Omikuji: Divination Ritual
Kannon Hyakusen, the “Hundred Lots of Kannon,” is a traditional Buddhist form of oracular divination (omikuji). It invokes Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion, to grant guidance. Consultation of the Kannon Hyakusen may be requested from a distance.
A ritual will be conducted by our abbot on your behalf. During this, many mantras of various forms of Kannon are recited, and prayers made for guidance. One of the hundred wooden lots is then drawn. The corresponding verse is read and explained.
The purpose of omikuji is not to predict the future: nothing is fixed. The result should be viewed as a source of reflection and guidance, revealing favorable or unfavorable tendencies and encouraging an appropriate course of conduct. Even a negative result may thus become the cause for positive developments, if it leads one to act with greater care, or to change one's direction.
Questions may concern such matters as work, relationships, marriage, travel, health, plans and undertakings, spiritual practice, or other circumstances of life. The only requirement is that the question should be sincere, and concerning a matter of genuine importance to the petitioner.
Requesting the Kannon Hyakusen Ritual
Please contact us to make the request, submitting one clear question or concern for which you desire guidance. We will reply to confirm acceptance, and let you know the day on which the ritual will be performed. Afterward, our abbot will send you the divination result and interpretation.
Suggested donation for a Kannon Hyakusen ritual is $30, which you may offer here.