報ほう恩おん講こう

noun

memorial service for the founder of a Buddhist sect

Especially refers to the service for Shinran in Shin Buddhism (Jōdo Shinshū). A domain-specific religious term.

• 報ほう恩おん講こうは、親しん鸞らん聖しょう人にんの遺い徳とくをしのぶ法ほう要ようです。

  Hōonkō is a memorial service to honor the virtues of Saint Shinran.