This post is about the chant. To see (and hear) the chant itself, please refer back to the previous post, which has the whole chant in Hanja, Hangul and romanized transliteration, some very literal translations, and a video: Ye Bul (禮 佛 / 예 불), AKA: Homage to the Three Jewels First, lets look at […]

天下宗師                                  一切微塵數 諸大                                     善知識
천하종사                                  일체미진수 제대                                    선지식
chon ha jong sa                        il che mi jin su je dae                             seon ji shik
heaven below grand master     all small particles count every great      good perceive realize (善知識 = kalyāṇa-mitratā: admirable friendship, sacred friendship)
We sincerely pay homage to all the previous generations of great masters who have brought the lamp of the dharma from the west to the east, and to Korea in particular, and to all of our great teachers and spiritual friends, who are as numerous as the atoms of the universe.