Six Rings Opening/Closing Chants

Three Refuges (Standing)
/\ (hands in gassho)

▲ I take refuge in Buddha 
▲ May all beings ⦿
embody the great way, resolving to awaken

I take refuge in Dharma 
▲ May all beings ⦿ 
deeply enter the sutras, wisdom like an ocean

I take refuge in Sangha
▲ May all ▲ beings ⦿
support harmony in the community ⦿ free from all hindrance.—\
 (offer bow @ each ⦿)

Repentance Verse
/ \ 
● / All my past and harmful karma
Born from beginning-less greed, hate and delusion
Through body speech and mind
I now fully avow

/ All my past and harmful karma
Born from beginning-less greed, hate and delusion
Through body speech and mind
I now fully avow

/ All my past and harmful karma
/ Born from beginning-less greed, hate and delusion
Through body speech and mind 
I now fully avow —\

Four Vows
/ \
/// Beings are numberless, we vow to free them
/ Delusions are inexhaustible, we vow to end them
/ Dharma gates are boundless, we vow to master them
/ The Buddha Way is unsurpassable, we vow to realize it.

/ Beings are numberless, we vow to free them
/ Delusions are inexhaustible, we vow to end them
/ Dharma gates are boundless, we vow to master them
/ The Buddha Way is unsurpassable, we vow to realize it.

/ Shujō muhen sei gan do                (shoe-joe/mu-hen/say/gonn/doe)
/ Bon-no mujin sei gan dan              (bone-no/moo-jean/say/gonn/donn)
/ Ho mon muryō sei gan gaku          (hoe/mone/murr-ee-yoe/say/gonn/ga-koo)
/ Butsu do/ mujō sei gan jo   —\        (boot-sue/doe/moo-joe/say/gonn/joe)

—————
▲ tap by wooden end of striker on kesu 
◎  inkin
● small bell
/ kutz
—\ voice trails off
/ \ hands in gassho

                                                                                  (Rev. 02-19-24)