In the morning my husband and my dad-in-law went to town to return the rental devices. My daughter studied only for her school assignments, and I prepared for everybody’s lunch and dinner.
In the afternoon, we all went to our Homesite and had a Jichinsai (ground-breaking ceremony). We greeted to spirits who have lived in this land before us and asked their permission for us to live here. Also we asked their supports to live peacefully and safely together on this land.
We dug six holes. Four holes at the inside of four corners of our Homesite and my favorite tree and our new young pine corn. In each hole, we buried our offerings to the land and the spirits. The offerings were Bamboo Binchotan I brought back from Japan, sea salt, rice, water, and sake. My dad-in-law added Tádídíín (corn pollen.)
In the evening, I went back to our Homesite alone and offered some mantras to the land and land spirits. The mantras were 般若心経 (Heart Sutra) in Japanese, Srigurustotram, and Santi mantra in Sanskrit.
three wisdom 