         Silent Prayers   
                 
                                          
 First Prayer                              
 Offering to the Shoten Zenjin   
          
 I  sincerely  pray  that  Daibontenno,
 Taishakutenno,  Dainittenno, Daigattenno,
 Daimyojotenno  and  all the other Shoten
 Zenjin, sworn guardians of the Lotus Sutra,
 may increasingly  be nourished by the
 power of  Myoho-Renge-Kyo,  so that they
 will be able to continually protect those
 who embrace True Buddhism.   
                                                     
 Chant: Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,  Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,  
 Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo      


 Second Prayer                                  
 Offering to the Dai-Gohonzon  
                 
 I express my sincere devotion to the Dai-
 Gohonzon  -  the soul of the Juryo chapter
 of the Essential Teachings and the Supreme
 Law concealed within its depths, the fusion
 of the realm of the Original infinite Law
 and the inherent wisdom within the Buddha  
 of   Kuon  Ganjo,  the  manifestation of
 the Buddha of Intrinsically Perfect Wisdom, 
 the eternal coexistence of the Ten Worlds,
 the entity of Ichinen Sanzen, the oneness of
 the Person and the Law, and  the Supreme
 Object of Worship of the High Sanctuary. I
 also express my heartfelt gratitude for Its
 beneficence  and  pray  that Its profound
 benevolent  power  may  ever  more widely
 prevail.  
                                                                                   
 Chant: Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,  Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,
 Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo   
        

 Third Prayer    
 Offering to Nichiren Daishonin and                  
 the Successive High Priests  
                       
 I  express my sincere devotion to the Founder of
 True Buddhism,  Nichiren Daishonin,  the  bound-
 lessly  compassionate Buddha  who  revealed  the
 True Cause of  Original Enlightenment;  who pos-
 sesses  the  Three  Enlightened Properties,  and
 whose  Three Enlightened Properties comprise His
 single  being; whose beneficence  transcends the
 Three Existences;  and  who possesses  the Three
 Virtues of sovereign, teacher, and parent. I also
 express my heartfelt gratitude for His beneficence
 and  pray  that His profound benevolent power may
 ever more widely prevail.  
                                                                            
 Chant: Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,  Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,
 Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo


 I  express my sincere devotion to the second High
 Priest Byakuren Ajari Nikko Shonin, the first among
 the Treasure of the Priest and the Great Master of
 Propagation   who  directly  received  the  Living
 Essence   of   the  True Buddha   from  Nichiren
 Daishonin. I also express my heartfelt gratitude for
 His beneficence  and pray  that His  profound benev-
 olent power may ever more widely prevail.   
                                                           
 Chant: Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo, Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,
 Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo     
         

 I express my sincere devotion to the Third
 High Priest Niidakyo Ajari Nichimoku Shonin,      
 the  Master  of  the  Seat  of  the  Law,
 who directly inherited  the  Living Essence
 from  Nikko  Shonin.  I  also  express  my
 heartfelt gratitude for His beneficence and
 pray  that  His profound  benevolent power
 may ever more widely prevail. 
                                                                       
 (Silently): Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,  Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,
 Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo  
                            
                                                   
 I express my sincere devotion to the Fourth       
 High Priest Nichido Shonin, the  Fifth High       
 Priest Nichigyo Shonin and all  the succes-       
 sive High Priests,  who have  inherited and       
 correctly handed  down the  Living Essence.       
 I also express  my heartfelt  gratitude for       
 Their beneficence and pray that  Their pro-       
 found  benevolent  power  may    ever  more       
 widely prevail.  
                                 
 Chant: Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,  Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,  
 Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo.                               


 Fourth Prayer                              
 Prayer For Worldwide Propagation           
                                           
 I sincerely pray for the attainment  of the
 Great  Aspiration  of  the  True  Buddha  --
 Kosen-rufu,  the  worldwide  propagation of
 the  Buddhism  of  the  True  Cause through
 the power of Myoho-Renge-Kyo. 
             
 Chant: Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,  Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo
 Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo  
     
                                           
 I pray to eradicate my  many past  and pre-
 sent slanders against the Law, and  to con-
 tinually  purify  and  deepen my  faith and
 practice so that I may attain enlightenment
 in this and all future existences.   
      
 (Offer personal prayers here.)            
                                 
 Chant:   Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,  Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,
 Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo   
    

 Fifth Prayer                                
 Memorial Prayers for the Deceased   
        
 I pray  that all  my deceased  relatives, all
 deceased Nichiren Shoshu  believers,  and all
 others  who  have  departed  this   life  may
 attain  Buddhahood   through  the   power  of
 Myoho-Renge-Kyo. Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo
                                          
 (Offer special memorial prayers while       
 sounding the bell continuously)            
                                            
 Chant: Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,  Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo,
 Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo   
     
                                            
 May  the  impartial benefits  of Myoho-Renge-
 Kyo  spread equally  to the  farthest reaches
 of the universe so that I, together  with all
 other  existence,  may  attain  the  tranquil
 state of enlightened life.   
               
 Chant: Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo, Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo
 Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo