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SANBUTSUGE comes from The Larger Sutra of Immeasurable Life. It is the praises voiced by Bodhisattva Dharmakara to the Buddha Lokeshararaja. In these praises, Dharmakara expresses his own desire to attain Buddhahood and his heartfelt determination to accomplish his goal for the sake of saving all sentient beings.

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KO GEN GI GI

I JIN MU GOKU NYO ZE EN MYO

MU YO TO SHA NICHI GATSU MA NI SHU KO EN YO

KAI SHITSU ON PEI YU NYAKU JU MOKU NYO RAI

YO GEN CHO SE MU RIN SHO GAKU DAI ON KO RU JIPPO

KAI MON SHO JIN SAN MAI CHIE I TOKU MU RYO

SHU SHO KE U JIN TAI ZEN EN SHO BUTSU HO KAI

GU JIN JIN NO KU GO GAI TAI MU MYO YOKU NU

SE SON YO MU NIN O SHI SHI JIN TOKU MU RYO

KU KUN KO DAI CHI E JIN MYO KO MYO I SO

SHIN DO DAI SEN GAN GA SA BUTSU ZAI SHO HO O

KA DO SHO JI MI FU GE DATSU FU SE JO I KAI NIN

SHO JI MI FU GE DATSU FU SE JO I KAI NIN SHO JIN

NYO ZE SAN HO O KA DO SHO JI MI FU GE DATSU

FU SE JO I KAI NIN SHO JIN NYO ZE SAN MAI CHI E I JO

GO SEI TOKU BUTSU FU GYO SHI GAN ISSAI KU KU

I SA DAI AN KE SHI U BUTSU HYAKU SEN NOKU MAN

MU RYO DAI SHO SHU NYO GO JA KU YO ISSAI SHI TO

SHO BUTSU FU NYO GU JA SHO BUTSU SE KAI BU FU

KA GE MU SHU SETSU DO KO MYO SHISSHO HEN SHI SHO

KOKU NYO ZE SHO JIN I JIN NAN RYO RYO GA SA BUTSU

KOKU DO DAI ICHI GO SHU KI MYO DO JO CHO ZETSU

KOKU NYO NAI ON NI MU TO SO GA TO AI MIN DO DATSU

ISSAI JIPPO RAI SHO SHIN NETSU SHO SHIN NETSU SHO JO

I TO GA KOKU KE RAKU AN ON KO BUTSU SHIN MYO ZE GA

SHIN SHO HOTSU GAN O HI RIKI SHO SHO YOKU JIPPO SE SON

CHI GA SHIN GYO KE RYO SHIN SHI SHO KU DOKU CHU

GA GYO SHO JIN
(SLOW) NIN JU FU KE