In the morning we do very little sutra chanting. After the first sitting we do a simple one called the Robe Chant:Dai zai geda puku
Mu so fuku den e
Hi bu nyo rai kyo
Ko do sho shu jo
Dai zai geda puku
Mu so fuku den e
Hi bu nyo rai kyo
Ko do sho shu jo
Great robe of liberation
Field far beyond form and emptiness
Wearing the Tathagata's teaching
Saving all beings
I enjoy doing the chants in Japanese but don't care for them in English. English doesn't seem lend itself to the chants; it seems a little contrived.
I don't have this memorized yet so I refer to the Kannon Do's Chant Book, reciting from it.
If anyone knows where I can find this written in Japanese (kanji) characters, please let me know.
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Hi Eric too late perhaps but here you are.
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