Also this month, March 2013, on the second thursday of the month, Shinmeizan will hold its monthly "day of meditation and prayer" in which Christians as well as people of other religions can participate. This tradition began in 1995, and has been faithfully observed until now, without interruption. This month, it will be the 164th time! This monthly "day of meditation and prayer" open to all, is marked by silence, contact with nature and the meeting with other people, sharing one's own spiritual experience: the characteristic aspects of life at Shinmeizan. The same schedule has been kept all along these 18 years.