Buddhism as an Education

The path to Enlightenment



Namo Amitabha




I read the Flower Adornment Sutra and upon carefully reading the chapter about the Ten Grounds, I suddenly understood. It said that, “from the beginning to the end, the Ten Ground Bodhisattvas have always practiced mindfulness of the Buddha”. I then realized that the Bodhisattvas, from the first to the tenth ground and the level of equal enlightenment, all practiced the Buddha Name Chanting Method. And I also came to understand that “Chanting the Buddha’s name is the cause and attaining Buddhahood is the effect”. Many Bodhisattvas were not aware of this, which is why Buddha Shakyamuni explained it in this sutra. It was their firm belief in the above statement that led Great Wisdom Bodhisattva, Universal Worthy Bodhisattva and Sudhana to vow to be born into the Pure Land.      -- Ven.Master Chin Kung --



COMPLETE LITHURGY IN ENGLISH OF THE LINES OF THE GREAT MANTRA


01 I, WITH REVERENCE, TAKE REFUGE IN THE BUDDHA, THE DHARMA, AND THE SANGHA.

02 I TAKE REFUGE AND RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT TO WISDOM

03 I WILL BRING THE LIGHT OF CONTEMPLATION TO BEAR UPON SUFFERING AND TRANQUILLITY IN THE WORLD

04 I WILL CROSS TO ENLIGHTENMENT WITH MINDFULNESS AND HUMILITY

05 I WILL SUCCEED WITH DILIGENT EFFORT, ENERGY, AND SELF RESPECT

06 I WILL SUCCEED GENERATING RESOLUTION AND A RESPECT FOR TRUE COMPASSION

07 SO BE IT

08 I CALL UPON THE BUDDHA, MASTERFUL HONOURED BY THE WISE

09 I CALL UPON THE DHARMA, THE BROTHERHOOD

10 WITH RESPECT I TAKE REFUGE WITHIN MY BUDDHA NATURE

11 MAY I TOUCH THE COMPASSION WITHIN MY BUDDHA NATURE

12 I TAKE REFUGE WITH THE QUALITIES OF COMPASSION WHICH ARE NOBLE, RESPECTFUL, AND WISE

13 I CALL UPON THE UNDEFILED AND UNATTACHED ILLUMINATION OF BENEVOLENT LOVE

14 I CALL UPON THE UNITY, PURE WORTHINESS, AND NOBLE JUDGEMENT OF GLADNESS

15 I CALL UPON NATURAL HUMILITY AND FREEDOM FROM IDENTITY DELUSION, THE DHARMA OF MY BUDDHA NATURE

16 AID ME ALL ENLIGHTENED ONES

17 HELP ME MY GOOD FRIEND

18 MAY BENEVOLENCE AND WISDOM ACCOMPANY COMPASSION

19 SO BE IT

20 MAY I WISELY PERCEIVE THE SUFFERING OF THE WORLD

21 MAY I WISELY PERCEIVE THE TRANQUILLITY OF THE WORLD

22 MAY SYMPATHETIC COMPASSION ACCOMPLISH FRUITFUL ACTIONS

23 I COMPLY WITH THE TEACHINGS ABOUT COMPASSION

24 MAY CORRECT, ENLIGHTENED, COURAGE OF MY BUDDHA NATURE DIRECT MY ACTIONS

25 MAY THIS COMPASSION BRING BENEFIT AND HAPPINESS TO ALL PEOPLE

26 MAY THERE BE PERSONAL GROWTH IN ACCORD WITH NATURAL WISDOM

27 WITH RELEASE FROM THE CAPTIVITY OF WORDS MAY THERE BE JOY AND HAPPINESS WITH FREEDOM FROM CARES AND ANXIETIES.

28 MAY ALL ACTIONS BE MERITORIOUS AND CORRECT

29 MAY THERE BE CLARITY AND CALMNESS IN CONCENTRATION

30 MAY THERE BE VICTORY AGAINST FALSE IDEAS AND SUPERSTITION

31 * MAY CLINGING TO THE WORLD OF THE SENSES CEASE AND SELF PITY IN ILLNESS AND SUFFERING FALL AWAY

32 MAY A CORRECT ATTITUDE PREVAIL WHILE THE INCORRECT FALLS AWAY AND MAY KARMIC OBSTACLES BE DESTROYED
MAY THERE BE ILLUMINATION BY INTROSPECTION

34 MAY THERE BE CORRECT INTENTIONS

35 MAY ACTIONS MEET WITH NO OBSTACLES

36 * MAY THERE BE LIBERATION FROM THE DELUSIONS OF HARDSHIP AND INAUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

37 USING THE DHARMA TEACHINGS MAY THE ACTIONS OF THE BUDDHA NATURE BECOME FULLY REALIZED

38 MAY THERE BE A STRONG ENERGETIC MIND WHICH LEADS TO WISDOM

39 MAY THE DHARMA BE TRANSMITTED WITH EASE

40 MAY THERE BE ENTHUSIASM, JOYFUL SPEECH AND JOYFUL SMILES

41 MAY THERE BE ENLIGHTENMENT IN THE TRANSMISSION OF THE MANTRA

42 MAY MY BUDDHA NATURE BE AS ONE WITH THE MANTRA

43 MAY DHARMA TRANSMISSION BE FREE FROM THOUGHTS

44 MAY GREAT PERSEVERANCE BE GENERATED

45 MAY GREAT EARNESTNESS BE GENERATED

46 * MAY THE LIFE FORCE RETURN

47 MAY THERE BE NO RETREAT FROM THE WAY
MAY PROGRESS ON THE PATH BE MAINTAINED

49 MAY THERE BE NO FEAR OR FEARLESSNESS

50 MAY THERE BE THE PROTECTION OF MINDFULNESS

51 * MAY GREED BE DESTROYED

52 MAY THE FELLOWSHIP OF LIKE MINDS BE ACCOMPLISHED

53 MAY MEMORY AND LEARNING BE FULLY NOURISHED

54 MAY THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BE PROTECTED BY MINDFUL COMPASSION

55 * MAY DELUSION FALL AWAY

56 MAY NO LIVING HUMAN CREATURE BE EXCLUDED FROM COMPASSION

57 MAY THERE BE A CURATIVE SEEING OF THE WORLD AND UNITY WITH ALL THINGS

58 * MAY ALL HATRED AND AVARICE BE CONQUERED

59 MAY THERE BE EQUANIMITY IN VICTORY

60 MAY THERE BE NO FEAR OF EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE

61 MAY CULTIVATION OF SEEING AND BENEVOLENCE BE WHOLE AND COMPLETE

62 I, WITH REVERENCE, TAKE REFUGE IN THE BUDDHA, THE DHARMA, AND THE SANGHA.

63 I TAKE REFUGE AND RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT TO WISDOM

64 BRING THE LIGHT OF CONTEMPLATION TO BEAR UPON SUFFERING AND TRANQUILLITY IN THE WORLD

65 SO BE IT

66 MY REALM IS SECURE

67 THE WAY WILL REMAIN UNDEFILED AND KNOWLEDGE NURTURED

68 ALL WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED ACCORDING TO MY BUDDHA NATURE
THUS ENDS THE TREATISE ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GREAT MANTRA

Life’s most awesome event is death, and death comes to all without regard to wealth, beauty, intelligence or fame. Death is inevitable, but how you die—terrified and confused, or with confidence and spiritual mastery—is within your control.