where can I find text of Yakogyo chant and the Busshi Hatsunehan Ryaku
Setsu Kyokaikyo

I cannot read Japanese so cannot check if the sites listed on this
page have what you want
http://home.att.net/~edwardchang/language/japanese.htm  A search on
the transliterated titles did not give me any results.  Perhaps
another researcher will have better luck.

You can use http://world.altavista.com/
for any japanese pages you come across.

-AI

Hi alien,

I'm a bit leery of using Babelfish except as an extra assistant in
languages in which I have some knowledge already.  More to the point,
in this case, I'm not sure it would help anyway, because dhramabum has
given us a transliteration (ie a representation of the sounds of the
original words) rather than a translation of what they mean.  In order
to see whether the site I mentioned has relevant information, I would
need to know what Yakogyo and Busshi Hatsunehan Ryaku
Setsu Kyokaikyo look like when written in Japanese characters, since I
do not have their meaning in translation.  Babelfish will not give me
that information.

I read a little Japanese, but I don't know much at all about Buddhism,
so I'm not sure how much I can help with this specific query.

I found a link which might help you, though, Tehuti. I was able to
find a page which lists Buddhist terms in both English and Japanese
Kanji:
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/asia/dicts/bdict/jpindex.htm

For instance: 
hatsunehan 
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/asia/dicts/bdict/data/13704822C.htm#%94%CA%9F%B8%9E%CF
ryaku
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/asia/dicts/bdict/data/102067565.htm#%97%AA

Setsu has several entries, so it depends on which meaning is sought. I
could not find Yakogyo, Kyokaikyo, or Busshi.

Dhramabum, can you give us any additional info on these sutra titles?
Maybe an approximate English translation, or a scan of the kanji
they're written with? Or a portion of the chant? Can you check to make
sure you've got the correct spelling/romanization for them?

Sorry to ask so many questions, when we're supposed to be the ones
answering, but this question will be a tough one for those who are not
familiar with Japanese buddhism.

Hopefully some other researcher can figure this one out!

Yakogyo is ?


"Busshi Hatsunehan Ryakusetsu Kyokaikyo" is the formal name (very
difficult to read and remember) and this sutra is usually/commonly
called as "Yuikyo-gyo (Yuikyo-kyo)" or "Butsu-Yuikyogyo," all
literally mean that the last words/teachings of Buddha on his death.



Some words from the sutra are listed on a page, in Japanese:
http://www.ginzado.ne.jp/~ryusei/houwa/bunei0203.htm



You can locate pages with "Busshi Hatsunehan Ryakusetsu Kyokaikyo" in
Japanese Kanji
://www.google.com/search?hl=ja&inlang=ja&ie=Shift_JIS&q=%95%A7%90%82%94%CA%9F%B8%9E%CF%97%AA%90%E0%8B%B3%E6r%8Co

"Butsuyuikyogyo" pages
://www.google.com/search?hl=ja&inlang=ja&ie=Shift_JIS&q=%95%A7%88%E2%8B%B3%8Co



A scene of chanting the sutra on/around 15th Feb.
http://raku.city.kyoto.jp/backnumber/mar99/gyoji_2_e.html#gyoji2_6


"Yuikyogyo"
http://www.itteki-ji.org/ODZAugust99Num47.doc

"ButsuYuikyogyo" Text book

http://www.sotozen-net.or.jp/bunka/syuppan/shoseki.htm
Price: Yen 800.-
(the most left placed booklet within the 4th image from the top)