Oh, Thou, the Buddha, the Supremely Awakened One, the Most Honored One, here are we gathered to hold in Thy presence with deepest reverence and adoration in our hearts.
We hereby offer our merits accumulated by chanting the Lotus Sutra and the Odaimoku, Namu Myoho Renge Kyo, to the Late Mrs. ...(name withheld)... who passed away at the one day short of 84 years old on September 4, 1996. It is the 1^st -- 7^th Day Memorial Service for the spirit of the Late . ...(name withheld)... in order to have her partake of the joy of the Dharma.
May she stop suffering, leave the world of birth and death, and dwell in the world given to her as the reward for her good karmas, receive our offering of the savor of the Dharma, eliminate grave sins which she might have committed from the past, see the Buddhas of the worlds of the ten directions, hear the Wonderful Dharma, develop virtues of the Buddha, travel over the Dharma-world by this Vehicle of The Lotus Sutra, reach the place of Enlightenment quickly, attain the Enlightenment. May the soul of the Late . ...(name withheld)... rest on the Lotus Blossoms and attain Supreme Enlightenment.
May the whole Dharma-world be blessed with the Great Compassion of the Buddha Sakyamuni.
May all beings be Blessed with this merit, and with us together, attain Buddhahood.