Higashi Honganji Kyoto Hoonko Memorial Livestream

Shinshū Honbyō (Higashi Honganji), Kyoto
Abbot Succession Ceremony

Friday, November 20, 2020 (JST)

Hōonkō Services
November 21–28, 2020 (JST)

We will live stream this year’s Hōonkō services as well as the Abbot Succession Ceremony on November
20 (JST). Additionally, the Dharma lectures in honor of Shinran Shōnin will be presented from November
26 through 28 (JST). All of the live streaming can be accessed on our YouTube channel. Please join us
for those events on the internet.
The live streaming is subject to change due to the situation of COVID-19. All changes will be announced
on our official website (www.higashihonganji.or.jp/english_top).

 

How to Access the Live Streaming
Please access our official YouTube channel (see the URL below) at the time of the event.
URL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLPB2H1qV_1BjH1KAVizZfA/videos/live
The quality of streaming depends on the quality of the internet connection at your location. The live
streaming may be interrupted due to technical issues without notice. In that case, please wait for a while
and reload the web page

The Schedule of the Services on Live Streaming
(Please note that the schedules are subject to change.)
Abbot Succession Ceremony (about 1 hour and a half)
Thursday, November 19, 3 pm (HST)

With the understanding that the Abbot succession was conducted in July 2020, the commemoration of the
installation of Abbot Chōyū Ōtani will be held. The entire ceremony will be live streamed.

Abbot and Former Abbot pay their respects at the Amida-dō (Amida Hall)
Message by Chief Administrator [at Goei-dō (Founder’s Hall) from here on]
Incense Offering and Message by Former Abbot
Incense Offering, Three Treasures, and Hyōbyaku (Pledge) by Abbot
Shōshinge by all attendees
Commemorative Dharma Talk by Rev. Tatsuru Kigoshi (Kanazawa District)
Message by Abbot
Ondokusan

Hōonkō: Daytime (Nicchū) and Afternoon (Taiya) Services
November 20–27 (HST, PST, CST, EST)

Daytime (Nicchū) Services
2:45 pm (HST)

Afternoon (Taiya) Services
4:45 pm (HST)

The Daytime (Nicchū) and Afternoon (Taiya) services to be held on the 21st through the 28th will be live
streamed on our YouTube channel (14 services in total). Please note that there will be only an Afternoon
service on 21st and a Daytime service on 28th. There will be no live streaming of Morning services
(Jinjō).
starting time will be different from day to day. Please check our official website
(www.higashihonganji.or.jp/english_top) for the detailed schedules in advance.
Hōonkō: Reading of the Biography of Shinran (Godenshō)
On November 25 every year, the Biography of Shinran (Godenshō), which consists of two volumes, is
read in the traditional and ceremonial way. This year, the first and second volumes are read on the 24th
and 25th separately. Both readings will be live streamed.
1st Volume (about 1 hour):
Monday, November 23, 9:30 pm (HST)
2nd Volume (about 1 hour):
Tuesday, November 24, 9:30 pm (HST)

Dharma Lectures in Honor of Shinran Shōnin
November 25–27, 11 pm (HST)

This series of Dharma lectures is presented for us to learn the teaching of the nenbutsu together as
clarified by our spiritual forebear Shinran Shōnin in his memory.

Thursday, November 26 (JST)
Rev. Dr. Takashi Irisawa (President, Ryūkoku Univesity)
Rev. Dr. Ichijō Ogawa (Professor Emeritus, Ōtani University)
Friday, November 27 (JST)
Ms. Masako Shimizu (Translator, Children’s Literature Reviewer)
Rev. Dr. Hiroyuki Honda (Director, Center for Shin Buddhist Studies)
Saturday, November 28 (JST)
Rev. Dr. Kenshi Kusano (Professor Emeritus, Ōtani University)
Rev. Dr. Yūtai Ikeda (Professor Emeritus, Dōhō University)