Kanyo Yuusu - Kanyo Yuusu

...It was originally called Renge-ji or Goshin-ji, but later moved to its current location and changed its name to Komyo-ji after receiving a spiritual dream. The 8th head priest, Kanyo Yusaku, was summoned to the Imperial Court in 1495 (Meiō 4), and practiced the Three Pure Land Sutras and Invoking the Nembutsu at Seiryōden, winning the devout support of Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado. In the same year, he received imperial decree as an office of imperial prayer and also received imperial permission to hold the Ten Nights Ceremony. This was the beginning of the O-Juya. ...

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…初め蓮華寺また悟真寺と称したが，のち現在地に移し霊夢を得て光明寺と改めたという。8世観誉祐崇は1495年(明応4)宮中に召され，清涼殿にて浄土三部経ならびに引声念仏を修して後土御門天皇の帰依を厚くし，同年勅願所の綸旨を賜るとともに，十夜法要の勅許を得た。これが〈お十夜〉のはじまりである。…

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