Fueko: extending merit to all beings
Reciting the verse “Extending Merit to All Beings”, called Fueko in Japanese, is the traditional way to end a Buddhist talk. In this clip Gudo Nishijima recites the Fueko after one of his talks.
The description of the video on YouTube: Reciting the verse “Extending Merit to All Beings” – called “Fueko” in Japanese – is the traditional way to end a Buddhist talk. This is a clip of Gudo Nishijima reciting the Fueko after one of his Buddhist talks.
The verse
Gan ni shi kudoku
Fu gyū o issai
Ga to yo shujō
Kai gu jō butsudōJi ho san shi i shi fu
Shi son bu sa mo ko sa
Mo ko ho ja ho ro mi
May this merit extend to everyone,
so that we, together with all beings,
jointly accomplish the way of the buddhas.All buddhas of the ten directions and the three times,
all honoured bodhisattvas and mahasattvas,
the great perfection of wisdom (maha prajñā pāramitā).
This is the usual wording of the verse in Zen liturgy, not a transcript of the recording. The first four lines are Japanese and the last three Chinese, chanted more slowly, as Mike Luetchford describes it when he leads the Fueko.
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