Teaching Resources

Akakura Mountain Shrine Rituals

Prayers

Worshippers at Akakura memorize and perform a number of prayers, including:

• The Akakura Norito (Prayers). Revealed to the foundress in a set of golden scrolls presented by the divinity Akakura Daigongen
• The Buddhist Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyo). A Sanskrit prayer that is popular in esoteric Buddhist practice.
• Fudo-son-ken-Kudoku-no-mon (Special prayers for Fudo Myoo)

The shrine hymn, "Saigi, Saigi" (Repentence, Repentence) is performed at many ritual occassions.

Internet Resources on Shinto Prayers:

Norito (Prayers)

http://www.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/bts/bts_n.html#norito

From the Glossary of Shinto Names and Terms

http://www.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/glossary/index.html
A helpful on line dictionary of Shinto terms, prepared by the Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University