My first teacher of Shugendo (who died in 1993), back in 1969-70, used to recite this prayer from memory at the end of any service or ceremony, as part of the "turning over of the merit to all sentient beings." I had never seen it in written form until it was recently sent among his original hand-written prayer books. It probably came to him through the Tibetan tradition.
MAY ALL BEINGS WHO ARE WITHOUT PROTECTION AND HAVE NO PROTECTION, QUICKLY ATTAIN THE UNSURPASSABLE CONDITION OF SUPREME ENLIGHTENMENT. LET THE TWELVE-FOLD CAUSAL NEXUS, WHICH IS THE BASIS OF ALL DELUDING EXISTENCE, REVOLVING LIKE THE WHEEL OF A CART, BE QUICKLY DESTROYED.
MAY WE HAVE THE BLESSING OF OUR TEACHERS THAT ALL STUPIDITY MAY BE DISPERSED WITH REGARD TO THE NATURE OF EXISTENCE. MAY WE HAVE THE BLESSING OF OUR TUTELARY DEITY THAT WE MAY ACHIEVE WHAT WE INTEND.
MAY WE HAVE THE BLESSING OF THE GREAT SYMBOL IN THE WOMB OF BODY SPEECH AND MIND; THE BLESSING OF THE DHARMA-KAYA, BOUNDLESS LIGHT; EXTENDING BLESSINGS THROUGHOUT THE REALM OF A THOUSAND SUNS, FOREMOST IN HE PERFECTION OF THE GLORIOUS QUALITIES WHICH ARE THE BEST OF ALL DESIRABLE THINGS. MAY BLESSINGS SUCH AS THESE DESCEND UPON US HERE TODAY.
THE BLESSING OF THE SAMBHOGA-KAYA, THE GREAT COMPASSIONATE ONES, EXTENDING BLESSINGS LIKE THE MOON THROUGH THE HEAVENS, FOREMOST IN THE PERFECTION OF THE HOPES OF BODILY BEINGS. MAY BLESSINGS SUCH AS THESE DESCEND UPON US HERE TODAY.
THE BLESSING OF THE NIRMANA-KAYA, EXTENDING BLESSINGS FAR AND WIDE EVEN TO THE MYRIAD OF STARS, TEACHING IN A MANNER SUITABLE TO EACH PLACE AND EACH PERSON. MAY BLESSINGS SUCH AS THESE DESCEND UPON US HERE TODAY.
OM NAMO AMITTABHAYA BODHAYA
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