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　　(I give praise to Samantabhadra Bodhisattva)

　　NA MYO P”U HSIEN P”U SA

　　ALL - FACING EAST

　　(I give praise to Ten Directions Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas)

　　NA MYO SHIH FANG P”U SA MA HA SA

　　ALL - FACING WEST

　　(I give praise to Ten Directions Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas)

　　NA MYO SHIH FANG P”U SA MA HA SA

　　Now all turn to face the Altar and perform WEN-HSUN Bow

　　HONOR TO WEI TO

　　ALL

　　Give Praise to the Fragrant Cloud Covered Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas!

　　Give Praise to the Fragrant Cloud Covered Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas!

　　Give Praise to the Fragrant Cloud Covered Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas!

　　On the first and fifteenth the following is also added:

　　ALL

　　Give Praise to the Protector of the Dharma Wei T”o, the Honored Heavenly Bodhisattva!

　　Give Praise to the Protector of the Dharma Wei T”o, the Honored Heavenly Bodhisattva!

　　Give Praise to the Protector of the Dharma Wei T”o, the Honored Heavenly Bodhisattva!

　　Now the everyday text continues:

　　Give Praise to the Buddha!

　　Give Praise to the Dharma!

　　Give Praise to the Sangha!

　　Give Praise to the Beautiful One! The Great Devi!

　　She who is completely fulfilled and whose activities can be seen everywhere like mountain peaks! Who arrives at Great Temples everywhere and banishes the Great Black Devi! Protector, the surpassing protector whose wishes are accomplished everywhere!. Wondrous Guardian and Ancient Destroyer of the Enemies of the Dharma! Greatly Devoted and Greatly Benevolent One Who Guards Against those who would violate the Sangha or Monasteries everywhere by the use of Her Surpassing Supernatural Powers:

　　The above praises are repeated three times

　　Praising Wei T”o

　　This is done daily

　　Now, if an image of Wei T”o is present, all turn toward it and say:

　　If there is no Wei T”o image, the Eastern and Western Ranks turn to face each other at this time)

　　ALL

　　Give Praise to Wei T”o, the Heavenly Commander! The Transformation Bodied Bodhisattva that is the Great and Profound Protector and Defender of our Religious Vows: the Precious Hammer that holds back the Armies of Mara! His merits are difficult to equal and He aids the people in their devotion and prayers!

　　Give Praise to the Universally Seeing Bodhisattva-Mahasattva and to His Great Wisdom that Carries to the Other Shore!

　　The Three Prostrations

　　Now all turn to face the Altar and with the rhythm of the Hand Ch”ing begin three full prostrations. The prostrations are followed by the WEN-HSUN bow.

　　The Eastern and Western Ranks now turn to face each other, before raising their hands to the ”position of salutation” at the chest. Then the hands are gracefully lowered to the sides. The participants quietly and decorously file out of the hall. However of the first and fifteenth day, the following is substituted

　　The Precentor strikes the Great Ch”ing three times before the assembly prostrates itself with him and recites:

　　ALL

　　I prostrate myself with my head at the feet of the Western Heavens, Eastern Lands Teacher of the Successive Generations of Patriarchs!

　　Rise up and bow again

　　I prostrate myself with my head at the feet of this World”s Vast Sect that expounds the many kinds of practices to ”Good and Learned Friends”!

　　Rise up and bow again

　　I prostrate myself with my head at the feet of everyone whose altar offering adheres to the precepts and to the ten teachers who continue to shave, save and favor us with their teaching!

　　All rise and stand as the Precentor concludes the service.

　　PRECENTOR

　　Today is the Buddhist Date Inserted here and certainly a pleasant day to gather together and universally worship those who have received our three bows!

　　All now give three bows and then a final WEN-HSUN bow before filing out of the Great Shrine Hall.

《[早课] Morning Recitations (late Ven· Shih Shen-Lung(Ryugen Fisher)》全文阅读结束。