Juyae is an autumn memorial service that is generally held from October to November. At Shokoji Temple, Juyae is held on the last Sunday of October. It is also called Ojuya or Juya Hoyo, and its official name is Juka Juya Hoyo.
The history of the Juyakai is long, and it is said to have begun during the Muromachi Shogunate when Sadakuni, the younger brother of Taira no Sadayuki, the regent to the sixth shogun, Ashikaga Yoshinori, converted to Buddhism and performed a ten-day, ten-night chanting of the Nembutsu at Shinnyodo Temple in Kyoto.
It was only after being recognized by Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado during the Kamakura period that it became an official Jodo sect event.
The Ten Nights Ceremony is a practice of a passage from the Sutra of Immeasurable Life, which is the foundation of the Jodo sect of Buddhism, which teaches that "performing good deeds for ten days and ten nights in this world is better than performing good deeds for a thousand years in the world of Buddhas."
This teaching states that the world of Buddha is an environment conducive to training, free from worldly desires and other obstacles, whereas our world is full of worldly desires, suffering, and evil deeds, and therefore chanting the Nembutsu (practicing good deeds) for ten days and ten nights is an excellent thing.
In modern times, it is quite difficult to chant the Nembutsu for ten days. Originally it was ten days, but an increasing number of temples have shortened it to five, three, or even one day. At Shokoji Temple, we set the last Sunday in October as the day of the Juya-e ceremony, and chant the Nembutsu together with our parishioners.
On the day, we will invite a monk from outside Shokoji Temple to give a sermon and provide lunch boxes. It is not easy to recite the Nembutsu in your daily life, so by setting aside a day like the Juya-e to recite the Nembutsu, we hope that you will be able to reflect on yourself and use it as a foundation to live your life with vitality.
I am truly looking forward to chanting Nembutsu with you all on the day.
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