Following the reciting of the Threefold Refuge (below), the main part of a Buddha Service consists of the chanting of a sutra or gatha.
The Sambutsuge, Jusiege, Junari and Eko are the primary pieces in Jodo Shinshu tradition.
This collection is titled 'Amida Buddha Service Book One'. Service Book Two, centered around the Shoshinge, is currently under construction.
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The Threefold
Refuge
in the Jodo Shinshu/Pure Land Tradition
Leader/doshi
Hard it is to receive human form. Now we have received
it.
Difficult is it to hear the Buddha Dharma. Now we hear
it.
If we do not receive awakening in this life, in what
life shall we do so?
With sincerity, let us take refuge together in the Three
Treasures.
Sangha/everybody
I take refuge in the Buddha.
Together with all beings,
may we attain the Great Way
of Enlightenment,
awakening to the supreme intent of the Buddha.
I take refuge in the Dharma.
Together with all beings,
may we enter the storehouse
of the Dharma,
acquiring Wisdom as deep as the ocean.
I take refuge in the Sangha.
Together with all beings,
may we become united as the
Great Assembly,
being free of all bondage.
Leader/doshi
Hard is it to encounter the supreme, profound and wondrous
Dharma
even in a hundred thousand million kalpas.
Now we are able to hear it and receive it.
Let us thoroughly understand the true intent of the
Tathagata.
Following the reciting of the Threefold Refuge (above), the main part of a Buddha Service consists of the chanting of a sutra or gatha.
The Sambutsuge, Jusiege, Junari and Shoshinge are the primary pieces in Jodo Shinshu tradition. Please see links below. |
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| To conclude a service - and to express our gratitude, we chant the 'Eko' (above). |
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