{"id":51,"date":"2025-02-20T03:10:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T03:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tracefleemangarcia.com\/trXiv\/?p=51"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:31:11","slug":"yet-another-life-extending-ten-line-kannon-sutra-enmei-jukku-kannon-gyo-%e5%bb%b6%e5%91%bd%e5%8d%81%e5%8f%a5%e8%a6%b3%e9%9f%b3%e7%b5%8c-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tracefleemangarcia.com\/trXiv\/2025\/02\/20\/yet-another-life-extending-ten-line-kannon-sutra-enmei-jukku-kannon-gyo-%e5%bb%b6%e5%91%bd%e5%8d%81%e5%8f%a5%e8%a6%b3%e9%9f%b3%e7%b5%8c-translation\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet Another Life Extending Ten-Line Kannon Sutra (\u5ef6\u547d\u5341\u53e5\u89b3\u97f3\u7d4c Enmei Jukku Kannon Gy\u014d) Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Enmei Jukku Kannon Gy\u014d<\/em> is a relatively enigmatic, and incredibly short, sutra mainly practiced in Japan, but probably originating in China. This English translation which I provided is public domain, and can be used for any purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comparison of translations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are a lot of translations floating around on the internet — luckily the sutra itself is so short that they can all be compared, line-by-line, in a single table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transliteration<\/td>Treeleaf Zendo<\/a><\/td>sotozen.com<\/a> and Dharma Rain<\/a><\/td>Wild Fox Zen<\/a><\/td>nembutsu.cc<\/a><\/td>Philip B. Yampolsky<\/a><\/td>Griffith Foulk<\/a><\/td>Robert Aitken<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
KAN ZE ON<\/td>Kanzeon<\/td>Kanzeon<\/td>[Kanzeon]<\/td>Kanzeon [Bodhisattva]<\/td>Kanzeon<\/td>Avalokit\u00ea\u015bvara<\/td>Avalokiteshvara!<\/td><\/tr>
NA MU BUTSU<\/td>At one with Buddha<\/td>paying homage to Buddha<\/td>Namo Buddha<\/td>Praise to the Buddha<\/td>Salutation and devotion to Buddha<\/td>paying homage to Buddha<\/td>Homage to Buddha!<\/td><\/tr>
YO BUTSU U IN<\/td>Directly Buddha<\/td>forged a causal connection with Buddha<\/td>One with Buddha cause<\/td>With the Buddha as cause<\/td>We are one with Buddha<\/td>forged a causal connection with Buddha<\/td>With Buddha there are causes,<\/td><\/tr>
YO BUTSU U EN<\/td>Also indirectly Buddha<\/td>a karmic affinity with Buddha<\/td>One with Buddha affinity<\/td>With the Buddha as condition<\/td>In cause and effect related to all Buddhas<\/td>a karmic affinity with Buddha<\/td>With Buddha there are conditions.<\/td><\/tr>
BU PO SO EN<\/td>And indirectly Buddha, Dharma, Sangha<\/td>a karmic affinity with Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha<\/td>Buddha, Dharma, Sangha affinity<\/td>Through the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha<\/td>and to Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha<\/td>a karmic affinity with Buddha, Dharma, and Sa\u1e43gha<\/td>Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha \u2013 conditions.<\/td><\/tr>
JO RAKU GA JO<\/td>Joyful, pure eternal being<\/td>thus attaining permanence, ease, selfhood, and purity<\/td>Constancy, joy, self, purity<\/td>I attain eternal, blissful, self, purified of all defilements [nirvana]<\/td>Our True Nature is Eternal, Joyous, Selfless and Pure<\/td>thus attaining permanence, ease, selfhood, and purity<\/td>Eternal, bliss, Self, purity! (qualities of nirvana)<\/td><\/tr>
CHO NEN KAN ZE ON<\/td>Morning mind is Kanzeon<\/td>In the morning think of Kanzeon<\/td>Mornings nen Kanzeon<\/td>In the morning, I recite \u201cKanzeon\u201d<\/td>So let us chant every morning Kanzeon, with Nen [attention]<\/td>In the morning think of Avalokit\u00ea\u015bvara<\/td>Morning thinking of Avalokiteshvara,<\/td><\/tr>
BO NEN KAN ZE ON<\/td>Evening mind is Kanzeon<\/td>in the evening think of Kanzeon<\/td>Evenings nen Kanzeon<\/td>In the evening, I recite \u201cKanzeon\u201d<\/td>Every evening Kanzeon, with Nen<\/td>in the evening think of Avalokit\u00ea\u015bvara<\/td>Evening thinking of Avalokiteshvara.<\/td><\/tr>
NEN NEN JU SHIN KI<\/td>Nen, nen arises from mind<\/td>Thought after thought arises from mind<\/td>Nen nen through arising mind<\/td>Reciting and reciting arises from the awakened mind<\/td>Nen, Nen arises from Mind<\/td>Thought after thought arises from mind<\/td>Thought after thought arise from mind,<\/td><\/tr>
NEN NEN FU RI SHIN<\/td>Nen, nen is not separate from mind.<\/td>thought after thought is not separate from mind<\/td>Nen nen not apart from this mind<\/td>Reciting and reciting is not separate from [awakened] mind<\/td>Nen, Nen is no separate from Mind<\/td>thought after thought is not separate from mind<\/td>Thought after thought not separate from mind<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Gloss<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\u89c0\u4e16\u97f3\nKanzeon\n\u5357\u7121\t\u4f5b\nNamu\tBuddha\n\u8207\t\u4f5b\t\u6709\t\u56e0\nCON\tBuddha\tPOSS\tcause\n\u8207\t\u4f5b\t\u6709\t\u7e01\nCON\tBuddha\tPOSS\tcondition\n\u4f5b\u6cd5\u50e7\t\t\u7e01\nThree Jewels\tcondition\n\u5e38\t\t\u6a02\t\u6211\t\u6de8\nconstant\tjoy\t1st\tpure\n\u671d\t\u5ff5\t\t\u89c0\u4e16\u97f3\nmorning\tremember\tKanzeon\n\u66ae\t\u5ff5\t\t\u89c0\u4e16\u97f3\nnight\tremember\tKanzeon\n\u5ff5\u5ff5\t\t\u5f9e\t\u5fc3\t\u8d77\neach thought\tfrom\theart\trise\n\u5ff5\u5ff5\t\t\u4e0d\t\u96e2\t\t\u5fc3\neach thought\tNEG\tseparate\theart<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Free Translation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Kanzeon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Namubutsu<\/em>.1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Buddha as cause,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Buddha as condition,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three Jewels as condition,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Permanent, joyous, self-existent,2<\/a><\/sup> and pure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Morning: remember Kanzeon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Evening: remember Kanzeon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each thought3<\/a><\/sup> from the heart arises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each thought is not separate from the heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n
  1. I see no reason to translate this as it is a Japanese reading of a Chinese translation of a Sanskrit term.
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  2. Literally “I, me”  \u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li>
  3. For reasons that are opaque, practically every other English translation of this sutra has opted to leave this untranslated (as “nen nen”) or consider it as two separate elements (“thought after thought”, “reciting after reciting”.) The \u5ff5\u5ff5 construction however is usually used in Buddhist writings <\/a>to mean “every thought-moment.”  \u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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