Private Training Program
Recommended for those who are wishing to cultivate yourself
Private Training
“Nyojishin – Being yourself” Program
We are all wishing to live as we are, but it is difficult to pursue, isn’t it? Daisho-in’s Nyojishin Program takes systematic approach to make you realize your own esteem, expand and develop your own potential in due course. (Nyojishin means “Being yourself” “Like yourself”)You will experience a series of training programs such as Gomagyo, meditation, prayers, and more, which were brought into practice by the Buddhist monk Kukai. Why don’t you keep yourself away from the chaotic daily life, make you surrounded by the Japanese culture and history in Miyajima and have a dialogue with your mind together with the Daisho-in’s monk? We hope you will be filled with a beautiful joy to realize who you are.
This is recommended to those who have never tried these Buddhist training programs before.
This is recommended to those who have never tried these Buddhist training programs before.
Step.1 Plan for Beginners
An experienced monk at Daisho-in Temple will guide you around the various facilities on the site, while having a close dialogue on the history of Miyajima and/or your questions/concerns in your daily life, and the like.
After a prayer ritual, you will enjoy Japanese vegetarian cuisine, using fresh vegetables carefully grown in Miyajima. At the end of the program, you will get a temple’s special stamp book (“Goshuincho”) decorated with a precious piece of gold leaf, which is produced by a traditional company with more than 100 years of history in Hiroshima. We are sure you will be satisfied with the full contents of the program.
This is recommended to those who have never tried these Buddhist training programs before.
It will give you different types of insights, if you are willing to change yourself or to learn about Miyajima that the monk knows, etc.
*You can make an appointment for an English or Chinese speaking interpreter at JPY15,000 (tax included) as a separate fee.
| Schedule | To be held on Wednesdays and Saturdays only (Please check the "Schedule"menu within the top bar.) |
| Time Table | 10:00 Reception 10:30 Sutra Chanting, Sermon Preaching 11:30 Temple Tour, Prayer Ritual (upon request) 12:00 Special Lunch (Japanese vegetarian cuisine, using vegetables grown in Miyajima.) 13:00 Tea Ceremony Tea will be served with Kiezu-no-hi (fire never gone out) picked up from the Reika-Do 13:30 Receipt of Goshuincho (Temple Stamp Book) sealed with a special temple stamp as a souvenir. |
| Start Time & Duration | Start Time: 10:00 a.m. Japan Standard Time Duration: 3.5 hours (Three and half hours) |
| Meet-up Point | Gate of the Shousei-an, on the right side of the Niomon Gate. |
| Price | Price: JPY35,000 (incl. tax) *Extra fee of JPY15,000 (tax included) will be charged if you make an appointment for an interpreter. |
Step.2 Basic Plan
Recommended for those who can take a series of training programs over and over.You will repeat prayers and dialogue with experienced monks, to learn about the core lesson, “Nyojitsutijishin”(Being yourself),which inspired the monk Kukai. By taking the same training repeatedly, your ways of thinking and behavior in your daily life will be getting naturally organized. Every time you take the trainings, you will be served Japanese green tea “Matcha” at the end of the program in a special tea room “Shosei-an,” designed by the Tea Master Hounsai (Urasenke-school), or wherever you like within “Yuho-en,” a quiet Japanese garden. We will give you a temple stamp before you leave.
Notes:
– You can separately purchase an original stamp book, the cost of which is not included in this basic plan.
– You can order Japanese vegetarian cuisine with a tea ceremony at extra JPY15,000 (tax included). If you order this, the total duration will be one hour longer, and the program will conclude at 13:30. It will give you different types of insights, if you are willing to change yourself or to learn about Miyajima that the monk knows, etc.
*You can make an appointment for an English or Chinese speaking interpreter at JPY15,000 (tax included) as a separate fee.
| Schedule | To be held on Wednesdays and Saturdays only (Please check the "Schedule"menu within the top bar.) |
| Time Table | 10:00 Reception 10:30 Sutra Chanting, Sermon Preaching 11:30 Zen Meditation, Regular Meditation or Sutra Copying 12:00 Japanese Green Tea "Matcha" will be served 12:30 Receipt of Goshuincho (Temple Stamp Book) If you order Japanese vegetarian cuisine with a tea ceremony, the program will conclude at 13:30. |
| Start Time & Duration | Start Time: 10:00 a.m. Japan Standard Time Duration: 2.5 hours (Three and half hours) If you order Japanese vegetarian cuisine with a tea ceremony, the total duration will be 3.5 hours. |
| Meet-up Point | Gate of the Shousei-an, on the right side of the Niomon Gate. |
| Price | Price: JPY10,000 to 25,000 (incl. tax) Notes: - Free of charge for students in high school and below - 50% discount for college students. Cash payment only. (Credit card payment will not be accepted) - The cost of Japanese vegetarian cuisine (JPY15,000) will be 100% charged even for students. *Extra fee of JPY15,000 (tax included) will be charged if you make an appointment for an interpreter. |
Step.3 Gomagyo Program at Daisho-in
This plan is recommended for those who aim to further develop themselves or to pursue ultimate objectives. Special Gomagyo rituals will be conducted for the participants. The Gomagyo ritual is one of the most important trainings that has been handed down in ascetic Buddhism for 1200 years. You will press your hands together and chant sutra to concentrate on prayer, to burn out evil passions within yourself. Namikiri-Fudo-Myoo (wave-calming deity) is enshrined at “Chokugando”, the main hall of Daisho-in. It is widely known in Japan that the Shogun back in the late 16th Century (Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI) prayed to this Namikiri-Fudo-Myoo for the marine safety of his troops dispatched to Korea through the Seto-Inland Sea. This Gomagyo ritual will be conducted in front of the deity and the burning fire, so that you can get rid of any worldly thoughts, face yourself just as you are and make your mind calm and stable. It will give you different types of insights, if you are willing to change yourself or to learn about Miyajima that the monk knows, etc. *You can make an appointment for an English or Chinese speaking interpreter at JPY15,000 (tax included) as a separate fee.
| Schedule | To be held on Wednesdays and Saturdays only (Please check the "Schedule"menu within the top bar.) |
| Time Table | 10:00 Reception 10:30 Sutra Chanting, Gomagyo at Chokugando 11:30 Dialogue with the monk. Japanese green tea (Matcha) will be served. 12:00 Receipt of Goshuincho (temple stamp book) |
| Start Time & Duration | Start Time: 10:00 a.m. Japan Standard Time Duration: 2 hours |
| Meet-up Point | Gate of the Shousei-an, on the right side of the Niomon Gate. |
| Price | Price: JPY30,000 (incl. tax) *Extra fee of JPY15,000 (tax included) will be charged if you make an appointment for an interpreter. |
Step.4 Gomagyo Program at the top of Mt. Misen
This is a special program to conduct a Gomagyo ritual at the top of Mt. Misen, a sacred mountain. The Reika-Do hall is at the top of Mt. Misen, the most mystic and sacred place in Miyajima. It holds sacred fire “Kiezu-no-hi”, which was used for the Gomagyo training by the monk Kukai (Kobo-Taishi) himself 1200 years ago and has never gone out since then. We will burn Goma woods with this sacred Kiezu-no-hi, to borrow a mystic power of Mt. Misen, and help you set a new light within your heart.
It will give you different types of insights, if you are willing to change yourself or to learn about Miyajima that the monk knows, etc. (This program does not offer an interpreter-guide assistance.)
| Schedule | To be held on Wednesdays and Saturdays only (Please check the "Schedule"menu within the top bar.) |
| Time Table | 10:30 Reception at the Reika-Do Hall. (Please come to the top of Mt. Misen by a cable car, etc.) 11:00 Sutra Chanting at the main hall, the Sankido Hall 11:30 Gomagyo at the Reika-Do hall. 12:00 Lunch (Lunch box) 13:00 Misen Tour 14:00 Receipt of Goshuincho (temple stamp book) |
| Start Time & Duration | Start Time: 10:30 a.m. Japan Standard Time Duration: 3.5 hours |
| Meet-up Point | The Reika-Do Hall at Mt. Misen (Please talk to the staff in a monk's working clothes.)  |
| Price | Price: JPY50,000 (incl. tax) |