sutra on the ten-line chant extending life, healing suffering

Posted on Dec 31st, 2006 by

dear friends, whom else can we invoke but the great bodhisattva of compassion as this year dies and a new one emerges. here is the sino-japanese.

ENMEI JUKKU KANNON GYO

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

(translation by kazuaki tanahashi, roshi joan halifax)

Avalokiteshvara’s Boundless Life
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!

(the sutra's story at some later date)

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