Text for the rite praying to the Northern Dipper, by the state's divination, for lengthened life and passage through misfortune國卜北斗延命度厄道場文
玉毫現相。瑠舌吐言。爲一切人暢眞功於六甲。是東方佛譚勝力於七元。苟罄歸崇。尋蒙度解。顧惟孱弱。叨據重艱。陰蕩陽摩。當八節四時之會。晨兢夕惕。考五占三兆之同。宜愼毖於初冬。必依投於妙蔭。肆於淨宇。敞此熏筵。招迎大展之戒流。宣振旁行之密藏。伏願憑覺庥之覆露。荷靈府之保維。身其康強。永享無疆之曆服。民用和穆。誕延有截之寰區。
The jade tuft (玉毫) shows forth its form and the glass-like tongue pours out words, setting forth for all people the true merit within the six cycles (六甲); this is what the Buddha of the East told of the surpassing power of the Seven Prime Stars (七元). If one truly turns to them and honors them to the full, one at once receives passage and release.
Looking back, with this frail body I have presumed to occupy a heavy and difficult seat. Meeting the gathering of the eight terms and four seasons, in which yin and yang take their turns, I am careful at dawn and fearful at dusk, and examine whether the five divinations and the three omens agree. It is fitting to be cautious and wary at the first of winter, and so I must by all means lean upon the marvelous shade.
And so, in a clean hall, we open this seat for the burning of incense, welcoming in the broadly spreading stream of the precepts and unrolling and sending up the secret scripture written sideways.
Prostrate, I pray that, leaning upon the covering and moistening of the shade of enlightenment and receiving the protection of the divine scripture, my body may be strong and sound, so as to enjoy forever the state's endless fortune, and that the people may be harmonious, greatly enlarging an orderly world.