Cucumber blessing
Cucumbers being blessed at a Shingon Buddhist temple in Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii.
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]
Kūkai, the founder of Shingon Buddhism, is said to have initiated this practice of blessing.
See also
References
- ↑ Cucumber blessing at Shinkoin Temple, Kyoto (in Japanese)
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