Gongyo with English Translation

 

From The Heart of the Lotus Sutra by Daisaku Ikeda, based on the translation of sutras

by Burton Watson,published by World Tribune Press, (c) 2013 Soka Gakkai

 

Pronunciation practice link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOf3ZSBQQgU 

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From the 2^nd Chapter:

Myō hō ren ge kyō. Hōben-pon. Dai ni. Niji seson. Jū sanmai. Anjō ni ki. Gō shari-hotsu. Sho-but chi-e. Jinjin muryō. Go chi-e mon. Nange nannyū. Issai shōmon. Hyaku-shi-butsu. Sho fu nō chi.

Sho-i sha ga. Butsu zō shingon. Hyaku sen man noku. Mushu sho butsu. Jin gyō sho-butsu. Muryō dōhō. Yūmyō shōjin. Myōshō fu mon. Jōju jinjin. Mi-zō-u hō. Zui gi sho setsu. Ishu nange.

 

Shari-hotsu. Go jū jo-butsu irai. Shuju innen. Shuju hiyu. Kō en gonkyō. Mu shu hōben. Indō shujō. Ryō ri sho jaku.

Sho-i sha ga. Nyorai hōben. Chi-ken hara-mitsu. Kai i gu-soku.

Shari-hotsu.  Nyorai chi-ken. Kōdai jinnon. Muryō muge. Riki. Mu-sho-i. Zenjō. Gedas. Sanmai. Jin nyū musai. Jōju issai. Mi-zō-u hō.

Shari-hotsu.  Nyorai nō. Shuju fun-butsu. Gyō ses sho hō. Gon-ji nyūnan. Ekka shushin. Shari-hotsu. Shu yō gon shi. Muryō muhen. Mi-zō-u hō. Bus shitsu jōju.

Shi shari-hotsu. Fu shu bu setsu. Sho-i sha ga. Bus sho jōju. Dai ichi ke-u. Nange shi hō.

Yui butsu yo butsu. Nai nō kujin. Shohō jissō.

Repeat 3 times ➔ Sho-i shohō. Nyo ze sō. Nyo ze shō. Nyo ze tai. Nyo ze riki. Nyo ze sa. Nyo ze in. Nyo ze en. Nyo ze ka. Nyo ze ho. Nyo ze honmak kukyo tō.

 From the 16^th Chapter:

Myō hō ren ge kyō. Nyorai ju-ryō-hon. Dai jū-roku.

(Dai ju-roku means “Chapter 16.”)

Ji ga toku bur rai. Sho kyō sho kosshu. Muryō hyaku sen man. Oku sai asōgi. Jō seppō kyōke. Mushu oku shujō. Ryō nyū o butsu-dō. Nirai muryō kō.

I do shujō ko. Hōben gen nehan. Ni jitsu fu metsu-do. Jō jū shi seppō. Ga jō jū o shi. I sho jin-zū-riki. Ryō tendō shujō. Sui gon ni fu ken. 

Shu ken ga metsu-do. Kō kuyo shari. Gen kai e renbo. Ni shō katsu-gō shin. Shujō ki shin-buku. Shichi-jiki i nyūnan. Isshin yok ken butsu. Fu ji shaku shinmyō. Ji ga gyū shusō. Ku shutsu ryōjusen.

Ga ji go shujō. Jō zai shi fu-metsu. I hō-ben-rik ko. Gen u metsu fu-metsu. Yo-koku u shujō. Kugyō shingyō sha. Ga bu o hi chū. I setsu mujō hō. Nyotō fu mon shi. Tan ni ga metsu-do. Ga ken sho shujō. Motsu-zai o kukai. Ko fu I gen shin. Ryō go shō katsu-gō. In go shin renbo. Nai shutsu i seppō.

Jin-zū-riki nyo ze. O asōgi kō. Jō zai ryōjusen. Gyū yo sho jūsho. Shujō ken kō jin. Dai ka sho shō ji. Ga shi do annon. Tennin jō juman. Onrin sho dō-kaku. Shuju hō shōgon. Hōju ta keka. Shujō sho yū-raku. Shoten gyaku tenku. Jō sas shu gi-gaku. U mandara ke. San butsu gyū daishu.

Ga jōdo fu ki. Ni shu ken shō jin. Ufu sho kunō. Nyo ze shitsu jūman. Ze sho zai shujō. I aku-gō innen. Ka asōgi kō. Fu mon sanbō myō.

Sho u shu ku-doku. Nyūwa shichi-jiki sha. Sokkai ken gashin. Zai shi ni seppō. Waku-ji i shi shu. Setsu butsu-ju muryo. Ku nai ken bussha. I setsu butsu nan chi.

Ga chi-riki nyo ze. Ekō shō muryō. Jumyō mushu kō. Ku shugō sho toku. Nyotō u chi sha. Motto shi shō gi. Tō dan ryō yō jin. Butsu-go jip puko. 

Nyo i zen hōben. I ji ō shi ko. Jitsu zai ni gon shi. Mu nō sek komō. Ga yaku i se bu. Ku sho kugen sha.

I bonbu tendō. Jitsu zai ni gon metsu. I jōken ga ko. Ni shō kyōshi shin. Hō-itsu jaku go-yaku. Da o aku-dō chū. Ga jō chi shujō. Gyō dō fu gyō dō. Zui ō sho ka do. I ses shuju hō.

Mai ji sa ze nen. I gar ryō shujō. Toku nyū mu-jō dō. Soku jōju busshin.

 

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Note: Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, the title of the Lotus Sutra, is known as Daimoku and regarded as the primary practice. Reciting the “Expedient Means” and “Life Span” chapters, or Gongyo, is regarded as the supplementary practice or supporting practice.

 

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