第八明行道法(行者既禮佛竟。當一心正身威儀。右遶法座燒香散華。安庠徐步。心念三寶。次第三遍稱)
Eighth: The Method of Walking the Path (Once the practitioner has finished bowing to the Buddha, they should single-mindedly compose their body and maintain dignified deportment. Walking clockwise around the Dharma seat, burning incense and scattering flowers, they proceed calmly with unhurried steps, keeping the Three Jewels in mind. Then, in order, they recite three times:)
南無十方佛。南無十方法。南無十方僧。
Homage to the Buddhas of the ten directions. Homage to the Dharma of the ten directions. Homage to the Sangha of the ten directions.
南無釋迦牟尼佛 南無多寶佛 南無釋迦牟尼分身佛 南無妙法蓮華經 南無文殊師利菩薩 南無普賢菩薩(如是稱諸佛菩薩摩訶薩名字。即當誦經誦經之法在下廣明。行者非但覺了誦經音聲性空。亦當知身心如雲如影。舉足下足心無所得。不住行相。亦知此身影現十方充滿法界。無不普現。圍遶諸佛。如是旋遶三匝乃至七匝三七匝七七匝百匝。無有定數。當自斟量。若行道欲竟。當還如前稱三寶名字。燒香正念作契唄。唄竟至本禮佛處。歸依三寶一心正念。當口自唱言)。
Namo Shakyamuni Buddha. Namo Prabhūtaratna Buddha. Namo the emanated buddhas of Shakyamuni. Namo the Lotus Sutra of the Wondrous Dharma. Namo Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva. Namo Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.
(Thus one recites the names of the buddhas and bodhisattva-mahāsattvas. This itself is the practice of reciting the sutra; the method of reciting the sutra is explained at length below. The practitioner should not only realize that the sound of recitation is empty by nature, but should also know that body and mind are like clouds, like shadows—raising the foot and setting it down, the mind grasps nothing and does not dwell on the marks of walking. One should also know that this body's shadow appears throughout the ten directions, filling the Dharma realm, universally manifesting everywhere, encircling the buddhas. Thus one circumambulates three times, or up to seven times, three times seven times, seven times seven times, or a hundred times—there is no fixed number; one should assess it for oneself. When the walking practice is about to end, one should again, as before, recite the names of the Three Jewels, burn incense, with Right Mindfulness perform the chant with clappers; when the chant is finished, return to the original place of bowing to the buddhas, take refuge in the Three Jewels with single-minded Right Mindfulness, and aloud recite:)
自歸依佛。當願眾生體解大道發無上心(說竟作禮。復言)。
I take refuge in the Buddha. May all sentient beings understand the great Path and give rise to the peerless mind. (Having finished speaking, they bow and speak again.)
自歸依法。當願眾生深入經藏智慧如海(說竟作禮復言)。
Taking refuge in the Dharma, I vow that all sentient beings may deeply enter the treasury of scriptures, with wisdom vast as the sea. (Having spoken this, they bowed and spoke again.)
自歸依僧。當願眾生統理大眾一切無閡。和南聖眾(作禮)。
Taking refuge in the Sangha, I vow that all sentient beings may govern the great assembly and be entirely without obstruction. I bow in reverence to the noble Sangha. (Offering homage.)