Note: The construction (Y) 不亦 (X) 乎 means, “isn’t Y X?”, or, more wistfully, “Y … isn’t it X?”
子曰。
學而時習之、不亦說乎。
有朋自遠方來、不亦樂乎。
人不知而不慍、不亦君子乎。
The Master said,
“Learning, and then frequently practicing, isn’t it a pleasure?”
“To have one’s friends visit from afar, isn’t it a joy?”
“To be unknown without resentment, isn’t this [the sign of] a person of great virtue?”
若 人 誦 此 普 賢 願，
Ruo Ren Song Ci Pu Xian Yuan
if people recite this Samantabhadra Vow
If one recites these vows of Samantabhadra,
我 說 少 分 之 善 根，
Wo Shuo Shao Fen Zhi Shan Gen
our recitation little portion virtuous indriya (spiritual faculty)
With just a small portion of one’s wholesome roots,
一 念 一 切 悉 皆 圓，
Yi Nian Yi Qie Xi Jie Yuan
one thought everything all without exception complete
All will be perfected in a single thought,
成 就 眾 生 清 淨 願。
Cheng Jiu Zhong Sheng Qing Jing Yuan
achieve all sentient beings pure vows
And thus fulfill the pure vows of sentient beings.
禪 = chán
者 = zhě = “is defined as” (Used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
淨土 = jìngtǔ = Pure Land
之 = zhī = possessive particle
Zhongfeng Mingben (中峰明本 1263-1323)
See: The Nianfo in Ōbaku Zen: A Look at the Teachings of the Three Founding Masters by James Baskind
In the Zongjing lu 宗鏡錄, Yongming Yanshou 永明延壽 (904-975) attempted to unite the whole of Buddhism by suggesting the integration of the doctrinal and meditation schools 禪敎一致, under the slogan of taking the one mind as the axiom 擧一心爲宗 and illuminating the ten thousand dharmas as if in a mirror 照萬法如鏡.
予 = yǔ = praise, esteem, give
一生 = yīshēng = all one’s life
崇尚 = chóngshàng = promote, praise
念佛 = niànfó = mindfulness of Buddha
Yúnqī Zhūhóng (雲棲袾宏; 1535–1615)
唵 阿嚕勒繼 娑婆訶
ǎn ālǔlēijì suōpóhē
옴 아로륵계 사바하
om a-ro-reuk-gye sabaha
おん あろりきゃ そわか
on arorikya sowaka
ओं आरोलिक् स्वाहा
oṃ ālolik svāhā
幽冥 教主
유명 교주
yumyeong gyoju
Guiding Teacher of the Dark Realms
幽冥 = dark/hidden + dark/gloomy = underword/hell
教主 = teach + emperor
大吉祥天女咒 Great Auspicious Goddess Mantra
南無佛陀 南無達摩 南無僧伽 南無室利 摩訶提鼻耶 怛你也他 波利富樓那 遮利三曼陀 達舍尼 摩訶毗訶羅伽帝 三曼陀 毗尼伽帝 摩訶迦利野 波禰 波囉 波禰 薩利嚩栗他 三曼陀 修鉢黎帝 富隸那 阿利那 達摩帝 摩訶毘鼓畢帝 摩訶彌勒帝 婁簸僧祗帝 醯帝簁 僧祗醯帝 三曼陀 阿他阿少免 婆羅尼
29 components with 2 occurrences:
广 可 舟 皮 虫 𠂉 寺 灬 刀 皿 白 穴 廿 七 禾 刂 爫 耂 戌 曾 勹 𠫔 月 辶 扌 巾 兄 人 小
106 components with 1 occurrence:
林 手 右 必 巠 巛 雚 見 咅 产 生 亍 罙 㓁 昭 召 縕 𥁕 囚 比 亼 共 皀 卩 戠 复 夂 者 去 烕 火 后 爭 彐 亅 咸 攵 艮 畀 丌 千 殸 耳 声 未 角 蜀 介 ⺻ 歹 首 䒑 知 㝵 旦 戶 斤 是 垂 卄 士 衣 石 疑 龴 巩 凡 忄 布 袁 𧘇 离 㐫 禸 凵 乂 冂 眞 頁 到 至 九 圼 般 弗 弓 豸 兒 臼 礻 申 𥫗 ⺼ 余 貫 毌 貝 虍 业 ⺊ 兌 曷 曰 匃 帝 少
This is based on the 260 character version attributed to Xuanzang. But note that when you include the title, there are actually 270 total characters. Obviously you get different results if you exclude the title, or if you use a shorter version of the title. Many people, including myself, recite the title twice (once at […]
