Video for practice (includes 20 minute zazen): https://youtu.be/EMHFGhK0WyA
Mistakes are fine. 😄 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. Assistant's
spoken text is highlighted.
Officiant makes offering, turns.
Roll down 🔔 ● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● (dimenuendo)
🔔 all 🙇 🔔 all 🙇 🔔 all 🙇 all gassho 🙏 (to end of All Buddhas.)
clonk 👏
Chant Sandokai with Shonin -- video
Sandokai
The mind of the great sage of India
is intimately transmitted from west to east.
While human faculties are sharp or dull,
the way has no northern or southern ancestors.
The spiritual source shines clear in the light;
the branching streams flow on in the dark.
Grasping at things is surely delusion;
according with sameness is still not enlightenment.
All the objects of the senses
interact and yet do not.
Interacting brings involvement.
Otherwise, each keeps its place.
Sights vary in quality and form,
sounds differ as pleasing or harsh.
Refined and common speech come together in the dark,
clear and murky phrases are distinguished in the light.
The four elements return to their natures
just as a child turns to its mother;
Fire heats, wind moves,
water wets, earth is solid.
Eye and sights, ear and sounds,
nose and smells, tongue and tastes;
Thus with each and every thing,
depending on these roots, the leaves spread forth.
Trunk and branches share the essence;
revered and common, each has its speech.
In the light there is darkness,
but don’t take it as darkness;
In the dark there is light,
but don’t see it as light.
Light and dark oppose one another
like front and back foot in walking.
Each of the myriad things has its merit,
expressed according to function and place.
Phenomena exist; box and lid fit.
principle responds; arrow points meet.
Hearing the words, understand the meaning;
don’t set up standards of your own.
If you don’t understand the way right before you,
how will you know the path as you walk?
Progress is not a matter of far or near,
but if you are confused, mountains and rivers block your way.
I respectfully urge you who study the mystery,
do not pass your days and nights in vain. (This line slowly with dignity)
🔔 all 🙇 clonk 👏
We
have made offerings and this sutra 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 makes offering, turns
🔔 All Buddhas throughout space and time,
🔔 all honored ones, Bodhisattvas, Mahasattvas,
🔔 wisdom beyond wisdom, Maha prajna paramiiita.
Roll down 🔔 ● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● (dimenuendo)
🔔 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.
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
🔔 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]