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The Five Daily Prayers of Ittōen

 
On Sunday offered the Cambridge Unitarian community a short thought for the day which referenced the interesting Ittōen (一灯園) community and I thought that, perhaps, a few of you might like to see the five, daily prayers the community uses:

The Five Daily Prayers of Ittōen (一灯園)

光明祈願（暫定）
Prayer for Enlightenment (Provisional)

(1) 不二の光明によりて新生し許されて活きん
May we be reborn and live through the one, non-dual, light.

(2) 諸宗の真髄を礼拝し帰一の大願に参ぜん
May we revere the heart of all teachings, and participate in the great vow of unity.

(3) 懺悔の為に奉仕し報恩の為に行乞せん
May we serve others in the spirit of repentance and in gratitude for the gifts we have received.

(4) 法の清規に随い世を成ぜん
May we make our way in the world by following the Dharma, the sacred laws of nature.

(5) 即ち天華香洞に帰り無相の楽園にせん
And, in this way, may we return to our home, always moving in the paradise of formless light.

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My name is Andrew James Brown. I’m a philosophically/theologically inclined writer with sympathies towards Imaoka Shin’ichirō's understanding of a creative, free religion/spirituality (jiyū shūkyō 自由宗教), Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, Christian atheism, D. G. Leahy’s “thinking now occurring for the first time”, a Lucretian inspired religious naturalism, new materialism and Kyoto School philosophy; also a photographer, cyclist, walker and jazz bass player. In addition to this, I’m the minister of a small, liberal, free religious community in Cambridge (UK)

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