{"id":220,"date":"2019-08-05T21:16:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T21:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/?p=220"},"modified":"2019-08-06T03:18:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T03:18:57","slug":"pacific-northwest-peace-pagoda-ground-purification-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/index.php\/2019\/08\/05\/pacific-northwest-peace-pagoda-ground-purification-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Northwest Peace Pagoda Ground Purification Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u201cThe appearance of a Pagoda touches the hearts and minds <br>of all people. Those who venerate this pagoda absolutely<br>reject nuclear warfare and firmly believe that a peaceful world will be<br>manifested. The vision of the Peace Pagoda has the power to bring about<br>a spiritual transformation. It illuminates the dawn of a spiritual civilization.<br>\u201d Most Venerable Nichidatsu Fujii(1885-1985)<br>Founder,Precepter, Nipponzan Myohoji<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"222\" height=\"186\" class=\"wp-image-219\" style=\"width: 222px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pagoda.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pagoda.jpg 463w, https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pagoda-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:25px;text-align:center\"><strong>Saturday, August 24, 2019<br>11: 00 AM <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:33px;text-align:center\"><strong>Pacific Northwest Peace Pagoda Ground Purification Ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">At&nbsp; Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action <br>16159 Clear Creek Rd. NW Poulsbo WA 98370<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>All are invited.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">Traditional Buddhist Ceremony<br>Interfaith Prayer<br>Native American Prayer<br>Guest speaker : Jim &amp; Shelley Douglas and more <br>Music &amp; Potluck Lunch <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left\">[Note] The ground purification ceremony(Jichin-sai) is a traditional Buddhist and Shinto ceremony that gets permission from the local guardian god(spirit) and purifies the building site. It is also the means to pray for the related people\u2019s safety during construction and for prosperity. As part of the ceremony, Omiki(Sacred sake), Okome(sacred rice) and salt are also returned to the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">We expect supporters of the peace pagoda from across the U.S. and from other nations for this joyous occasion. <br>We will have guest speakers, prayer, and music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px;text-align:center\">For more Information please call or email below<br>Rev. Senji Kanaeda&nbsp; Nipponzan Myohoji Temple(Bainbridge Is. Dojo)<br>6154 Lynwood Ctr. Rd. NE Bainbridge Island WA<br>Kanaedasenji@gmail.com&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (206)780-6739, (206)-724-7632<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo \u201cThe appearance of a Pagoda touches the hearts and minds of all people. Those who venerate this pagoda absolutelyreject nuclear warfare and firmly believe that a peaceful world will bemanifested. The vision of the Peace Pagoda has the power to bring abouta spiritual transformation. It illuminates the dawn&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/index.php\/2019\/08\/05\/pacific-northwest-peace-pagoda-ground-purification-ceremony\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pacific Northwest Peace Pagoda Ground Purification Ceremony<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nipponzan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}