HBMLP Chanting Book (Evening, Meals, 88 Buddhas Repentance, Amitabha Pure Land) (Chinese, Pinyin, English)

HBMLP Chanting Book (Evening, Meals, 88 Buddhas Repentance, Amitabha Pure Land) (Chinese, Pinyin, English)

2012 HBMLP Chanting (Evening, Meals, 88 Buddhas Repentance, Amitabha Pure Land) (Chinese, Pinyin, English).pdf

Just recently compiled for the 2012 Humanistic Buddhism Monastic Life Program, aka the "Woodenfish", this Chanting Book contains the original Chinese, Hanyu Pinyin and English translation for the following common Chinese Buddhist liturgies:  

1. The Heart Sutra (which we use as our standard evening chanting)
2. Meal time offerings (breakfast and lunch, with the Five Contemplations added) 
3. The Amitabha Sutra (standard Pure Land service) 
4. The Eighty Eight Buddha's Repentance

Some of these have appeared on my Blog independently, so there may be some duplication.  Still, hopefully this latest file should be useful for some of you out there!  Enjoy!  

[2012-08-19 Update:  After actually using this document for the 2012 HBMLP I realized to my horror the huge amount of errors inside.  Apologies to all.  Corrections have been made here, though I suspect that many still remain.]  

~~ Huifeng

Eighty Eight Buddhas Repentance - Chinese, Pinyin, English

Eighty Eight Buddhas Repentance

Eighty Eight Buddhas Repentance - Chinese, Pinyin, English


One from some time ago that I forgot to add here.  The classic chanting service of the Eighty Eight Buddhas Repentance!!  


~~ Huifeng

Universal Gate Chapter of the Lotus Sutra - Chinese, Pinyin, English

Universal Gate of Guan Yin / Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva

Universal Gate Chapter of the Lotus Sutra - Chinese, Pinyin, English


Here's the latest liturgy creation, originally for the students at Buddhist Studies at Fo Guang University.  May be a few little pinyin errors, so please let me know if you spot any.  


~~ Huifeng

New blog from old "Huifeng" blog at Wisdom Door

Hi everyone,

After setting up this new blog here at Blogger - I confess I'm a bit of a Google fan - I had all sorts of problems exporting my old Huifeng Blog at Wisdom Door and importing it into Blogger here.
Today, I finally found a solution, with a little converted system online.
So, here it is!

~~ Huifeng

Morning Chanting Service (1st & 15th of Lunar Month) (Chinese, Pinyin, English)

Morning Chanting Service (1st & 15th of Lunar Month) (Chinese, Pinyin, English)

Morning Chanting Service (1st & 15th of Lunar Month) (Chinese, Pinyin, English)

A PDF file with the standard morning chanting service (often used daily, or for the 1st and 15th of the lunar month), with the Chinese accompanied by Hanyu Pinyin and an English translation.  (Translation includes the various dharanis and mantras.)

Comments and feedback on the translations, the style and format, etc., are all most welcome!  

[2012-08-19 Update:  Corrections have been made to the Great Compassion Dharani portion of this file.  Thanks to Ven Kongmu for pointing this out to me a couple of weeks ago.]  

~~ Huifeng

Amitābha Pureland Dharma Service
(Chinese, Pinyin, English)

A PDF document containing the standard Pureland Dharma Service in Chinese, with Hanyu Pinyin and English translation.

Amitābha Pureland Dharma Service (Chinese, Pinyin, English)

Feedback on translation, style and format, etc., all most appreciated!  :)

How to Input Pāli & Sanskrit Diacritics in MS Word Files

How to Input Pāli & Sanskrit Diacritics in MS Word Files

How to Input Pali and Sanskrit Diacritics in Word


After having a lot of people ask me how to input / type in Pali and Sanskrit diacritical marks (eg. ā ś ṣ ṛ ṭ ñ ū ī ō ṅ ṃ ṇ ḍ ḥ) in their essays, I had the chance to show this years HKU Buddhist Studies students how it is done.  This is the file, with clear and easy step by step instructions, including screen-shots of how it is done in Word 2010.


~~ Huifeng

Pañcaviṃśati-sāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā passages corresponding to theHṛdaya Sūtra

Pañcaviṃśati-sāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā & Hṛdaya Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra

A basic source / resource file for Pañcaviṃśati-sāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā passages corresponding to the Hṛdaya Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, with some general comparisons.

For Prajñāpāramitā devotees and Dharma geeks!

Heart Sutra - word for word - Sanskrit / Chinese / English

Heart Sutra - word for word - Sanskrit / Chinese / English

Hrdaya Prajnaparamita Skt-Chn-Eng Word by Word (Heart Sutra)
(Up-dated 2011-12-24)

Having a lot of people on internet Buddhist Forums look for this sort of thing, I thought I'd make a file with all the essentials.  The file has the basic Heart Sutra (the standard east asian one from Xuanzang, not the later and longer version), along with the Sanskrit version, broken down word for word, with the Chinese and Sanskrit matched up.  Each "word" has a basic English translation.  And then each section has a complete translation in English, too.

Excellent for those people who like to study the Chinese or Sanskrit versions of the sutras they commonly recite.

Happy reading!  :)

Mahāprajñāpāramitā Mahāvidyā Sūtra 摩訶般若婆羅蜜大明咒經 - English tr.from Kumārajīva's "Heart Sūtra"

Mahāprajñāpāramitā Mahāvidyā Sūtra - Kumārajīva translation

Also known as the Heart Sūtra (Hṛdaya)

Mahāprajñāpāramitā Mahāvidyā Sūtra - Kumārajīva translation

Most people in east asian Buddhism are familiar with Xuanzang's translation of the Heart Sutra, the one that is usually memorized, recited and everything else!  Few know, however, that well before Xuanzang's translation, there is an earlier one from Kumarajiva.

This file is basically just the Chinese of Kumarajiva's Heart Sutra on one side, and a clear and simple rendering of that into English, on the other.

~~ Huifeng