▁Great ▁God dess ▁of ▁Light ▁( Mar ishi - T en )) ▁says ▁that ▁five ▁horizontal ▁slash es ▁are ▁made ▁while ▁rec iting ▁the ▁yo - s yll ables : ▁rin , ▁to h , ▁k ai , ▁re ts u , ▁z en , ▁which ▁sp ells ▁( come , ▁fight , ▁ready , ▁line ▁up , ▁in ▁front ) ▁first . ▁These ▁are ▁to ▁be ▁followed ▁by ▁four ▁vertical ▁slash es ▁while ▁rec iting ▁the ▁in - s yll ables : ▁p yo , ▁sh a , ▁j in , ▁z ai ▁which ▁sp ells ▁( war riors , ▁one ▁formation , ▁take ▁position ). ▁The ▁document ▁gives ▁no ▁other ▁information ▁as ▁to ▁why ▁this ▁arrangement ▁is ▁used . ▁ ▁Ku ji ho ▁in ▁practice ▁Ku - ji ▁itself ▁is ▁a ▁very ▁flexible ▁practice ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁modified ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁needs ▁of ▁the ▁pract ition er . ▁The ▁practice ▁of ▁k u - ji ▁ho ▁as ▁found ▁in ▁Japanese ▁es oter ic ▁Buddh ism ▁is ▁a ▁san m its u ▁n en ju ▁( con cent r ated ▁three ▁myster ies ▁practice ), ▁and ▁as ▁such , ▁consists ▁of ▁several ▁dependent , ▁integrated ▁practices . ▁It ▁can ▁be ▁pract iced ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁either ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁mand ar as ▁of ▁es oter ic ▁Buddh ism ▁[ m ik ky o ]. ▁The ▁K ongo - ka i / 金 <0xE5> <0x89> <0x9B> 界 ▁mand ara ▁( v aj rad hat u ; ▁Diam ond ▁Un iverse ▁N ine