Kannon Meditating
(Bodhisattva of Compassion)
by Hakuin

PURIFICATION

All the evil karma, ever created by me since of old;

on account of my beginningless greed, hatred and ignorance;

born of my conduct, speech and thought;

I now confess openly and fully

(repeat 3 times)

 

VANDANA

Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammasambuddhassa.

(I venerate the Sacred One, the Great Sage, the Truly Enlightened One.)

 

TI-SARANA

Buddham saranam gaccha-mi
I take refuge in the Buddha

Dhammam saranam gaccha-mi
I take refuge in the Dharma

Sangham saranam gaccha-mi.
I take refuge in the Sangha.

 

MAKA HANNYA HARAMITA SHIN GYO

The Great Prajna-Paramita Heart Sutra

KAN JI ZAI BO SA GYO- JIN HAN-NYA HA RA MI TA JI

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, practicing deep Prajna Paramita,

SHO- KEN GO ON KAI KU- DO IS-SAI KU YAKU.

clearly saw that all five skandhas are empty, transforming anguish and distress.

SHA RI SHI SHIKI FU I KU- KU- FU I SHIKI

Shariputra, form is no other than emptiness, emptiness no other than form;

SHIKI SOKU ZE KU- KU- SOKU ZE SHIKI

form is exactly emptiness, emptiness exactly form;

JU SO- GYO- SHIKI YAKU BU NYO ZE

sensation, perception, mental reaction, consciousness are also like this.

SHA RI SHI ZE SHO HO- KU- SO- FU SHO- FU METSU

Shariputra, all things are essentially empty-- not born, not destroyed;

FU KU FU JO- FU ZO- FU GEN

not stained, not pure; without loss, without gain.

ZE KO KU- CHU- MU SHIKI MU JU SO- GYO- SHIKI

Therefore in emptiness there is no form, no sensation, perception, mental reaction, consciousness;

MU GEN-NI BI ZES-SHIN I

no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind,

MU SHIKI SHO- KO- MI SOKU HO-

no color, sound, smell, taste, touch, object of thought;

MU GEN KAI NAI SHI MU I SHIKI KAI

no seeing and so on to no thinking;

MU MU MYO- YAKU MU MU MYO- JIN

no ignorance and also no ending of ignorance,

NAI SHI MU RO- SHI YAKU MU RO- SHI JIN

and so on to no old age and death,

and also no ending of old age and death;

MU KU SHU METSU DO-Y

no anguish, cause of anguish, cessation, path;

MU CHI YAKU MU TOKU I MU SHO TOK'KO

no wisdom and no attainment. Since there is nothing to attain,

BO DAI SAT-TA E HAN-NYA HA RA MI TA KO

the Bodhisattva lives by Prajna Paramita,

SHIM-MU KEI GE MU KEI GE KO MU U KU FU

with no hindrance in the mind; no hindrance and therefore no fear;

ON RI IS-SAI TEN DO- MU SO- KU GYO- NE HAN

far beyond delusive thinking, right here is Nirvana.

SAN ZE SHO BUTSU E HAN-NYA HA RA MI TA KO

All Buddhas of past, present, and future live by Prajna Paramita

TOKU A NOKU TA RA SAM-MYAKU SAM-BO DAI

attaining Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi.

KO CHI HAN-NYA HA RA MI TA

Therefore know that Prajna Paramita

ZE DAI JIN SHU ZE DAI MYO- SHU

is the great sacred mantra, the great vivid mantra,

ZE MU JO- SHU ZE MU TO- TO- SHU

the unsurpassed mantra, the supreme mantra,

NO- JO IS-SAI KU SHIN JITSU FU KO

which completely removes all anguish.

This is truth not mere formality.

KO SETSU HAN-MYA HA RA MI TA SHU

Therefore set forth the Prajna Paramita mantra,

SOKU SETSU SHU WATSU

set forth this mantra and proclaim:

GYA TEI GYA TEI HA RA GYA TEI HARA SO- GYA TEI
BO JI SOWA KA HAN-NYA SHIN GYO

Gate gate paragate parasamgate Bodhi sva-ha-!

 

SHO- SAI MYO- KICHIJO- DARANI

(repeat 3 times)

NO MO SAN MAN DA MOTO NAN

OHA RA CHI KOTO SHA SONO NAN

TO JI TO EN GYA GYA GYA KI GYA KI UN NUN

SHIFU RA SHIFU RA HARA SHIFU RA HARA SHIFU RA

CHISHU SA CHISHU SA SHUSHI RI SHUSHI RI

SOHA JA SOHA JA SEN CHI GYA SHIRI E SOMO KO

 

 

FIRST SUTRA SERVICE DEDICATION

<Leader>

Buddha nature pervades the whole universe, existing right here now.

With our reciting of Maka Hannya Haramita Shin Gyo- (or)

(The Great Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra) and the Sho- Sai Myo- Kichijo- Darani,

let us unite with:

<Assembly>

The Ancient Seven Buddhas, Dai Osho-,

Shakyamuni Buddha, Dai Osho-,

Mahapajapati, Dai Shi-,

Patacara, Dai Shi-,

Bodhidharma, Dai Osho-,

To-zan Ryo-kai, Dai Osho-,

Do-gen Kigen, Dai Osho-,

Keizan Jo-kin, Dai Osho-,

Dai'un Sogaku, Dai Osho-,

Haku'un Ryo-ko-, Dai Osho-,

Ko-un Zenshin, Dai Koji-;

<Leader>

all founding teachers, past, present, future, Dai Osho-,

let true Dharma continue,

Sangha relations become complete:

<Assembly>

All Buddhas throughout space and time,

all Bodhisattvas, Mahasattvas,

the Great Prajna Paramita.

 

 

TOREI ZENJI: BODHISATTVA'S VOW

<Leader>

I am only a simple disciple, but I offer these respectful words:

<Assembly>

When I regard the true nature of the many dharmas,

I find them all to be sacred forms of the Tathagata's never-failing essence.

Each particle of matter, each moment,

is no other than the Tathagata's inexpressible radiance.

With this realization, our virtuous ancestors gave tender care

to beasts and birds with compassionate minds and hearts.

Among us, in our own daily lives, who is not reverently grateful for the protections of life:

food, drink, and clothing! Though they are inanimate things,

they are nonetheless the warm flesh and blood, the merciful incarnations of Buddha.

All the more, we can be especially sympathetic and affectionate with foolish people,

particularly with someone who becomes a sworn enemy and persecutes us with abusive language.

That very abuse conveys the Buddha's boundless loving-kindness.

It is a compassionate device to liberate us entirely from the mean-spirited delusions

we have built up with our wrongful conduct from the beginningless past.

With our open response to such abuse we completely relinquish ourselves,

and the most profound and pure faith arises.

At the peak of each thought a lotus flower opens, and on each flower there is revealed a Buddha.

Everywhere is the Pure Land in its beauty.

We see fully the Tathagata's radiant light right where we are.

May we retain this mind and extend it throughout the world

so that we and all beings become mature in Buddha's wisdom.

 

 

EMMEI JIKKU KANNON GYO

Ten Verse Kannon Sutra of Timeless Life

(repeat 7 times)

KANZEON

Kanzeon!

NAMU BUTSU

I venerate the Buddha;

YO BUTSU U IN

with the Buddha I have my source,

YO BUTSU U EN

with the Buddha I have affinity--

BUP-PO- SO- EN

affinity with Buddha, Dharma, Sangha,

JO- RAKU GA JO-

constancy, ease, the self, and purity.

CHO- NEN KANZEON

Mornings my thought is Kanzeon,

BO- NEN KANZEON

evenings my thought is Kanzeon,

NEN NEN JU- SHIN KI

thought after thought arises in mind,

NEN NEN FU RI SHIN.

thought after thought is not separate from mind.

 

 

SECOND SUTRA SERVICE DEDICATION

<Leader>

The Buddha and his teachers and his many sons and daughters

turn the Dharma wheel to show the wisdom of the stones and clouds;

we dedicate the virtues of reciting Torei Zenji's

Bodhisattvas's Vow and the Emmei Jikku Kannon Gyo- to:

Cho-ro Nyogen, Dai Osho-,

Hannya Gempo, Dai Osho-,

Mitta So-en, Dai Osho-,

and to our relatives and companions of the past who rest in deepest samadhi;

<Assembly>

All Buddhas throughout space and time;

all Bodhisattvas, Mahasattvas;

the Great Prajna Paramita.

 

 

THE GREAT VOWS FOR ALL

Shigu Siegan Mon

Shujo mu hen sei gan do

The many beings are numberless, I vow to save them;

Bonno mu jin sei gan dan

Greed, hatred, and ignorance rise endlessly, I vow to abandon them;

Ho mon mu ryo sei gan gaku

Dharma gates are countless, I vow to wake to them;

Butsu do mu jo sei gan jo

The Buddha's way is unsurpassed, I vow to embody it fully.

 

The earth itself is my witness.  Buddha