Traditions & Practices
Annual Services
New Year’s Day Service (Gantane) January 1
Memorial Service for Shinran Shonin (Hoonko) January 16
Nirvana Day Service (Nehane) February 15
Spring Equinox Service (Shunki Higane) March 21
Birthday of Sakyamuni Buddha (Hanamatsuri) April 8
Birthday of Shinran Shonin (Gotane) May 21
Obon (Urabon’e) July or August 15
Fall Equinox Service (Shuki Higane) September 23
Perpetual Memorial Service (Eitaikyo) November
Bodhi Day Service (Nehane) December 8
Year End Service (Joyae) December 3l
Scriptures
The Three Pure Land Sutras Delivered by Shakyamuni Buddha
1. Bussetsu Muryōju Kyō [The Sutra of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life]
2. Bussetsu Kanmuryōju Kyō [The Sutra of Contemplation of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life]
3. Bussetsu Amida Kyō [The Sutra on Amida Buddha]
Shinran Shonin’s writings
1. Shōshin Nembutsuge [Hymn of True Entrusting Heart and the Nembutsu], excerpt from the “Chapter on Practice” of Kyōgyōshinshō
2. Jōdo Wasan [Hymns of the Pure Land]
3. Kōsō Wasan [Hymns of the Pure Land Masters]
4. Shōzōmatsu Wasan [Hymns of the Dharma-Ages]
Rennyo Shonin’s Gobunshō Letters
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