Read, reflect, pray
Purification for ancestral spirits
祖廟靈鎭祓
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.
English meaning, sound explanations and source text
English meaning and sound explanations
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.
Life is sustained by the venerable deity who is the great source. The heart is the sacred working of the one source before all things divided and came into being.
Taking the source as the source, we return into it; grounded in that source, we rest in our original heart. The deity ascends to heaven and dwells in the sacred palace.
The divine or palace name and syntax of 報命日少宮 cannot be established from this edition alone. This is a partial meaning guide that does not independently fill that portion in.
Before we are born, and while we live in this world after birth,
and when we die, we are always within the divine embrace.
Source text and reading aid
Roman letters are provided for every line of this source text.
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.
大元尊神生命成就心は則ち一元未生の神明なり
daigensonshin shiyaumeijiyaujiyu kokoroha sunahachi ichigenmishiyauno shinmeinari
元を元として元に入る元を本として本心に依す天に登して報命日少宮に住ります
hajimewo hajimetoshite hajimeni iru motowo mototoshite motonokokoroni yosasu ameni noboshite kaherigotomaushi hinowakamiyani todomarimasu
生れ來ぬ先も生れて住る世も
umare konu sakimo umarete sumeru yomo
まかるも神のふところのうち
makarumo kaminofutokoronouchi
Sources and edition (1)
English explanations on this page were prepared by Inori no Mori from the cited text and its Japanese explanations. They are not an official translation or a prescribed liturgy.