Gassho bow to the zendo as you come in.
10:30 a.m.: Officiant to altar. If no assistant, officiant stays seated and is also assistant.
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.Officiant to altar, makes offering, turns.
.Roll down 🔔 ● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● (dim.)
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.🔔 all 🙇 🔔 all 🙇 🔔 all 🙇 all gassho 🙏
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.(officiant remains standing to end of All Buddhas.)
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.clonk 👏
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. Heart Sutra (text here in English and in Japanese)
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.🔔 all 🙇 clonk 👏
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.We
have made offerings and this recitation to all who
.have died in
natural and human-made disasters, including
.war, disease, poverty,
climate change, and acts of terror,
.violence and persecution.
Recognizing buddha nature manifested
.in their precious lives, we pray
that the benefits of their positive
.actions of body, speech and mind may
continue and that all harm
.may be swiftly brought to peace;
and also for the well-being of those
.suffering as a result of natural
and human-made disasters,
.including war, disease, poverty, climate
change, and acts of
.terror, violence and persecution. May they find
wisdom and
.serenity in the midst of their difficulties and be free from
.hindrance. May all beings realize the Awakened Way.
.
.Officiant to altar, makes offering during All Buddhas, turns
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.🔔 All Buddhas throughout space and time,
.🔔 all honored ones, Bodhisattvas, Mahasattvas,
.🔔 wisdom beyond wisdom, Maha prajna paramiiita.
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.Roll down 🔔 ● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● (dim.)
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.🔔 all 🙇 🔔 all 🙇 🔔 all 🙇
(if no zazen, skip to Four Vows.
Officiant returns to seat if standing. If having zazen, when
officiant is settled,) "Zazen"
[sit zazen]
[end of zazen] 🔔 (two if kinhin and more sits [sesshin])
.Officiant to altar.
.Officiant makes offering, turns.
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.all gassho 🙏 clonk 👏
.I vow to save all sentient beings, though beings are numberless
.I vow to transform all delusions, though delusions are inexhaustible
.I vow to perceive reality, though reality is boundless
.I vow to attain the enlightened way, a way that is non-attainable
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🔔 all 🙇 return to gassho. All make "circle" gassho bow.
Officiant returns to seat if standing.
[End of formal event. Informal visiting after this time encouraged]