Inori no Mori祈りの杜working title

Read, reflect, pray

Prayer of supplication

祈念祝詞きねんののりと

A text in the 1911 Shintō Ōharai Zenshū anthology. It is presented as a historical reading, not the current ritual of every shrine or temple.

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About this English rendering

This site’s English rendering of the Japanese meaning guide, aligned with this edition. It is separate from the source words for recitation and is not an official liturgy. Sacred sounds are explained where possible, not given speculative literal translations. Historical beliefs, royal authority, illness and protection claims belong to the text; they are not present-day judgments, medical advice or guarantees of results.

Before the kami, whose names we speak with awe, we respectfully offer these words.

Offering precious cloth and many gifts, we place sincerity first, honor the ancient customs of the divine age, and take refuge in the root of honesty. This prayer rejects the crooked teachings it calls those of a degenerate age and aspires to excellent practice of Shintō.

Hear peacefully this heart praising you through the words of purification at our country’s foundation.

May the praying person’s body and mind be peaceful, every illness removed, life prolonged, and blessings and livelihood abundant; may family, relatives and friends alike pass their days without mishap.

Illuminate our foolish hearts. Since nothing is more peaceful than feeling that all is sufficient, let us know contentment. Cherish all, even to the hoof-tips of cattle and horses, that they may be safe and peaceful.

Further we speak: though there are offences, faults and calamities from impurity, disbelief or neglect that displease the kami, bestow broad compassion and forgive with pure hearts. In the spirit of Kamunaobi and Ōnaobi, reconsider and hear them in a favorable light.

May the prayer be fully received and the wish accomplished. Protect us through the divine way, the supremely precious spiritual treasure.

Source text and reading aid

Roman letters are provided for 6 of 7 lines. Readings not fully supplied in the source are left without Roman letters.

How to use the Roman letters

Roman letters follow the kana displayed in this site’s Japanese reader; some readings are editorial additions documented on the Japanese page. These are a reading aid, not restored Sanskrit or a recording of a temple’s chanting. Historical spellings (such as wo, wi, we and ha used as a particle) are kept. Double vowels and repeated vowels mark the written kana; rhythm and pronunciation can differ by tradition.

You can simply read the meaning or sit quietly. No recitation is required. For a temple or shrine’s own recitation, follow that tradition’s published guidance.

掛卷(かけまく)も畏(かしこ)き諸神等(もろもろのかみたち)の廣前(ひろまへ)に恐(おそれ)み恐(おそれ)みも申(まう)さく

kakemakumo kashikoki moromoronokamitachino hiromaheni osoremi osoremimo mausaku

宇豆(うづ)の幣帛(みてぐら)竝(ならび)に種々(しゆじゆ)の物(もの)を捧供(ささげそなへ)て丹精(きよきこころ)の誠(まこと)をさきとし神代(かみよ)の古風(のり)を崇敬(あがめ)正直(まさにすなほ)の根元(もと)に歸依(かへりより)し邪曲(よこしま)の末法(すゑののり)を棄捨(すて)て今(いま)神道(かみのみち)の妙行(たへなるわざ)を奉願祈(ねがひたてまつ)り

uzuno mitegura narabini shiyujiyuno monowo sasagesonahete kiyokikokorono makotowosakitoshi kamiyono noriwo agame masanisunahono motoni kaheriyorishi yokoshimano suwenonoriwo sutete ima kaminomichino tahenaruwazawo negahitatematsuri

吾國(わがくに)根元(はじめ)の祓(はらひ)をもつて稱辭奉(たたへごとたてまつ)る此狀(このありさま)を平(たひら)けく安(やす)らけく聞食(きこしめし)て

wagakuni hajimeno harahiwomotsute tatahegototatematsuru konoarisamawo tahirakeku yasurakeku kikoshimeshite

願主(ぐわんしゆ)身心(みこころ)安穩(やす)く衆病(もろもろのやまひ)悉除(しつにのぞき)壽命(いのち)長延(ながくのび)福祿(さいはひ)圓滿(まどか)にして家内(いへのうち)親屬(うがらやから)朋友(とも)までも事故(ことゆゑ)無(な)く

guwanshiyu mikokoro yasuku moromoronoyamahi shitsuninozoki inochi nagakunobi saihahi madokanishite ihenouchi ugarayakara tomomademo kotoyuwe naku

愚(おろか)なる心(こころ)を明(あか)しめ給(たま)ひ何波(なには)の事(こと)も足(た)ると思(おも)ふより樂(たのし)きは莫(な)ければ足(た)る事(こと)を知(し)らしめ牛馬(うしうま)の蹄(ひづめ)に至(いた)るまで安穩息災(やすくすこやか)にして憐愍(めぐしきたぼすみこゝろ)を垂給(たれたま)へと恐(おそれ)み恐(おそれ)みも申(まう)す

辭別(ことわけ)て申(まう)さく穢氣(さはり)不淨(けがれ)不信(うたがひ)懈怠(おこたり)の罪咎(つみとが)崇(たたり)有(あ)りて諸神等(もろもろのかみたち)の御心(みこころ)に不叶(かなはず)とも廣(ひろ)く厚(あつ)き仁慈(うつくしみ)を垂給(たれたま)ひて清(きよ)き御心(みこころ)に宥恕給(なだめゆるしたま)ひて神直日命(かんなをひのみこと)大直日命(おほなをひのみこと)に見直(みなほ)し聞直(ききなほ)し給(たま)ひて

kotowakete mausaku sahari kegare utagahi okotarino tsumitoga tatari arite moromoronokamitachino mikokoroni kanahazutomo hiroku atsuki utsukushimiwo taretamahite kiyoki mikokoroni nadameyurushitamahite kannawohinomikoto ohonawohinomikotoni minahoshi kikinahoshi tamahite

祈願圓滿(きぐわんゑんまん)應感成就(おうかんじやうじゆ)無上寶靈神道加持(むじやうれいはうしんだうかぢ)

kiguwanwenman oukanjiyaujiyu mujiyaureihaushindaukaji

Connected kami and buddhas

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