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Fusatsu-no-e

[Genre]Shomyo
[También Conocido Como]Ceremony of Communal Penitence

Fusatsu-no-e aparece en los siguientes álbumes

Álbum Artista
Play ButtonMusical Anthology of the Orient, Unesco Collection Vol 4
FUSATSU-NO-E is the complete ceremony of communal penitence which is held twice a month. The service recorded here was held in the Eiheiji, a monastery of the Sodo (Zen)-Sect, Fukui prefecture, Northern Japan. The ceremony comprises four sections, recited in alternation by precentor and community and accompanied by percussion instruments (v. above, instruments).

Text:

I. Zange-mon, penitence.
"Since the beginning of the world
Mankind is stained by innumerable sins.
Greed, wrath and folly reign supreme.
In order to emerge from the ocean of pollution
We penitent sinners prostrate ourselves."

(Recited three times)

II. Shichi butsu, invocation of the seven Buddhas of the mystic wheel.

"Praise to Bibashi (Vipasyin), the first among the seven Buddhas of the mystic wheel;
Praise to Shaka '(Shakyamuni), who gave us the doctrine;
Praise to Monju-shiri (Mafijusd), the Buddha of the highest wisdom;
Praise to Fugen (Samantabhadra), the Buddha of prudence and fortitude;
Praise to Kwanze-on (Avalokitesvara), the Buddha of mercy;
Praise to Miroku (Maitreya), the Buddha of future ages;
Praise to all the Buddhas of (the Issaikyo) the Canonical scriptures."

(Recited twice)

III. Shigu seigan, the vows of the four arrows.

"We promise to guide all mankind to the path of the Buddha;
We promise to enlighten darkened minds;
We promise with unremitting ardour to study the doctrine
And unswervingly-there is no higher path- to continue our pilgrimage on the path of the Buddha."

(Recited three times)

IV. Sampio no rei, ritual of the Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma, Sangha.

"No higher thought than the teaching of Buddha;
No greater splendour than the law;
No life more blissful than the life of the monk."

(Recited once)

V. Benediction of the abbot
Performers: The monks of the Eihei-ji.

Afternoon ceremony recorded by Eta Harich-Schneider on November 23rd 1953, with the kind permission of His Eminence, the Abbot of the Eiheiji.