-in: Rule and Preface”

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The hidden blessing responds to the waters of each heart and never ceases.

June 8, 2025

The hidden blessing responds to the waters of each heart and never ceases.

Kukai “Vow for Creating the Two-Realm Mandala in Gratitude for the Four Debts”

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Nothing has a fixed nature. How can a person remain evil forever?

May 8, 2025

Nothing has a fixed nature. How can a person remain evil forever?

Kukai "The Secret Treasury"

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