Sho I Sha Ga - Why is that? (because!)
Click to viewMyoho renge kyo - The wonderful Law of the Lotus Sutra
Ho ben pon dai ni: Skillful Ways
Ni Ji Se Son - There the World Honored One
Ju San Mai - Quietly came up
An Jo Ni Ki - From his samadhi
Go Shari Hotsu - And said to Shariputra:
Sho Bu' Chi E - The wisdom of the Buddhas
Jin Jin Mu Ryo - Is profound and cannot be measured
Go Chi E Mon - Its gate is hard to understand
Nange Nan Nyu - And difficult to enter.
Is Sai Sho Mon - No Shravaka-Disciple
Hyaku Shi Butsu - Or Self-taught buddha
Sho Fu No Chi - Can understand it.
Sho I Sha Ga - Why is that? (because!)
Butsu Zo Shin Gon -the [present] Buddhas attended on many
Hyaku Sen Man Noku - hundreds of thousands of billions
Mu Shu Sho Butsu - Of [past] Buddhas,
Jin Gyo Sho Butsu - And practiced the many teachings
Mu Ryo Do Ho - Of those Buddhas bravely and energetically
Yu Myo Sho Jin - To their far-flung fame till they attained
Myo Sho Fu Mon - The profound Law
Jo Ju Jin Jin - Which you've never heard before,
Mi Zo U Ho - And also because they are exposing
Zui Gi Sho Setsu - The Law according to the capacities
I Shu Nan Ge - Of all living beings a way that the intention is hard to understand
Shari Hotsu - Shariputra!
Go Ju Jo Butsu I Rai - Since I became Buddha, I also
Shu Ju In Nen - Have been stating various teachings
Shu Ju Hi Yu - With different stories of previous lives,
Ko En Gon Kuyo - Various parables, and various similes.
Mu Shu Ho Ben - I have been leading all living beings
In Do Shu Jo - With countless expedients
Ryo Ri Sho Jaku - In order to save them from materialism,
Sho I Sha Ga - Because I have the power
Nyo Rai Ho Ben - To employ skills,
Chi Ken Hara Mitsu - And the power to perform
Kai I Gu Soku - The Paramita (reached goal of wisdom) of insight
Shari Hotsu - Shariputra!
Nyo Rai Chi Ken -The insight of the Tathagatas
Ko Dai Jin Non - Is wide and deep.
Mu Ryo Mu Ge - They have all the [states of mind
Riki Mu Sho I - Towards] countless [living beings],
Zen Jo Ge Da's' San Mai - unchecked [intelligence], powers,
Jin Nyu Mu Sai - Fearlessness, dhyana-concentrations,
Jo Ju Is Sai - Liberations and samadhis. They entered
Mi Zo U Ho - Deep into no limits, and attained the Law which you've never heard before
Shari Hotsu - Shariputra!
Nyo Rai Nyo Shu Ju Fun Betsu -The Tathagatas divide the Law
Gyo Ses Sho Ho - Into various teachings, and state
Gon Ji Nyu Nan - Those teachings so gently and skillfully
Ek Ka Shu Shin - That living being are delighted.
Shari Hotsu - Shariputra!
Shu Yo Gon Shi - In short, the Buddhas attained
Mu Ryo Mu Hen - The countless teachings
Mi Zo U Ho - Which you've never heard before
Bus Shitsu Jo Ju - No more
Shi - Will I say
Shari Hotsu - Shariputra
Fu Shu Bu Setsu - Because the Law
Sho I Sha Ga - attained by the Buddhas
Bus Sho Jo Ju - Is the highest Truth.
Dai Ichi Ke U - Rare [to hear] and hard
Nan Ge Shi Ho -To understand.
Yui Butsu Yo Butsu - Only the Buddhas attained
Nai No Ku Jin - The highest Truth, that is
Sho Ho Jis So - The Reality of All Things
Sho I Sho Ho - In regards to:
Nyo Ze So - Their appearances (form? shape? size? ) as such,
Nyo Ze Sho - Thier natures (essence) as such,
Nyo Ze Tai - Their embodiments (present incarnation) as such,
Nyo Ze Riki - Their powers (potentiality also possibilities) as such,
Nyo Ze Sa - Their activities (function or role) as such,
Nyo Ze In - Their primary causes (obvious cause) as such,
Nyo Ze En - Their environmental causes (process) as such,
Nyo Ze Ka - Their effects (latent or hidden effect) as such,
Nyo Ze Ho - Their requital (final outcome or return) as such,
Nyo Ze Hon Ma' Ku Kyo To - And the combination of these [factors] as such (over and over again)