Yearly Schedule

JANUARY

  • 10th: Rinzei Gigen Zenji Memorial Day

FEBRUARY

  • 15th: Paranirvana

MARCH

  • 21st: Haru Higan

APRIL

  • 8th: Buddha’s Birthday

AUGUST

  • Segaki - Feeding the hungry ghosts
  • Obon - Traditional ceremony and teaching
  • Obon in Hokuozan Sogenji
  • Toro Nagashi - Floating lanterns - impressions

SEPTEMBER

  • 23rd: Aki Higan

OCTOBER

  • 5th: Bodhidaruma Memorial Day

NOVEMBER

  • Kaisanki in Sogenji

DECEMBER

  • 8th: Enlightenment day
  • 24th: Kaisanki for Mumon Roshi in ODZ Monasteries

Ceremony Guides

Jukai - Lay Ordination: Ceremony Text, Book on Jukai (pdf)

Tokudoshiki - Full Ordination: Ceremony Text (pdf) (By Yamada Mumon Roshi)