Practice Period Liturgy Reader

Table of Contents

Daily Verses and Gathas 3

Maka Hannya Haramita Shingyo 4

Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo 5

Song of the Jewel Mirror Awareness 6

Women Ancestors Lineage 8

The Identity of Relative and Absolute 10

Ancestors Lineage 11

Daihishin Dharani 13

Metta Sutta 15

Fusatsu Ceremony 16

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Daily Verses and Gathas

The Four Great Bodhisattva Vows Creations are numberless, I vow to free them. Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to transform them. Reality is boundless, I vow to perceive it. The Awakened Way is unsurpassable, I vow to embody it.

Evening Gatha Let me respectfully remind you: Life and death are of supreme importance, Time passes swiftly and opportunity is lost. Let us awaken, awaken, take heed! Do not squander your life.

Verse of the Robe Vast is the robe of liberation, A formless field of benefaction. I wear the Tathagata’s teachings, To awaken countless beings.

Verse of Atonement All my ancient twisted karma From beginningless greed, hate, and delusion, Born of body, speech, and mind, I now fully atone.

Verse Before the Dharma Talk The Dharma is vast ande subtle We now have a chance to hear it, study it, and practice it. We vow to realize its true meaning.

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MAKA HANNYA HARAMITA SHINGYO

KAN JI ZAI BO SA GYO JIN HAN NYA HA RA MI TA JI SHO KEN GO ON KAI KU DO IS SAI KU YAKU SHA RI SHI SHIKI FU I KU KU FU I SHIKI SHIKI SOKU ZE KU KU SOKU ZE SHIKI JU SO GYO SHIKI YAKU BU NYO ZE SHA RI SHI ZE SHO HO KU SO FU SHO FU METSU FU KU FU JO FU ZO FU GEN ZE KO KU CHU MU SHIKI MU JU SO GYO SHIKI MU GEN NI BI ZES SHIN NI MU SHIKI SHO KO MI SOKU HO MU GEN KAI NAI SHI MU I SHIKI KAI MU MU MYO YAKU MU MU MYO JIN NAI SHI MU RO SHI YAKU MU RO SHI JIN MU KU SHU METSU DO MU CHI YAKU MU TOKU I MU SHO TOK KO BO DAI SAT TA E HAN NYA HA RA MI TA KO SHIN MU KE GE MU KE GE KO MU U KU FU ON RI IS SAI TEN DO MU SO KU GYO NE HAN SAN ZE SHO BUTSU E HAN NYA HA RA MI TA KO TOKU A NOKU TA RA SAM MYAKU SAM BO DAI KO CHI HAN NYA HA RA MI TA ZE DAI JIN SHU ZE DAI MYO SHU ZE MU JO SHU ZE MU TO DO SHU NO JO IS SAI KU SHIN JITSU FU KO KO SETSU HAN NYA HA RA MI TA SHU SOKU SETSU SHU WATSU GYA TEI GYA TEI HA RA GYA TEI HARA SO GYA TEI BO JI SOWA KA HAN NYA SHIN GYO

The Sutra on the Heart of Realizing Wisdom Beyond Wisdom Avalokiteshvara, who helps all to awaken, moves It is free of suffering, arising, cessation, and path, in the deep course of realizing wisdom beyond and free of wisdom and attainment. wisdom, sees that all five streams of body, heart, and mind are without boundary, and frees all from Being free of attainment, those who help all to anguish. awaken abide in the realization of wisdom beyond wisdom and live with an unhindered O Shariputra, form is not separate from mind. boudlessness; boundlessness is not separate from form. Form is boundlessness; boundlessness is Without hindrance, the mind has no fear. form. Feelings, perceptions, inclinations, and Free from confusion, those who lead all to discernment are also like this. liberation, embody profound serenity.

O Shariputra, boundlessness is the nature of all All those, in the past, present, and future, Things. It neither arises nor perishes, neither stains who realize wisdom beyond wisdom, nor purifies, neither increases nor decreases. manifest unsurpassable and thorough awakening.

Boundlessness is not limited by form, nor by Know that realizing wisdom beyond wisdom is feelings, perceptions, inclinations, or discernment. no other than this wondrous mantra, luminous, It is free of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and unequalled, and supreme. It relieves all suffering. mind; free of sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and It is genuine, not illusory. any object of mind; free of sensory realms including the realm of mind. It is free of ignorance So set forth this mantra of realizing wisdom and the end of ignorance. beyond wisdom. Set forth this mantra that says:

Boundlessness is free of old age and death, Gaté, gaté, paragaté, parasamgaté, Bodhi! Svaha! and free of the end of old age and death.

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ENMEI JUKKU KANNON GYO

Ten Line Sutra of Avalokiteshvara’s Boundless Life (Prolonging Life Ten Phrase Avalokiteshvara Sutra) (Chant 6 times in Japanese and 3 times in English)

Kan Ze On Na Mu Butsu Yo Butsu U In Yo Butsu U En Bup Po So En Jo Raku Ga Jo Cho Nen Kan Ze On Bo Nen Kan Ze On Nen Nen Ju Shin Ki Nen Nen Fu Ri Shin

Avalokiteshvara, Perceiver of the cries of the world, takes refuge in Buddha, will be a Buddha, helps all to be Buddhas, is not separate from Buddha, Dharma, Sangha — being eternal, intimate, pure and joyful. In the morning, be one with Avalokiteshvara, In the evening, be one with Avalokiteshvara, whose heart, moment by moment, arises, whose heart, moment by moment, remains!

ALL BUDDHAS THROUGHOUT SPACE AND TIME ALL BODHISATTVA MAHASATTVAS WISDOM BEYOND WISDOM MAHA PRAJNA PARAMITA

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SONG OF THE JEWEL MIRROR AWARENESS

The Dharma of thusness It is like facing a jewel mirror; Is intimately conveyed by Buddha Form and image behold each other. Ancestors. You are not it; Now you have it. Yet it is you. Keep it well. Like a newborn child, Filling a silver bowl with snow, It is endowed with five aspects. Hiding a heron in the moonlight. No coming, no going, They are similar though not the same. No arising, no abiding. Side by side you can see the “Baba wawa” is there anything said or not? differences. In truth, this has no meaning, The meaning is not in the words, For the words are not yet clear. Yet one pivotal instant can reveal it. Like the six lines of the double split hexagram, Move and you are trapped; The relative and absolute integrate. Miss and you fall into confusion Piled up, they make three; and doubt. The complete transformation makes five. Turning away and touching are It is like the taste of the five-flavored herb, both wrong, Like a diamond thunderbolt. For it is like a massive fire. Wondrously embraced within the absolute, To depict it with complex words drumming and singing go together. Is to defile it. Penetrating the source and traveling the way; In the darkest night, You cover the territory and embrace the road. It is perfectly clear. Complications are auspicious; In the brilliance of dawn, Do not resist them. It remains hidden. It acts as a guide for beings. Its use removes all suffering. Although it is not created, It is not beyond words.

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What is natural and inconceivable, Belongs With low aspirations, neither to delusion nor enlightenment. You will see jewel pedestals, fine clothing. Causes and conditions at this moment And with a sense of wonder, Shine completely in the silence. You will see black badgers and white So fine, it enters nowhere, bulls. So vast it exceeds all bounds. Yi, with his archer’s skill, A hairbreadth deviation Could hit the mark from a hundred paces. And you are out of harmony. But when arrow points meet head on, Through the teachings of sudden and How could it be a matter of skill? gradual, When the wooden man begins to sing, Different methods have arisen. The stone woman gets up to dance. Even though you master such teachings, This does not come by knowing, The truth keeps on escaping. Nor does it involve ideas. Sitting still, yet inwardly moving, Ministers serve their lords. Like a tethered colt, a trapped rat. Children obey their guardians. The Ancestors pitied them, Not obeying is not filial, And offered them the teachings. Failure to serve is of no help. According to their delusions, Practice invisibly, work intimately, They called black as white. Be the fool with no voice. When delusions disappear, For realizing true continuation, The natural mind reveals itself. Is called the host If you want to follow the ancient path, within the host. Please observe the Ancients of former times. Some try to attain the Buddha Way By gazing at a tree for ten eons They are like a tiger with tattered ears Or a hobbled horse.

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HYMN TO THE PERFECTION OF WISDOM OF OUR GREAT MATRIARCHS

Homage to the Perfection of Wisdom, Prajnaparamita, the Mother of the Buddhas. The lovely and the holy Perfection of Wisdom gives light. Unstained the entire world cannot stain her. She is a source of light and removes suffering From everyone in the triple world. She brings light so that all fear and distress may be forsaken. She disperses the gloom and darkness of delusion. She herself is the eye of vision and wisdom. She has clear knowledge of her own being in all Dharmas. The Perfection of Wisdom of the Buddhas — The Mother of All Buddhas. And the first nuns Honored Ones:

Mahapajapati Dhammadina Mitta Kisagotami Yasodhara Vasetthi Tissa Ubbiri Sumana Patacara-Pancasata Upasama Isidasi Viskha Bhadda-Kapilani Khema Mutta Uppalavanna Capa Sundari-Nanda Dhamma Vaddhesi Citta Patacara Vimala Uttama Addhakasi Bhadda-Kundalakesa Padumavati Nanduttara Ambapali Dantika Anopama Sakula Abhirupa-Nanda Siha Jenti

Homage to our women ancestors of the Eastern lands:

The seven-year old dragon girl who preached the lotus sutra, and The Honored nuns:

Soji, Mo-shan, Miao-hsin, Iron Brush Liu.

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Homage to the women disciples of Great Master Dogen, The Honored nuns:

Egi, Eshin, Shogaku, Ryonen

Homage to the women disciples of Great Master Keizan, The Honored nuns:

Sonin Myoshin Shozen Shinmyo En’i Shinsho Myosho Jonin Ekyu Ninkai

Homage to all other direct Soto women ancestors, The Honored nuns:

Shune Honsho Joa Soki Shue Zensho Somyo Ryoso Soitsu Myoko Myojun Mugai Nyodai Myozen Kojima Kendo Genshu And Jishu Angyo Holmes.

We recognize all laywomen who carried the Dharma: Queen Srimala and Antoku Inden Kasho Myokei Zenni,

And all the Women Honored Ones whose names have been forgotten and left unsaid.

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The Identity of Relative and Absolute Each independent of the other Like leaves that come from the The mind of the Great Sage of same root. India And though leaves and root must Is intimately conveyed west and go back to the Source east. Both root and leaves have their Among human beings are wise ones own uses. and fools Light is also darkness, In the Way there is no teacher of But do not move with it as north and south. darkness. The subtle Source is clear and Darkness is light; bright; Do not see it as light. The branching streams flow in the Light and darkness are not one, not dark. two To be attached to things is Like the foot before and the foot primordial illusion; behind in walking. To encounter the absolute is not yet Each things has its own being enlightenment. Which is not different from its All spheres, every sense and field place and function. Intermingle even as they shine The relative fits the absolute alone, As a box and its lid. Interacting even as they merge, The absolute meets the relative Yet keeping their places in Like two arrow points that meet in expressions of their own. mid air. Forms differ primally in shape f Hearing this, simply perceive the character Source, And sounds in harsh or soothing Make no criterion. tones. If you do not see the Way, The dark makes all words one; You do not see it even as you walk The brightness distinguishes good on it. and bad phrases. When you walk the Way you draw The four elements return to their no nearer, true nature Progress no farther. As a child to its mother. Who fails to see this Fire is hot, water is wet, Is mountains and rivers away. ● Wind moves and the earth is dense. Listen, those who would pierce this Eye and form, ear and sound, nose subtle matter; ● and smell, Do not waste your time by night or Tongue and taste, the sweet and day! sour:

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Buddha nature pervades the whole Universe, existing right here, now. In reciting The Identity of Relative and Absolute, we dedicate its merits to our Ancestor's Lineage of: 0. ✕Prajna Paramita Honored One 33. Punyamitra Honored One 1. ✕Vipasyn Buddha Honored One 34. Prajñatara Honored One 2. ✕Shikhn Buddha Honored One 35. Bodhidharma Honored One 36. T'ai-tsu Hui-k'o Honored One 3. ✕Visvashu Buddha Honored One (T'ai tsu Hway k_) 4. ✕Krakucchanda Buddha Honored One 37. Chien-chih Seng-ts'an Honored 5. ✕Kanakamuni Buddha Honored One One 6. ✕Kasyapa Buddha Honored One (Jien Jer Sung Tsan) 7. ✕Shakyamuni ✕Buddha Honored One 38. Ta-i Tao-hsin Honored One 8. Mahakashyapa Honored One (Da-e Dow shin) 9. Ananda Honored One 39. Ta-man Hung-jen Honored One 10. Shanavasa Honored One (Da man Hung-run) 11. Upagupta Honored One 40. Ta-chien Hui-neng Honored One 12. Dhritaka Honored One (Da jien Hway nung) 13. Michaka Honored One 41. Ch'ing-yuan Hsing-su Honored 14. Vasumitra Honored One One 15. Buddhanandi Honored One (Chin yuan Shinsuh) 16. Buddhamitra Honored One 42. Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien Honored 17. Parshva Honored One One 18. Punyashas Honored One (Sher to Shi chien) 19. Ashvaghosa Honored One 43. Yao-shan Wei-yen Honored One 20. Kapimala Honored One (Yow shan Way yen) 21. Nagarjuna Honored One 44. Yun-yen T'an-sheng Honored 22. Aryadeva Honored One One 23. Rahulata Honored One (Yun yen Tan shung) 24. Sanghanandi Honored One 45. Tung-shan Liang-chieh Honored 25. Gayashata Honored One One 26. Kumorata Honored One (Dung shan Li-ang ji-e) 27. Jayata Honored One 46. Yun-Chu Tao-ying Honored One 28. Vasubandhu Honored One (Yun ju Dow ying) 29. Manorhita Honored One 47. T'ung-an Tao-p'i Honored One 30. Haklenayashas Honored One (Tung an Dowpeh) 31. Aryasimha Honored One 48. T'ung-an Kuan-chih Honored 32. Basiasita Honored One One (Tung an Guan jer)

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49. Liang-shan Yuan-kuan Honored One 75. Ketsuzan Tetsuei Honored One (Li-ang shan Yu-an guan) 76. Hoshi Soon Honored One 50. Ta-yang Ching-hsuan Honored One 77. Goho Kainon Honored One (Da yang Jing shu-an) 78. Tenkei Denson Honored One 51. T'ou-tzu I-ch'ing Honored One 79. Shozan Monko Honored One (To tz_ I-ching) 80. Niken Sekiryo Honored One 52. Fu-jung Tao-k'ai Honored One 81. Reitan Roryu Honored One (Fu wrung Dow kai) 82. Kakujo Tosai Honored One 53. Tan-hsia Tzu-ch'un Honored One 83. Kakuan Ryogu Honored One (Dan shia tzuh chun) 84. Ryoka Daibai Honored One 54. Chen-hsieh Ch'ing-liao Honored One 85. Ungan Guhaku Honored One (Jun shi-e Ching li-ow) 86. Baian Hakujun Honored One 55. T'ien-t'ung Tsun-chueh Honored One 87. Taizan Maezumi Honored One (Tein tung San ju-e) 88. Bernie ✕ Tetsugen Honored One 56. Cho-an Chih-chien Honored One (J_-an Jer jien) 57. T'ien-t'ung Ju-ching Honored One May we realize our Awakened (Tien tung Ru-jing) Nature and show our gratitude by 58. Eihei Dogen Honored One accomplishing the Buddha Way 59. Koun Ejo Honored One together. ∅ 60. Tetsu Gikai Honored One 61. Keizan Jokin Honored One ALL: 62. Gasan Joseki Honored One 63. Taigen Soshin Honored One All Buddhas throughout space and 64. Baizan Monpon Honored One time, ∅ 65. Nyochu Tengin Honored One All Bodhisattva-Mahasattvas, ∅ 66. Kisan Shosan Honored One Wisdom • beyond wisdom • 67. Morin Shihan Honored One Maha • Prajna • Paramita •••••••••• 68. Shoshi Sotai Honored One 69. Kenchu Hantetsu Honored One 70. Daiju Soko Honored One 71. Kinpo Jusen Honored One 72. Kajin Sochin Honored One 73. Tetsuei Seiton Honored One 74. Shukoku Choton Honored One

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Daihishin Dharani

NAMU KARA TAN NO TORA YA YA NAMU ORI YA BORYO KI CHI SHIU RA YA FUJI SATO BO YA MOKO SATO BO YO MO KO KYA RUNI KYA YA EN SA HARA HA EI SHU TAN NO TON SHA NAMU SHIKI RI TOI MO ORI YA BORYO KI CHI SHIU RA RI TO BO NA MU NO RA KIN JI KI RI MO KO HO DO SHA MI SA BO O TO JO SHU BEN O SHU IN SA BO SA TO NO MO BO GYA MO HA DE CHO TO JI TO EN O BO RYO KI RYO GYA CHI KYA RYA CHI I KIRI MO KO FUJI SA TO SA BO SA BO MO RA MO RA MO KI MO KI RI TO IN KU RYO KU RYO KE MO TO RYO TO RYO HO JA YA CHI MO KO HO JA YA CHI TO RA TO RA CHIRI NI SHIU RA YA SHA RO SHA RO MO MO HA MO RA HO CHI RI I KI I KI SHI NO SHI NO ORA SAN FURA SHA RI HA ZA HA ZA FURA SHA YA KU RYO KU RYO MO RA KU RYO KU RYO KI RI SHA RO SHA RO SHI RI SHI RI SU RYO SU RYO FUJI YA FUJI YA FUDO YA FUDO YA MI CHIRI YA NORA KIN JI CHIRI SHUNI NO HOYA MONO SOMO KO SHIDO YA SOMO KO MOKO SHIDO YA SOMO KO SHIDO YU KI SHIU RA YA SOMO KO NORA KIN JI SOMO KO MO RA NO RA SOMO KO SHIRA SU OMO GYA YA SOMO KO SOBO MOKO SHIDO YA SOMO KO SHAKI RA OSHI DO YA SOMO KO HODO MOGYA SHIDO YA SOMO KO NORA KIN JI HA GYARA YA SOMO KO MO HORI SHIN GYARA YA SOMO KO NAMU KARA TAN NO TORA YA YA NAMU ORI YA BORYO KI CHI SHIU RA YA SOMO KO SHITE DO MODO RA HODO YA SO MO KO

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Great Compassionate Heart Dharani Homage to the Three Treasures. Homage to noble Avalokiteshvara, noble Bodhisattva Mahasattva, who embodies great compassion. Om. Homage to you who protect all those who are fearful. Being one with you, the Blue-necked noble Avalokiteshvara, I bring forth your radiant heart that grants all wishes, overcomes obstacles, and purifies delusion. Here is the mantra: Om. You are luminous with shining wisdom. You transcend the world. O, Lion King, great bodhisattva. Remember, remember, this heart. Act, act. Realize, realize. Continue, continue. Victor, great victor. Maintain, maintain. Embodiment of freedom. Arise, arise, the immaculate one, the undefiled being. Advance, advance. You are supreme on this earth. You remove the harm of greed. You remove the harm of hatred. You remove the harm of delusion. Lion King, remove, remove all defilements. The universal lotus grows from your navel. Act, act. Cease, cease. Flow, flow. Awake, awake. Compassionate one, enlighten, enlighten. Blue-necked one, You bring joy to those who wish to see you clearly. Svaha. You succeed. Svaha. You greatly succeed. Svaha. You have mastered the practice. Svaha. Blue-necked one. Svaha. Boar-faced one, lion-faced one. Svaha. You hold the lotus. Svaha. You hold the blade wheel. Svaha. You liberate through the sound of the conch. Svaha. You hold a great staff. Svaha. You are the dark conqueror abiding near the left shoulder. Svaha. You wear a tiger skin. Svaha. Homage to the Three Treasures. Homage to noble Avalokiteshvara. Svaha. Realize all phrases of this mantra. Svaha.

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METTA SUTTA

AVERO HOMI

May I be free from enmity and danger.

ABVYA PAJJO HOMI

May I be free from mental suffering.

ANIGHO HOMI

May I be free from physical suffering.

SUKHI ATTANAM PARIHARAMI

May I take care of myself happily.

SABBE SATTHA AVERA HONTU

May all beings be free from enmity and danger.

ABVYA PAJJA HONTU

May all beings be free from mental suffering.

ANIGHA HONTU

May all beings be free from physical suffering.

SUKHI ATTANAM PARIHARANTU

May all beings take care of themselves happily.

SUKHITA HOTHA

May all beings be happy.

DUKKHA MUCCHATHA

May all beings be free from suffering.

SADHU SADHU SADHU

May it be so

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Fusatsu Ceremony

Gatha of Atonement All my ancient twisted karma From beginningless greed, hate, and delusion, Born of body, speech, and mind, I now fully atone. (3x)

Names of the Past Buddhas and Ancestors Chant Leader: Being one with the Past Seven Buddhas All: Being one with the Past Seven Buddhas

Chant Leader: Being one with Shakyamuni Buddha All: Being one with Shakyamuni Buddha

Chant Leader: Being one with Manjushri Bodhisattva All: Being one with Manjushri Bodhisattva

Chant Leader: Being one with Samantabhadra Bodhisattva All: Being one with Samantabhadra Bodhisattva

Chant Leader: Being one with Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva All: Being one with Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva

Chant Leader: Being one with Maitreya Bodhisattva All: Being one with Maitreya Bodhisattva

Chant Leader: Being one with the Successive Ancestors All: Being one with the Successive Ancestors

Taking Refuge in the Three Treasures CL: Being one with the Buddha All: Being one with the Buddha CL: May all beings embody the Great Way All: May all beings embody the Great Way CL: Resolving to awaken to Truth All: Resolving to awaken to Truth CL: Being one with the Dharma All: Being one with the Dharma CL: May all beings penetrate the sutras All: May all beings penetrate the sutras CL: gaining wisdom deep as the ocean All: gaining wisdom deep as the ocean

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CL: Being one with the Sangha All: Being one with the Sangha CL: May all beings support harmony everywhere All: May all beings support harmony everywhere CL: becoming free from every hindrance All: becoming free from every hindrance

Three Pure Precepts CL: I vow not to commit harm All: I vow not to commit harm CL: I vow to cultivate goodness All: I vow to cultivate goodness CL: I vow to help others All: I vow to help others

Ten Pure Mind Practices CL: I vow not to kill All: I vow not to kill CL: and vow to cherish all life All: and vow to cherish all life CL: I vow not to steal All: I vow not to steal CL: and vow to be satisfied with what I have All: and vow to be satisfied with what I have CL: I vow not to cultivate greed All: I vow not to cultivate greed CL: and vow to encounter all creations with respect and dignity All: and vow to encounter all creations with respect and dignity CL: I vow not to lie All: I vow not to lie CL: and vow to listen and speak from the heart All: and vow to listen and speak from the heart CL: I vow not to be ignorant All: I vow not to be ignorant CL: and vow to cultivate a mind that sees clearly All: and vow to cultivate a mind that sees clearly CL: I vow not to speak of other’s faults and errors All: I vow not to speak of other’s faults and errors CL: unconditionally accepting what each moment has to offer All: unconditionally accepting what each moment has to offer CL: I vow not to elevate myself or put others down All: I vow not to elevate myself or put others down CL: speaking the truth without guilt or blame

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All: speaking the truth without guilt or blame CL: I vow not to be stingy All: I vow not to be stingy CL: and vow to use all the ingredients of my life All: and vow to use all the ingredients of my life CL: I vow not to be angry All: I vow not to be angry CL: transforming suffering into wisdom All: transforming suffering into wisdom CL: I vow not to speak ill of the Three Treasures All: I vow not to speak ill of the Three Treasures CL: and vow honor my life as an instrument of peacemaking All: and vow honor my life as an instrument of peacemaking

Four Great Bodhisattva Vows Creations are numberless, I vow to free them. Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to transform them. Reality is boundless, I vow to perceive it. The Awakened Way is unsurpassable, I vow to embody it.

CL: May the merits of maintaining the precepts permeate the Dharma World, and may our vows to accomplish the Buddha Way be realized together.

All: All Buddhas throughout space and time All Bodhisattva Mahasattvas Wisdom beyond wisdom Maha Prajna Paramita

Formal Exit

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