WARNING: THE SIGNAL FOR TODAY’S NETCAST CUTS OUT MIDWAY THROUGHZAZEN. SO, PLEASE KEEP GOIN’ ON YOUR OWN TODAY (SITTING TIME: 40 MINUTES),FOLLOWED BY KINHIN, VERSE OF ATONEMENT & FOUR VOWS Please join our weekly “Live from Treeleaf” Zazenkai meditation … We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho), then chant the Heart Sutra in ENGLISH (see below), then sit about 40 minutes of Zazen, then 10 minutes of Kinhin, closing with the chants of the “Verse of Atonement” and “Four Vows“.Please join in, one and all. TODAY’S SITTING IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF Andrew Symon, A FRIEND OF OUR SANGHA MEMBER TOM Gassho, Jundo (video below) Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH Here’s what we will be chanting … __________________ INO = CHANT LEADER ONLY EVERYONE = ALL JOIN IN AFTER 3x STANDING BOWS by EVERYONE: INO ONLY = The Heart of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra*(Maka Hannya Haramita Shin Gyo in English) EVERYONE = A/vo/lo/ki/tes/va/ra/ Bo/dhi/satt/va/, A/wa/kened/ One/ of/ Com/pas/sion/, In/ Praj/na/ Pa/ra/mi/ta/, the/Deep/ Prac/tice/ of/ Per/fect/ Wis/dom/* Per/ceived/ the/ emp/ti/ness/ of /all /five /con/di/tions/, And/ was/ free/ of/ suf/fer/ing/. O/ Sha/ri/pu/tra/, form/ is/ no/ o/ther/ than/ emp/ti/ness/, Emp/ti/ness/ no/ o/ther/ than/ form/; Form/ is/ pre/cise/ly/ emp/ti/ness/, emp/ti/ness/ pre/cise/ly/ form/. Sen/sa/tions/, per/cep/tions/, for/ma/tions/ and/ con/scious/ness/ are/ al/so/ like/ this/. O/ Sha/ri/pu/tra/, all/ things/ are/ ex/pres/sions/ of/ emp/ti/ness/, Not/ born/, not/ des/troyed/, not/ stained/, not/ pure/; Nei/ther/ wax/ing/ nor/ wan/ing/. Thus/ emp/ti/ness/ is/ not/ form/; not/ sen/sa/tion/ nor/ per/cep/tion/, not/ for/ma/tion/ nor/ con/scious/ness/. No/ eye/, ear/, nose/, tongue/, bo/dy/, mind/; No/ sight/, sound/, smell/, taste/, touch/, nor/ ob/ject/ of/ mind/; No/ realm/ of/ sight/, no/ realm/ of/ con/scious/ness/; No/ ig/no/rance/, no/ end/ to/ ig/no/rance/; No/ old/ age/ and/ death/, No/ ces/sa/tion/ of/ old/ age/ and/ death/; No/ suf/fer/ing/, nor/ cause/ or/ end/ to/ suf/fer/ing/; No/ path/, no/ wis/dom/ and/ no/ gain/. No/ gain/ – thus/ Bod/dhi/satt/vas/ live/ this/ Praj/na/ Pa/ra/mi/ta/* With/ no/ hin/drance/ of/ mind/ – No/ hin/drance/ there/fore/ no/ fear/. Far/ be/yond/ all/ de/lu/sion/, Nir/va/na/ is/ al/rea/dy/ here/. All/ past/, pre/sent/ and/ fu/ture/ Budd/has/ Live/ this/ Praj/na/ Pa/ra/mi/ta/* And/ re/al/ize/ su/preme/ and/ com/plete/ en/light/en/ment/. There/fore/ know/ that/ Praj/na/ Pa/ra/mi/ta/ Is/ the/ sac/red/ man/tra/, the/ lu/min/ous/ man/tra/, the/ sup/reme/ man/tra/, the/ in/com/pa/ra/ble/ man/tra/ by/ which/ all/ suf/fe/ring/ is/ clear/. This/ is/ no/ o/ther/ than/ Truth/. There/fore/ set/ forth/ the/ Praj/na/ Pa/ra/mi/ta/ man/tra/. Set/ forth/ this/ man/tra/ and/ pro/claim/:* (1x)Gate! Gate! (Already Gone, Gone)Paragate! (Already Gone Beyond)Parasamgate! (Already Fully Beyond)Bodhi! Svaha! * (Awakening, Rejoice) BE SEATED (AFTER DEDICATION AND FURTHER 3x BOWS) AS INSTRUCTED BY JUNDO ________________________________________________________________ VERSE OF ATONEMENT: All harmful acts, words and thoughts, ever committed by me since of old, On account of beginningless greed, anger and ignorance, Born of my body, mouth and mind, Now I atone for them all FOUR VOWS: To save all sentient beings, though beings numberless To transform all delusions, though delusions inexhaustible To perceive Reality, though Reality is boundless To attain the Enlightened Way, a Way non-attainable Read Previous Post Zazen Meditation with Jundo : Snowing Read Next Post Zazen Meditation with Jundo : Baby Sitting-Sitting archives most recent More from Beliefnet and our partners
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