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ENMEI JUKKU KANNON GYO - Ten Verse Kanzeon Sutra
translated by San Francisco Zen Centre

KANZEON
Kanzeon!

NAMU BUTSU
I venerate the Buddha;

YO BUTSU U IN
With the Buddha I have my source,

YO BUTSU U EN
Buddha I have affinity -

BUP PO SO EN
affinity with Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha -

JO-RAKU GA JO
constancy, ease, the self, and purity.

CHO-NEN KANZEON
Mornings my thought is Kanzeon,

BO-NEN KANZEON
evenings my thought is Kanzeon,

NEN NEN JU-SHIN KI
thought after thought arises in mind,

NEN NEN FU RI SHIN
thought after thought is not separate from mind.