[10:00 a.m. Pacific time, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (whenever possible) on Zoom. If no assistant, officiant stays seated and is also assistant. 🔔 = bell. 👏 = clonk. 🙏 = gassho. 🙇 = standing bow or prostration as able.]
[🙏 as you come in.]
🔔
[Officiant to altar, makes offering, turns.]
Roll down 🔔 ● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● (dim.)
Assistant: "Three Bows."
🔔 [all 🙇]
🔔 [all 🙇]
🔔 [all 🙇]
[all 🙏. Officiant remains standing to end of All Buddhas.]
👏
From the Genjokoan
When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point. When you find your way at this moment, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point; for the place, the way, is neither large nor small, neither yours nor others'. The place, the way, has not carried over from the past and it is not merely arising now.
Accordingly, in the practice-enlightenment of the buddha way, meeting one thing is mastering it--doing one practice is practicing completely. Here is the place; here the way unfolds. The boundary of realization is not distinct, for the realization comes forth simultaneously with the mastery of buddha-dharma.
Do not suppose that what you realize becomes your knowledge and is grasped by your consciousness. Although actualized immediately, the inconceivable may not be apparent. Its appearance is beyond your knowledge.
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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]
🔔 "All Buddhas throughout space and time,
🔔 all honored ones, Bodhisattvas, Mahasattvas,
🔔 wisdom beyond wisdom, Maha prajna paramiiita."
[Roll down] 🔔 ● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● (dim.)
"Three bows"
🔔 [all 🙇]
🔔 [all 🙇]
🔔 [all 🙇]
[Officiant returns to seat if standing]
"Zazen" 🔔🔔🔔 [20 min.]
🔔🔔 "kinhin" [10 min.]
🔔 "Zazen" 🔔🔔🔔 [20 min.]
🔔 [end of zazen] [about 10:55 a.m.]
[all in gassho 🙏] [Officiant to altar. Makes offering, turns.]
👏 "The Four Vows
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."
🔔 [ all 🙏. Officiant faces sangha.]
[All 🙇. Officiant returns to seat if standing.]