VERSES & GATHAS

In Liturgy by Dewdrop Sangha

VERSE OF THE KESA(3X)Vast is the robe of liberation,A formless field of benefaction.I wear the Tathagata teaching,Saving all sentient beings. GATHA ON OPENING THE SUTRAThe Dharma, incomparably profound and infinitely subtle,Is rarely encountered even in millions of agesNow we see it, hear it, receive and maintain itMay we completely realize …

MAHA PRAJNA PARAMITA HEART SUTRA

In Liturgy by Dewdrop Sangha

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, doing deep prajna paramita,Clearly saw emptiness of all the five conditions,Thus completely relieving misfortune and pain,O Shariputra, form is no other than emptiness,emptiness no other than form;Form is exactly emptiness, emptiness exactly form;Sensation, conception, discrimination,awareness are likewise like this.O Shariputra, all dharmas are forms of emptiness,not born, not …

ENMEI JUKKU KANNON GYO

In Liturgy by Dewdrop Sangha

(x 3)KAN ZE ON NA MU BUTSU YO BUTSU U INYO BUTSU U EN BUP PO SO EN JO RAKU GAJO CHO NEN KAN ZE ON BO NEN KAN ZE ONNEN NEN JU SHIN KI NEN NEN FU RI SHIN.

FUSATSU

In Liturgy by Dewdrop Sangha

Officiant entrance, incense offering, fudosampai and bows.Everyone goes into choki.Officiant goes to altar and offers incense, returns to haishiki, into choki. GATHA OF ATONEMENTINO: All evil karma ever committed by me since of old.ALL: ALL EVIL KARMA EVER COMMITTED BY ME SINCE OF OLD.INO: On account of my beginningless greed, …

IDENTITY OF RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE

In Liturgy by Dewdrop Sangha

The mind of the Great Sage of India was intimatelyConveyed from west to east,Among human beings are wise ones and fools,But in the Way there is no northern or southern Patriarch.The subtle source is clear and bright;The tributary streams flow through the darkness.To be attached to things is illusion;To encounter …