Temple affairs - Teragoto

Japanese: 寺事 - てらごと

In Buddhism, a Buddhist dojo is set up to enshrine the principal image of Buddhism, or a Buddhist hall is used as a dojo, and an event is carried out primarily by monks or nuns. In this case, the event is centered around a ritual - a memorial service - that clearly expresses and achieves the purpose of the event. Traditionally, the terms used to describe it were hokai, hoji, but there was no consistency in the definition of each concept, so in recent years the term was coined by Yokomichi Mario, who studies Buddhist rituals from the perspective of performing arts. The purposes of holding temple events are wide-ranging, ranging from offerings for the Three Treasures to self-improvement and altruism, and the categories include celebration, prayer, memorial service, gratitude, repentance, morality, study, training, transmission of precepts, and transmission of the Dharma.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

仏教で道場を設けて本尊を勧請し，あるいは仏堂を道場とし，僧侶または尼僧が主体となってとり行う行事。この場合，行事の催行目的を明確に表明し達成するにふさわしい儀式―法要―を中核に据えて構成される。従来，法会，法事，仏事，法要，法儀などの用語に拠っていたが，それぞれの概念規定が不統一であったため，近年，仏事を芸能の側から研究する横道万里雄によって造語された。寺事の催行目的は，三宝の供養をはじめ自行･利他にいたるまで広範に及び，その分類項を挙げれば慶祝，祈願，追福，報恩，懺悔（さんげ），修善，修学，修行，伝戒，伝法など多岐にわたる。

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