ALL IN THE ASSEMBLY, EACH ONE KNEELING, HOLDING IN ADORNMENT INCENSE AND A FLOWER, IN ACCORD WITH DHARMA MAKE OFFERINGS.

MAY THIS FRAGRANT FLOWER-CLOUD FULLY PERVADE THE TEN DIRECTIONS. MAY ONE BY ONE ALL BUDDHALANDS BE ADORNED. MAY THE BODHISATTVA PATH BE FULFILLED AND THE THUS-COME-ONE FRAGRANCE PERFECTED.

NA MO THE FORMER THUS COME ONE LIGHT OF PROPER DHARMA, THE PRESENT GWAN SHR YIN BODHISATTVA, PERFECT IN MIRACULOUS MERIT, COMPLETE IN GREAT COMPASSION,

WHO IN A SINGLE BODY AND MIND MANIFESTS A THOUSAND HANDS, A THOSAND EYES, WHO ILLUMINES AND LOOKS UPON THE DHARMA REALM AND PROTECTS AND UPHOLDS LIVING BEINGS AND CAUSES THEM TO BRING FORTH THE GREAT MIND OF THE WAY, WHO TEACHES THEM TO HOLD THE PERFECT SPIRITUAL MANTRA

TO LEAVE FOREVER THE EVIL PATHS, AND TO BE REBORN AT THE TIME OF A BUDDHA. GRAVE OFFENSES WHICH DESERVES THE INTERRUPTED HELLS AND EVIL ILLS WHICH BIND THE BODY, FROM WHICH NO ONE CAN BE SAVED OR EXTRICATED, ARE CAUSE TO MELT AWAY.

SAMADHI, ELOQUENCE, AND WHATEVER IS SOUGHT IN THIS PRESENT LIFE, ARE ALL BROUGHT TO ACCOMPLISHMENT.

THERE IS NO DOUBT WHATEVER THAT THE THREE VEHICLES CAN BE QUICKLY ATTAINED AND THAT THE GROUND OF THE BUDDHAS CAN SOON BE REACHED.

NO ONE CAN EXHAUST THE PRAISES OF HIS AWESOME SPIRITUAL MIGHT. THEREFORE WITH ONE MIND I RETURN MY LIFE IN WORSHIP. (Bow)

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO MY ORIGINAL TEACHER SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA, WORLD-HONORED ONE.

The worshipped and the worshipper are empty and still in nature. The response and the Way are intertwined, inconceivably. This Way-place of mind is like a wish-fulfilling pearl; the Buddha(s)[reflect on name(s)] appear before me. I appear before (name of Buddha or Buddhas). Bowing down, I return my life in worship.

WITH ONE MIND, I BOW TO AMITA BUDDHA OF THE WESTERN LAND OF ULTIMATE BLISS, WORLD-HONORED-ONE.

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO KINGS OF A THOUSAND LIGHTS BUDDHA OF COUNTLESS KOTIS OF KALPAS PAST, WORLD-HONORED-ONE.

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO ALL THE BUDDHAS OF THE PAST, MANY AS THE SANDS OF NINETY-NINE KOTIS OF GANGES RIVERS, WORLD-HONORED-ONES.

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO LIGHT OF PROPER DHARMA OF COUNTLESS KALPAS PAST, WORLD-HONORED-ONE.

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO ALL THE BUDDHAS OF THE TEN DIRECTIONS, WORLD-HONORED-ONE.

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO ALL THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS OF THE THREE PERIODS OF TIME IN THE WORTHY KALPA, WORLD-HONORED-ONES.

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO THE SPIRITUAL, WONDERFUL WORDS OF THE DHARANI OF THE GREATLY COMPASSIONATE MIND, PERFECT, FULL, UNIMPENDED, VAST, AND GREAT.

(Bow 3 times, reflecting:)
The Dharma-Nature, like emptiness, cannot be seen. The everlasting Dharma-Jewel is difficult to conceive of. With my three karmas now in accord with Dharma, I pray that it will manifest and accept this offering.

WITH ONE MIND I BOW THE ALL THE DHARANIS SPOKEN BY GWAN YIN AND TO ALL THE HONORED DHARMAS OF THE TEN DIRECTIONS AND THE THREE PERIODS OF TIME.

(Bow and reflect 3 times:)
The worshipped and the worshipper are empty and still in nature. The response and the Way are intertwined, inconceivably. This Way-place of mine is like a wish-fulfilling pearl. The Greatly Compassionate Bodhisattva manifests in it; I now manifest before the Greatly Compassionate One as I seek eradication of obstacles, prostrate and worshipping.

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO THE BODHISATTVA WHO HAS ATTAINED GREAT STRENGTH, MAHASATTVA.

(Bow to Great Strength Bodhisattva and to each subsequent Bodhisattva or Bodhisattvas, reflecting as when bowing to Gwan Yin Bodhisattv, but substituting the appropriate name or names.)

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO DHARANI-KING BODHISATTVA, MAHASATTVA.

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO KING OF JEWELS BODHISATTVA, PHYSICIAN-KING BODHISATTVA, AND SUPREME PHYSICIAN BODHISATTVA, MAHASATTVAS.

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO FLOWER-ADORNMENT BODHISATTVA, GREAT ADORNMENT BODHISATTVA, AND TREASURY OF JEWELS BODHISATTVA, MAHASATTVAS.

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO MERIT-TREASURY BODHISATTVA, VAJRA-TREASURY BODHISATTVA, AND EMPTY-SPACE TREASURY BODHISATTVA, MAHASATTVAS.

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO MAITREYA BODHISATTVA, UNIVERSAL WORTHY BODHISATTVA, AND MANJUSHRI BODHISATTVA, MAHASATTVAS.

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO ALL THE BODHISATTVAS OF THE TEN DIRECTIONS AND THE THREE PERIODS OF TIME, MAHASATTVAS.

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO MAHAKASHYAPA AND THE IMMEASURABLE, INNUMERABLE GREAT SOUND-HEARER SANGHA.

WITH ONE MIND I BOW TO THE VENERABLE ONE OF SZ MING MOUNTAIN, EXPOUNDER OF THE TYAN TAI TEACHINGS AND CONTEMPLATIONS, GREAT MASTER FA JR.

WITH ONE MIND ON BEHALF OF THE GOOD GODS JA FAN MWO AND CHU PWO CHYE,THE FOUR WORLD-PROTECTING KINGS, THE GODS, DRAGONS, AND THE REST OF THE EIGHT DIVISIONS, THE GODDESS PURE EYES,

THE SPIRITS OF HERBS, GRASSES, AND WOODS, THE HOUSEHOLD SPIRITS, THE WATER SPIRITS, THE FIRE SPIRITS,

THE WIND SPIRITS, THE EARTH SPIRITS, THE MOUNTAIN SPIRITS, THE GROUND SPIRITS, THE PALACE SPIRITS, AND OTHERS.

ALL THE GODS, DRAGONS,GHOSTS,AND SPIRITS WHO PROTECT THOSE WHO HOLD MANTRAS, EACH WITH OR HER RETINUE: ON THEIR BEHALF I BOW TO THE TRIPLE JEWEL.

THE SUTRA SAYS, "IF THERE ARE BHIKSUS, BHIKSUNIS, UPASAKAS, UPASIKAS, YOUNG MEN, OR YOUNG WOMEN WHO WISH TO RECITE AND BEAR IN MIND THIS MANTRA AND TO BRING FORTH A HEART OF KINDNESS AND COMPASSION FOR ALL LIVING BEINGS, THEY SHOULD FIRST FOLLOW ME IN MAKING THSES VOWS":

NA MO GREATLY COMPASSIONATE GWAN SHR YIN, I VOW THAT I WILL QUICKLY KNOW ALL THE DHARMAS.

NA MO GREATLY COMPASSIONATE GWAN SHR YIN, I VOW THAT I WILL SOON OBTAIN THE WISDOM-EYE.

NA MO GREATLY COMPASSIONATE GWAN SHR YIN, I VOW THAT I WILL QUICKLY CROSS ALL LIVING BEINGS OVER.

NA MO GREATLY COMPASSIONATE GWAN SHR YIN, I VOW THAT I WILL SOON OBTAIN GOOD SKILL IN MEANS.

NA MO GREATLY COMPASSIONATE GWAN SHR YIN, I VOW THAT I WILL QUICKLY BOARD THE PRAJNA BOAT.

NA MO GREATLY COMPASSIONATE GWAN SHR YIN, I VOW THAT I WILL SOON CROSS OVER THE SEA OF SUFFERING.

NA MO GREATLY COMPASSIONATE GWAN SHR YIN, I VOW THAT I WILL QUICKLY ATTAIN PRECEPTS, SAMADHI, AND THE WAY.

NA MO GREATLY COMPASSIONATE GWAN SHR YIN, I VOW THAT I WILL SOON CLIMB NIRVANA MOUNTAIN.

NA MO GREATLY COMPASSIONATE GWAN SHR YIN, I VOW THAT I WILL QUICKLY DWELL IN THE UNCONDITIONED.

NA MO GREATLY COMPASSIONATE GWAN SHR YIN, I VOW THAT I WILL SOON UNITE WITH THE DHARMA-NATURRE BODY.

IF I FACE THE MOUNTAIN OF KNIVES, THE MOUNTAIN OF KNIVES ITSELF BREAKS UP.

IF I FACE THE BOILING OIL, THE BOILING OIL OF ITSELF DRIES UP.

IF I FACE THE HELLS, THE HELLS OF THEMSELVES DISSAPPEAR.

IF I FACE HUNGRY GHOSTS, THE HUNGRY GHOSTS BY THEMSELVES BECOME FULL.

IF I FACE THE ASURAS, THEIR EVIL THOUGHTS BY THEMSELVES ARE TAMED.

IF I FACE THE ANIMALS, THEY BY THEMSELVES ATTAIN GREAT WISDOM.

NA MO GWAN SHR YI BODHISATTVA(Recite ten times.)

NA MO AMITA BUDDHA(Recite ten times, then bow once, stand, and half-bow.)

GWAN SHR YIN BODHISATTVA SAID TO THE BUDDHA: "WORLD HONORED ONE.

IF ANY LIVING BEINGS WHO RECITES AND HOLDS THE SPIRITUAL MANTRA OF GREAT COMPASSION SHOULD FALL INTO THE THREE EVIL PATHS, I VOW NOT TO ATTAIN THE RIGHT ENLIGHTENMENT.

IF ANY LIVING BEINGS WHO RECITES AND HOLDS THE SPIRITUAL MANTRA OF GREAT COMPASSION SHOULD NOT BE REBORN IN ANY BUDDHALAND, I VOW NOT TO ATTAIN THE RIGHT ENLIGHTENMENT.

IF ANY LIVING BEINGS WHO RECITES AND HOLDS THE SPIRITUAL MANTRA OF GREAT COMPASSION SHOULD NOT ATTAIN IMMEASURABLE SAMADHIS AND ELOQUENCE, I VOW NOT TO ATTAIN THE RIGHT ENLIGHTENMENT.

IF ANY LIVING BEINGS WHO RECITES AND HOLDS THE SPIRITUAL MANTRA OF GREAT COMPASSION SHOULD NOT OBTAIN WHATEVER HE SEEKS IN THIS PRESENT LIFE, THEN IN CANNOT BE THE DHARANI OF THE GREAT COMPASSION MIND."

HAVING SPOKEN THSES WORDS BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY, HE PUTS HIS PALMS TOGETHER.

STOOD UPRIGHT, AND BROUGHT FORTH A THOUGHT OF GREAT COMPASSION FOR ALL LIVING BEINGS. HE SMILED BROADLY.

AND IN THIS WAY SPOKE THE WONDERFUL SPIRITUAL PHRASES OF THE DHARANI OF GREAT COMPASSION, PERFECT, FULL, UNIMPENDED, VAST AND GREAT. THE DHARANI RUNS LIKE HIS:

WHEN GWAN SHR YIN BODHISATTVA HAD FINISHED SPEAKING THIS MANTRA,

THE GREAT EARTH SHOOK IN SIX WAYS, THE HEAVENS RAINED FORTH JEWELED FLOWERS, WHICH FELL IN COLORFUL PROFUSION.

ALL THE BUDDHAS OF THE TEN DIRECTIONS WERE DELIGHTED,

WHILE THE HEAVENLY DEMONS AND EXTERNALISTS WERE SO AFRAID THEIR HAIR STOOD ON END

EVERYONE IN THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY WAS CERTIFIED TO THE FRUITION,

SOME ATTAINING THE FRUITION OF A STREAM-ENTERER, SOME THE FRUITION OF A ONCE-RETURNER,

SOME THE FRUITION OF A NEVER-RETURNED, SOME THE FRUITION OF AN ARHAT,

OTHERS ATTAINING THE FIRST GROUND OF A BODHISATTVA, THE SECOND GROUND, THE THIRD, FOURTH, OR FIFTH GROUND,

EVEN UP TO THE TENTH GROUND. INNUMERABLE LIVING BEINGS BROUGHT FORTH THE BODHI-MIND.

(Stand with joined palms and say:)
EVERYWHERE, FOR THE SAKE OF THE FOUR SUPERIORS, FOR ALL IN THE TRIPLE WORLD, FOR ALL LIVING BEINGS OF THE DHARMA REALM,

I VOW THAT ALL CUT OFF THE THREE OBSTRUCTIONS, AS I RETURN MY LIFE IN REPENTANCE AND REFORM.

(Bow and reflect silently:)
Along with living beings, from beginningless time until the present, because of love and views, I scheme for myself within, and consort with bad friends outside. I do not rejoice compliantly in even a hair's breadth of the good of others, but with the three karmic actions commit all manner of offenses on a wide scale. Although what I do is not a very great matter in itself, my evil mind pervades everything. It continues day and night without cease, covering up its transgressions, errors, and mistakes, not wanting people to know, not fearing evil ways, not ashamed, without remorse, denying cause and effect.
Therefore, on this day, I have come to believe deeply in cause and effect. I give birth to deep shame and great fear and repent. I cut off that incessant mind, bring forth the Bodhi-mind, cut off evil and cultivate good, go diligently forward in the three karmic actions, reform all my past errors, and rejoice compliantly in the slightlest hair's breadth of the good of sages and ordinary people. I recollect the Buddhas of the tne directions, who have great blessings and wisdom which can rescue me and pull me, along with all other living beings, out of the sea of the two deaths, and can bring me straight to the shore of the three virtues. From beginningless time onward, I have not known that all dharmas are in their fundamental nature empty and still, and I have committed all manner of evil on a wide scale. Knowing now that all dharmas are empty and still, for the sake of seeking Bodhi and for the sake of living good on a wide scale. I only pray that Gwan Yin will compassionately gather it and receive it.

WITH THE UTMOST SINCERITY OF MIND, I DISCIPLE ( ), REPENT. THIS VERY MIND, SHARED BY ALL LIVING BEINGS OF THE DHARMA REALM, IS FUNDAMENTALLY COMPLETE WITH THE THOUSAND DHARMAS.

IT HAS IN FULL SPIRITUAL STRENGTH AND THE USE OF BRIGHT WISDOM.

ABOVE, IT EQUALS THE BUDDHA-MIND, BELOW, IT IS IDENTICAL TO ALL THAT LIVES.

BEGINNINGLESS DARK MOVEMENT BLOCKS THIS STILL BRIGHTNESS.

CONTACT WITH THINGS DIMS AND CONFUSES IT, AND THOUGHTS ARISE AND BIND IT IN ATTACHMENS.

IN THE MIDST OF THE SAMENESS OF DHARMAS ARISE THE NOTIONS OF SELF AND OTHERS.

IN ALL EXISTENCE, LOVE AND VIEWS ARE THEIR BASIS AND THE BODY AND MOUTH ARE THE CONDITIONS: WITH THEM NO OFFENSE IS NOT CREATED.

THE TEN EVILS, THE FIVE REBELLIOUS OFFENSES, SLANDERING DHARMA, SLANDERING PEOPLE, BREAKING THE PRECEPTS, BREAKING THE RULES OF PURE EATING, DESTROYING STUPAS, RUINING TEMPLES,

STEALING FROM THE SANGHA, DEFILING THE CONNDUCT OF THE PURE, DESTROYING PREPERTY OF THE SANGHA, EATING AND DRIKING THE SANGHA'S FOOD.

OFFENSES SUCH AS THESE ARE MEASURELESS AND BOUNDLESS;

WHEN THIS BODY IS CAST ASIDE, IT IS FITTING THAT I FALL INTO THE THREE PATHS OF REBIRTH AND THERE BE ENTANGLED IN A MYRIAD OF ILLS.

MOREOVER, IN THIS PRESENT LIFE, BECAUSE A SWARM OF TROUBLES EMBROILS ME. FOUL ILLNESSES WHICH BIND ME UP,

AND OPRESSIVE CONDITIONS BROUGHT ABOUT BY OTHERS, I AM OBSTRUCTED IN THE DHARMAS OF THE PATH, AND DO NOT BECOME WELL-SEASONED IN MY CULTIVATION. NOW, HAVING MET (Bow)

THE PERFECT SPIRITUAL MANTRA OF GREAT COMPASSION, I AM ABLE TO QUICKLY WIPE OUT THE OBSTACLES OF OFFENSES LIKE THESE.

THEREFORE, ON THIS DAY, WITH UTTER SINCERITY, I RECITE AND HOLD THIS MANTRA AND RETURN (Bow)

TO GWAN SHR YIN BODHISATTVA AND ALL THE GREAT MASTERS OF THE TEN DIRECTIONS. (Rise, remain kneeling)

I BRING FORTH BODHI-MIND AND CULTIVATE THE PRACTICE OF TRUE WORDS.

TOGETHER WITH ALL LIVING BEINGS I CONFESS MY MANY OFFENSES AND SEEK REPENTANCE SO THAT THEY WILL BE EXTINGUISHED AT LAST, I ONLY WISH. (Bow)

THAT THE GREATLY COMPASSIONATE GWAN SHR YIN BODHISATTVA, MAHASATTVA, WILL PROTECT AND UPHOLD US WITH HIS THOUSAND HANDS (Rise, remain kneeling)

AND THAT WITH HIS THOUSAND EYES HE WILL ILLUMINE US AND LOOK ON US AND CAUSE OUR INNER AND OUTER CONDITIONS OF OBSTRUCTIONS TO BECOME STILL AND EXTINGUISHED.

I VOW THAT MY PRACTICE AND THE PRACTICE OF OTHER S WILL BE COMPLETE IN ACCOMPLISHMENT. I VOW TO OPEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF MY ORIGINAL SEEING AND TO HAVE CONTROL OVER DEMONS AND EXTERNALIST PATHS.

I VOW TO BE VIGOROUS IN THE THREE KARMIC ACTIONS AND TO CULTIVATE THE PURE LAND CAUSE, SO THAT WHEN THIS BODY IS CAST ASIDE, I WILL HAVE NO OTHER DESTINY BUT TO ATTAIN REBIRTH. (Bow)

IN AMITA BUDDHA'S LAND OF ULTIMATE BLISS, AND DRAW NEAR TO, SERVE, AND MAKE OFFERINGS TO THE GREATLY COMPASSIONATE GWAN YIN (Rise, remain kneeling)

I VOW TO BE COMPLETE IN ALL THE DHARANIS AND ON A WIDE SCALE TO CROSS OVER THE MANY CLASSES OF BEINGS SO THAT THEY ALL ESCAPE THE WHEEL OF SUFFERING AND REACH THE GROUND OF WISDOM TOGETHER. NOW THAT THE VOWS OF REPENTANCE ARE MADE I RETURN MY LIFE IN WORSHIP TO THE TRIPLE JEWEL. (Bow and then stand)

NA MO THE BUDDHAS OF THE TEN DIRECTIONS. NA MO THE DHARMA OF THE TEN DIRECTIONS. NA MO THE SANGHA OF THE TEN DIRECTIONS.

NA MO OUR ORIGINAL TEACHER SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.

NA MO AMITA BUDDHA. NA MO KING OF A THOUSAND LIGHTS BUDDHA WHO ABIDES IN STILLNESS.

NA MO THE GREAT DHARANI OF THE GREATLY COMPASSIONATE MIND, PERFECT, FULL, UNIMPEDED, VAST, AND GREAT.

NA MO GWAN SHR YIN BODHISATTVA OF THE THOUSAND HANDS AND THOUSAND EYES.

NA MO BODHISATTVA WHO HAS ATTAINED GREAT STRENGTH, NA MO DHARANI-KINIG BODHISATTVA.

TO THE BUDDHA I RETURN AND RELY, VOWING THAT ALL LIVING BEINGS UNDERSTAND THE GREAT WAY PROFOUNDLY, AND BRING FORTH THE BODHI MIND.

TO THE DHARMA I RETURN AND RELY, VOWING THAT ALL LIVING BEINGS DEEPLY ENTER THE SUTRA TREASURY AND HAVE WISDOM LIKE THE SEA. (Bow)

TO THE SANGHA I RETURN AND RELY, VOWING THAT ALL LIVING BEINGS, FORM TOGETHER A GREAT ASSEMBLY ONE AND ALL IN HARMONY.

(On the word "beings" of the final recitation, the side of the Assembly that is bowing stands; at the end, the entire Assembly makes one full bow, stands, and half-bows.)

NA MO GWAN SHR YIN BODHISATTVA OF GREAT COMPASSION.

VERSE FOR TRANSFERING THE MERIT FROM BOWING REPENTANCE

I DEDICATE THE MERIT AND VIRTUE FROM THE PROFOUND ACT OF BOWING REPENTANCE.

WITH ALL ITS SUPERIOR, LIMITLESS BLESSINGS,

WITH THE UNIVERSAL VOW THAT ALL BEINGS SUNK IN DEFILEMENT,

WILL QUICKLY GO TO THE LAND OF THE BUDDHA OF LIMITLESS LIGHT (AMITABHA).

ALL BUDDHAS OF THE TEN DIRECTIONS AND THE THREE PERIODS OF TIME.

ALL BODHISATTVAS, MAHASATTVAS, MAHA PRAJNA PARAMITA!