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"Evening" Bell Chant 鐘偈陀

IR ¹⁾	HJ	HG	RR	EL	EP
mun jong-song	聞鐘聲	문 종 성	mun jong seong ²⁾	listen bell sound
bon-ne dan	煩惱斷	번 뇌 단	beon noe dan	vexed angered eliminate
ji-hye hang	智慧長	지 혜 장	ji hye jang	knowing intelligence increase
bo-ri saeng	菩提生	보 리 생	bo ri saeng	bodhi thrives
i-ji ok	離地獄	이 지 옥	i ji ok	leave earth prison
chul sam-gye	出三界	출 삼 계	chul sam gye	leave three worlds
won song-bul	願成佛	원 성 불	won seong bul	vow become buddha
do jung-saeng	度衆生	도 중 생	do jung saeng	save everything born
pa ji-ok jin-on	破地獄眞言	파 지 옥 진 언	pa ji ok jin eon	shatter earth prison true words	The Mantra (眞言) of Shattering (破) Hell (地獄)
om ga-ra ji-ya sa-ba-ha	唵伽囉帝耶娑婆訶

NOTE: The earliest known source for this chant, dating from the 17th century, clearly states “In the morning and dusk, when walking, standing, sitting or sleeping, as soon as you hear the sound of the bell, recite this verse.” See Master Duti's “Essential Vinaya for Daily Use” in Invaluable Resources

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“IR” = informal romanization; “HJ” = “Hanja”; “HG” = “Hangul”; “RR” = “Revised Romanization”; “EL” = “English Literal”; “EP” = “English Paraphrase; Also see Glossary

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RR is shown in bold when it differs from IR