The Shuni-e (修二会, literally "Second-Month Service") is a ceremony held each year at certain Buddhist temples in Japan. The name comes from its observance...

Japan. The festival is the final rite in observance of the two-week-long Shuni-e ceremony. This ceremony is to cleanse the people of their sins as well...

rite since 760 without any break. The service has come to be known as Shuni-e (修二会 lit. 'Second-Month Service'), as it was held in the second month of...

The sutra is used in various Buddhist ceremonies, including the famous Shuni-e ceremony at Tōdai-ji Temple in Nara, Japan. There is no full English translation...

Marathon Nara Centennial Hall Nara Kasugano International Forum Iraka Shuni-e Gallery Tōdai-ji Temple Daibutsuden Hall, the world's largest wooden building...

Daibutsuden Bishamonten watching over Tōdai-ji and its precincts. Bronze bell Shuni-e held March 1 to 14 in Nigatsu-dō. Onigawara roof tiles Bodhisattvas incised...

for some rituals, such as the omizutori (water drawing) portion of the Shuni-e rites at the Tōdai-ji in Nara. Each Shugendō school has his own conch shell...

rituals still used today. The most noteworthy of these ceremonies is the Shuni-e repentance ceremony established by Jitchu at the request of Empress Kōmyō...

木造訶梨帝母坐像〈／（所在修二会宿所）〉 [Seated wooden statue of Kariteimo (located at the Shuni-e shukusho)] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 18 April...

having the monastics recite and perform the required texts in advance. Suryukjae Monlam Prayer Festival Shuni-e Exhibit at Warren Wilson College, 2004...