佛三身讚

Praise of the Three Bodies of the Buddha

(Phật Tam Thân Tán / 佛三身讚)

Dharmakāya:
I now bow my head to the Dharmakāya Buddha—
Difficult to illustrate, difficult to conceive, the All-Pervading Wisdom,
Filling the Dharma realm without obstruction,
Profound and tranquil, beyond all comparison.
Neither existent nor nonexistent, of truly real nature,
Neither empty nor full, apart from measure and number,
Equal and formless as all of space—
Bringing benefit to self and others equally, it is just so.

Sambhogakāya:
I now bow my head to the Sambhogakāya Buddha—
Profoundly dwelling in great Munī,
With compassion guiding and transforming the assembly of bodhisattvas,
Everywhere shining forth like the sun in the sky.
Through three great kalpas accumulating all virtues,
From the very beginning fully perfecting the path of serene stillness,
With a great voice proclaiming the wholesome Dharma,
Bringing equal benefit to all the fruits of liberation.

Nirmāṇakāya:
I now bow my head to the Nirmāṇakāya Buddha—
Beneath the Bodhi tree attaining perfect enlightenment,
Now manifesting transformations, now abiding in stillness,
Now appearing and moving throughout all ten directions,
Now turning the Wheel of the Dharma at the Deer Park,
Now displaying radiance like a blazing flame.
The sufferings and karmic retributions of the three lower realms He fully removes;
None in the Three Realms can compare to the Great Munī.

Dedication of Merit:
Such is the Buddha's body, wisdom free of all defilement—
I now, with faith and understanding, purify the three karmas,
And with boundless wisdom and great merit,
With a single heart of compassion for all sentient beings,
I offer this praise of the Three Bodies of the Buddha.
May these unconditioned, untainted virtues—
May I swiftly attain the Bodhi of Buddhahood,
And thereafter lead all sentient beings to perfect enlightenment.