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English version A wheel. Place it before the image. Make a rope with five-colored threads. Seal it to a pillar with a stamp. Tie forty-nine knots around that person's body. Then recite the 'Bhaisajyaguru Sutra' (药师经) [Medicine Buddha Sutra] forty-nine times. All sins and obstacles will be dissolved, lifespan will be extended, and one will be secure from unexpected suffering. Diseases caused by ghosts and spirits will also be immediately cured. If you wish to subdue an evil person, make a mudra (印) [hand gesture], recite the mantra one hundred and eight times with an angry mind, and point it remotely at all heretics to destroy them. If someone suffers from heart disease, bless green sandalwood and apply it to the heart to cure it. If someone suffers from a headache, bless cinnamon bark twenty times and take it to cure it. If someone suffers from swelling and jaundice, bless turmeric one hundred and eight times and apply it to cure it. If someone wants to get away from enemies, bless bitter neem seeds one hundred and eight times, burn one seed with each recitation, and throw them into the fire. That person will then go far away. If you suffer from pain in the body's joints, bless hot water one hundred and eight times with the mantra, and bathe in it to be cured. If someone every morning takes a handful of water, blesses it seven times with the mantra, and drinks it, all the bad karma on their body will be eliminated. How much more so for those without various calamities. And the suffering of the three karmas (身口意) [body, speech, and mind] will also be cured, and one will gain longevity. If you bless food and drink with the mantra, all poisons will be unable to harm you. If you see an evil person or an enemy, you should recite this mantra. All enemies who harbor evil intentions will be subdued, their evil intentions will immediately disappear, and they will treat you with compassion. In places of fear, you should concentrate your mind and recite the mantra. If you want to sleep, you should recite this mantra one hundred and eight times, and you will have good dreams and be able to know good and bad omens. If someone is suffering from malaria, the person holding this mantra should look at the person suffering from malaria and sincerely recite this mantra one thousand and eight times, and their illness will be cured. One volume of 'The Ritual for Reciting the Bhaisajyaguru Tathagata' (药师如来) [Medicine Buddha] Written at the hour of the Rooster on the second day of the second month of the third year of Hoan (保元) [Japanese era name]. Respectfully bestowed upon the Great En (大缘) Chamber, the Dharma Seal (法印) [title] Imperial Book is completed, left as a gift to later sages, together hoping for the wisdom of the Buddha. Seeking the Dharma, Shramana Kakujo (觉成) [Buddhist monk name] On the fourteenth day of the ninth month of the second year of Enpo (延宝) [Japanese era name], the year of the Wood Tiger --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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高山寺法鼓台之本于仁和寺书写一校了 野泽末资净严 三十六岁 天明元年辛丑天润五月以觉远僧正本写之 慈忍 享和元年辛酉纪号。求上件本训国字。此药师念诵轨。元文年中既铸梓。然彼缺脱之本。唯一纸阙。是故更校正以寿梓矣。 丰山长谷寓居沙门 快道志 一校加笔毕 享和癸亥四月十日 慈顺 现代汉语译本： 此为高山寺法鼓台所藏，底本是于仁和寺书写并经过校对的版本。野泽末资净严，时年三十六岁。 天明元年辛丑年五月，以觉远僧正的版本抄写。慈忍，享和元年辛酉年所记。请求以上述版本为基础，用日本国字进行训读。这是《药师念诵轨》。元文年间已经刊行。然而那个版本有所缺失，缺少一页。因此重新校正，以期刊行。丰山长谷寓居沙门快道志。 校对加笔完毕。享和癸亥年四月十日。慈顺
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English version: This is from the Dharma Drum Platform of Kozan-ji (高山寺), based on a version written and proofread at Ninna-ji (仁和寺). Nozawa Suetsugu Jogyo (野澤末資淨嚴), age thirty-six. In the fifth month of the Xin Chou (辛丑) year of Tenmei 1 (天明元年), copied from the version of Kakuen Sojo (覺遠僧正). Jinin (慈忍), recorded in the Xin You (辛酉) year of Kyowa 1 (享和元年). Requested to use the above version as a basis to interpret it using Japanese characters (訓国字). This is the 'Yakushi Nenshu Ki' (藥師念誦軌, Medicine Buddha Recitation Ritual). It was already published during the Genbun (元文) era. However, that version was incomplete, missing one page. Therefore, it has been re-collated for publication. Written by Kaido-shi (快道志), a Shramana (沙門) residing at Hasedera (長谷寺) in Buzan (豐山). Proofreading and additions completed. April 10th, Kyouwa (享和) year of Mizunoto-I (癸亥). Jishun (慈順). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------