After finishing the 100 days of tough practices, the monks purify themselves by pouring chilly water over themselves at a temple in Tottori City, praying for peace and a bountiful harvest.
Every yr on February twentieth, monks in coaching at Joninji, a temple of the Nichiren sect in Tottori City, carry out “water follow”, and this yr would be the 94th time.
Seventeen ascetic monks who had simply accomplished 100 days of tough follow till the tenth of this month at Nakayama Hokkekyoji Temple, one of many important temples in Chiba Prefecture, participated within the water coaching.
The monks, wearing loincloths, first recited a sutra referred to as “Suigyo Kimmon,” praying for peace and a bountiful harvest.
Then, I purified myself by pouring chilly water from the bucket over and over.
At 10 am in Tottori City on the twentieth, the temperature was 6.9 levels, and the monks had been splashing violently whereas dealing with the water whereas the chilly wind was blowing.
During the 100-day Aragyo in Chiba Prefecture, the monks practiced water seven instances a day from 3:00 am to 11:00 pm, and continued to chant sutras in between.
A 32-year-old monk who participated from a temple in Yonago City stated, “It’s cold, but I think that’s why it’s meaningful. The 100-day rough trip was often hard, and I lost my voice, but now I’m doing it. I am full of gratitude to the people. I would like to continue to devote myself.”