We reflect on the effort that brought us this food and consider how it comes to us.
We reflect on our virtue and practice, and whether we are worthy of this offering.
We regard it as essential to free ourselves of excesses such as greed.
We regard this food as good medicine to sustain our life.
For the sake of enlightenment, we now receive this food.

hitotsu ni wa, kō no tashō wo hakari, kano raisho wo hakaru

futatsu ni wa, onore ga tokugyō no zenketsu wo hakatte, ku ni ōzu

mitsu ni wa, shin wo fusegi, toga wo hanaruru koto wa tontō wo shū to su

yotsu ni wa, masa ni ryōyaku wo koto to suru wa gyōko wo ryōzen ga tame nari

Itsutsu ni wa, jōdō no tame no yue ni, ima kono jiki wo uku