RITUAL TEXTS
Collection of Texts for the Rites of Rissho Kosei-kai
Electronic Edition (2025)
(All pages) Ritual Texts Book
Title and Copyright (pdf /docx)
1. Annual Anniversaries and Commemorations
1.1. Celebrating the First Day of the Year (pdf / docx)
1.2 President’s First Dharma Talk for the Year (pdf / docx)
1.3 Mid-Winter Sutra Recitation (pdf / docx)
1.4 Setsubun-e (Seasonal Celebration) (pdf / docx)
1.5 Commemoration of Shakyamuni Buddha’s Nirvana (pdf / docx)
1.6 Anniversary of the Founding of Rissho Kosei-kai (pdf / docx)
1.7 Anniversary of the Birth of Shakyamuni Buddha (pdf / docx)
1.8 Ullambana Ceremony (pdf / docx)
1.9 Memorial Service for All Victims of War and Prayers for Peace (pdf / docx)
1.10 Annual Memorial Day of Cofounder Myoko Naganuma (pdf / docx)
1.11 Annual Memorial Day of Founder Nikkyo Niwano (pdf / docx)
1.12 Annual Memorial Service for the Great Bodhisattva Nichiren (pdf / docx)
1.13 Anniversary of the Birth of Founder Nikkyo Niwano (pdf / docx)
1.14 Anniversary of Shakyamuni’s Attainment of Buddhahood (pdf / docx)
2. Monthly Ceremonies
2.1. Ceremony on the First of the Month (Uposatha Day) (pdf / docx)
2.2 Monthly Memorial Day of Founder Nikkyo Niwano (pdf / docx)
2.3 Monthly Memorial Day of Cofounder Myoko Naganuma (pdf / docx)
2.4 Monthly Memorial Day of Shakyamuni Buddha (Uposatha Day) (pdf / docx)
2.5 Anniversary of the Founding of the Dharma Center (pdf / docx)
3. Services for the Deceased
3.1 Deathbed Prayer Service (pdf / docx)
3.2 Vigil Service (pdf / docx)
3.3 Funeral Service (pdf / docx)
3.4 Memorial Service Held on the Seventh Day after Death, Including the Forty-ninth Day and the One Hundredth Day
3.5 Specific-Year Memorial Service (pdf / docx)
3.6 Burial Service (pdf / docx)
3.7 Grave Consecration Ceremony (pdf / docx)
3.8 Grave Consecration and Burial Service (pdf / docx)
3.9 Memorial Service for Unborn Children (pdf / docx)
3.10 Ceremony Marking the [Spring/Autumn] Equinox (pdf / docx)
3.11 Memorial Services for the Victims of War, Disaster, Accident, and Violence (pdf / docx)
4. Ceremonies for Buildings
4.1 Groundbreaking Ceremony for Dharma Centers (pdf / docx)
4.2 Groundbreaking Ceremony for Members (pdf / docx)
4.3 Topping-Out Ceremony for Dharma Centers (pdf / docx)
4.4 Topping-Out Ceremony for Members (pdf / docx)
4.5 Ceremony to Consecrate a Newly Completed Structure (pdf / docx)
5. Ceremonies for the Focus of Devotion and the Posthumous Names
5.1 Enshrinement Ceremony for the Focus of Devotion (Gohonzon) (pdf / docx)
5.2 Ceremony for Transferring a Dharma Center’s Focus of Devotion (Gohonzon) (pdf / docx)
5.3 Relocation Ceremony for the Focus of Devotion (Gohonzon) [and Guardian Spirits (Goshugo-sonjin)] (pdf / docx)
5.4 Ceremony for Returning a Dharma Center’s Focus of Devotion (Gohonzon) (pdf / docx)
5.5 Ceremony for the Inheritance of the Focus of Devotion (Gohonzon) (pdf / docx)
5.6 Enshrinement Ceremony for the Focus of Devotion (Gohonzon) Bestowed at a Dharma Center (pdf / docx)
5.7 Opening the Wisdom-Eyes (Kaigen) Ceremony for Posthumous Names (pdf / docx)
5.8 Opening the Wisdom-Eyes (Kaigen) Ceremony for the Focuses of Devotion and the Dharma Titles (pdf / docx)
6. Prayer Rites for Healing, Protection, and Spiritual Training
6.1 Prayer Service for Activities and Events (pdf / docx)
6.2 Prayer Service for Specific Objects (pdf / docx)
6.3 Prayer Service for Recovery from Illness/Injury or Successful Surgery (pdf / docx)
6.4 Expression of Gratitude Service (pdf / docx)
6.5 O-daimoku Chanting Practice to Cultivate Spiritual Sensibilities (pdf / docx)
7. Rites of Passage
7.1 Prayer for a Safe Birth (pdf / docx)
7.2 Dharma Name-giving Ceremony (pdf / docx)
7.3 Newborn’s First Visit to a Dharma Center (pdf / docx)
7.4 Visit to a Dharma Center by Children Aged Three, Five, and Seven (pdf / docx)
7.5 Coming-of-Age Ceremony (pdf / docx)
7.6 Engagement Ceremony (pdf / docx)
7.7 Wedding Ceremony (pdf / docx)
7.8 Celebration of Auspicious Birth Anniversaries (pdf / docx)
8. Appendix
8.1 Special Words to Transfer Merit for a Vigil Service (pdf / docx)
8.2 Words to Guide the Newly Departed for Funeral Service (1) (pdf / docx)
8.3 Words to Guide the Newly Departed for Funeral Service (2) (pdf / docx)
8.4 Special Words to Transfer Merit on the Seventh Day after Death Including Forty-ninth Day and One Hundredth Day
8.5 Special Words to Transfer Merit for Specific-Year Memorial Service (1) (pdf / docx)
8.6 Special Words to Transfer Merit for Specific-Year Memorial Service (2) (pdf / docx)
8.7 Special Words to Transfer Merit for Memorial Service for Unborn Children (pdf / docx)
8.8 Special Words to Transfer Merit for the Ceremony Marking the [Spring/Autumn] Equinox (pdf / docx)
8.9 Special Words to Transfer Merit for Memorial Service for the Victims of War, Disaster, Accident, and Violence