淨土五會念佛略法事儀讚 1.44

1.44

Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma is inconceivable (Joy of the True Dharma).
When Śākyamuni Tathāgata was on the causal stage (Joy of the True Dharma),
his austerities through kalpas were inconceivable (Joy of the True Dharma).
Suddenly giving up body and wealth to seek the wondrous Dharma (Joy of the True Dharma),
only Buddha and Buddha can truly know it (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma is inconceivable (Joy of the True Dharma).
The Youth of the Snowy Mountains was Śākyamuni's cause (Joy of the True Dharma);
seeking half a verse, he cast away his golden body (Joy of the True Dharma).
Kalyāṇamitra seeking the Dharma gave both eyes (Joy of the True Dharma),
truly to relieve the poor people of his native land (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma is inconceivable (Joy of the True Dharma).
Maitrībala gave his body to the five yakṣas (Joy of the True Dharma);
King Dāna abandoned his kingdom, renouncing worldly glory (Joy of the True Dharma);
Śyāma cut his flesh to save his parents (Joy of the True Dharma);
giving away wife and child, he was named Sudāna (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma is inconceivable (Joy of the True Dharma).
Candraprabha made a vow to surrender a thousand heads (Joy of the True Dharma);
Sarvadāda had his bones struck without bearing sorrow (Joy of the True Dharma);
further becoming Śibi, he substituted for the dove's life (Joy of the True Dharma),
never intending to rest until realizing bodhi (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma is inconceivable (Joy of the True Dharma).
The Precious King cut his body to light a thousand lamps (Joy of the True Dharma);
Mahāsattva leaped from the cliff to feed the tigress (Joy of the True Dharma);
Cikitsā opened his chest to give away his five viscera (Joy of the True Dharma);
I ask you, sentient beings: how could you not know this? (Joy of the True Dharma)
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world.
The austerities of our Fundamental Teacher are truly difficult to relate (Joy of the True Dharma);
reflecting on them carefully, one cannot bear to ask (Joy of the True Dharma).
The deeds related just now (Joy of the True Dharma)
were each and every one the causes practiced by Śākyamuni (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world.
Giving and keeping precepts he thoroughly honed for long (Joy of the True Dharma);
forbearance and vigor never parted from meditation (Joy of the True Dharma).
Austerities diligently cultivated, his merits became complete (Joy of the True Dharma);
counting directly by kalpas, not by years (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
When Śākyamuni Tathāgata was on the causal stage (Joy of the True Dharma),
his austerities through many kalpas uniquely surpassed all peers (Joy of the True Dharma).
Each and every one cultivated supreme karma (Joy of the True Dharma),
realizing bodhi and transcending the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
The austerities of the Fundamental Teacher accorded with True Suchness (Joy of the True Dharma);
truly transmitted without falsity (Joy of the True Dharma).
Realizing the supreme fruit of bodhi (Joy of the True Dharma),
he manifested hundreds of millions of transformation bodies to deliver Jambudvīpa (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Descending from heaven into the royal palace (Joy of the True Dharma),
he entrusted his form to Māyā during her sleep and dreams (Joy of the True Dharma).
Reaching for the aśoka tree in the rear garden (Joy of the True Dharma),
from her right side his true countenance was born (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
At his first birth, he ranked as a wheel-turning king (Joy of the True Dharma);
shaking heaven and earth, he emitted bright light (Joy of the True Dharma).
To manifest Śākyamuni's nirmanakāya body (Joy of the True Dharma),
and universally lead all children to depart from impermanence (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Nine dragons spat water to bathe the divine babe (Joy of the True Dharma);
devas and humans received the infant under their arms with joy (Joy of the True Dharma).
He then took seven steps to the east and west (Joy of the True Dharma);
raising and lowering his feet, he trod upon lotus pedestals (Joy of the True Dharma).
Growing up, he leaped over the city wall and entered the Snowy Mountains (Joy of the True Dharma);
his austerities lasted for well over six years (Joy of the True Dharma).
Clothed in grass garments, subsisting on hemp and barley (Joy of the True Dharma),
he sat cross-legged, gathered his mindfulness, and entered meditation (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
His appearance was emaciated beyond conception (Joy of the True Dharma);
the cowherd maiden prostrated herself and offered milk-rice (Joy of the True Dharma).
Having eaten, he bathed himself in the river (Joy of the True Dharma);
Śakra lowered a tree branch from the sky (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Thereby attaining buddhahood, he emitted radiant light (Joy of the True Dharma);
what was spoken from his golden mouth transformed sentient beings (Joy of the True Dharma).
Widely expounding the subtle Dharma of the Three Vehicles (Joy of the True Dharma),
it circulated everywhere throughout the Sahā world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Attaining buddhahood for forty-nine years (Joy of the True Dharma),
in that country he walked and traveled across the Five Indies (Joy of the True Dharma).
He universally urged sentient beings diligently to practice buddha-mindfulness (Joy of the True Dharma),
and also taught keeping precepts and cultivating meditation (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Sentient beings came to treat the Buddha with slight regard (Joy of the True Dharma);
the Tathāgata perceived this and turned back to return (Joy of the True Dharma).
Manifesting impermanence, he returned to the reward land (Joy of the True Dharma);
sentient beings of Jambudvīpa had nothing left to rely on (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
One thousand years after his nirvāṇa (Joy of the True Dharma),
the teachings of the Dharma spread to this country (Joy of the True Dharma).
Sentient beings chanted, practiced, and studied them (Joy of the True Dharma);
some manifested the fruit of the path, and others were born in heaven (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Therefore know that if you wish to escape the cage of afflictions (Joy of the True Dharma),
you must practice every single tenet of the Fundamental Teacher (Joy of the True Dharma).
If one simply claims to become a Buddha without cultivation (Joy of the True Dharma),
look for yourself whether such principle holds true or not (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Leaving household life, first cut off greed and vexation (Joy of the True Dharma);
destroy the mountain of ignorance and ego (Joy of the True Dharma).
Without defilement or clinging to this Jambudvīpa (Joy of the True Dharma),
only then can one finally transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
The undefiled nature of wisdom is inherently constant (Joy of the True Dharma);
long immersed in ignorance, it is hidden by dust (Joy of the True Dharma).
When sentient beings create boundless sins (Joy of the True Dharma),
to seek buddhahood then is a completely mistaken expectation (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Ordinary people have inverted views and do not reflect (Joy of the True Dharma);
they do not know what they do or act (Joy of the True Dharma).
With their evil karma intact and unreduced (Joy of the True Dharma),
to say "I have attained buddhahood" is great folly (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
The Mahāyāna of non-thought speaks of the school of emptiness (Joy of the True Dharma);
it empties out ignorance, greed, and love (Joy of the True Dharma).
Sentient beings with inverted views mistake pure gold for brass (Joy of the True Dharma);
negating cause and effect, they deceive the cage of commoners (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Do not dislike plain words and harbor anger (Joy of the True Dharma);
examined carefully, it is all true (Joy of the True Dharma).
Having seen erroneous practice, I point it out to you (Joy of the True Dharma);
in the end, it comes from an intimate and earnest heart (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Just as when a great illness is to be eliminated (Joy of the True Dharma),
one undergoes moxibustion to eradicate its roots (Joy of the True Dharma).
If upon hearing the Dharma you can awaken yourself (Joy of the True Dharma),
you will surely be reborn in the Pure Land and realize the remainderless [nirvāṇa] (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Sentient beings, strive diligently to be mindful of Amitābha (Joy of the True Dharma);
in urgent necessity and swiftness, nothing surpasses this (Joy of the True Dharma).
Precisely because the West opens the nine grades (Joy of the True Dharma),
one brings one's sins and carries karmic obstacles to depart from the Sahā world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
When sentient beings follow the Buddha to the West (Joy of the True Dharma),
their past karma fine as dust will naturally perish (Joy of the True Dharma).
Directly empowered by the Tathāgata's vow-power (Joy of the True Dharma),
they hear the Dharma, awaken to the path, and realize the true and eternal (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
I universally announce to all disciples of the Buddha in the bodhimaṇḍa (Joy of the True Dharma):
each of you should arouse the bodhicitta (Joy of the True Dharma)!
You must follow and learn the True Dharma and true school (Joy of the True Dharma);
clearly see that non-Buddhists are incompetent for this (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
What is termed the True Dharma? (Joy of the True Dharma)
Which principle is the true school? (Joy of the True Dharma)
In the present day you must distinguish good from bad (Joy of the True Dharma);
scrutinize each and every thing, do not remain in confusion (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Keeping precepts and seated meditation are named the True Dharma (Joy of the True Dharma);
mindfulness of the Buddha to become a Buddha is the true school (Joy of the True Dharma).
Not accepting the Buddha's words is called non-Buddhist (Joy of the True Dharma);
negating cause and effect is viewing things as nihilistic emptiness (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
How are meditation and discipline the True Dharma? (Joy of the True Dharma)
The buddha-mindfulness samādhi is the true school (Joy of the True Dharma).
Seeing the nature and comprehending the mind is itself Buddha (Joy of the True Dharma);
how could such a principle fail to correspond? (Joy of the True Dharma)
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Reciting the Buddha's name, voice after voice, plants the Buddha-seed (Joy of the True Dharma);
seated meditation and keeping precepts employ genuine effort (Joy of the True Dharma).
If you do not cultivate and yet claim to be a Buddha (Joy of the True Dharma),
it is like a starving man merely holding back the wind with an empty mouth (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).