Inori no Mori祈りの杜working title

Disciple or founding teacher

Jūdai Deshi (the Ten Great Disciples)

十大弟子じゅうだいでし

A grouping of ten people: Sharihotsu, Furuna, Mokuren, Kasennen, Makakashō, Upari, Anaritsu, Ragora, Shubodai and Anan.

This introduction is based on materials from Shōhōin (Tobi Fudō). It is summarized within the scope of the beliefs and traditions those materials convey, and does not present explanations or customs common to all schools, shrines, and temples.

English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む

The names and roles of the Jūdai Deshi

A grouping of ten people: Sharihotsu, Furuna, Mokuren, Kasennen, Makakashō, Upari, Anaritsu, Ragora, Shubodai and Anan. They are described as especially outstanding among the disciples of Shakyamuni, and as important figures who passed his teaching on to later generations.

Source: 飛不動尊 正宝院・飛不動尊 正宝院

People who learned the teaching and carried it forward

The Jūdai Deshi are people regarded as outstanding among the disciples of Shakyamuni in fields such as wisdom, preaching and the monastic precepts. The practice or work in which each excelled is expressed in the title “foremost” (daiichi).

Source: 飛不動尊 正宝院

How the sutras were handed down

After Shakyamuni's passing, the disciples are said to have held a council (ketsujū) to gather and confirm his teachings. According to an explanation by the Sōtō Shū, Makakashō led the assembly, Anan recited the teachings, Upari recited the precepts, and the other disciples checked them.

Source: 曹洞宗

Mantra (in Japanese, as written in the sources)

南麼三曼多勃馱喃　係睹鉢羅底也　微蘖多羯麼涅闍多　𤙖

Source: CBETA 電子佛典（大正新脩大藏經 第18冊 No.848）

Shown as written in the Japanese sources. This site does not set how or how many times to recite it.

Related kami and buddhas

Sources (in Japanese)