Cucumber blessing

Cucumber blessing (Japanese: きゅうり加持) is an adhiṣṭhāna practised at Shingon Buddhist temples in summer. In a cucumber blessing meeting, the priest and believers together pray that they can pass the season of hot summer in good health like fresh cucumbers. [1]

Cucumbers being blessed at a Shingon Buddhist temple in Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii.

Kūkai, the founder of Shingon Buddhism, is said to have initiated this practice of blessing.

See also

Adhiṣṭhāna

References

Cucumber blessing at Shinkoin Temple, Kyoto (in Japanese)

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