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Great Vow Zen Monastery Great Vow Zen Monastery Chants and Sutras © 2005 Great Vow Zen Monastery P.O. Box 368 www.greatvow.org Clatskanie, OR 97016 Contents Verse of the Kesa .....................................................3 Gatha of Atonement ................................................3 Ti Sarana.................................................................3 Three Refuges .........................................................4 Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra ........................5 Maka Hannya Haramitta Shingyo.............................7 Identity Of Relative And Absolute.............................9 Precious Mirror Samadhi.......................................11 Shari Raimon.........................................................13 Verse of Homage to Buddha’s Relics......................13 Universal Dedication.............................................14 Gatha on Opening the Sutra ..................................14 Patriarchal Lineage ................................................15 Matriarchal Lineage...............................................20 Enmei Juku Kannon Gyo........................................23 Kanzeon Sutra.......................................................23 Chant of Boundless Compassion ...........................24 Shosai Myokichijo Dharani ...................................24 Jizo Shingon Dharani.............................................24 Affirming Faith in Mind..........................................25 Genjo Koan—The Way of Everyday Life.................31 Song of the Grass Hut............................................40 Lovingkindness (Metta) Sutra .................................42 Four Great Bodhisattva Vows.................................45 Shigu seign mon (Four Vows in Japanese) .............45 The Five Remembrances........................................45 Sharing of Blessings...............................................46 Suffusion with the Divine Abidings.........................48 Song of Zazen .......................................................50 Vow for Awakening...............................................52 Dai Hi Shin Dharani ..............................................54 Torei Zenji's Bodhisattva Vow................................56 Fukanzazengi........................................................58 Verse of the Diamond Sutra ...................................63 Night Chant .......................................................63 3 4 Verse of the Kesa (Japanese) Three Refuges (in Pali) Dai sai gedap-puku Buddham saranam ga chami muso fuku den e (I take refuge in the Buddha) hi bu nyorai kyo Dhammam saranam ga chami ko do shoshu jo (note: “Dhammam,” not “Dharma”) Verse of the Kesa (I take refuge in the dharma) Sangham saranam ga chami How great the robe of liberation, (I take refuge in the sangha) a formless field of benefaction! Wrapping ourselves in Buddha's teaching, Duti yampi, Buddham saranam ga chami we free all living beings. (For the second time I take refuge in the Buddha) Gatha of Atonement Duti yampi, Dhammam saranam ga chami (Sange mon) (For the second time I take refuge in the sangha) All evil karma ever committed by me Duti yampi, Sangham saranam ga chami since of old, (For the second time I take refuge in the dharma) on account of my beginningless greed, anger and ignorance, Tati yampi, Buddham saranam ga chami (For the third time I take refuge in the Buddha) born of my body, mouth, and thought, Tati yampi, Dhammam saranam ga chami now I atone for it all. (For the third time I take refuge in the dharma) Ti Sarana (in Pali) Tati yampi, sangham saranam ga chami Namo Tassa Bagavato Arahato Samma Sam (For the third time I take refuge in the sangha) Buddhassa (Honor to the Buddha, worthy one, who is perfectly and completely enlightened!) 5 6 Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra the mind is without hindrance. Without (Maka Hannya Haramitta Shingyo) hindrance, there is no fear. Far beyond all Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, when deeply inverted views, one realizes nirvana. All buddhas practicing prajna paramita, clearly saw that of past, present, and future rely on prajna all five aggregates are empty and thus paramita and thereby attain unsurpassed, relieved all suffering. complete, perfect enlightenment. Shariputra, form does not differ from emptiness, Therefore, know the prajna paramita as the great emptiness does not differ from form. Form itself is miraculous mantra, the great bright mantra, the emptiness, emptiness itself form. Sensations, supreme mantra, the incomparable mantra, which perceptions, formations, and consciousness are removes all suffering and is true, not false. also like this. Therefore we proclaim the prajna paramita Shariputra, all dharmas are marked by emptiness; mantra, the mantra that says: they neither arise nor cease, are neither defiled "Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha." nor pure, neither increase nor decrease. Therefore, given emptiness, there is no form, no sensation, no perception, no formation, no consciousness; no eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind; no sight, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch, no object of mind; no realm of sight ... no realm of mind consciousness. There is neither ignorance nor extinction of ignorance ... neither old age and death, nor extinction of old age and death; no suffering no cause, no cessation, no path; no knowledge and no attainment. With nothing to attain, a bodhisattva relies on prajna paramita, and thus 7 8 Maka Hannya Haramitta Shingyo Identity Of Relative And Absolute (Heart of Perfect Wisdom Sutra—Japanese) (Sandokai) kan ji zai bo satsu gyo jin han nya ha ra by Zen Master Sekito Kisen mi ta ji sho ken go on kai ku do is sai The mind of the great sage of India was intimately ku yaku conveyed from west to east. sha ri shi shiki fu i ku ku fu i shiki shiki soku ze ku ku soku ze shiki ju so gyo Among human beings are wise ones and fools, but shiki yaku bu nyo ze in the way there is no northern or southern sha ri shi ze sho ho ku so fu sho fu ancestor. The subtle source is clear and bright, the metsu fu ku fu jo fu zo fu gen ze ko ku tributary steams flow through the darkness. To be chu mu shiki mu ju so gyo shiki mu gen attached to things is illusion, To encounter the ni bi zes shin ni mu shiki sho ko mi soku absolute is not yet enlightenment. ho mu gen kai nai shi mu i shiki kai Each and all, the subjective and objective spheres mu mu myo yaku mu mu myo jin nai shi are related, and at the same time, independent. mu ro shi yaku mu ro shi jin mu ku shu Related, yet working differently, though each metsu do mu chi yaku mu toku i mu sho tok ko bo dai sat ta e han nya ha ra mi keeps its own place. ta ko shin mu ke ge mu ke ge ko mu u Form makes the character and appearance ku fu on ri is sai ten do mu so ku gyo different, sounds distinguish comfort and ne han san ze sho butsu e han nya ha ra discomfort. The dark makes all words one; the mi ta ko toku a noku ta ra sam myaku brightness distinguishes good and bad phrases. sam bo dai ko chi han nya ha ra mi ta ze dai jin shu The four elements return to their nature as a child ze dai myo shu ze mu jo shu ze mu to to its mother. Fire is hot, wind moves, water is to shu no jo is sai ku shin jitsu fu ko ko wet, earth hard, eyes see, ears hear, nose smells, setsu han nya ha ra mi ta shu soku setsu tongue tastes the salt and sour. Each is shu watsu independent of the other. gya te gya tei ha ra gya tei hara so gya Cause and effect must return to the great reality. tei bo ji sowa ka han nya shin gyo 9 10 The words high and low are used relatively. Precious Mirror Samadhi Within light there is darkness, but do not try to (Hokyo zanmai) understand that darkness; within darkness there by Zen Master Tozan Ryokai is light, but do not look for that light. Light and The dharma of thusness is intimately transmitted darkness are a pair, like the foot before and the by Buddhas and ancestors. Now you have it; foot behind, in walking. preserve it well. Each thing has its own intrinsic value and is A silver bowl filled with snow, a heron hidden in related to everything else in function and position. the moon. Taken as similar, they are not the Ordinary life fits the absolute as a box and its lid. same; not distinguished, their places are known. The absolute works together with the relative like The meaning does not reside in the words, but a two arrows meeting in mid-air. pivotal moment brings it forth. Reading words you should grasp the great reality. Move and you are trapped, miss and you fall into Do not judge by any standards. If you do not see doubt and vacillation. Turning away and touching the Way, you do not see it even as you walk on it. are both wrong, for it is like massive fire. Just to When you walk the Way it is not near it is not far. portray it in literary form is to stain it with defilement. In darkest night it is perfectly clear; in If you are deluded you are mountains and rivers the light of dawn it is hidden. away from it. I respectfully say to those who wish to be enlightened: Do not waste your time It is a standard for all things; its use removes all by night or day. suffering. Though it is not constructed, it is not beyond words. Facing a precious mirror; form and reflection behold each other. You are not it, but in truth it is you. Like a newborn child, it is fully endowed with five aspects. No going, no coming, no arising, no abiding; a baby babbles is anything said or not? 11 12 In the end it says nothing, for the words are When inverted thinking stops, the affirming mind not yet right. naturally accords. In the illumination hexagram, apparent and real If you want to follow in the ancient tracks, please interact; stacked together they become three, the observe the sages of the past. permutations make five, like the taste of the five One on the verge of realizing the buddha Way flavored herb, like the five pronged vajra. contemplated a tree for ten long kalpas, like a Wondrously embraced within the real, drumming battle-scarred tiger, like a horse with shanks gone and singing begin together.
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