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Sambutsuge
(English translation)
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| V1 |
Your radiant countenance is majestic,
And your dignity is boundless.
Radiant splendor such as yours
Has no equal. |
V2 |
Even the blazing light of
The sun, moon and manji-jewels
Is completely hidden and obscured,
And looks like a mass of black ink-sticks. |
| V3 |
The countenance of the Tathagata
Is unequaled in the world;
The great voice of the Perfectly Enlightened One
Resounds throughout the ten quarters. |
V4 |
Your observance of precepts, learning
and diligence,
Meditation and wisdom-
The magnificence of these virtues is peerless,
Excellent and unsurpassed. |
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| V5 |
Deeply and clearly mindful
Of the ocean of the Dharma of all Buddhas,
You know its depth and breath,
And reach its fatherest end. |
V6 |
Ignorance, greed, and anger
Are completely absent in the World-honored One;
You are a lion, the most courageous if all humans,
Having immeasurable virtues. |
| V7 |
Your meritorious accomplishment
is vast,
And your wisdom is deep and supreme;
The majestic glory of your light
Shakes the great thousand worlds. |
V8 |
I vow to become a Buddha,
Equal to you, the most honored King of the Dharma,
And to bring sentient beings from birth-and-death
To the final attainment of emancipation. |
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| V9 |
My practice of giving, self-discipline,
Observance of precepts, forbearance, diligence,
And also meditation and wisdom
Shall be unsurpassed. |
V10 |
I resolve that, when I become a
Buddha,
I will fulfill this vow in every possible way,
And to all beings who live in fear
I will give great peace. |
| V11 |
Even though there are Buddhas
As many as a thousand million kotis,
Or countless great sages
As many as the sands of the Ganges, |
V12 |
I will make offerings
To all these Buddhas;
Nothing surpasses my determination
To seek the Way steadfastly and untiringly. |
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| V13 |
Even though there are Buddha-worlds
As many as the sands of the Ganges,
And as innumerable lands
Beyond calculation. |
V14 |
My light shall illumine
All of these lands;
I will make such efforts
That my divine power may be boundless. |
| V15 |
When I become a Buddha,
My land shall be the most exquisite;
People there shall be unrivaled and excellent
And my seat of enlightenment shall be beyond compare. |
V16 |
My land shall be like nirvana,
Being supreme and unequaled.
Out of compassion and pity,
I will bring all to emancipation. |
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| V17 |
Those who come from the ten quarters
Shall rejoice with pure hearts;
Once they reach my land,
They shall dwell in peace and happiness. |
V18 |
May you, the Buddha, be my witness
And attest to the truthfulness of my resolution.
I have thus made my aspiration;
I will endeavor to fulfill it. |
| V19 |
The World-honored Ones in the ten
quarters
Have unimpeded wisdom;
May these honored ones
Always know my intentions. |
V20 |
Even if I should be subject to
All kinds of suffering and torment,
Continuing my practice undeterred,
I would endure it and never have any regrets. |
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