Inori no Mori祈りの杜working title

Read, reflect, pray

Shushōgi: five chapters

修証義(全五章)しゅしょうぎ

A Sōtō teaching on living and practicing day by day, presented in five chapters. This reading preserves the school’s context.

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Section 1

Clarifying life and death is the most important task for one walking the Buddha’s way. If Buddhahood is present within life and death themselves, one is not driven about by them. Understand life and death themselves as nirvana, the peace beyond delusion: do not flee them in aversion or desire a nirvana elsewhere. Only then does a path beyond attachment to life and death open. This great matter must be investigated to its utmost.

Human birth is difficult to obtain, and meeting the Buddha’s teaching is rare. Assisted by good conditions from the past, we have not only received this hard-to-obtain human body but encountered the hard-to-meet Dharma. Amid repeated birth and death, this is a fortunate and supremely precious life. Do not waste this body or leave this dewdrop-fragile life merely to the winds of change.

Everything changes; nothing can be relied upon as an absolutely secure support. We do not know on which roadside grass the dewdrop of life will fall. This body does not obey our wishes; life moves with time and cannot be stopped even briefly. Where has youth’s face gone? No trace can be found. Looking back, so much of the past cannot be met again. When death suddenly comes, neither rulers and ministers, relatives and attendants, spouses and children, nor treasures can hold it back. Alone we take the road of death, accompanied only by our own good and harmful deeds.

Do not agree with views that deny the connection between actions and consequences, fail to understand their results, disregard past, present, and future, or fail to distinguish good and harm. The text teaches that causation is clear and impartial: harmful conduct leads toward painful conditions, good conduct toward favorable conditions, without deviation. If cause and effect did not exist and deeds were empty, Buddhas would not appear in the world, nor would ancestral teachers bring the teaching from the West.

Good and harmful actions bear results at three times: in this lifetime, in the next, or in later lives. These are called the results of the three times. To study and practice the way of Buddhas and ancestors, first learn and examine this principle of actions and results across the three times. Otherwise, the text warns, errors accumulate and views lose the principle; one falls into painful realms and suffers long.

Know this well: you do not have two or three bodies in this lifetime. Is it not regrettable to fall into mistaken views and needlessly bring about harmful consequences? Committing harm while imagining ‘this is not harmful’ or ‘there are no bad consequences’ does not free one from its results.

Section 2

Out of deep compassion, Buddhas and ancestral teachers open the vast gateway of kindness to lead every being into awakening. What human or heavenly being could remain outside it? Though the harmful results of the three times must appear, the text teaches that acknowledging and amending errors through repentance can transform heavy consequences into lighter ones, extinguishing offences and bringing purity.

Therefore repent wholeheartedly before the Buddha. The merit of this repentance supports and purifies us, nurturing unobstructed pure trust and diligent practice. When pure trust appears, self and others are transformed together. Its benefit extends widely to sentient beings, plants, trees, and the land.

The essence of repentance is this: ‘Even if my accumulated past harmful actions obstruct the Buddha’s way, may the Buddhas and ancestors awakened through that way have compassion, release me from karmic entanglements, and make my study unobstructed. As their blessing and teaching fill every inexhaustible world, may they share that compassion with me. Buddhas and ancestors were once like us, and we too will become Buddhas and ancestors.’

‘All harmful actions I have committed since the past arise from beginningless greed, anger, and delusion, and are born through body, speech, and mind. I now repent of them all.’ The text teaches that such repentance surely receives the unseen assistance of Buddhas and ancestors. Conceal neither mental intentions nor bodily conduct from the Buddha. The power of openly acknowledging errors removes their root.

Section 3

Next, deeply honor the Three Treasures: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Aspire to continue honoring and making offerings to them, whatever world or body you are born into. What Buddhas and ancestors correctly transmitted from India to China is reverence for the Buddha, the teaching, and companions in practice.

Those lacking fortunate conditions do not even hear the name of the Three Treasures; how much less can they take refuge? This passage cautions against turning merely from fear of immediate danger to mountain deities, spirits, or non-Buddhist sacred places. From its Buddhist standpoint, it teaches that these alone cannot free one from suffering; one should swiftly take refuge in the Three Treasures, leave suffering, and accomplish awakening.

This text advocates refuge in the Three Treasures through contrasts with other faiths. It is not advice to act disrespectfully toward other religions.

Taking refuge means wholehearted pure trust: whether during the Tathagata’s life or after his death, join the palms, bow, and recite ‘Namu kie butsu, namu kie hō, namu kie sō’—homage and refuge in Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. We rely on the Buddha as great teacher, the teaching as good medicine, and companions in practice as excellent friends. Becoming a Buddhist disciple necessarily involves these three refuges. Whatever precepts one receives, the three refuges come first; receiving precepts is established through them.

The merit of refuge is realized when the Buddha’s call and our response communicate. Whether in heavenly or human worlds, or in hell, hungry-ghost, or animal realms, when that connection arises one is guided to refuge. Its merit then grows in every life and place, cultivating good conduct and virtue and accomplishing unsurpassed complete awakening. Know that the merit of the three refuges is supremely precious, profound, and inconceivable. The Buddha has already borne witness to it; the text calls people to receive it in trust.

Next receive the three pure precepts: refrain from harm, practice good, and benefit beings. Then receive the ten grave prohibitions: do not kill, steal, engage in improper sexual conduct, lie, sell intoxicants, publicize others’ faults, praise oneself while disparaging others, hoard teaching or wealth, sustain anger, or slander Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. The three refuges, three pure precepts, and ten grave prohibitions are what the Buddhas have received and maintained.

Receiving the precepts enters the unsurpassed complete awakening realized by Buddhas of past, present, and future, the Buddha state unbreakable as vajra. How could a wise person fail to seek it? The Buddha clearly declares for all beings: ‘When beings receive the Buddha’s precepts, they immediately enter the rank of the Buddhas, become equal to great awakening, and truly become the Buddha’s children.’

When Buddhas always rest within these precepts, their all-pervading activity leaves no trace of discriminating perception. When beings always live and work within them, a divided world does not appear in their individual perceptions. Then land, plants, trees, walls, tiles, and pebbles throughout all worlds perform the Buddha’s work. Those touched by their wind and water are invisibly aided by inconceivable guidance and intimately manifest awakening. This is called merit beyond calculation and contrivance: precisely the arousing of the heart seeking awakening and the benefit of beings.

Section 4

Arousing bodhicitta means wishing and actually striving to rescue all beings before oneself, even while one has not yet left delusion. Whether lay or ordained, in heaven or among humans, in suffering or enjoyment, promptly arouse the heart that saves others first.

Even without an impressive appearance, one who arouses this heart already guides all beings. Even a seven-year-old girl leads the fourfold assembly of ordained and lay women and men and is a compassionate parent to beings. Do not judge by male or female. This is a supreme principle of the Buddha’s way.

After arousing this heart, even repeated lives in the six realms and four modes of birth become, one by one, practices and aspirations toward awakening. Even if the past has been spent in vain, arouse the vow now while life remains. Even when the merit of Buddhahood ripens fully, dedicate it further so that other beings become Buddhas and attain the way. There is also the manner of rescuing beings first throughout immeasurable time, never finally becoming a Buddha oneself, but continuing only to help others.

Four wise practices benefit beings: giving, kind speech, beneficial action, and sharing their situation. These are bodhisattva practices and vows. Giving means not grasping. Where things are not exclusively one’s own, nothing obstructs sharing. Do not worry that a gift is small; what matters is genuine help. Share even one sentence or verse of teaching: it becomes a good seed in present and later lives. Give even one coin or blade of grass: it nurtures good roots in this world and the next. Teaching becomes wealth, and wealth becomes teaching. Share your strength without seeking thanks. Providing a ferry or building a bridge is a path toward perfect giving. Originally, no livelihood or work need be outside giving.

Kind speech means first arousing compassion on meeting someone and speaking with concern for them. It speaks from a heart cherishing beings like infants. Praise their virtues; show compassion where virtues are not yet developed. Kind speech is the root of easing hostility and creating harmony even among worthy people. Warm words heard face to face brighten expression and ease the heart; warm words about oneself heard in one’s absence are engraved deeply within. Learn that kind speech has the power to transform the course of the world.

Beneficial action means devising ways to help beings regardless of status. Seeing a distressed turtle or sick sparrow, one is moved simply to help, without seeking repayment. The foolish say, ‘If I put others’ benefit first, my own will diminish,’ but this is not so. Beneficial action is one activity that does not separate self and others, helping both widely.

Sharing others’ situation means not creating separation or turning away, either from oneself or others. It is like the Tathagata living among humans in a human body. There is a principle of enabling others to harmonize their hearts with oneself, and then harmonizing one’s own heart with theirs. Relationships between self and others open without limit according to circumstances. The ocean’s refusal to reject any water is this sharing; therefore waters can gather and become the sea.

Consider calmly these principles of practice and aspiration arising from bodhicitta; do not treat them lightly. Bow to and honor the merit by which every being may receive guidance through the activity of rescuing and embracing others.

Section 5

This awakening heart is often aroused in Jambudvipa, the human world where we live. Having obtained such conditions, we wished to be born in this Saha world and came here. How could we not rejoice at meeting Shakyamuni Buddha’s teaching?

Reflect quietly: when the true teaching is not transmitted in the world, even wishing to give one’s life for it cannot secure an encounter. Cherish today’s self, who has met the true teaching, as something difficult to obtain. Consider the Buddha’s words: ‘If you meet a teacher of unsurpassed awakening, do not judge lineage or appearance, dislike faults, or appraise conduct. Simply honoring the teaching of wisdom, bow and show respect three times daily without a heart that finds it troublesome.’

The context is not overlooking wisdom because of a teacher’s family or appearance. It must not be used to excuse a teacher’s violence or exploitation.

That we can now meet the Buddha and hear the teaching is the compassionate gift reaching us through each Buddha and ancestor’s continued practice. Without their direct transmission, how could we have reached today? We should gratefully repay even one phrase or teaching—how much more the gift of the unsurpassed great teaching, the treasury of the true Dharma eye. In the tales, even a sick sparrow repaid rescue with rings connected to three high offices; even a distressed turtle repaid kindness through the seal of Yubuken. If animals repay kindness, how could humans remain unaware of it?

Repaying this kindness calls for no special method apart from daily practice. Everyday sustained practice is the proper response of gratitude: do not neglect each day’s life or use it solely for personal convenience.

Time passes faster than an arrow; life is more fragile than dew. What skill could retrieve a day already past? A hundred years spent idly are regrettable years and a lamentable body. Even after a century driven by pleasures of sound and form, practicing the Buddha’s way for one day enlivens that entire lifetime and, the text teaches, rescues another hundred years of rebirth as well. This single day’s life and body deserve honor and care. Love and respect your own body and mind engaged in practice. Through our practice, the Buddhas’ practice appears here and now and their great way becomes accessible. Thus one day’s practice is the seed of Buddhas and the Buddhas’ own practice.

The Buddhas spoken of here are Shakyamuni Buddha. Shakyamuni Buddha means ‘this very heart is Buddha’: there is no Buddha apart from this heart. Buddhas of past, present, and future necessarily become Shakyamuni Buddha when becoming Buddhas. This is ‘this very heart is Buddha.’ Investigate finely whose heart and what manner of being this means. That is precisely repaying the Buddha’s kindness.

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第一章 総序

生(しょう)を明(あきら)め死(し)を明(あき)らむるは仏(ぶっ)家(け)一(いち)大(だい)事(じ)の因(いん)縁(ねん)なり、生(しょう)死(じ)の中(なか)に仏(ほとけ)あれば生(しょう)死(じ)なし、但(ただ)生(しょう)死(じ)すなわち涅(ね)槃(はん)と心(こころ)得(え)て、生(しょう)死(じ)として厭(いとう)べきもなく、涅(ね)槃(はん)として欣(ねご)うべきもなし、是(この)時(とき)初(はじ)めて生(しょう)死(じ)を離(はな)るる分(ぶん)あり唯(ただ)一(いち)大(だい)事(じ)因(いん)縁(ねん)と究(ぐう)尽(じん)すべし。

shouwo akirame shiwo akiramuruha bukke ichi dai jino in nennari, shou jino nakani hotokeareba shou jinashi, tada shou jisunawachi ne hanto kokoro ete, shou jitoshite itoubekimonaku, ne hantoshite negoubekimonashi, kono toki hajimete shou jiwo hanaruru bun'ari tada ichi dai ji in nento guu jinsubeshi.

人(にん)身(しん)得(う)ること難(がた)し、仏(ぶっ)法(ぽう)値(お)うこと希(ま)れなり、今(いま)我(われ)等(ら)宿(しゅく)善(ぜん)の助(たす)くるに依(よ)りて、已(すで)に受(う)け難(がた)き人(にん)身(しん)を受(う)けたるのみに非(あら)ず、遇(あ)い難(がた)き仏(ぶっ)法(ぽう)に値(あ)い奉(たてまつ)れり、生(しょう)死(じ)の中(なか)の善(ぜん)生(しょう)、最(さい)勝(しょう)の生(しょう)なるべし、最(さい)勝(しょう)の善(ぜん)身(しん)を徒(いたず)らにして露(ろ)命(めい)を無(む)常(じょう)の風(かぜ)に任(まか)すること勿(なか)れ。

nin shin urukoto gatashi, buppou oukoto marenari, ima ware ra shuku zenno tasukuruni yorite, sudeni uke gataki nin shinwo uketarunomini arazu, ai gataki buppouni ai tatematsureri, shou jino nakano zen shou, sai shouno shounarubeshi, sai shouno zen shinwo itazuranishite ro meiwo mu jouno kazeni makasurukoto nakare.

無(む)常(じょう)憑(たの)み難(がた)し、知(し)らず露(ろ)命(めい)いかなる道(みち)の草(くさ)にか落(お)ちん、身(み)已(すで)に私(わたくし)に非(あら)ず、命(いのち)は光(こう)陰(いん)に移(うつ)されて暫(しばらく)も停(とど)め難(がた)し、紅(こう)顔(がん)いずくへか去(さ)りにし、尋(たず)ねんとするに蹤(しょう)跡(せき)なし。熟(つらつら)観(かん)ずる所(ところ)に往(おう)事(じ)の再(ふたた)び逢(お)うべからざる多(おお)し、無(む)常(じょう)忽(たちま)ちにいたるときは国(こく)王(おう)大(だい)臣(じん)親(しん)昵(じつ)従(じゅう)僕(ぼく)妻(さい)子(し)珍(ちん)宝(ほう)たすくる無(な)し、唯(ただ)独(ひとり)黄(こう)泉(せん)に趣(おもむ)くのみなり、己(おのれ)に随(したが)い行(ゆ)くは只(ただ)是(これ)善(ぜん)悪(あく)業(ごう)等(とう)のみなり。

mu jou tanomi gatashi, shirazu ro meiikanaru michino kusanika ochin, mi sudeni watakushini arazu, inochiha kou inni utsusarete shibarakumo todome gatashi, kou gan'izukuheka sarinishi, tazunentosuruni shou sekinashi. tsuratsura kanzuru tokoroni ou jino futatabi oubekarazaru ooshi, mu jou tachimachiniitarutokiha koku ou dai jin shin jitsu juu boku sai shi chin houtasukuru nashi, tada hitori kou senni omomukunominari, onoreni shitagai yukuha tada kore zen aku gou tounominari.

今(いま)の世(よ)に因(いん)果(が)を知(し)らず、業(ごっ)報(ぽう)を明(あき)らめず、三(さん)世(ぜ)を知(し)らず善(ぜん)悪(あく)を弁(わき)まえざる邪(じゃ)見(けん)の党(とも)侶(がら)には群(ぐん)すべからず、大(おお)凡(よそ)因(いん)果(が)の道(どう)理(り)歴(れき)然(ねん)として私(わたくし)なし、造(ぞう)悪(あく)の者(もの)は堕(お)ち、修(しゅ)善(ぜん)の者(もの)は陞(のぼ)る、毫(ごう)釐(り)もたがわざるなり、若(も)し因(いん)果(が)亡(ぼう)じて虚(むな)しからんが如(ごと)きは、諸(しょ)仏(ぶつ)の出(しゅっ)世(せ)あるべからず、祖(そ)師(し)の西(せい)来(らい)あるべからず。

imano yoni in gawo shirazu, goppouwo akiramezu, san zewo shirazu zen akuwo wakimaezaru ja kenno tomo garaniha gunsubekarazu, oo yoso in gano dou ri reki nentoshite watakushinashi, zou akuno monoha ochi, shu zenno monoha noboru, gou rimotagawazarunari, moshi in ga boujite munashikaranga gotokiha, sho butsuno shussearubekarazu, so shino sei raiarubekarazu.

善(ぜん)悪(あく)の報(ほう)に三(さん)時(じ)あり、一(ひとつ)者(には)順(じゅん)現(げん)報(ほう)受(じゅ)、二(ふたつ)者(には)順(じゅん)次(じ)生(しょう)受(じゅ)、三(みつ)者(には)順(じゅん)後(ご)次(じ)受(じゅ)、これを三(さん)時(じ)という、仏(ぶっ)祖(そ)の道(どう)を修(しゅう)習(じゅう)するには、其(そ)の最(さい)初(しょ)よりこの三(さん)時(じ)の業(ごっ)報(ぽう)の理(り)を効(なら)い験(あき)らむるなり、爾(しか)あらざれば多(おお)く錯(あやま)りて邪(じゃ)見(けん)に堕(お)つるなり、但(ただ)邪(じゃ)見(けん)に堕(お)つるのみに非(あら)ず、悪(あく)道(どう)に堕(お)ちて長(ちょう)時(じ)の苦(く)を受(う)く。

zen akuno houni san jiari, hitotsu niha jun gen hou ju, futatsu niha jun ji shou ju, mitsu niha jun go ji ju, korewo san jitoiu, bussono douwo shuu juusuruniha, sono sai shoyorikono san jino goppouno riwo narai akiramurunari, shikaarazareba ooku ayamarite ja kenni otsurunari, tada ja kenni otsurunomini arazu, aku douni ochite chou jino kuwo uku.

当(まさ)に知(し)るべし今(こん)生(じょう)の我(わが)身(み)二(ふた)つ無(な)し、三(み)つ無(な)し、徒(いたず)らに邪(じゃ)見(けん)に堕(お)ちて虚(むな)しく悪(あく)業(ごう)を感(かん)得(とく)せん、惜(おし)からざらめや、悪(あく)を造(つく)りながら悪(あく)に非(あら)ずと思(おも)い、悪(あく)の報(ほう)あるべからずと邪(じゃ)思(し)惟(ゆい)するに依(よ)りて悪(あく)の報(ほう)を感(かん)得(とく)せざるには非(あら)ず。

masani shirubeshi kon jouno waga mi futatsu nashi, mitsu nashi, itazurani ja kenni ochite munashiku aku gouwo kan tokusen, oshikarazarameya, akuwo tsukurinagara akuni arazuto omoi, akuno houarubekarazuto ja shi yuisuruni yorite akuno houwo kan tokusezaruniha arazu.

第二章 懺悔滅罪

仏(ぶっ)祖(そ)憐(あわれ)みの余(あま)り広(こう)大(だい)の慈(じ)門(もん)を開(ひら)き置(お)けり、是(こ)れ一(いっ)切(さい)衆(しゅ)生(じょう)を証(しょう)入(にゅう)せしめんが為(ため)なり、人(にん)天(でん)誰(たれ)か入(い)らざらん、彼(か)の三(さん)時(じ)の悪(あく)業(ごっ)報(ぽう)必(かなら)ず感(かん)ずべしと雖(いえど)も、懺(さん)悔(げ)するが如(ごと)きは重(おも)きを転(てん)じて軽(きょう)受(じゅ)せしむ、又(また)滅(めつ)罪(ざい)清(しょう)浄(じょう)ならしむるなり。

busso awaremino amari kou daino ji monwo hiraki okeri, kore issai shu jouwo shou nyuuseshimenga tamenari, nin den tareka irazaran, kano san jino aku goppou kanarazu kanzubeshito iedomo, san gesuruga gotokiha omokiwo tenjite kyou juseshimu, mata metsu zai shou jounarashimurunari.

然(しか)あれば誠(じょう)心(しん)を専(もっぱ)らにして前(ぜん)仏(ぶつ)に懺(さん)悔(げ)すべし、恁(いん)麼(も)するとき前(ぜん)仏(ぶつ)懺(さん)悔(げ)の功(く)徳(どく)力(りき)我(われ)を拯(すく)いて清(しょう)浄(じょう)ならしむ、此(この)功(く)徳(どく)能(よ)く無(む)礙(げ)の浄(じょう)信(しん)精(しょう)進(じん)を生(しょう)長(ちょう)せしむるなり。浄(じょう)信(しん)一(いち)現(げん)するとき自(じ)佗(た)同(おな)じく転(てん)ぜられるなり、其(その)利(り)益(やく)普(あまね)く情(じょう)非(ひ)情(じょう)に蒙(こう)ぶらしむ。

shikaareba jou shinwo mopparanishite zen butsuni san gesubeshi, in mosurutoki zen butsu san geno ku doku riki warewo sukuite shou jounarashimu, kono ku doku yoku mu geno jou shin shou jinwo shou chouseshimurunari. jou shin ichi gensurutoki ji ta onajiku tenzerarerunari, sono ri yaku amaneku jou hi jouni kouburashimu.

其(その)大(だい)旨(し)は、願(ねが)わくは我(わ)れ設(たと)い過(か)去(こ)の悪(あく)業(ごう)多(おお)く重(かさ)なりて障(しょう)道(どう)の因(いん)縁(ねん)ありとも、仏(ぶつ)道(どう)に因(よ)りて得(とく)道(どう)せりし諸(しょ)仏(ぶつ)諸(しょ)祖(そ)我(われ)を愍(あわれ)みて業(ごう)累(るい)を解(げ)脱(だつ)せしめ、学(がく)道(どう)障(さわ)り無(な)からしめ、其(その)功(く)徳(どく)法(ほう)門(もん)普(あまね)く無(む)尽(じん)法(ほっ)界(かい)に充(じゅう)満(まん)弥(み)綸(りん)せらん、哀(あわれ)みを我(われ)に分(ぶん)布(ぷ)すべし、仏(ぶっ)祖(そ)の往(おう)昔(しゃく)は吾(われ)等(ら)なり、吾(われ)等(ら)が当(とう)来(らい)は仏(ぶっ)祖(そ)ならん。

sono dai shiha, negawakuha ware tatoi ka kono aku gou ooku kasanarite shou douno in nen'aritomo, butsu douni yorite toku douserishi sho butsu sho so warewo awaremite gou ruiwo ge datsuseshime, gaku dou sawari nakarashime, sono ku doku hou mon amaneku mu jin hokkaini juu man mi rinseran, awaremiwo wareni bun pusubeshi, bussono ou shakuha ware ranari, ware raga tou raiha bussonaran.

我(が)昔(しゃく)所(しょ)造(ぞう)諸(しょ)悪(あく)業(ごう)、皆(かい)由(ゆう)無(む)始(し)貪(とん)瞋(じん)癡(ち)、従(じゅう)身(しん)口(く)意(い)之(し)所(しょ)生(しょう)、一(いっ)切(さい)我(が)今(こん)皆(かい)懺(さん)悔(げ)、是(かく)の如(ごと)く懺(さん)悔(げ)すれば必(かなら)ず仏(ぶっ)祖(そ)の冥(みょう)助(じょ)あるなり、心念(しんねん)身儀(しんぎ)発露(ほつろ)白仏(びゃくぶつ)すべし、発(ほつ)露(ろ)の力(ちから)罪(ざい)根(こん)をして銷(しょう)殞(いん)せしむるなり。

ga shaku sho zou sho aku gou, kai yuu mu shi ton jin chi, juu shin ku i shi sho shou, issai ga kon kai san ge, kakuno gotoku san gesureba kanarazu bussono myou joarunari, shinnen shingi hotsuro byakubutsusubeshi, hotsu rono chikara zai konwoshite shou inseshimurunari.

第三章 受戒入位

次(つぎ)には深(ふか)く仏(ぶっ)法(ぽう)僧(そう)の三(さん)宝(ぼう)を敬(うやま)い奉(たてまつ)るべし、生(しょう)を易(か)え身(み)を易(か)えても三(さん)宝(ぼう)を供(く)養(よう)し敬(うやま)い奉(たてまつ)らんことを願(ねご)うべし、西(さい)天(てん)東(とう)土(ど)仏(ぶっ)祖(そ)正(しょう)伝(でん)する所(ところ)は恭(く)敬(ぎょう)仏(ぶっ)法(ぽう)僧(そう)なり。

tsuginiha fukaku buppou souno san bouwo uyamai tatematsurubeshi, shouwo kae miwo kaetemo san bouwo ku youshi uyamai tatematsurankotowo negoubeshi, sai ten tou do busso shou densuru tokoroha ku gyou buppou sounari.

若(も)し薄(はく)福(ふく)少(しょう)徳(とく)の衆(しゅ)生(じょう)は三(さん)宝(ぼう)の名(みょう)字(じ)猶(な)お聞(き)き奉(たてまつ)らざるなり、何(いか)に況(いわん)や帰(き)依(え)し奉(たてまつ)ることを得(え)んや、徒(いたず)らに所(しょ)逼(ひつ)を怖(おそ)れて山(さん)神(じん)鬼(き)神(じん)等(とう)に帰(き)依(え)し、或(あるい)は外(げ)道(どう)の制(せい)多(た)に帰(き)依(え)すること勿(なか)れ、彼(かれ)は其(その)帰(き)依(え)に因(よ)りて衆(しゅ)苦(く)を解(げ)脱(だつ)すること無(な)し、早(はや)く仏(ぶっ)法(ぽう)僧(そう)の三(さん)宝(ぼう)に帰(き)依(え)し奉(たてまつ)りて、衆(しゅ)苦(く)を解(げ)脱(だつ)するのみに非(あら)ず菩(ぼ)提(だい)を成(じょう)就(じゅう)すべし。

moshi haku fuku shou tokuno shu jouha san bouno myou ji nao kiki tatematsurazarunari, ikani iwan'ya ki eshi tatematsurukotowo en'ya, itazurani sho hitsuwo osorete san jin ki jin touni ki eshi, aruiha ge douno sei tani ki esurukoto nakare, kareha sono ki eni yorite shu kuwo ge datsusurukoto nashi, hayaku buppou souno san bouni ki eshi tatematsurite, shu kuwo ge datsusurunomini arazu bo daiwo jou juusubeshi.

其(その)帰(き)依(え)三(さん)宝(ぼう)とは正(まさ)に浄(じょう)信(しん)を専(もっぱ)らにして、或(あるい)は如(にょ)来(らい)現(げん)在(ざい)世(せ)にもあれ、或(あるい)は如(にょ)来(らい)滅(めつ)後(ご)にもあれ、合(がっ)掌(しょう)し低(てい)頭(ず)して口(くち)に唱(とな)えて云(いわ)く、南(な)無(む)帰(き)依(え)仏(ぶつ)、南(な)無(む)帰(き)依(え)法(ほう)、南(な)無(む)帰(き)依(え)僧(そう)、仏(ほとけ)は是(こ)れ大(だい)師(し)なるが故(ゆえ)に帰(き)依(え)す、法(ほう)は良(りょう)薬(やく)なるが故(ゆえ)に帰(き)依(え)す、僧(そう)は勝(しょう)友(ゆう)なるが故(ゆえ)に帰(き)依(え)す、仏(ぶつ)弟(で)子(し)となること必(かなら)ず三(さん)帰(き)に依(よ)る、何(いず)れの戒(かい)を受(う)くるも必(かなら)ず三(さん)帰(き)を受(う)けて其(その)後(のち)諸(しょ)戒(かい)を受(う)くるなり、然(しか)あれば則(すなわ)ち三(さん)帰(き)に依(よ)りて得(とっ)戒(かい)あるなり。

sono ki e san boutoha masani jou shinwo mopparanishite, aruiha nyo rai gen zai senimoare, aruiha nyo rai metsu gonimoare, gasshoushi tei zushite kuchini tonaete iwaku, na mu ki e butsu, na mu ki e hou, na mu ki e sou, hotokeha kore dai shinaruga yueni ki esu, houha ryou yakunaruga yueni ki esu, souha shou yuunaruga yueni ki esu, butsu de shitonarukoto kanarazu san kini yoru, izureno kaiwo ukurumo kanarazu san kiwo ukete sono nochi sho kaiwo ukurunari, shikaareba sunawachi san kini yorite tokkaiarunari.

此(こ)の帰(き)依(え)仏(ぶっ)法(ぽう)僧(そう)の功(く)徳(どく)、必(かなら)ず感(かん)応(のう)道(どう)交(こう)するとき成(じょう)就(じゅう)するなり、設(たと)い天(てん)上(じょう)人(にん)間(げん)地(じ)獄(ごく)鬼(き)畜(ちく)なりと雖(いえど)も、感(かん)応(のう)道(どう)交(こう)すれば必(かなら)ず帰(き)依(え)し奉(たてまつ)るなり、已(すで)に帰(き)依(え)し奉(たてまつ)るが如(ごと)きは生(しょう)生(しょう)世(せ)世(せ)在(ざい)在(ざい)処(しょ)処(しょ)に増(ぞう)長(ちょう)し、必(かなら)ず積(しゃっ)功(く)累(るい)徳(とく)し、阿(あ)耨(のく)多(た)羅(ら)三(さん)藐(みゃく)三(さん)菩(ぼ)提(だい)を成(じょう)就(じゅう)するなり、知(し)るべし三(さん)帰(き)の功(く)徳(どく)其(そ)れ最(さい)尊(そん)最(さい)上(じょう)甚(じん)深(じん)不(ふ)可(か)思(し)議(ぎ)なりということ、世(せ)尊(そん)已(すで)に証(しょう)明(みょう)しまします、衆(しゅ)生(じょう)当(まさ)に信(しん)受(じゅ)すべし。

kono ki e buppou souno ku doku, kanarazu kan nou dou kousurutoki jou juusurunari, tatoi ten jou nin gen ji goku ki chikunarito iedomo, kan nou dou kousureba kanarazu ki eshi tatematsurunari, sudeni ki eshi tatematsuruga gotokiha shou shou se se zai zai sho shoni zou choushi, kanarazu shakku rui tokushi, a noku ta ra san myaku san bo daiwo jou juusurunari, shirubeshi san kino ku doku sore sai son sai jou jin jin fu ka shi ginaritoiukoto, se son sudeni shou myoushimashimasu, shu jou masani shin jusubeshi.

次(つぎ)には応(まさ)に三(さん)聚(じゅ)浄(じょう)戒(かい)を受(う)け奉(たてまつ)るべし、第(だい)一(いち)摂(しょう)律(りつ)儀(ぎ)戒(かい)、第(だい)二(に)摂(しょう)善(ぜん)法(ぼう)戒(かい)、第(だい)三(さん)摂(しょう)衆(しゅ)生(じょう)戒(かい)なり、次(つぎ)には応(まさ)に十(じゅう)重(じゅう)禁(きん)戒(かい)を受(う)け奉(たてまつ)るべし、第(だい)一(いち)不(ふ)殺(せっ)生(しょう)戒(かい)、第(だい)二(に)不(ふ)偸(ちゅう)盗(とう)戒(かい)、第(だい)三(さん)不(ふ)邪(じゃ)婬(いん)戒(かい)、第(だい)四(し)不(ふ)妄(もう)語(ご)戒(かい)、第(だい)五(ご)不(ふ)酤(こ)酒(しゅ)戒(かい)、第(だい)六(ろく)不(ふ)説(せっ)過(か)戒(かい)、第(だい)七(しち)不(ふ)自(じ)讃(さん)毀(き)他(た)戒(かい)、第(だい)八(はち)不(ふ)慳(けん)法(ほう)財(ざい)戒(かい)、第(だい)九(く)不(ふ)瞋(しん)恚(に)戒(かい)、第(だい)十(じゅう)不(ふ)謗(ぼう)三(さん)宝(ぼう)戒(かい)なり、上(じょう)来(らい)三(さん)帰(き)、三(さん)聚(じゅ)浄(じょう)戒(かい)、十(じゅう)重(じゅう)禁(きん)戒(かい)、是(こ)れ諸(しょ)仏(ぶつ)の受(じゅ)持(じ)したまう所(ところ)なり。

tsuginiha masani san ju jou kaiwo uke tatematsurubeshi, dai ichi shou ritsu gi kai, dai ni shou zen bou kai, dai san shou shu jou kainari, tsuginiha masani juu juu kin kaiwo uke tatematsurubeshi, dai ichi fu sesshou kai, dai ni fu chuu tou kai, dai san fu ja in kai, dai shi fu mou go kai, dai go fu ko shu kai, dai roku fu sekka kai, dai shichi fu ji san ki ta kai, dai hachi fu ken hou zai kai, dai ku fu shin ni kai, dai juu fu bou san bou kainari, jou rai san ki, san ju jou kai, juu juu kin kai, kore sho butsuno ju jishitamau tokoronari.

受(じゅ)戒(かい)するが如(ごと)きは、三(さん)世(ぜ)の諸(しょ)仏(ぶつ)の所(しょ)証(しょう)なる阿(あ)耨(のく)多(た)羅(ら)三(さん)藐(みゃく)三(さん)菩(ぼ)提(だい)金(こん)剛(ごう)不(ふ)壊(え)の仏(ぶっ)果(か)を証(しょう)するなり、誰(たれ)の智(ち)人(にん)か欣(ごん)求(ぐ)せざらん、世(せ)尊(そん)明(あき)らかに一(いっ)切(さい)衆(しゅ)生(じょう)の為(ため)に示(しめ)しまします、衆(しゅ)生(じょう)仏(ぶっ)戒(かい)を受(う)くれば即(すなわ)ち諸(しょ)仏(ぶつ)の位(くらい)に入(い)る、位(くらい)大(だい)覚(がく)に同(おな)うし已(お)る、真(まこと)に是(こ)れ諸(しょ)仏(ぶつ)の子(みこ)なりと。

ju kaisuruga gotokiha, san zeno sho butsuno sho shounaru a noku ta ra san myaku san bo dai kon gou fu eno bukkawo shousurunari, tareno chi ninka gon gusezaran, se son akirakani issai shu jouno tameni shimeshimashimasu, shu jou bukkaiwo ukureba sunawachi sho butsuno kuraini iru, kurai dai gakuni onaushi oru, makotoni kore sho butsuno mikonarito.

諸(しょ)仏(ぶつ)の常(つね)に此(この)中(なか)に住(じゅう)持(じ)たる、各(かく)各(かく)の方(ほう)面(めん)に知(ち)覚(かく)を遺(のこ)さず、群(ぐん)生(じょう)の長(とこし)えに此(この)中(なか)に使(し)用(よう)する、各(かく)各(かく)の知(ち)覚(かく)に方(ほう)面(めん)露(あらわ)れず、是(この)時(とき)十(じっ)方(ぽう)法(ほっ)界(かい)の土(と)地(ち)草(そう)木(もく)牆(しょう)壁(へき)瓦(が)礫(りゃく)皆(みな)仏(ぶつ)事(じ)を作(な)すを以(もっ)て、其(その)起(おこ)す所(ところ)の風(ふう)水(すい)の利(り)益(やく)に預(あずか)る輩(ともがら)、皆(みな)甚(じん)妙(みょう)不(ふ)可(か)思(し)議(ぎ)の仏(ぶっ)化(け)に冥(みょう)資(し)せられて親(ちか)き悟(さと)りを顕(あら)わす、是(これ)を無(む)為(い)の功(く)徳(どく)とす、是(これ)を無(む)作(さ)の功(く)徳(どく)とす、是(こ)れ発(ほつ)菩(ぼ)提(だい)心(しん)なり。

sho butsuno tsuneni kono nakani juu jitaru, kaku kakuno hou menni chi kakuwo nokosazu, gun jouno tokoshieni kono nakani shi yousuru, kaku kakuno chi kakuni hou men arawarezu, kono toki jippou hokkaino to chi sou moku shou heki ga ryaku mina butsu jiwo nasuwo motte, sono okosu tokorono fuu suino ri yakuni azukaru tomogara, mina jin myou fu ka shi gino bukkeni myou shiserarete chikaki satoriwo arawasu, korewo mu ino ku dokutosu, korewo mu sano ku dokutosu, kore hotsu bo dai shinnari.

第四章 発願利生

菩(ぼ)提(だい)心(しん)を発(おこ)すというは、己(おの)れ未(いま)だ度(わた)らざる前(さき)に一(いっ)切(さい)衆(しゅ)生(じょう)を度(わた)さんと発(ほつ)願(がん)し営(いとな)むなり、設(たと)い在(ざい)家(け)にもあれ、設(たと)い出(しゅっ)家(け)にもあれ、或(あるい)は天(てん)上(じょう)にもあれ、或(あるい)は人(にん)間(げん)にもあれ、苦(く)にありというとも楽(らく)にありというとも、早(はや)く自(じ)未(み)得(とく)度(ど)先(せん)度(ど)他(た)の心(こころ)を発(おこ)すべし。

bo dai shinwo okosutoiuha, onore imada watarazaru sakini issai shu jouwo watasanto hotsu ganshi itonamunari, tatoi zai kenimoare, tatoi shukkenimoare, aruiha ten jounimoare, aruiha nin gennimoare, kuniaritoiutomo rakuniaritoiutomo, hayaku ji mi toku do sen do tano kokorowo okosubeshi.

其(その)形(かたち)陋(いや)しというとも、此(この)心(こころ)を発(おこ)せば、已(すで)に一(いっ)切(さい)衆(しゅ)生(じょう)の導(どう)師(し)なり、設(たと)い七(しち)歳(さい)の女(にょ)流(りゅう)なりとも即(すなわ)ち四(し)衆(しゅ)の導(どう)師(し)なり、衆(しゅ)生(じょう)の慈(じ)父(ふ)なり、男(なん)女(にょ)を論(ろん)ずること勿(なか)れ、此(こ)れ仏(ぶつ)道(どう)極(ごく)妙(みょう)の法(ほう)則(そく)なり。

sono katachi iyashitoiutomo, kono kokorowo okoseba, sudeni issai shu jouno dou shinari, tatoi shichi saino nyo ryuunaritomo sunawachi shi shuno dou shinari, shu jouno ji funari, nan nyowo ronzurukoto nakare, kore butsu dou goku myouno hou sokunari.

若(も)し菩(ぼ)提(だい)心(しん)を発(おこ)して後(のち)、六(ろく)趣(しゅ)四(し)生(しょう)に輪(りん)転(でん)すと雖(いえど)も、其(その)輪(りん)転(でん)の因(いん)縁(ねん)皆(みな)菩(ぼ)提(だい)の行(ぎょう)願(がん)となるなり、然(しか)あれば従(じゅう)来(らい)の光(こう)陰(いん)は設(たと)い空(むな)しく過(す)ごすというとも、今(こん)生(じょう)の未(いま)だ過(す)ぎざる際(あい)だに急(いそ)ぎて発(ほつ)願(がん)すべし、設(たと)い仏(ほとけ)に成(な)るべき功(く)徳(どく)熟(じゅく)して円(えん)満(まん)すべしというとも、尚(な)お廻(めぐ)らして衆(しゅ)生(じょう)の成(じょう)仏(ぶつ)得(とく)道(どう)に回(え)向(こう)するなり、或(あるい)は無(む)量(りょう)劫(ごう)行(おこな)いて衆(しゅ)生(じょう)を先(さき)に度(わた)して自(みず)からは終(つい)に仏(ほとけ)に成(な)らず、但(ただ)し衆(しゅ)生(じょう)を度(わた)し衆(しゅ)生(じょう)を利(り)益(やく)するもあり。

moshi bo dai shinwo okoshite nochi, roku shu shi shouni rin densuto iedomo, sono rin denno in nen mina bo daino gyou gantonarunari, shikaareba juu raino kou inha tatoi munashiku sugosutoiutomo, kon jouno imada sugizaru aidani isogite hotsu gansubeshi, tatoi hotokeni narubeki ku doku jukushite en mansubeshitoiutomo, nao megurashite shu jouno jou butsu toku douni e kousurunari, aruiha mu ryou gou okonaite shu jouwo sakini watashite mizukaraha tsuini hotokeni narazu, tadashi shu jouwo watashi shu jouwo ri yakusurumoari.

衆(しゅ)生(じょう)を利(り)益(やく)すというは四(し)枚(まい)の般(はん)若(にゃ)あり、一(ひとつ)者(には)布(ふ)施(せ)、二(ふたつ)者(には)愛(あい)語(ご)、三(みつ)者(には)利(り)行(ぎょう)、四(よつ)者(には)同(どう)事(じ)、是(こ)れ即(すなわ)ち薩(さっ)埵(た)の行(ぎょう)願(がん)なり、其(その)布(ふ)施(せ)というは貪(むさぼ)らざるなり、我(わが)物(もの)に非(あら)ざれども布(ふ)施(せ)を障(さ)えざる道(どう)理(り)あり、其(その)物(もの)の軽(かろ)きを嫌(きら)わず、其(その)功(こう)の実(じつ)なるべきなり、然(しか)あれば即(すなわ)ち一(いっ)句(く)一(いち)偈(げ)の法(ほう)をも布(ふ)施(せ)すべし、此(し)生(しょう)佗(た)生(しょう)の善(ぜん)種(しゅ)となる、一(いっ)銭(せん)一(いっ)草(そう)の財(たから)をも布(ふ)施(せ)すべし、此(し)世(せ)佗(た)世(せ)の善(ぜん)根(こん)を兆(きざ)す、法(ほう)も財(たから)なるべし、財(たから)も法(ほう)なるべし、但(ただ)彼(かれ)が報(ほう)謝(しゃ)を貪(むさぼ)らず、自(みず)からが力(ちから)を頒(わか)つなり、舟(ふね)を置(お)き橋(はし)を渡(わた)すも布(ふ)施(せ)の檀(だん)度(ど)なり、治(ち)生(しょう)産(さん)業(ぎょう)固(もと)より布(ふ)施(せ)に非(あら)ざること無(な)し。

shu jouwo ri yakusutoiuha shi maino han nyaari, hitotsu niha fu se, futatsu niha ai go, mitsu niha ri gyou, yotsu niha dou ji, kore sunawachi sattano gyou gannari, sono fu setoiuha musaborazarunari, waga mononi arazaredomo fu sewo saezaru dou riari, sono monono karokiwo kirawazu, sono kouno jitsunarubekinari, shikaareba sunawachi ikku ichi geno houwomo fu sesubeshi, shi shou ta shouno zen shutonaru, issen issouno takarawomo fu sesubeshi, shi se ta seno zen konwo kizasu, houmo takaranarubeshi, takaramo hounarubeshi, tada karega hou shawo musaborazu, mizukaraga chikarawo wakatsunari, funewo oki hashiwo watasumo fu seno dan donari, chi shou san gyou motoyori fu seni arazarukoto nashi.

愛(あい)語(ご)というは、衆(しゅ)生(じょう)を見(み)るに、先(ま)ず慈(じ)愛(あい)の心(こころ)を発(おこ)し、顧(こ)愛(あい)の言(ごん)語(ご)を施(ほどこ)すなり、慈(じ)念(ねん)衆(しゅ)生(じょう)猶(ゆう)如(にょ)赤(しゃく)子(し)の懐(おも)いを貯(たくわ)えて言(ごん)語(ご)するは愛(あい)語(ご)なり、徳(とく)あるは讃(ほ)むべし、徳(とく)なきは憐(あわ)れむべし、怨(おん)敵(てき)を降(ごう)伏(ぶく)し、君(くん)子(し)を和(わ)睦(ぼく)ならしむること愛(あい)語(ご)を根(こん)本(ぽん)とするなり、面(むか)いて愛(あい)語(ご)を聞(き)くは面(おもて)を喜(よろこ)ばしめ、心(こころ)を楽(たの)しくす、面(むか)わずして愛(あい)語(ご)を聞(き)くは肝(きも)に銘(めい)じ魂(たましい)に銘(めい)ず、愛(あい)語(ご)能(よ)く廻(かい)天(てん)の力(ちから)あることを学(がく)すべきなり。

ai gotoiuha, shu jouwo miruni, mazu ji aino kokorowo okoshi, ko aino gon gowo hodokosunari, ji nen shu jou yuu nyo shaku shino omoiwo takuwaete gon gosuruha ai gonari, tokuaruha homubeshi, tokunakiha awaremubeshi, on tekiwo gou bukushi, kun shiwo wa bokunarashimurukoto ai gowo kon pontosurunari, mukaite ai gowo kikuha omotewo yorokobashime, kokorowo tanoshikusu, mukawazushite ai gowo kikuha kimoni meiji tamashiini meizu, ai go yoku kai tenno chikaraarukotowo gakusubekinari.

利(り)行(ぎょう)というは貴(き)賤(せん)の衆(しゅ)生(じょう)に於(お)きて利(り)益(やく)の善(ぜん)巧(ぎょう)を廻(めぐ)らすなり、窮(きゅう)亀(き)を見(み)、病(びょう)雀(じゃく)を見(み)し時(とき)、彼(かれ)が報(ほう)謝(しゃ)を求(もと)めず、唯(ただ)単(ひと)えに利(り)行(ぎょう)に催(もよ)おさるるなり、愚(ぐ)人(にん)謂(おも)わくは利(り)他(た)を先(さき)とせば自(みず)からが利(り)省(はぶ)かれぬべしと、爾(しか)には非(あら)ざるなり、利(り)行(ぎょう)は一(いっ)法(ぽう)なり、普(あまね)く自(じ)佗(た)を利(り)するなり。

ri gyoutoiuha ki senno shu jouni okite ri yakuno zen gyouwo megurasunari, kyuu kiwo mi, byou jakuwo mishi toki, karega hou shawo motomezu, tada hitoeni ri gyouni moyoosarurunari, gu nin omowakuha ri tawo sakitoseba mizukaraga ri habukarenubeshito, shikaniha arazarunari, ri gyouha ippounari, amaneku ji tawo risurunari.

同(どう)事(じ)というは不(ふ)違(い)なり、自(じ)にも不(ふ)違(い)なり、佗(た)も不(ふ)違(い)なり、譬(たと)えば人(にん)間(げん)の如(にょ)来(らい)は人(にん)間(げん)に同(どう)ぜるが如(ごと)し、佗(た)をして自(じ)に同(どう)ぜしめて後(のち)に自(じ)をして佗(た)に同(どう)ぜしむる道(どう)理(り)あるべし、自(じ)佗(た)は時(とき)に随(したご)うて無(む)窮(きゅう)なり、海(うみ)の水(みず)を辞(じ)せざるは同(どう)事(じ)なり。是(この)故(ゆえ)に能(よ)く水(みず)聚(あつま)りて海(うみ)となるなり。

dou jitoiuha fu inari, jinimo fu inari, tamo fu inari, tatoeba nin genno nyo raiha nin genni douzeruga gotoshi, tawoshite jini douzeshimete nochini jiwoshite tani douzeshimuru dou riarubeshi, ji taha tokini shitagoute mu kyuunari, umino mizuwo jisezaruha dou jinari. kono yueni yoku mizu atsumarite umitonarunari.

大(おお)凡(よそ)菩(ぼ)提(だい)心(しん)の行(ぎょう)願(がん)には是(かく)の如(ごと)くの道(どう)理(り)静(しず)かに思(し)惟(ゆい)すべし、卒(そつ)爾(じ)にすること勿(なか)れ、済(さい)度(ど)摂(しょう)受(じゅ)に一(いっ)切(さい)衆(しゅ)生(じょう)皆(みな)化(け)を被(こう)ぶらん功(く)徳(どく)を礼(らい)拝(はい)恭(く)敬(ぎょう)すべし。

oo yoso bo dai shinno gyou ganniha kakuno gotokuno dou ri shizukani shi yuisubeshi, sotsu jinisurukoto nakare, sai do shou juni issai shu jou mina kewo kouburan ku dokuwo rai hai ku gyousubeshi.

第五章 行持報恩

此(この)発(ほつ)菩(ぼ)提(だい)心(しん)、多(おお)くは南(なん)閻(えん)浮(ぶ)の人(にん)身(しん)に発(ほっ)心(しん)すべきなり、今(いま)是(かく)の如(ごと)くの因(いん)縁(ねん)あり、願(がん)生(しょう)此(し)娑(しゃ)婆(ば)国(こく)土(ど)し来(きた)れり、見(けん)釈(しゃ)迦(か)牟(む)尼(に)仏(ぶつ)を喜(よろこ)ばざらんや。

kono hotsu bo dai shin, ookuha nan en buno nin shinni hosshinsubekinari, ima kakuno gotokuno in nen'ari, gan shou shi sha ba koku doshi kitareri, ken sha ka mu ni butsuwo yorokobazaran'ya.

静(しず)かに憶(おも)うべし、正(しょう)法(ぼう)世(よ)に流(る)布(ふ)せざらん時(とき)は、身(しん)命(めい)を正(しょう)法(ぼう)の為(ため)に抛(ほう)捨(しゃ)せんことを願(ねご)うとも値(お)うべからず、正(しょう)法(ぼう)に逢(お)う今(こん)日(にち)の吾(われ)等(ら)を願(ねご)うべし、見(み)ずや、仏(ほとけ)の言(のたま)わく、無(む)上(じょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい)を演(えん)説(ぜつ)する師(し)に値(あ)わんには、種(しゅ)姓(しょう)を観(かん)ずること莫(なか)れ、容(よう)顔(がん)を見(み)ること莫(なか)れ、非(ひ)を嫌(きろ)うこと莫(なか)れ、行(おこない)を考(かんが)うること莫(なか)れ、但(ただ)般(はん)若(にゃ)を尊(そん)重(じゅう)するが故(ゆえ)に、日(にち)日(にち)三(さん)時(じ)に礼(らい)拝(はい)し、恭(く)敬(ぎょう)して、更(さら)に患(げん)悩(のう)の心(こころ)を生(しょう)ぜしむること莫(なか)れと。

shizukani omoubeshi, shou bou yoni ru fusezaran tokiha, shin meiwo shou bouno tameni hou shasenkotowo negoutomo oubekarazu, shou bouni ou kon nichino ware rawo negoubeshi, mizuya, hotokeno notamawaku, mu jou bo daiwo en zetsusuru shini awanniha, shu shouwo kanzurukoto nakare, you ganwo mirukoto nakare, hiwo kiroukoto nakare, okonaiwo kangaurukoto nakare, tada han nyawo son juusuruga yueni, nichi nichi san jini rai haishi, ku gyoushite, sarani gen nouno kokorowo shouzeshimurukoto nakareto.

今(いま)の見(けん)仏(ぶつ)聞(もん)法(ぼう)は仏(ぶっ)祖(そ)面(めん)面(めん)の行(ぎょう)持(じ)より来(きた)れる慈(じ)恩(おん)なり、仏(ぶっ)祖(そ)若(も)し単(たん)伝(でん)せずば、奈(いか)何(に)にしてか今(こん)日(にち)に至(いた)らん、一(いっ)句(く)の恩(おん)尚(な)お報(ほう)謝(しゃ)すべし、一(いっ)法(ぽう)の恩(おん)尚(な)お報(ほう)謝(しゃ)すべし、況(いわん)や正(しょう)法(ぼう)眼(げん)蔵(ぞう)無(む)上(じょう)大(だい)法(ほう)の大(だい)恩(おん)これを報(ほう)謝(しゃ)せざらんや、病(びょう)雀(じゃく)尚(な)お恩(おん)を忘(わす)れず三(さん)府(ぷ)の環(かん)能(よ)く報(ほう)謝(しゃ)あり、窮(きゅう)亀(き)尚(な)お恩(おん)を忘(わす)れず、余(よ)不(ふ)の印(いん)能(よ)く報(ほう)謝(しゃ)あり、畜(ちく)類(るい)尚(な)お恩(おん)を報(ほう)ず、人(じん)類(るい)争(いかで)か恩(おん)を知(し)らざらん。

imano ken butsu mon bouha busso men menno gyou jiyori kitareru ji onnari, busso moshi tan densezuba, ika ninishiteka kon nichini itaran, ikkuno on nao hou shasubeshi, ippouno on nao hou shasubeshi, iwan'ya shou bou gen zou mu jou dai houno dai onkorewo hou shasezaran'ya, byou jaku nao onwo wasurezu san puno kan yoku hou shaari, kyuu ki nao onwo wasurezu, yo funo in yoku hou shaari, chiku rui nao onwo houzu, jin rui ikadeka onwo shirazaran.

其(その)報(ほう)謝(しゃ)は余(よ)外(げ)の法(ほう)は中(あた)るべからず、唯(ただ)当(まさ)に日(にち)日(にち)の行(ぎょう)持(じ)、其(その)報(ほう)謝(しゃ)の正(しょう)道(どう)なるべし、謂(いわ)ゆるの道(どう)理(り)は日(にち)日(にち)の生(せい)命(めい)を等(なお)閑(ざり)にせず、私(わたくし)に費(つい)さざらんと行(ぎょう)持(じ)するなり。

sono hou shaha yo geno houha atarubekarazu, tada masani nichi nichino gyou ji, sono hou shano shou dounarubeshi, iwayuruno dou riha nichi nichino sei meiwo nao zarinisezu, watakushini tsuisazaranto gyou jisurunari.

光(こう)陰(いん)は矢(や)よりも迅(すみ)やかなり、身(しん)命(めい)は露(つゆ)よりも脆(もろ)し、何(いず)れの善(ぜん)巧(ぎょう)方(ほう)便(べん)ありてか過(す)ぎにし一(いち)日(にち)を復(また)還(かえ)し得(え)たる、徒(いたず)らに百(ひゃく)歳(さい)生(い)けらんは恨(うら)むべき日(じつ)月(げつ)なり、悲(かなし)むべき形(けい)骸(がい)なり、設(たと)い百(ひゃく)歳(さい)の日(じつ)月(げつ)は声(しょう)色(しき)の奴(ぬ)婢(ひ)と馳(ち)走(そう)すとも、其(その)中(なか)一(いち)日(にち)の行(ぎょう)持(じ)を行(ぎょう)取(しゅ)せば一(いっ)生(しょう)の百(ひゃく)歳(さい)を行(ぎょう)取(しゅ)するのみに非(あら)ず、百(ひゃく)歳(さい)の他(た)生(しょう)をも度(ど)取(しゅ)すべきなり、此(この)一(いち)日(にち)の身(しん)命(めい)は尊(とうと)ぶべき身(しん)命(めい)なり、貴(とうと)ぶべき形(けい)骸(がい)なり、此(この)行(ぎょう)持(じ)あらん身(しん)心(じん)自(みず)からも愛(あい)すべし、自(みず)からも敬(うやも)うべし、我(われ)等(ら)が行(ぎょう)持(じ)に依(よ)りて諸(しょ)仏(ぶつ)の行(ぎょう)持(じ)見(げん)成(じょう)し、諸(しょ)仏(ぶつ)の大(だい)道(どう)通(つう)達(だつ)するなり。然(しか)あれば即(すなわ)ち一(いち)日(にち)の行(ぎょう)持(じ)是(こ)れ諸(しょ)仏(ぶつ)の種(しゅ)子(し)なり、諸(しょ)仏(ぶつ)の行(ぎょう)持(じ)なり。

kou inha yayorimo sumiyakanari, shin meiha tsuyuyorimo moroshi, izureno zen gyou hou ben'ariteka suginishi ichi nichiwo mata kaeshi etaru, itazurani hyaku sai ikeranha uramubeki jitsu getsunari, kanashimubeki kei gainari, tatoi hyaku saino jitsu getsuha shou shikino nu hito chi sousutomo, sono naka ichi nichino gyou jiwo gyou shuseba isshouno hyaku saiwo gyou shusurunomini arazu, hyaku saino ta shouwomo do shusubekinari, kono ichi nichino shin meiha toutobubeki shin meinari, toutobubeki kei gainari, kono gyou jiaran shin jin mizukaramo aisubeshi, mizukaramo uyamoubeshi, ware raga gyou jini yorite sho butsuno gyou ji gen joushi, sho butsuno dai dou tsuu datsusurunari. shikaareba sunawachi ichi nichino gyou ji kore sho butsuno shu shinari, sho butsuno gyou jinari.

謂(いわ)ゆる諸(しょ)仏(ぶつ)とは釈(しゃ)迦(か)牟(む)尼(に)仏(ぶつ)なり、釈(しゃ)迦(か)牟(む)尼(に)仏(ぶつ)是(こ)れ即(そく)心(しん)是(ぜ)仏(ぶつ)なり、過(か)去(こ)現(げん)在(ざい)未(み)来(らい)の諸(しょ)仏(ぶつ)、共(とも)に仏(ほとけ)と成(な)る時(とき)は必(かなら)ず釈(しゃ)迦(か)牟(む)尼(に)仏(ぶつ)と成(な)るなり、是(こ)れ即(そく)心(しん)是(ぜ)仏(ぶつ)なり、即(そく)心(しん)是(ぜ)仏(ぶつ)というは誰(たれ)というぞと審(しん)細(さい)に参(さん)究(きゅう)すべし、正(まさ)に仏(ぶつ)恩(おん)を報(ほう)ずるにてあらん。

iwayuru sho butsutoha sha ka mu ni butsunari, sha ka mu ni butsu kore soku shin ze butsunari, ka ko gen zai mi raino sho butsu, tomoni hotoketo naru tokiha kanarazu sha ka mu ni butsuto narunari, kore soku shin ze butsunari, soku shin ze butsutoiuha taretoiuzoto shin saini san kyuusubeshi, masani butsu onwo houzurunitearan.

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