Morning Bell Chant

(Chanted after the morning board, and followed by the drum)

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MIAO CHAN TSUNG CHIH PU TUNG TSUN
Serene powerful and unmoving is the honoured one

SHOU LENG YEN WANG SHIH HSI YU
Rare in the world the supreme Surangama

HSIO WO I CHIEH TIEN TAO HSIANG
The end of begingless wandering thoughts

PU LI SENG CHI HUO FA SHEN
Before long realising the Dharma body

YUAN CHIN TE KUO CHENG PAO WAN
Now attaining the fruit of enlightenment

HUAN TUO JU SHIH HENG SHA CHUNG
I’ll be back to rescue beings as many as sands in the Ganges

CHIANG TZU SHEN HSIN FENG CHEN CHA
This deep wish for many lands

SHIH TSE MING WEI PAO FO EN
Thus endeavouring to repay Buddha

FU CHING SHIH TSUN WEI CHENG MING
Requesting the World Honoured one to seal my vow

WU CHO O SHIH SHIH HSIEN JU
That I’ll appear in the five turbidity period

JU I CHUNG SHENG WEI CHENG FO
Even if one being is not awakened

CHUNG PU TZU CHU NI HUAN
I will not accept Nirvana

TA HSIUNG TA LI TA TZU PEI
Heroic, mighty and compassionate one

HSI KENG SHEN CHU WEI HSI HUO
I wish to resolve my last doubts

LING WO TSAO TENG WU SHANG CHUEH
And quickly awaken

YU SHIH FANG CHEIH TSO TAO CHANG
Sitting in bodhimandalas everywhere

SHUN JO TO HSING KO HSIAO WANG
Even if Sunyata dissolves

SHUO CHIA LO HSIN WU TUNG CHUAN
The mind’s charka will not move

NA MO CHING CHING FA SHEN PI LU CHE NA FO
Homage to the pure Dharma body Vairocana Buddha

NA MO YUAN MAN PO SHEN LU SHEH NA FO
Homage to reward body Buddha Nishyanda

NA MO CHIEN PO YI HUA SHEN SHIH CHIA MOU NI FO
Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha in many transformations

NA MO TANG LAI HSIA SHENG MI LE TSUN FO
Homage to the next Buddha Maitreya

NA MO CHI LO SHIH CHIEH A MI TO FO
Homage to Amithabha Buddha in the land of bliss

NA MO CHING LEUNG SHAN CHIN SIK CHEIH TA CHIH WEN SHU SHIH LI PU SA
Homage to Manjusri Bodhisatva of great wisdom of the golden world

NA MO O MIE SHAN YIN SIK CHEIH TA HENG PU HSIEN PU SA
Homage to Samantrabhadha the highest achiever of the silver world

NA MO PO TO SHAN LAO LUI CHEIH TA PEI KUAN SHIH YN PU SA
Homage to Avalokitesavara the compassionate Bodhisattva on Pu To mountain, the crystal clear world

NA MO GOW HUA SHAN TAU MING CHEIH TA YUAN TI TSANG WANG PU SA
Homage to Ksitigharbharaja Bodhisattva on nine flower mountain, the sombre world.