永えい代たい供く養よう

noun

perpetual memorial services; eternal Buddhist rites for the deceased

A Buddhist practice where a temple performs memorial services and prayers for a departed soul indefinitely, often arranged through a one-time donation. Common in discussions of graves, ancestor veneration, and temple contracts.

• このお寺てらでは永えい代たい供く養ようを受うけ付つけています。

  This temple accepts arrangements for perpetual memorial services.

• 永えい代たい供く養よう料りょうを納おさめると、お墓はかの管かん理りを寺じ院いんが引ひき継ついでくれる。

  When you pay the perpetual memorial fee, the temple takes over the care of the grave.