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"Ganmon" refers to verses that express prayerful wishes to deities
and buddhas, or, when performing Buddhist practice, verses express
hopeful intent.
With reverence to Dainichi Nyorai who is the Great Teacher of
Shingon, with reverence to assemblies of both realms and the multitudes
of sacred divinities in the mandalas., and especially with reverence
to the treasured presence of the founder of our sect, Kobo Daishi,
I hereby announce the following.
Our founder Kobo Daishi taught the sacredness of all life; through
mutual offerings and with a heart of mutual worship and through
the teachings of the Mandalas that expresses the cosmos and world
views. In other words, it is a teaching that the lives of You
and I, and of all beings on this planet, are one with Buddha and
equal with him, and that You are Buddha, and I am Buddha.
Now we, as Koyasan Shingon-shu, are going to have a gathering
we will call "Great Assembly of Hawaii Shingon-shu" with participants
of members of congregations who have taken refuge in these teachings
of Kobo Daishi, and followers of Daishi (The Sanyo Group), who
reside in Hawaii and in the mainland U.S.
We were fortunate for the participation of followers, missionaries,
various teachers from Hawaii and the U.S. in general, those of
the flower arrangement school of Koyasan, and all who attended
who joined in the Goeika and religious dancing; that we were able
to spread a great assembly in praise of Odaishi-sama, based on
the theme "With the Daishi: Be Kind to All Life!" It was the most
deeply moving event indeed, history-making, and of profound significance.
The Koyasan Shingon-shu, based on the faith that "With the Daishi:
Be Kind to All Life!" ---which is the essence of Odaishi-sama's
teachings---chant the treasured mantra of NAMU DAISHI HENJO KONGO,
feel gratitude for the nurturing of our lifeforce, and pray for
world peace, prosperity in society, protection of the natural
environment, and progress in education; we sincerely wish to keep
imparting to the people of the world all of these hopes by way
of this great assembly.
Odaishi-sama teaches the heart of compassion called "walking together
with Odaishi sama," that when we suffer in life, when we are sad,
or even when we are happy, "become one with me; let us live strongly
together." By virtue of this connection, we are protected by Odaishi-sama,
find joy in life, and walk the path of life together with Odaishi
sama.
I now sincerely wish and pray, that through today's great assembly,
Hawaii become the auspicious land in which all of us together,
and everyone in the world, find happiness by virtue of Odaishi-sama's
unlimited protection.
NAMU DAISHI HENJO KONGO
Respectfully,
Chief Abbot Gimyo Inaba
Head of Koyasan Shingon-shu
Kongobu-ji Temple, Koyasan, Japan
March 9, 1997
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