Eitai-kyo' in Jodo Shinshu Sect is sutra reciting which is conducted on shotsuki-meinichi (the anniversaries of one's death after the first anniversary) and at Higan-e in spring and autumn and its purpose is to thank the ancestors.
浄土真宗における「永代経」は、故人の祥月命日や、春・秋の彼岸会に行われる先祖に対する報恩の読経である。