法華経・自我偈

1. Ji ga toku butsu rai. Sho kyō sho kot shu. Mu ryō hyaku sen man. Oku sai a sō gi.
2. Jō set pō kyō ke. Mu shu oku shu jō. Ryō nyū o butsu dō. Ni rai mu ryō kō.
3. I do shu jō ko. Hō ben gen ne han. Ni jitsu fu metsu do. Jō jū shi set pō.
4. Ga jō jū o shi. I sho jin zū riki. Ryō ten dō shu jō. Sui gon ni fu ken.
5. Shu ken ga metsu do. Kō ku yō sha ri. Gen kai e ren bo. Ni shō katsu gō shin.
6. Shu jō ki shin buku. Shichi jiki i nyū nan. It shin yoku ken butsu. Fu ji shaku shin myō.
7. Ji ga gyū shu sō. Ku shutsu ryō ju sen. Ga ji go shu jō.
8. Jō zai shi fu metsu. I hō ben rit ko. Gen u metsu fu metsu.
9. Yo koku u shu jō. Ku gyō shin gyō sha. Ga bu o hi chu. I setsu mu jō hō.
10. Nyo tō fu mon shi. Tan ni ga metsu do. Ga ken sho shu jō. Motsu zai o ku kai.
11. Ko fu i gen shin. Ryō go shō katsu gō. In go shin ren bo. Nai shutsu I set pō.
12. Jin zū riki nyo ze. O a sō gi kō. Jō zai ryō ju sen. Gyū yo sho jū sho.
13. Shu jō ken kō jin. Dai ka sho shō ji. Ga shi do an non. Ten nin jō jū man.
14. On rin sho dō kaku. Shu ju hō shō gon. Hō ju ta ke ka. Shu jō sho yū raku.
15. Sho ten gyaku ten ku. Jō sat shu gi gaku. U man da ra ke. San butsu gyū dai shu.
16. Ga jō do fu ki. Ni shu ken shō jin. U fu sho ku nō. Nyo ze shitsu jū man.
17. Ze sho zai shu jō. I aku gō in nen. Ka a sō gi kō. Fu mon san bō myō.
18. Sho u shu ku doku. Nyū wa shichi jiki sha. Sot kai ken ga shin. Zai shi ni set pō.
19. Waku ji i shi shu. Setsu butsu ju mu ryō. Ku nai ken butsu sha. I setsu butsu nan chi.
20. Ga chi riki nyo ze. E kō shō mu ryō. Ju myō mu shu kō. Ku shu gō sho toku.
21. Nyo tō u chi sha. Mot to shi shō gi. Tō dan ryō yō jin. Butsu go jit pu ko.
22. Nyo i zen hō ben. I ji ō shi ko. Jitsu zai ni gon shi. Mu nō set ko mō.
23. Ga yaku i se bu. Ku sho ku gen sha. I bon bu ten dō. Jitsu zai ni gon metsu.
24. I jō ken ga ko. Ni shō kyō shi shin. Hō itsu jaku go yoku. Da o aku dō chū.
25. Ga jō chi shu jō. Gyō dō fu gyō dō. Zui ō sho ka do. I setsu shu ju hō.
26. Mai ji sa ze nen. I ga ryō shu jō. Toku nyū mu jō dō. Soku jō ju but shin.

1. 自(じ)我(が)得(とく)仏(ぶつ)来(らい)　所(しょ)経(きょう)諸(しょ)劫(こっ)数(しゅ) 　無(む)量(りょう)百(ひゃく)千(せん)万(まん)　億(おく)載(さい)阿(あ)僧(そう)祇(ぎ)
2. 常(じょう)説(せつ)法(ぽう)教(きょう)化(け)　無(む)数(しゅ)億(おく)衆(しゅ)生(じょう) 　令(りょう)入(にゅう)於(お)仏(ぶつ)道(どう)　爾(に)来(らい)無(む)量(りょう)劫(こう)
3. 為(い)度(ど)衆(しゅ)生(じょう)故(こ)　方(ほう)便(べん)現(げん)涅(ね)槃(はん) 　而(に)実(じつ)不(ふ)滅(めつ)度(ど)　常(じょう)住(じゅう)此(し)説(せつ)法(ぽう)
4. 我(が)常(じょう)住(じゅう)於(お)此(し)　以(い)諸(しょ)神(じん)通(ずう)力(りき) 　令(りょう)顛(てん)倒(どう)衆(しゅ)生(じょう)　雖(すい)近(ごん)而(に)不(ふ)見(けん)
5. 衆(しゅ)見(けん)我(が)滅(めつ)度(ど)　広(こう)供(く)養(よう)舎(しゃ)利(り) 　咸(げん)皆(かい)懐(え)恋(れん)慕(ぼ)　而(に)生(しょう)渇(かつ)仰(ごう)心(しん)
6. 衆(しゅ)生(じょう)既(き)信(しん)伏(ぶく)　質(しち)直(じき)意(い)柔(にゅう)軟(なん) 　一(いっ)心(しん)欲(よっ)見(けん)仏(ぶつ)　不(ふ)自(じ)惜(しゃく)身(しん)命(みょう)
7. 時(じ)我(が)及(ぎゅう)衆(しゅ)僧(そう)　倶(く)出(しゅつ)霊(りょう)鷲(じゅ)山(せん) 　我(が)時(じ)語(ご)衆(しゅ)生(じょう)
8. 常(じょう)在(ざい)此(し)不(ふ)滅(めつ) 　以(い)方(ほう)便(べん)力(りっ)故(こ)　現(げん)有(う)滅(めつ)不(ふ)滅(めつ)
9. 余(よ)国(こく)有(う)衆(しゅ)生(じょう)　恭(く)敬(ぎょう)信(しん)楽(ぎょう)者(しゃ) 　我(が)復(ぶ)於(お)彼(ひ)中(ちゅう)　為(い)説(せつ)無(む)上(じょう)法(ほう)
10. 汝(にょ)等(とう)不(ふ)聞(もん)此(し)　但(たん)謂(に)我(が)滅(めつ)度(ど) 　我(が)見(けん)諸(しょ)衆(しゅ)生(じょう)　没(もつ)在(ざい)於(お)苦(く)海(かい)
11. 故(こ)不(ふ)為(い)現(げん)身(しん)　令(りょう)其(ご)生(しょう)渇(かつ)仰(ごう) 　因(いん)其(ご)心(しん)恋(れん)慕(ぼ)　乃(ない)出(しゅつ)為(い)説(せつ)法(ぽう)
12. 神(じん)通(ずう)力(りき)如(にょ)是(ぜ)　於(お)阿(あ)僧(そう)祇(ぎ)劫(こう) 　常(じょう)在(ざい)霊(りょう)鷲(じゅ)山(せん)　及(ぎゅう)余(よ)諸(しょ)住(じゅう)処(しょ)
13. 衆(しゅ)生(じょう)見(けん)劫(こう)尽(じん)　大(だい)火(か)所(しょ)焼(しょう)時(じ) 　我(が)此(し)土(ど)安(あん)穏(のん)　天(てん)人(にん)常(じょう)充(じゅう)満(まん)
14. 園(おん)林(りん)諸(しょ)堂(どう)閣(かく)　種(しゅ)種(じゅ)宝(ほう)荘(しょう)厳(ごん) 　宝(ほう)樹(じゅ)多(た)華(け)果(か)　衆(しゅ)生(じょう)所(しょ)遊(ゆう)楽(らく)
15. 諸(しょ)天(てん)撃(ぎゃく)天(てん)鼓(く)　常(じょう)作(さっ)衆(しゅ)伎(ぎ)楽(がく) 　雨(う)曼(まん)佗(だ)羅(ら)華(け)　散(さん)仏(ぶつ)及(ぎゅう)大(だい)衆(しゅ)
16. 我(が)浄(じょう)土(ど)不(ふ)毀(き)　而(に)衆(しゅ)見(けん)焼(しょう)尽(じん) 　憂(う)怖(ふ)諸(しょ)苦(く)悩(のう)　如(にょ)是(ぜ)悉(しつ)充(じゅう)満(まん)
17. 是(ぜ)諸(しょ)罪(ざい)衆(しゅ)生(じょう)　以(い)悪(あく)業(ごう)因(いん)縁(ねん) 　過(か)阿(あ)僧(そう)祇(ぎ)劫(こう)　不(ふ)聞(もん)三(さん)宝(ぼう)名(みょう)
18. 諸(しょ)有(う)修(しゅ)功(く)徳(どく)　柔(にゅう)和(わ)質(しち)直(じき)者(しゃ) 　則(そっ)皆(かい)見(けん)我(が)身(しん)　在(ざい)此(し)而(に)説(せつ)法(ぽう)
19. 或(わく)時(じ)為(い)此(し)衆(しゅ)　説(せつ)仏(ぶつ)寿(じゅ)無(む)量(りょう) 　久(く)乃(ない)見(けん)仏(ぶつ)者(しゃ)　為(い)説(せつ)仏(ぶつ)難(なん)値(ち)
20. 我(が)智(ち)力(りき)如(にょ)是(ぜ)　慧(え)光(こう)照(しょう)無(む)量(りょう) 　寿(じゅ)命(みょう)無(む)数(しゅ)劫(こう)　久(く)修(しゅ)業(ごう)所(しょ)得(とく)
21. 汝(にょ)等(とう)有(う)智(ち)者(しゃ)　勿(もっ)於(と)此(し)生(しょう)疑(ぎ) 　当(とう)断(だん)令(りょう)永(よう)尽(じん)　仏(ぶつ)語(ご)実(じつ)不(ぷ)虚(こ)
22. 如(にょ)医(い)善(ぜん)方(ほう)便(べん)　為(い)治(じ)狂(おう)子(し)故(こ) 　実(じつ)在(ざい)而(に)言(ごん)死(し)　無(む)能(のう)説(せつ)虚(こ)妄(もう)
23. 我(が)亦(やく)為(い)世(せ)父(ぶ)　救(く)諸(しょ)苦(く)患(げん)者(しゃ) 　為(い)凡(ぼん)夫(ぶ)顛(てん)倒(どう)　実(じつ)在(ざい)而(に)言(ごん)滅(めつ)
24. 以(い)常(じょう)見(けん)我(が)故(こ)　而(に)生(しょう)憍(きょう)恣(し)心(しん) 　放(ほう)逸(いつ)著(じゃく)五(ご)欲(よく)　堕(だ)於(お)悪(あく)道(どう)中(ちゅう)
25. 我(が)常(じょう)知(ち)衆(しゅ)生(じょう)　行(ぎょう)道(どう)不(ふ)行(ぎょう)道(どう) 　随(ずい)応(おう)所(しょ)可(か)度(ど)　為(い)説(せつ)種(しゅ)種(じゅ)法(ほう)
26. 毎(まい)自(じ)作(さ)是(ぜ)念(ねん)　以(い)何(が)令(りょう)衆(しゅ)生(じょう) 　得(とく)入(にゅう)無(む)上(じょう)道(どう)　速(そく)成(じょう)就(じゅ)仏(ぶつ)身(しん)

1. 自我得佛來　所經諸劫數　無量百千萬　億載阿僧祇
2. 常說法教化　無數億眾生　令入於佛道　爾來無量劫
3. 爲度眾生故　方便現涅槃　而實不滅度　常住此說法
4. 我常住於此　以諸神通力　令顛倒眾生　雖近而不見
5. 眾見我滅度　廣供養舍利　咸皆懷戀慕　而生渴仰心
6. 眾生既信伏　質直意柔軟　一心欲見佛　不自惜身命
7. 時我及眾僧　俱出靈鷲山　我時語眾生
8. 常在此不滅　以方便力故　現有滅不滅
9. 餘國有眾生　恭敬信樂者　我復於彼中　爲說無上法
10. 汝等不聞此　但謂我滅度　我見諸眾生　沒在於苦海
11. 故不爲現身　令其生渴仰　因其心戀慕　乃出爲說法
12. 神通力如是　於阿僧祇劫　常在靈鷲山　及餘諸住處
13. 眾生見劫盡　大火所燒時　我此土安隱　天人常充滿
14. 園林諸堂閣　種種寶莊嚴　寶樹多華果　眾生所遊樂
15. 諸天擊天鼓　常作眾伎樂　雨曼陀羅花　散佛及大眾
16. 我淨土不毀　而眾見燒盡　憂怖諸苦惱　如是悉充滿
17. 是諸罪眾生　以惡業因緣　過阿僧祇劫　不聞三寶名
18. 諸有修功德　柔和質直者　則皆見我身　在此而說法
19. 或時爲此眾　說佛壽無量　久乃見佛者　爲說佛難值
20. 我智力如是　慧光照無量　壽命無數劫　久修業所得
21. 汝等有智者　勿於此生疑　當斷令永盡　佛語實不虛
22. 如醫善方便　爲治狂子故　實在而言死　無能說虛妄
23. 我亦爲世父　救諸苦患者　爲凡夫顛倒　實在而言滅
24. 以常見我故　而生憍恣心　放逸著五欲　墮於惡道中
25. 我常知眾生　行道不行道　隨應所可度　爲說種種法
26. 每自作是念　以何令眾生　得入無上道　速成就佛身

1. 我、仏たるを得しより来、経たる所の諸劫数は無量百千万、億載阿僧祇なり。
2. 常に法を説き、無数億の衆生を教化し、仏道に入らしむ。爾来、無量劫なり。
3. 衆生を度す為の故に、方便もて涅槃を現はし、而も実は滅度せず。常に此に住し法を説くなり。
4. 我、常に此に住するも、諸もろの神通力を以て、顛倒せる衆生をして、近きと雖も而も見えざらしむ。
5. 衆は我、滅度せりと見、広く舎利を供養し、咸皆、恋慕を懐き、而して渇仰の心を生ず。
6. 衆生、既に信伏し、質直にして意も柔軟なり。一心に仏に見えんと欲し、自ら身命を惜しまず。
7. 時に我及び衆僧、倶に霊鷲山を出づ。我、時に衆生に語る。
8. 「常に此に在りて滅せず。方便の力を以ての故に、滅と不滅有るを現はす」
9. 余国に、衆生の恭敬信楽なる者有れば、 我は復た彼の中に於て、為に無上の法を説かん。
10. 汝等、此を聞かず。但、我は滅度せりと謂へり。我、諸もろの衆生を見るに、没して苦海に在り。
11. 故に為に身を現はわさず。其をして渇仰を生ぜしむ。其の心、恋慕するに因りて、乃ち出て為に法を説くなり。
12. 神通力、是の如し。阿僧祇劫に於て、常に霊鷲山、及び余の諸住処に在り。
13. 衆生の、劫尽きて大火の焼く所と見る時も、我が此の土は安穏なり。天人、常に充満す。
14. 園林と諸堂閣には種種の宝、荘厳なり。宝樹には華果多し。衆生の遊楽する所なり。
15. 諸天は天鼓を撃ち、常に衆の伎楽を作す。 曼佗羅華を雨ふらし、仏及び大衆に散ず。
16. 我が浄土は毀たれざるに、而も衆は、焼け尽き、憂怖と諸苦悩と、是の如く悉く充満すと見る。
17. 是の諸もろの罪ある衆生は、悪業の因縁を以て、阿僧祇劫を過ぐるも、三宝の名を聞かじ。
18. 諸有の、功徳を修め柔和にして質直なる者は、則ち皆、我が身の此に在りて法を説くを見ん。
19. 或時は此の衆の為に、仏の寿は無量なりと説く。久しくして乃ち仏を見る者には、為に仏は値ひ難しと説く。
20. 我が智力は是の如し。慧光の照らすこと無量、寿命の無数劫なるは、久しく業を修めて得る所なり。
21. 汝等、智有らば、此に疑を生ずる勿れ。当に断じて永く尽くすべし。仏語は実にして虚ならず。
22. 医の善方便の如し。狂子を治さんが為の故に、実は在れども而も死せりと言ふ。能く虚妄と説く無し。
23. 我も亦た世父と為り、諸もろの苦患者を救はん。凡夫の顛倒せる為に、実は在れども滅せりと言はん。
24. 常に我を見るを以ての故に、而して憍恣の心を生ずれば、放逸して五欲に著し、悪道中に堕ちなん。
25. 我は常に知る、衆生の行道と不行道を。度すべき所に随ひ応じて、為に種種の法を説かん。
26. 毎に自ら是の念を作す。「何を以てか衆生をして、無上の道に入るを得しめ、速やかに仏身を成就せしめん」と。

1. 自(zì)我(wǒ)得(dé)佛(fó)来(lái)，所(suǒ)经(jīng)诸(zhū)劫(jié)数(shù)，无(wú)量(liàng)百(bǎi)千(qiān)万(wàn)，亿(yì)载(zǎi)阿(ā)僧(sēng)祇(qí)，
2. 常(cháng)说(shuō)法(fǎ)教(jiào)化(huà)，无(wú)数(shù)亿(yì)众(zhòng)生(shēng)，令(lìng)入(rù)于(yú)佛(fó)道(dào)，尔(ěr)来(lái)无(wú)量(liàng)劫(jié)，
3. 为(wèi)度(dù)众(zhòng)生(shēng)故(gù)，方(fāng)便(biàn)现(xiàn)涅(niè)槃(pán)，而(ér)实(shí)不(bú)灭(miè)度(dù)，常(cháng)住(zhù)此(cǐ)说(shuō)法(fǎ)，
4. 我(wǒ)常(cháng)住(zhù)于(yú)此(cǐ)，以(yǐ)诸(zhū)神(shén)通(tōng)力(lì)，令(lìng)颠(diān)倒(dǎo)众(zhòng)生(shēng)，虽(suī)近(jìn)而(ér)不(bú)见(jiàn)，
5. 众(zhòng)见(jiàn)我(wǒ)灭(miè)度(dù)，广(guǎng)供(gōng)养(yǎng)舍(shè)利(lì)，咸(xián)皆(jiē)怀(huái)恋(liàn)慕(mù)，而(ér)生(shēng)渴(kě)仰(yǎng)心(xīn)，
6. 众(zhòng)生(shēng)既(jì)信(xìn)伏(fú)，质(zhì)直(zhí)意(yì)柔(róu)软(ruǎn)，一(yì)心(xīn)欲(yù)见(jiàn)佛(fó)，不(bú)自(zì)惜(xī)身(shēn)命(mìng)，
7. 时(shí)我(wǒ)及(jí)众(zhòng)僧(sēng)，俱(jù)出(chū)灵(líng)鹫(jiù)山(shān)，我(wǒ)时(shí)语(yǔ)众(zhòng)生(shēng)，
8. 常(cháng)在(zài)此(cǐ)不(bú)灭(miè)，以(yǐ)方(fāng)便(biàn)力(lì)故(gù)，现(xiàn)有(yǒu)灭(miè)不(bú)灭(miè)，
9. 余(yú)国(guó)有(yǒu)众(zhòng)生(shēng)，恭(gōng)敬(jìng)信(xìn)乐(yào)者(zhě)，我(wǒ)复(fù)于(yú)彼(bǐ)中(zhōng)，为(wèi)说(shuō)无(wú)上(shàng)法(fǎ)，
10. 汝(rǔ)等(děng)不(bù)闻(wén)此(cǐ)，但(dàn)谓(wèi)我(wǒ)灭(miè)度(dù)，我(wǒ)见(jiàn)诸(zhū)众(zhòng)生(shēng)，没(mò)在(zài)于(yú)苦(kǔ)海(hǎi)，
11. 故(gù)不(bú)为(wèi)现(xiàn)身(shēn)，令(lìng)其(qí)生(shēng)渴(kě)仰(yǎng)，因(yīn)其(qí)心(xīn)恋(liàn)慕(mù)，乃(nǎi)出(chū)为(wèi)说(shuō)法(fǎ)，
12. 神(shén)通(tōng)力(lì)如(rú)是(shì)，于(yú)阿(ā)僧(sēng)祇(qí)劫(jié)，常(cháng)在(zài)灵(líng)鹫(jiù)山(shān)，及(jí)余(yú)诸(zhū)住(zhù)处(chù)，
13. 众(zhòng)生(shēng)见(jiàn)劫(jié)尽(jìn)，大(dà)火(huǒ)所(suǒ)烧(shāo)时(shí)，我(wǒ)此(cǐ)土(tǔ)安(ān)隐(yǐn)，天(tiān)人(rén)常(cháng)充(chōng)满(mǎn)，
14. 园(yuán)林(lín)诸(zhū)堂(táng)阁(gé)，种(zhǒng)种(zhǒng)宝(bǎo)庄(zhuāng)严(yán)，宝(bǎo)树(shù)多(duō)花(huā)果(guǒ)，众(zhòng)生(shēng)所(suǒ)游(yóu)乐(lè)，
15. 诸(zhū)天(tiān)击(jī)天(tiān)鼓(gǔ)，常(cháng)作(zuò)众(zhòng)伎(jì)乐(yuè)，雨(yǔ)曼(màn)陀(tuó)罗(luó)花(huā)，散(sàn)佛(fó)及(jí)大(dà)众(zhòng)，
16. 我(wǒ)净(jìng)土(tǔ)不(bù)毁(huǐ)，而(ér)众(zhòng)见(jiàn)烧(shāo)尽(jìn)，忧(yōu)怖(bù)诸(zhū)苦(kǔ)恼(nǎo)，如(rú)是(shì)悉(xī)充(chōng)满(mǎn)，
17. 是(shì)诸(zhū)罪(zuì)众(zhòng)生(shēng)，以(yǐ)恶(è)业(yè)因(yīn)缘(yuán)，过(guò)阿(ā)僧(sēng)祇(qí)劫(jié)，不(bù)闻(wén)三(sān)宝(bǎo)名(míng)，
18. 诸(zhū)有(yǒu)修(xiū)功(gōng)德(dé)，柔(róu)和(hé)质(zhì)直(zhí)者(zhě)，则(zé)皆(jiē)见(jiàn)我(wǒ)身(shēn)，在(zài)此(cǐ)而(ér)说(shuō)法(fǎ)，
19. 或(huò)时(shí)为(wèi)此(cǐ)众(zhòng)，说(shuō)佛(fó)寿(shòu)无(wú)量(liàng)，久(jiǔ)乃(nǎi)见(jiàn)佛(fó)者(zhě)，为(wèi)说(shuō)佛(fó)难(nán)值(zhí)，
20. 我(wǒ)智(zhì)力(lì)如(rú)是(shì)，慧(huì)光(guāng)照(zhào)无(wú)量(liàng)，寿(shòu)命(mìng)无(wú)数(shù)劫(jié)，久(jiǔ)修(xiū)业(yè)所(suǒ)得(dé)，
21. 汝(rǔ)等(děng)有(yǒu)智(zhì)者(zhě)，勿(wù)于(yú)此(cǐ)生(shēng)疑(yí)，当(dāng)断(duàn)令(lìng)永(yǒng)尽(jìn)，佛(fó)语(yǔ)实(shí)不(bù)虚(xū)，
22. 如(rú)医(yī)善(shàn)方(fāng)便(biàn)，为(wèi)治(zhì)狂(kuáng)子(zǐ)故(gù)，实(shí)在(zài)而(ér)言(yán)死(sǐ)，无(wú)能(néng)说(shuō)虚(xū)妄(wàng)，
23. 我(wǒ)亦(yì)为(wéi)世(shì)父(fù)，救(jiù)诸(zhū)苦(kǔ)患(huàn)者(zhě)，为(wèi)凡(fán)夫(fū)颠(diān)倒(dǎo)，实(shí)在(zài)而(ér)言(yán)灭(miè)，
24. 以(yǐ)常(cháng)见(jiàn)我(wǒ)故(gù)，而(ér)生(shēng)憍(jiāo)恣(zì)心(xīn)，放(fàng)逸(yì)著(zhuó)五(wǔ)欲(yù)，堕(duò)于(yú)恶(è)道(dào)中(zhōng)，
25. 我(wǒ)常(cháng)知(zhī)众(zhòng)生(shēng)，行(xíng)道(dào)不(bù)行(xíng)道(dào)，随(suí)应(yìng)所(suǒ)可(kě)度(dù)，为(wèi)说(shuō)种(zhǒng)种(zhǒng)法(fǎ)，
26. 每(měi)自(zì)作(zuò)是(shì)念(niàn)，以(yǐ)何(hé)令(lìng)众(zhòng)生(shēng)，得(dé)入(rù)无(wú)上(shàng)道(dào)，速(sù)成(chéng)就(jiù)佛(fó)身(shēn)。

1. Ji ga toku butsu rai. Sho kyō sho kot shu. Mu ryō hyaku sen man. Oku sai a sō gi.
   自我得仏来　所経諸劫数　無量百千万　億載阿僧祇
   Since I attained buddhahood,/ Immeasurable hundreds of thousands of myriads/ Of koṭis of incalculable kalpas have passed.
2. Jō set pō kyō ke. Mu shu oku shu jō. Ryō nyū o butsu dō. Ni rai mu ryō kō.
   常説法教化　無数億衆生　令入於仏道　爾来無量劫
   I have been constantly teaching the Dharma, / Through these immeasurable kalpas, / Leading and inspiring/ Innumerable koṭis of sentient beings/ And enabling them to enter the buddha path.
3. I do shu jō ko. Hō ben gen ne han. Ni jitsu fu metsu do. Jō jū shi set pō.
   為度衆生故　方便現涅槃　而実不滅度　常住此説法
   Using skillful means/ I have manifested the state of nirvana/ To bring sentient beings to this path; / Yet I have not actually entered nirvana, / But continually abide here expounding the Dharma. /
4. Ga jō jū o shi. I sho jin zū riki. Ryō ten dō shu jō. Sui gon ni fu ken.
   我常住於此　以諸神通力　令顛倒衆生　雖近而不見
   Although I am always among these erring beings, / With my transcendent powers, / I prevent them from seeing me.
5. Shu ken ga metsu do. Kō ku yō sha ri. Gen kai e ren bo. Ni shō katsu gō shin.
   衆見我滅度　広供養舎利　咸皆懐恋慕　而生渇仰心
   The sentient beings, / Seeing me enter perfect extinction/ Earnestly revere my relics/ And, filled with longing, / Yearn for me.
6. Shu jō ki shin buku. Shichi jiki i nyū nan. It shin yoku ken butsu. Fu ji shaku shin myō.
   衆生既信伏　質直意柔軟　一心欲見仏　不自惜身命
   When the sentient beings become/ Sincere, mild, and receptive, / And, wanting wholeheartedly to meet the Buddha, / Are willing to give unsparingly/ Of their bodies and lives,
7. Ji ga gyū shu sō. Ku shutsu ryō ju sen. Ga ji go shu jō.
   時我及衆僧　倶出霊鷲山　我時語衆生
   Then I, together with the sangha, / Will appear on Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa. / I will declare this to sentient beings:
8. Jō zai shi fu metsu. I hō ben rit ko. Gen u metsu fu metsu.
   常在此不滅　以方便力故　現有滅不滅
   Although I am always here without extinction, / Through the power of skillful means/ I manifest extinction and nonextinction.
9. Yo koku u shu jō. Ku gyō shin gyō sha. Ga bu o hi chu. I setsu mu jō hō.
   余国有衆生　恭敬信楽者　我復於彼中　為説無上法
   If there are any sentient beings in other worlds/ Who respect and believe in me, / I will also teach them the highest Dharma.
   
10. Nyo tō fu mon shi. Tan ni ga metsu do. Ga ken sho shu jō. Motsu zai o ku kai.
    汝等不聞此　但謂我滅度　我見諸衆生　没在於苦海
    Not knowing this, you only think/ That I have entered parinirvāṇa. / I see all sentient beings/ Submerged in the ocean of suffering.
11. Ko fu i gen shin. Ryō go shō katsu gō. In go shin ren bo. Nai shutsu I set pō.
    故不為現身　令其生渇仰　因其心恋慕　乃出為説法
    That is why, by not manifesting my form, / I cause them to yearn for me. / Then, after awakening this longing, / I appear and expound the Dharma;
12. Jin zū riki nyo ze. O a sō gi kō. Jō zai ryō ju sen. Gyū yo sho jū sho.
    神通力如是　於阿僧祇劫　常在霊鷲山　及余諸住処衆
    Such are my transcendent powers. / For innumerable kalpas/ I have constantly resided/ On Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa and elsewhere.
13. Shu jō ken kō jin. Dai ka sho shō ji. Ga shi do an non. Ten nin jō jū man.
    衆生見劫尽　大火所焼時　我此土安穏　天人常充満
    When sentient beings see themselves/ Amidst a conflagration/ At the end of a kalpa, / It is in fact my tranquil land, / Always full of devas and humans.
14. On rin sho dō kaku. Shu ju hō shō gon. Hō ju ta ke ka. Shu jō sho yū raku.
    園林諸堂閣　種種宝荘厳　宝樹多華果　衆生所遊楽
    All the gardens and palaces/ Are adorned with various gems. / The jeweled trees abound with flowers and fruits, / And the sentient beings are joyful among them.
15. Sho ten gyaku ten ku. Jō sat shu gi gaku. U man da ra ke. San butsu gyū dai shu.
    諸天撃天鼓　常作衆伎楽　雨曼佗羅華　散仏及大衆
    The devas beat heavenly drums/ Making constant and varied music. / They rain down māndārava flowers/ Upon the Buddha and the great assembly.
16. Ga jō do fu ki. Ni shu ken shō jin. U fu sho ku nō. Nyo ze shitsu jū man.
    我浄土不毀　而衆見焼尽　憂怖諸苦悩　如是悉充満
    Although my Pure Land never decays, / The sentient beings see it as ravaged by fire/ And torn with anxiety and distress; / They believe it is filled with these things.
17. Ze sho zai shu jō. I aku gō in nen. Ka a sō gi kō. Fu mon san bō myō.
    是諸罪衆生　以悪業因縁　過阿僧祇劫　不聞三宝名
    Because of their misdeeds/ These erring sentient beings do not hear/ The name of the Three Treasures/ For incalculable kalpas.
18. Sho u shu ku doku. Nyū wa shichi jiki sha. Sot kai ken ga shin. Zai shi ni set pō.
    諸有修功徳　柔和質直者　則皆見我身　在此而説法
    But all who cultivate merit, / And are receptive and honest, / Will see me residing here, / Expounding the Dharma.
19. Waku ji i shi shu. Setsu butsu ju mu ryō. Ku nai ken butsu sha. I setsu butsu nan chi.
    或時為此衆　説仏寿無量　久乃見仏者　為説仏難値
    For the sake of these sentient beings/ I teach that the lifespan/ Of the Buddha is immeasurable. / To those who, after a long time, / Finally see the Buddha, / I teach that it is difficult to meet him.
20. Ga chi riki nyo ze. E kō shō mu ryō. Ju myō mu shu kō. Ku shu gō sho toku.
    我智力如是　慧光照無量　寿命無数劫　久修業所得
    Such is the power of my wisdom. / The light of my wisdom illuminates immeasurably/ And my lifespan is of innumerable kalpas. / This has been achieved through long practice.
21. Nyo tō u chi sha. Mot to shi shō gi. Tō dan ryō yō jin. Butsu go jit pu ko.
    汝等有智者　勿於此生疑　当断令永尽　仏語実不虚
    You wise ones, do not give in to doubt! / Banish all doubt forever! / The Buddha's words are true, never false.
22. Nyo i zen hō ben. I ji ō shi ko. Jitsu zai ni gon shi. Mu nō set ko mō.
    如医善方便　為治狂子故　実在而言死　無能説虚妄
    It is like the physician/ Who proclaimed his own death, / Although it was untrue. / He did this to cure his delirious sons, / Through excellent skillful means; / So no one could say he really spoke falsehood.
23. Ga yaku i se bu. Ku sho ku gen sha. I bon bu ten dō. Jitsu zai ni gon metsu.
    我亦為世父　救諸苦患者　為凡夫顛倒　実在而言滅
    I, also, being the father of the world, / Cure those who suffer. / To the deluded and unenlightened I say that/ I have entered nirvana, / Although, in fact, I am really here.
24. I jō ken ga ko. Ni shō kyō shi shin. Hō itsu jaku go yoku. Da o aku dō chū.
    以常見我故　而生憍恣心　放逸著五欲　堕於悪道中
    For if they were to see me, / They would become lazy and arrogant. / Attached to the desires of the five senses, / They would fall into the troubled states of being.
25. Ga jō chi shu jō. Gyō dō fu gyō dō. Zui ō sho ka do. I setsu shu ju hō.
    我常知衆生　行道不行道　随応所可度　為説種種法
    Always aware of which sentient beings/ Practice the path and which do not, / I teach the Dharma in various ways, / According to their ability to be saved.
26. Mai ji sa ze nen. I ga ryō shu jō. Toku nyū mu jō dō. Soku jō ju but shin.
    毎自作是念　以何令衆生　得入無上道　速成就仏身
    I am always thinking: / By what means can I cause sentient beings to be able to/ Enter the highest path/ And quickly attain the Dharma?

• 1. An inconceivable number of thousands of kotis of Æons, never to be measured, is it since I reached superior (or first) enlightenment and never ceased to teach the law.
• 2. I roused many Bodhisattvas and established them in Buddha-knowledge. I brought myriads of kotis of beings, endless, to full ripeness in many kotis of Æons.
• 3. I show the place of extinction, I reveal to (all) beings a device to educate them, albeit I do not become extinct at the time, and in this very place continue preaching the law.
• 4. There I rule myself as well as all beings, I. But men of perverted minds, in their delusion, do not see me standing there.
• 5. In the opinion that my body is completely extinct, they pay worship, in many ways, to the relics, but me they see not. They feel (however) a certain aspiration by which their mind becomes right.
• 6. When such upright (or pious), mild, and gentle creatures leave off their bodies, then I assemble the crowd of disciples and show myself here on the Gridhrakuta.
• 7. And then I speak thus to them, in this very place: I was not completely extinct at that time; it was but a device of mine, monks; repeatedly am I born in the world of the living.
• 8. Honoured by other beings, I show them my superior enlightenment, but you would not obey my word, unless the Lord of the world enter Nirvâna.
• 9. I see how the creatures are afflicted, but I do not show them my proper being. Let them first have an aspiration to see me; then I will reveal to them the true law.
• 10. Such has always been my firm resolve during an inconceivable number of thousands of kotis of Æons, and I have not left this Gridhrakûta for other abodes.
• 11. And when creatures behold this world and imagine that it is burning, even then my Buddhafield is teeming with gods and men.
• 12. They dispose of manifold amusements, kotis of pleasure gardens, palaces, and aerial cars; (this field) is embellished by hills of gems and by trees abounding with blossoms and fruits.
• 13. And aloft gods are striking musical instruments and pouring a rain of Mandâras by which they are covering me, the disciples and other sages who are striving after enlightenment.
• 14. So is my field here, everlastingly; but others fancy that it is burning; in their view this world is most terrific, wretched, replete with number of woes.
• 15. Ay, many kotis of years they may pass without ever having mentioned my name, the law, or my congregation. That is the fruit of sinful deeds.
• 16. But when mild and gentle beings are born in this world of men, they immediately see me revealing the law, owing to their good works.
• 17. I never speak to them of the infinitude of my action. Therefore, I am, properly, existing since long, and yet declare: The Ginas are rare (or precious).
• 18. Such is the glorious power of my wisdom that knows no limit, and the duration of my life is as long as an endless period; I have acquired it after previously following a due course.
• 19. Feel no doubt concerning it, O sages, and leave off all uncertainty: the word I here pronounce is really true; my word is never false.
• 20. For even as that physician skilled in devices, for the sake of his sons whose notions were perverted, said that he had died although he was still alive, and even as no sensible man, would charge that physician with falsehood;
• 21. So am I the father of the world, the Self born, the Healer, the Protector of all creatures. Knowing them to be perverted, infatuated, and ignorant I teach final rest, myself not being at rest.
• 22. What reason should I have to continually manifest myself? When men become unbelieving, unwise, ignorant, careless, fond of sensual pleasures, and from thoughtlessness run into misfortune,
• 23. Then I, who know the course of the world, declare: I am so and so, (and consider): How can I incline them to enlightenment? how can they become partakers of the Buddha-laws?

1. acintiyā kalpasahasrakoṭyo yāsāṃ pramāṇaṃ na kadāci vidyate |
   prāptā mayā eṣa tadāgrabodhirdharmaṃ ca deśemyahu nityakālam || 1 ||
2. samādapemī bahubodhisattvān bauddhasmi jñānasmi sthapemi caiva |
   sattvāna koṭīnayutānanekān paripācayāmī bahukalpakoṭyaḥ || 2 ||
3. nirvāṇabhūmiṃ cupadarśayāmi vinayārtha sattvāna vadāmyupāyam |
   na cāpi nirvāmyahu tasmi kāle ihaiva co dharmu prakāśayāmi || 3 ||
4. tatrāpi cātmānamadhiṣṭhahāmi sarvāṃśca sattvāna tathaiva cāham |
   viparītabuddhī ca narā vimūḍhāḥ tatraiva tiṣṭhantu na paśyiṣū mām || 4 ||
5. parinirvṛtaṃ dṛṣṭva mamātmabhāvaṃ dhātūṣu pūjāṃ vividhāṃ karonti |
   māṃ cā apaśyanti janenti tṛṣṇāṃ tatorjukaṃ citta prabhoti teṣām || 5 ||
6. ṛjū yadā te mṛdumārdavāśca utsṛṣṭakāmāśca bhavanti sattvāḥ |
   tato ahaṃ śrāvakasaṃgha kṛtvāḥ ātmāna darśemyahu gṛdhrakūṭe || 6 ||
7. evaṃ ca haṃ teṣa vadāmi paścāt ihaiva nāhaṃ tada āsi nirvṛtaḥ |
   upāyakauśalya mameti bhikṣavaḥ punaḥ puno bhomyahu jīvaloke || 7 ||
8. anyehi sattvehi puraskṛto 'haṃ teṣāṃ prakāśemi mamāgrabodhim |
   yūyaṃ ca śabdaṃ na śṛṇotha mahyaṃ anyatra so nirvṛtu lokanāthaḥ || 8 ||
9. paśyāmyahaṃ sattva vihanyamānān na cāhu darśemi tadātmabhāvam |
   spṛhentu tāvanmama darśanasya tṛṣitāna saddharmu prakāśayiṣye || 9 ||
10. sadādhiṣṭhānaṃ mama etadīdṛśaṃ acintiyā kalpasahasrakoṭyaḥ |
    na ca cyavāmī itu gṛdhrakūṭāt anyāsu śayyāsanakoṭibhiśca || 10 ||
11. yadāpi sattvā ima lokadhātuṃ paśyanti kalpenti ca dahyamānam |
    tadāpi cedaṃ mama buddhakṣetraṃ paripūrṇa bhotī marumānuṣāṇām || 11 ||
12. krīḍā ratī teṣa vicitra bhoti udyānaprāsādavimānakoṭyaḥ |
    pratimaṇḍitaṃ ratnamayaiśca parvatairdrumaistathā puṣpaphalairupetaiḥ || 12 ||
13. upariṃ ca devābhihananti tūryān mandāravarṣaṃ ca visarjayanti |
    mamaṃ ca abhyokiri śrāvakāṃśca ye cānya bodhāviha prasthitā vidū || 13 ||
14. evaṃ ca me kṣetramidaṃ sadā sthitaṃ anye ca kalpentimu dahyamānam |
    subhairavaṃ paśyiṣu lokadhātuṃ upadrutaṃ śokaśatābhikīrṇam || 14 ||
15. na cāpi me nāma śṛṇonti jātu tathāgatānāṃ bahukalpakoṭibhiḥ |
    dharmasya vā mahya gaṇasya cāpi pāpasya karmasya phalevarūpam || 15 ||
16. lyadā tu sattvā mṛdu mārdavāśca utpanna bhontīha manuṣyaloke |
    utpannamātrāśca śubhena karmaṇā paśyanti māṃ dharmu prakāśayantam || 16 ||
17. na cāhu bhāṣāmi kadāci teṣāṃ imāṃ kriyāmīdṛśikīmanuttarām |
    teno ahaṃ dṛṣṭa cirasya bhomi tato 'sya bhāṣāmi sudurlabhā jināḥ || 17 ||
18. etādṛśaṃ jñānabalaṃ mayedaṃ prabhāsvaraṃ yasya na kaścidantaḥ |
    āyuśca me dīrghamanantakalpaṃ samupārjitaṃ pūrva caritva caryām || 18 ||
19. mā saṃśayaṃ atra kurudhva paṇḍitā vicikitsitaṃ co jahathā aśeṣam |
    bhūtāṃ prabhāṣāmyahameta vācaṃ mṛṣā mamā naiva kadāci vāg bhavet || 19 ||
20. yathā hi so vaidya upāyaśikṣito viparītasaṃjñīna sutāna hetoḥ |
    jīvantamātmāna mṛteti brūyāt taṃ vaidyu vijño na mṛṣeṇa codayet || 20 ||
21. yameva haṃ lokapitā svayaṃbhūḥ cikitsakaḥ sarvaprajāna nāthaḥ |
    viparīta mūḍhāṃśca viditva bālān anirvṛto nirvṛta darśayāmi || 21 ||
22. kiṃ kāraṇaṃ mahyamabhīkṣṇadarśanād viśraddha bhontī abudhā ajānakāḥ |
    viśvasta kāmeṣu pramatta bhontī pramādahetoḥ prapatanti durgatim || 22 ||
23. cariṃ cariṃ jāniya nityakālaṃ vadāmi sattvāna tathā tathāham |
    kathaṃ nu bodhāvupanāmayeyaṃ katha buddhadharmāṇa bhaveyu lābhinaḥ || 23 ||