Recitation of Juseige – Hymns of Repetitions of the Vows

Juseige – Hymns of Repetitions of the Vows, is a fragment from the Larger Sutra and represents the words said by Dharmakara Bodhisattva, the future Amida Buddha, after proclaiming His 48 Vows. In the lines following the verses of Junirai it is said, “As soon as Bhikṣu Dharmakara spoke those verses, the entire earth quaked in six ways and a rain of wonderful flowers fell from heaven, scattering everywhere. Spontaneous music was heard and a voice in the sky said, ‘Surely you will attain highest, perfect Enlightenment.’”

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doshi:
GA GON CHO SE GAN
I have made vows, unrivaled in all the world;

doon:

HIS-SHI MU JO DO
I shall certainly reach the unsurpassed Way.
SHI GAN FU MAN ZOK[U]
If these vows should not be fulfilled,
SEI FU JO SHO GAK[U]
May I not attain perfect Enlightenment.

GA O MU RYO KO
If I should not become a great benefactor
FU I DAI SE SHU
In lives to come for immeasurable kalpas
FU SAI SHO BIN GU
To save the poor and the afflicted everywhere,
SEI FU JO SHO GAK[U]
May I not attain perfect Enlightenment.

GA SHI JO BUTSU DO
When I attain Buddhahood,
MYO SHO CHO JIP-PO
My Name will be heard throughout the ten directions;
KU KYO Ml SHO MON
Should there be any place where it is not heard,
SEI FU JO SHO GAK[U]
May I not attain perfect Enlightenment.

Rl YOKU JIN SHO NEN
Free of greed and with profound mindfulness
JO E SHU BON GYO
And pure wisdom, I will perform the sacred practices;
SHI GU MU JO DO
I will seek to attain the unsurpassed Way
I SHO TEN NIN SHI
And become the teacher of devas and humans.

JIN RIKI EN DAI KO
With my divine power I will display great light,
FU SHO MU SAI DO
Illuminating the worlds without limit,
SHO JO SAN KU MYO
And dispel the darkness of the three defilements;
KO SAI SHU YAKU NAN
Thus I will deliver all beings from misery.

KAI HI CHI E GEN
Having obtained the eye of wisdom,
MES-SHI KON MO AN
I will remove the darkness of ignorance;
HEI SOKU SHO AKU DO
I will block all evil paths
TSU DATSU ZEN SHU MON
And open the gate to the good realms.

KO SO JO MAN ZOK[U]
When merits and virtues are perfected,
I YO RO JIP-PO
My majestic light will radiate in the ten directions,
NICHI GATSU SHU JU KI
Outshining the sun and moon
TEN KO ON PU GEN
And surpassing the brilliance of the heavens.

I SHU KAI HO ZO
I will open the Dharma storehouse for the multitudes
KO SE KU DOKU HO
And endow them all with treasures of merit.
JO O DAI SHU JU
Being always among the multitudes,
SEP-PO SHI SHI KU
I will proclaim the Dharma with the lion’s roar.

KU YO IS-SAI BU[TSU]
I will make offerings to all the Buddhas,
GU SOKU SHU TOKU HON
Thereby acquiring roots of virtue.
GAN E SHITSU JO MAN
When my vows are fulfilled and wisdom perfected,
TOKU I SAN GAI O
I shall be the sovereign of the three worlds.

NYO BUTSU MU GE CHI
Like your unhindered wisdom, O Buddha,
TSU DATSU Ml FU SHO
Mine shall reach everywhere, illuminating all;
GAN GA KU E RIKI
May my supreme wisdom
TO SHI SAI SHO SON
Be like yours, Most Honored One.

SHI GAN NYAK-KO KA
If these vows are to be fulfilled,
DAI SEN O KAN DO
Let this universe of a thousand million worlds quake in response
KO KU SHO TEN NIN
And let all the devas in heaven
TO U CHIN MYO KE
Rain down rare and marvelous flowers.
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doshi: NA MO A MI DA BU
I take refuge in/Homage to Amida Buddha
doon: NA MO A MI DA BU, NA MO A MI DA BU, NA MO A MI DA BU,NA MO A MI DA BU, NA MO A MI DA BU, NA MO A MI DA BU, NA MO A MI DA BU …………
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doshi: GA-N NI SHI KU DO KU
May the merits of the [Primal] Vow [of Amida]
doon: BYO – U DO – U SE IS – SA – I
be received equally by all beings
DO – U HO – TSU BO DA – I SHI – N
May all develop bodhicitta,
O – U JO – U A – A – A – A – N RAK – KOKU
And may they be born in the Land of Peace and Bliss
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