Prayers and devotionals to Amitabha

If you have the time in your personal spiritual practice why not pay homage to Amitabha with these liturgies and gathas. They are taken from my book for Mahayana liturgies, however, the English translation differs slightly online.

(From Chinese Mahayana Evening Liturgy and the Thrice Yearning Pure Land Dharma Repentance)

Pure Land Aspiration Recitation (1)

Single-Mindedly, we seek Refuge in Amitabha Buddha of the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss,
May His Pure Radiance shine upon us and His Vows embrace us,
Mindfully, invoking the Tathagata’s Name, mindful of the Bodhi Way, seeking rebirth in Sukhavati,
As the Buddha fundamentally vowed, “If any sentient being, seeking rebirth in His Land,
With determined and faithful Tenfold Invocations, should one not achieve rebirth there, He will not attain Supreme Enlightenment”,
By this virtuous Mindfulness of Buddha, may we enter the Tathagata’s Great Ocean of Vows,
By the Buddha’s Great Compassion, may all offenses be eradicated and good roots increased,
By the end of one’s life, may we have foreknowledge,
Devoid of suffering, craving or confusion, Dhyana’s serenity permeates,
The Buddha and the Holy Sages, from the golden dias, beholding us,
In one ksana, we are in His Blissful Land,
The Lotus unfolding, beholding the Buddha,
Hearing the Buddha Vehicle, Attaining the Buddha’s Prajna,
Delivering all sentient beings, fulfilling the Bodhi Vows!
O Buddhas of the Tenfold Directions and Three Periods of Time!
O Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas!

Maha Prajna Paramita!

Pure Land Aspiration Recitation (2) chant

In Tenfold Directions & Three Periods of Time, foremost Buddha of All, is Amitabha,
Emancipating all of the Nine Ranks, with limitless Merits and Virtues,
We now seek Refuge and repent from all offenses,
Sincerely, we transfer these Merits and Virtues, with like-minded Reciters,
May all experience His Miraculous Wonders,
When meeting our end, may the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss unfold now,
With diligent efforts, beholding Amitabha, the cyclic rebirth ends,
We shall then deliver all sentient beings,
Endless sufferings eliminated, Limitless Dharmas learned,
Vowing to free all beings, may they too attain Buddhahood,
Though empty space has boundaries, our Vows are endless.
O Buddhas of the Tenfold Directions and Three Periods of Time!
O Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas!

Maha Prajna Paramita!

Short Sung Gatha to Amitabha Buddha (1)

O Amitabha Buddha, King of All Healers,
His Grand Golden Posture, Radiates Brightly,
Saviour in the Ocean of Sorrows, with Nine Grades of Lotus of Deliverance,
Single-mindedly vowing towards the Western Land of Bliss,
Namo Ocean Wide Lotus Assembly of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas

(bowing/reciting thrice)

Short Sung Gatha to Amitabha Buddha (2)

Our Primal Vow, to behold Amitabha, with His Emancipating Forty-Eight Vows,
With Ninefold Ranks of Golden Waves,
With miraculous nets as bridges, rescuing the deceased from Desire’s River,
Namo Ocean Wide Lotus Assembly of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas

(bowing/reciting thrice)