護ご摩ま木ぎ

noun

homa stick; prayer stick

A wooden stick used in Shingon and other Buddhist goma fire rituals. Prayers or wishes are written on it and it is ritually burned before a deity to seek blessings.

• 護ご摩ま木ぎに願ねがい事ごとを書かいて、護ご摩ま壇だんで焚たいてもらった。

  I wrote my wish on a homa stick and had it burned at the goma altar.