Henro Chantings and Recitations
1. At the Main gate 合掌礼拝（がっしょうれいはい） gasshou reihai
the henro joins the hands on the chest (合掌 gasshou) and bows slightly 3 times, saying:
しくみ仏を礼拝し奉る
うやうやしくみ ほとけ を らいはいしたてまつる
UYAUYASHIKU MIHOTOKE O RAIHAI SHI TATEMATSURU
I'm coming to respectuously rever the Buddha
2. Sutra-Opening Verse 開經偈 (Kaikyooge)
かいきょうげ
無上甚深微妙法
むーじょう じんじん みみょうのほう
MUJO JINJIN MIMYO NO HO
The Dharma, incomparably exquisite and profound,
百千万劫難遭遇
ひゃくせんまんごうなんそうぐう
HYAKU SEN MAN GO NAN SOGU
is rarely met with even in hundreds of thousands of millions of kalpas.
我今見聞得受持
がーこんけんもんとくじゅーじー
GA KON KENMON TOKU JUJI
We are now permitted to hold it, see it, hear it, and accept it.
願解如来真実義
がんげーにょーらいしんじつぎー
GAN GE NYORAI SHINJITSU GI
May we awaken to the deep true Mind of the Tathagata.
3. 般若心経 HAN NYA SHIN GYÔ
はんにゃしんぎょう
仏說摩訶般波羅蜜多心経
ぶっせつまかはんにゃはらみたしんぎょう
BUSSETSU MA KA HAN NYA HA RA MI TA SHIN GYÔ
The Great Heart of Wisdom Sutra
観自在菩薩行深般波羅蜜多時
かんじざいぼさつ ぎょうじんはんにゃはらみったじ
KAN JI ZAI BO SATSU GYÔ JIN HAN NYA HA RA MI TA JI
Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva while practicing deep Prajña Paramita
照見五薀皆空度一切苦厄
しょうけんごうんかいくう どいっさいくやく
SHÔ KEN GO ON KAI KÛ DO IS SAI KU YAKU
Perceived all five skandhas were empty and was saved from suffering and distress
舍利子色不異空 空不異色
しゃりししきふいくう くうふいしき
SHA RI SHI SHIKI FU I KÛ KÛ FU I SHIKI
Shariputra, form is no different from emptiness Emptiness is no different from form
色即是空 空即是色
しきそくぜくう くうそくぜしき
SHIKI SOKU ZE KÛ KÛ SOKU ZE SHIKI
That which is form is emptiness That which is emptiness is form
受想行識 亦復如是
じゅそうぎょうしき やくぶにょぜ
JÛ SÔ GYÔ SHIKI YAKU BU NYO ZE
Feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness, the same is true of these
舍利子是諸法空相
しゃりし ぜしょほうくうそう
SHA RI SHI ZE SHO HÔ KÛ SÔ
Shariputra, all dharmas are marked with emptiness
不生不滅 不垢不浄
ふしょうふめつ ふくふじょう
FU SHÔ FU METSU FU KU FU JÔ
(They) do not appear or disappear are not tainted or pure
不増不減
ふぞうふげん
FU ZÔ FU GEN
do not increase or decrease
是故空中無色
ぜこくうちゅうむしき
ZE KO KÛ CHÛ MU SHIKI
Therefore in emptiness no form,
無受想行識
むじゅそうぎょうしき
MU JÛ SÔ GYÔ SHIKI
no feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness
無眼耳鼻舌身意
むげんにびぜっしんに
MU GEN NI BI ZES SHIN NI
no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind
無色声香味触法
むしきしょうこうみそくほう
MU SHIKI SHÔ KÔ MI SOKU HÔ
no color, sound, smell, taste, touch, object of mind
無限界乃至無意識界
むげんかいないしむいしきかい
MU GEN KAI NAI SHI MU I SHIKI KAI
no realm of eyes and so forth until no realm of mind consciousness
無無明亦無無明尽
むむみょうやくむむみょうじん
MU MU MYÔ YAKU MU MU MYÔ JIN
no ignorance and also no extinction of ignorance
乃至無老死亦無老死尽
ないしむろうし やくむろうしじん
NAI SHI MU RÔ SHI YAKU MU RÔ SHI JIN
"and so forth until no old age and death and no extinction of
old age and death"
無苦集滅道 無智亦無得
むくしゅうめつどう むちやくむとく
MU KU SHÛ METSU DÔ MU CHI YAKU MU TOKU
no suffering, origination, stopping, path no cognition also no attainment
以無所得故 菩提薩埵依般若波羅蜜多故
いむしょとっこ ぼだいさったえはんにゃはらみたこ
I MU SHO TOK KO BO DAI SAT TA E HAN NYA HA RA MI TA KO
with nothing to attain the Bodhisattva depends upon Prajña Paramita
心無罣礙
しんむけげ
SHIN MU KE GE
and (his) mind is no hindrance
無罣礙故 無有恐怖
むけげこ むうくふ
MU KE GE KO MU U KU FU
without any hindrance no fear exists
遠離一切顛倒無想
おんりてんどうむそう
ON RI IS SAI TEN DÔ MU SÔ
far apart from every inverted view
究竟涅槃 三世諸仏
くきょうねはん さんぜしょぶつ
KU KYÔ NE HAN SAN ZE SHO BUTSU
(he) dwells in Nirvana All Buddhas in the Three Worlds
依般若波羅蜜多故
えはんにゃはらみたこ
E HAN NYA HA RA MI TA KO
depend on Prajña Paramita
得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提
とくあのくたら さんみゃくさんぼだい
TOKU A NOKU TA RA SAN MYAKU SAN BO DAI
and attain complete unsurpassed enlightenment
故知般若波羅蜜多
こちはんにゃはらみた
KO CHI HAN NYA HA RA MI TA
Therefore know the Prajña Paramita
是大神呪 是大明呪
ぜだいじんしゅ ぜだいみょうしゅ
ZE DAI JIN SHU ZE DAI MYÔ SHU
is the great transcendent mantra is the great bright mantra
是無上呪 是無等等呪
ぜむじょうしゅ ぜむとうどうしゅ
ZE MU JÔ SHU ZE MU TÔ DÔ SHU
is the utmost mantra is the supreme mantra
能除一切苦真実不嘘
のうじょいっさいく しんじつふこ
NÔ JO IS SAI KU SHIN JITSU FU KO
which is able to relieve all suffering and is true, not false
故説般若波羅蜜多呪
こせつはんにゃはらみたしゅ
KO SETSU HAN NYA HA RA MI TA SHU
so proclaim the Prajña Paramita mantra
即説呪曰
そくせつしゅわつ
SOKU SETSU SHU WATSU
proclaim the mantra that says
揭諦揭諦波羅揭諦 波羅僧揭諦菩提薩婆訶
ぎゃてい ぎゃてい はらぎゃてい はらそうぎゃてい ぼじそわか
GYA TE GYA TE HA RA GYA TE HA RA SÔ GYA TE BO JI SO WA KA
gone, gone, gone beyond gone all the way beyond, Bodhi Svaha!
般波心経
はんにゃしんぎょう
HAN NYA SHIN GYÔ
Heart Sutra
4. Gohonzon Shingon entsprechend Tempel
see:
5. Kōmyō Shingon recitation (3 times) 光明真言 - Light Mantra
唵 阿謨伽 尾盧左曩 摩訶母捺囉
おん あぼきゃ べいろしゃのう まかぼだら
ON A BO KYA BEI RO SHA NŌ MA KA BO DA RA UN
麼抳 鉢納麼 入縛攞 鉢囉韈哆耶 吽
まに はんどま じんばら はらばりたや うん
MA NI HAN DO MA JIN BA RA HA RA BA RI TA YA UN
Om, the Lord of the Great Sun, Mudra (hand gesture, seal of the Buddha), Mani Jewel, Light and Lotus! Turn the Wheel of Eternal Compassion to all Beings. Hum
the henro joins the hands on the chest (合掌 gasshou) and bows slightly 3 times, saying:
しくみ仏を礼拝し奉る
うやうやしくみ ほとけ を らいはいしたてまつる
UYAUYASHIKU MIHOTOKE O RAIHAI SHI TATEMATSURU
I'm coming to respectuously rever the Buddha
2. Sutra-Opening Verse 開經偈 (Kaikyooge)
かいきょうげ
無上甚深微妙法
むーじょう じんじん みみょうのほう
MUJO JINJIN MIMYO NO HO
The Dharma, incomparably exquisite and profound,
百千万劫難遭遇
ひゃくせんまんごうなんそうぐう
HYAKU SEN MAN GO NAN SOGU
is rarely met with even in hundreds of thousands of millions of kalpas.
我今見聞得受持
がーこんけんもんとくじゅーじー
GA KON KENMON TOKU JUJI
We are now permitted to hold it, see it, hear it, and accept it.
願解如来真実義
がんげーにょーらいしんじつぎー
GAN GE NYORAI SHINJITSU GI
May we awaken to the deep true Mind of the Tathagata.
3. 般若心経 HAN NYA SHIN GYÔ
はんにゃしんぎょう
仏說摩訶般波羅蜜多心経
ぶっせつまかはんにゃはらみたしんぎょう
BUSSETSU MA KA HAN NYA HA RA MI TA SHIN GYÔ
The Great Heart of Wisdom Sutra
観自在菩薩行深般波羅蜜多時
かんじざいぼさつ ぎょうじんはんにゃはらみったじ
KAN JI ZAI BO SATSU GYÔ JIN HAN NYA HA RA MI TA JI
Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva while practicing deep Prajña Paramita
照見五薀皆空度一切苦厄
しょうけんごうんかいくう どいっさいくやく
SHÔ KEN GO ON KAI KÛ DO IS SAI KU YAKU
Perceived all five skandhas were empty and was saved from suffering and distress
舍利子色不異空 空不異色
しゃりししきふいくう くうふいしき
SHA RI SHI SHIKI FU I KÛ KÛ FU I SHIKI
Shariputra, form is no different from emptiness Emptiness is no different from form
色即是空 空即是色
しきそくぜくう くうそくぜしき
SHIKI SOKU ZE KÛ KÛ SOKU ZE SHIKI
That which is form is emptiness That which is emptiness is form
受想行識 亦復如是
じゅそうぎょうしき やくぶにょぜ
JÛ SÔ GYÔ SHIKI YAKU BU NYO ZE
Feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness, the same is true of these
舍利子是諸法空相
しゃりし ぜしょほうくうそう
SHA RI SHI ZE SHO HÔ KÛ SÔ
Shariputra, all dharmas are marked with emptiness
不生不滅 不垢不浄
ふしょうふめつ ふくふじょう
FU SHÔ FU METSU FU KU FU JÔ
(They) do not appear or disappear are not tainted or pure
不増不減
ふぞうふげん
FU ZÔ FU GEN
do not increase or decrease
是故空中無色
ぜこくうちゅうむしき
ZE KO KÛ CHÛ MU SHIKI
Therefore in emptiness no form,
無受想行識
むじゅそうぎょうしき
MU JÛ SÔ GYÔ SHIKI
no feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness
無眼耳鼻舌身意
むげんにびぜっしんに
MU GEN NI BI ZES SHIN NI
no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind
無色声香味触法
むしきしょうこうみそくほう
MU SHIKI SHÔ KÔ MI SOKU HÔ
no color, sound, smell, taste, touch, object of mind
無限界乃至無意識界
むげんかいないしむいしきかい
MU GEN KAI NAI SHI MU I SHIKI KAI
no realm of eyes and so forth until no realm of mind consciousness
無無明亦無無明尽
むむみょうやくむむみょうじん
MU MU MYÔ YAKU MU MU MYÔ JIN
no ignorance and also no extinction of ignorance
乃至無老死亦無老死尽
ないしむろうし やくむろうしじん
NAI SHI MU RÔ SHI YAKU MU RÔ SHI JIN
"and so forth until no old age and death and no extinction of
old age and death"
無苦集滅道 無智亦無得
むくしゅうめつどう むちやくむとく
MU KU SHÛ METSU DÔ MU CHI YAKU MU TOKU
no suffering, origination, stopping, path no cognition also no attainment
以無所得故 菩提薩埵依般若波羅蜜多故
いむしょとっこ ぼだいさったえはんにゃはらみたこ
I MU SHO TOK KO BO DAI SAT TA E HAN NYA HA RA MI TA KO
with nothing to attain the Bodhisattva depends upon Prajña Paramita
心無罣礙
しんむけげ
SHIN MU KE GE
and (his) mind is no hindrance
無罣礙故 無有恐怖
むけげこ むうくふ
MU KE GE KO MU U KU FU
without any hindrance no fear exists
遠離一切顛倒無想
おんりてんどうむそう
ON RI IS SAI TEN DÔ MU SÔ
far apart from every inverted view
究竟涅槃 三世諸仏
くきょうねはん さんぜしょぶつ
KU KYÔ NE HAN SAN ZE SHO BUTSU
(he) dwells in Nirvana All Buddhas in the Three Worlds
依般若波羅蜜多故
えはんにゃはらみたこ
E HAN NYA HA RA MI TA KO
depend on Prajña Paramita
得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提
とくあのくたら さんみゃくさんぼだい
TOKU A NOKU TA RA SAN MYAKU SAN BO DAI
and attain complete unsurpassed enlightenment
故知般若波羅蜜多
こちはんにゃはらみた
KO CHI HAN NYA HA RA MI TA
Therefore know the Prajña Paramita
是大神呪 是大明呪
ぜだいじんしゅ ぜだいみょうしゅ
ZE DAI JIN SHU ZE DAI MYÔ SHU
is the great transcendent mantra is the great bright mantra
是無上呪 是無等等呪
ぜむじょうしゅ ぜむとうどうしゅ
ZE MU JÔ SHU ZE MU TÔ DÔ SHU
is the utmost mantra is the supreme mantra
能除一切苦真実不嘘
のうじょいっさいく しんじつふこ
NÔ JO IS SAI KU SHIN JITSU FU KO
which is able to relieve all suffering and is true, not false
故説般若波羅蜜多呪
こせつはんにゃはらみたしゅ
KO SETSU HAN NYA HA RA MI TA SHU
so proclaim the Prajña Paramita mantra
即説呪曰
そくせつしゅわつ
SOKU SETSU SHU WATSU
proclaim the mantra that says
揭諦揭諦波羅揭諦 波羅僧揭諦菩提薩婆訶
ぎゃてい ぎゃてい はらぎゃてい はらそうぎゃてい ぼじそわか
GYA TE GYA TE HA RA GYA TE HA RA SÔ GYA TE BO JI SO WA KA
gone, gone, gone beyond gone all the way beyond, Bodhi Svaha!
般波心経
はんにゃしんぎょう
HAN NYA SHIN GYÔ
Heart Sutra
4. Gohonzon Shingon entsprechend Tempel
see:
5. Kōmyō Shingon recitation (3 times) 光明真言 - Light Mantra
唵 阿謨伽 尾盧左曩 摩訶母捺囉
おん あぼきゃ べいろしゃのう まかぼだら
ON A BO KYA BEI RO SHA NŌ MA KA BO DA RA UN
麼抳 鉢納麼 入縛攞 鉢囉韈哆耶 吽
まに はんどま じんばら はらばりたや うん
MA NI HAN DO MA JIN BA RA HA RA BA RI TA YA UN
Om, the Lord of the Great Sun, Mudra (hand gesture, seal of the Buddha), Mani Jewel, Light and Lotus! Turn the Wheel of Eternal Compassion to all Beings. Hum
6. NA MU DAI SHI HENJŌ KON GŌ Gohōgō [3 times]
南無大師遍照金剛
なむだいしへんじょうこんごう
NA MU DAI SHI HENJŌ KON GŌ
南無大師遍照金剛
なむだいしへんじょうこんごう
NA MU DAI SHI HENJŌ KON GŌ
part 3
| 7. EKŌMON 回向文（えこうもん） |
| 願わくは此の功徳を以て |
| ねがわくはこのくどくをもって |
| NEGA WA KU WA KO NO KUDOKU O MOTTE |
| 遍く一切に及ぼし |
| あまねくいっさいにおよぼし |
| A MA NE KU ISSAI NI OYO BO SHI |
| 我等と衆生と |
| われらとしゅじょうと |
| WARE RA TO SHU JŌ TO |
| 皆共に仏道を成ぜんことを |
| みなともにぶつどうをじょうぜんことを |
| MI NA TO MO NI BUTSUDŌ O JŌ ZEN KO TO O |
| Leader: |
| May this merit extend universally to all |
| so that we together with all beings |
| realise the Buddha Way. |
| 8. Leaving the Temple bow and say |
| ありがとうございます |
| Thank you very much |
Links
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