Windhorse Zen Community Chant Book Great is the matter of birth and death; Life slips quickly by; Time waits for no one; Wake up! Wake up! Don’t waste a moment! – Zen Master Bassui Contents Daily Chants Mantra of Shakyamuni Buddha 38 Verse of the Buddha-robe 1 Dharani of Jiz� Bodhisattva 38 The Three Treasures 1 Memorial Prayer 39 Prajñ� P�ramit� Hridaya 2 Flowers Poem 40 Ten-Verse Kannon Sutra 4 Sesshin Evening Ritual 42 Emmei Jikku Kannon Gy� 4 Meal Chants Daihishin Darani 5 The Five Reflections 44 Return of Merit 8 Verse of the Main Meal 45 Abbreviated Ancestral Line 9 Offering to the Hungry Ghosts 45 Rinzai-Soto Ancestral Line 11 Offering to the Thirsty Spirits 46 Affirming Faith in Mind 16 Sh�sai My�kichij� Darani 23 Chanting: Pointers and Notes Master Hakuin’s Chant in Praise of Zazen 24 Some Pointers for Chanting 49 The Four Bodhisattvic Vows 26 Notes 51 Other Chants and Recitations Soto Zen Ancestral Line 29 The Three General Resolutions 34 The Ten Cardinal Precepts 34 Dharani of Avalokiteshvara 35 Mantra of Bhaisajyaguru, Buddha of Healing 38 Portions of material reprinted with permission of the Rochester Zen Center Daily Chants Mind is unlimited. Chanting when performed egolessly has the power to penetrate visible and invisible worlds. —Roshi Philip Kapleau Verse of the Buddha-robe Wondrous is the robe of liberation, a treasure beyond form and emptiness. Wearing it I will unfold Buddha’s teaching for the benefit of all sentient beings. The Three Treasures all: I take refuge in Buddha, leader: and resolve that with all beings I will understand the Great Way whereby the Buddha seed may forever thrive. all: I take refuge in Dharma, leader: and resolve that with all beings I will enter deeply into the sutra-treasure whereby my wisdom may grow as vast as the ocean. all: I take refuge in Sangha, leader: and in its wisdom, example, and never-failing help, and resolve to live in harmony with all sentient beings. 1 Prajñ� P�ramit� Hridaya No ignorance or end of it, nor all that comes of ignorance : (Heart of Perfect Wisdom) No withering, no death, no end of them. Nor is there pain, or cause of pain, The Bodhisattva of Compassion or cease in pain, from the depths of prajñ� wisdom or noble path to lead from pain ; saw the emptiness of all five skandhas not even wisdom to attain: and sundered the bonds that cause all suffering. Attainment too is emptiness. Know then : So know that the Bodhisattva, Form here is only emptiness ; holding to nothing whatever, emptiness only form. but dwelling in prajñ� wisdom, Form is no other than emptiness ; is freed of delusive hindrance, emptiness no other than form. rid of the fear bred by it, Feeling, thought, and choice— and reaches clearest nirvana. consciousness itself— All buddhas of past and present, are the same as this. buddhas of future time, Dharmas here are empty ; through faith in prajñ� wisdom, all are the primal void. come to full enlightenment. None are born or die, Know then the great dharani, nor are they stained or pure, the radiant, peerless mantra, nor do they wax or wane. the supreme, unfailing mantra, So in emptiness no form, the Prajñ� P�ramit�, no feeling, thought, or choice, whose words allay all pain. nor is there consciousness. This is highest wisdom, No eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind, true beyond all doubt ; no color, sound, smell, taste, touch, know and proclaim its truth : or what the mind takes hold of, Gate, gate nor even act of sensing. p�ragate p�rasamgate bodhi, sv�h�! 2 3 Ten-Verse Kannon Sutra Daihishin Darani (Emmei Jikku Kannon Gy�) (Dharani of Avalokitéshvara, Great Compassionate One) Kanzeon ! Praise to Buddha ! Namu kara tan no All are one with Buddha ; tora ya ya all awake to Buddha. namu ori ya Buddha, Dharma, Sangha— boryo ki chi shifu ra ya eternal, joyous, selfless, pure. fuji sato bo ya Through the day Kanzeon— moko sato bo ya through the night Kanzeon. mo ko kya runi kya ya This moment arises from Mind ; en this moment itself is Mind. sa hara ha e shu tan no ton sha namu shiki ri toi mo ori ya Emmei Jikku Kannon Gy� boryo ki chi shifu ra (Ten-Verse Kannon Sutra) rin to bo na mu no ra Kanzeon kin ji ki ri namu butsu mo ko ho do yo butsu u in sha mi sa bo yo butsu u en o to jo shu ben bupp� s� en o shu in j�raku ga j� sa bo sa to ch� nen kanzeon no mo bo gya b� nen kanzeon mo ha te cho nen nen j� shin ki to ji to nen nen fu ri shin. en o bo ryo ki ru gya chi 4 5 kya ra chi chiri shuni no i kiri mo ko hoya mono fuji sa to somo ko sa bo sa bo shido ya mo ra mo ra somo ko mo ki mo ki moko shido ya ri to in ku ryo ku ryo somo ko ke mo to ryo to ryo shido yu ki ho ja ya chi shifu ra ya mo ko ho ja ya chi somo ko to ra to ra nora kin ji chiri ni somo ko shifu ra ya mo ra no ra somo ko sha ro sha ro shira su omo gya ya mo mo ha mo ra somo ko ho chi ri sobo moko shido ya i ki i ki somo ko shi no shi no shaki ra oshi do ya ora san fura sha ri somo ko ha za ha zan hodo mogya shido ya fura sha ya somo ko ku ryo ku ryo nora kin ji ha gyara ya mo ra ku ryo ku ryo somo ko ki ri sha ro sha ro mo hori shin gyara ya somo ko shi ri shi ri namu kara tan no tora ya ya su ryo su ryo namu ori ya fuji ya boryo ki chi fuji ya shifu ra ya fudo ya fudo ya somo ko mi chiri ya shite do modo ra nora kin ji hodo ya so mo ko. 6 7 Return of Merit Abbreviated Ancestral Line (Honzon Ek�) leader: leader: O Awakened Ones ! May the power of your samadhi Faith in Buddha, Dharma, Sangha sustain us. We now return the merit of our chanting to : brings true liberation. all: We now return the merit of our chanting to : Sh�kyamuni Buddha, Vipashyin Buddha, Honored One Mañjushr� Bodhisattva, Shikhin Buddha, Honored One Avalokita Bodhisattva, Vishvabh� Buddha, Honored One Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. Krakucchanda Buddha, Honored One We place our faith in the Great Heart of Perfect Wisdom. Kanakamuni Buddha, Honored One May all beings attain Buddhahood ! K�shyapa Buddha, Honored One Sh�kyamuni Buddha, Honored One all: Mah�k�shyapa, Honored One Ten Directions, Three Worlds, �nanda, Honored One All Buddhas, Bodhisattva-mah�sattvas, Ashva�hosha, Honored One Mah� Prajñ� P�ramit�. N���rjuna, Honored One Vasubandhu, Honored One Bodhidharma, Honored One Dazu Huike, Honored One (Dah-dzoo Hway-k’e) Jianzhi Sengcan, Honored One ( Jyen-jih Seng-ts’an) Dajian Huineng, Honored One (Dah-jyen Hway-neng) Eihei D�gen, Honored One 8 9 Rinzai-Soto Ancestral Line Daiun Sogaku, Honored One (Female ancestors listed in italics) Hakuun Ry�k�, Honored One Philip Kapleau, Honored One. leader: leader: O Awakened Ones – ... and to the unknown women, All men and women who have made manifest the Dharma centuries of enlightened ones, – May the power of your samadhi sustain us! whose commitment to the Dharma We now return the merit of our practice to : nourishes and sustains our practice— all: You who have handed down the light of Dharma, Vipashyin Buddha, Honored One we shall repay your benevolence ! Shikhin Buddha, Honored One all: Vishvabh� Buddha, Honored One Ten Directions, Three Worlds, Krakucchanda Buddha, Honored One All Buddhas, Bodhisattva-mah�sattvas, Kanakamuni Buddha, Honored One Mah� Prajñ� P�ramit�. K�shyapa Buddha, Honored One Sh�kyamuni Buddha, Honored One Mah�k�shyapa, Honored One Praj�pati, Honored One �nanda, Honored One Ashva�hosha, Honored One N���rjuna, Honored One Vasubandhu, Honored One Bodhidharma, Honored One Huike, Honored One (Eka) (Hway-k’e) Zongchi, Honored One (Soji) (Dzoong-ch’ih) Sengcan, Honored One (S�san) (Seng-ts’an) 10 11 Huineng, Honored One (En�) Longtan, Honored One (Ryutan) (Hway-neng) (Loong-t’an) Huizhong, Honored One (National Teacher, Echu) Deshan, Honored One (Tokusan) (Hway-joong) (De-shan) Yongjia, Honored One (Y�ka) Liu Tiemo, Honored One (Ryu Tetsuma) (Yoong-jya) (Lyoh T’yeh-mwoh) Iron Grinder Liu Mazu, Honored One (Baso) Dongshan, Honored One (Tozan Ryokai) (Mah-dzoo) (Doong-shan) Shitou, Honored One (Sekito) Moshan, Honored One (Massan) (Shih-t’oh) (Mwoh-shan) Baizhang, Honored One (Hyakujo) Juzhi, Honored One (Gutei) (Bai-jang) (Jyü-jih) Pang Yun, Honored One (Houn) Linji, Honored One (Rinzai) (P’ang Yün), (Lin-jyee) Lingzhao, Honored One (Reisho) Yangshan, Honored One (Kyozan) (Ling-jow) (Yang-shan) Nanchuan, Honored One (Nansen) Miaoxin, Honored One (Myoshin) (Nan-ch’wan) (Myow-syin) Zhaozhou, Honored One (J�sh�) Xiangyan, Honored One (Ky�gen) (Syang-yen) (Jow-joh) _ Huangbo, Honored One (Obaku) Sansheng, Honored One (Sansh�) (Hwang-bwoh) (Sahn-sheng) Changsha, Honored One (Chosha) Yantou, Honored One (G�nto) (Ch’ang-sha) (Yen-t’oh) Dao Wu, Honored One (Dogo) Xuefeng, Honored One (Seppo) (Dow Woo) (Syüe-feng) Guishan, Honored One (Isan) Caoshan, Honored One (Sozan) (Gway-shan) (Ts’ow-shan) 12 13 Changqing, Honored One (Chokei) Huo’an, Honored One (Wakuan) (Ch’ang-ch’ing) (Hwo-an) Ruiyan, Honored One (Zuigan) Rujing, Honored One (Nyojo) (Rway-yen) (Roo-jing) Yunmen, Honored One (Unmon) Wumen, Honored One (Mumon) (Yün-men) (Woo-men) Dongshan, Honored One (Tozan Shusho) D�gen, Honored One (Doong-shan) Keizan, Honored One Fengxue, Honored One (Fuketsu) Mus�, Honored One (Feng-syüe) Bassui, Honored One Fayan, Honored One (H�gen) Ikky�, Honored One (Fah-yen) Bankei, Honored One Hakuin, Honored One Shoushan, Honored One (Sh�zan) Torei, Honored One (Shoh-shan) Ry�kan, Honored One Shishuang, Honored One (Sekiso) Daiun, Honored One (Harada) (Shih-shwang) Hakuun, Honored One (Yasutani) Doushuai, Honored One (Tosotsu) Philip Kapleau, Honored One.