Namo Shakyamuni
Buddha –
Namo Shakyamuni Buddha
The Dharma is deep and
incomparable.
Throughout eternity the
chance to know It is so rare.
Now, with great fortune, we
recognize It
and vow to practice deeply, sincerely.
(Bell)
The Heart of Prajnaparamita (Bell)
The Bodhisattva Avalokita,
while deeply watching all sensations
suddenly realized that all five skandhas
are nothing but illusion.
This realization sundered
the bonds that create suffering. (Bell)
Know then: form is emptiness.
Emptiness is form.
Form is no other than
emptiness.
Emptiness is no other than
form.
the same is true with feeling, thought, mental
formation, and
consciousness itself. (Bell)
The dharma is Emptiness.
It is not born nor does it
die,
nor is it stained nor pure,
nor does it wax nor wane.
So in Emptiness, there is:
no form, no feeling, no thought or mental formation,
nor is there consciousness.
No eye or ear or nose or
tongue
or body or mind.
No form, no sound, no smell,
no taste, no touch, nor what the mind takes hold of,
nor even act of sensing (from eyes to mind
consciousness).
No
ignorance nor end of it,
nor all that comes of ignorance.
No withering, no death,
no end of withering nor of death.
Nor is there pain nor cause of pain
nor end of pain nor noble path.
Nor is there wisdom to
attain;
attainment too is emptiness. (Bell)
So know that the
Bodhisattva,
holding to nothing whatever,
but dwelling in Paramita
Wisdom,
is free of delusive hindrance,
rid of the fear bred by it,
and reaches clearest Nirvana.
All Buddhas
of the past, present
and future,
through living in Paramita Wisdom
come to full enlightenment. (Bell)
Know then Sariputra that
from Paramita Wisdom,
great unconditioned compassion,
wonderful clear words,
supreme peaceful action,
rise up to end all pain and suffering.
That is the truth. (Bell)
Sundered! Sundered!
Sundered all attachment,
breaking the system of ignorance,
reaching complete freedom. (3
times) (BB)
Refuge is taken
in the Buddha.
I vow, on behalf
of all sentient beings,
to recognize the core teaching and dedicate
everything to it.
Namo Buddhaya (3 times) (Bell)
Refuge is taken in the
Dharma.
I vow, on behalf of all
sentient beings,
to practice deeply and sincerely the core teaching, allowing
great wisdom to rise up.
Namo Dharmaya (3 times) (Bell)
Refuge is taken in the Sangha.
I vow, on behalf of all
sentient beings,
to live with ease and harmony in any situation,
disturbed by nothing.
Namo Sanghaya (3 times) (BB)
Whole heartedly we want to
end our suffering.
Through review, we realize that
for many lifetimes we have created
the system of suffering that has controlled us.
Then we take a vow to
practice
to realize the root, the
nature of suffering.
We ask the Buddhas to support our vow. (BBB)