Daily Liturgy

[Hokai]

I’ve been reading ‘Bringing the Sacred to Life’ by John Daido Loori in the MedShed, and I’ve been particularly struck by the elegant and simple suggestion JDL makes that the Family Service ( p.75) should take place each day.
I think I will begin this short practice before Zazen, perhaps three times a week.

I wondered if anyone else might like to share a daily liturgy practice? Or if I should include anything else etc….

( the family service is recitation of the Heart Sutra, followed by this dedication :
Buddha nature pervades the whole universe existing right here and now.
In reciting the Heart Sutra, we dedicate its merits to:
The Great Master Shakyamuni Buddha.
The successive Great Masters,
And especially to the health, wellbeing and peace of the ………family.
May our lives be ones of wisdom and compassion .
And may we realise the Buddha Way together.

‘All Buddhas’ is chanted to complete the service.)

Gassho
Hōkai
Sat/Lah
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[Bion]

I’ve been reading ‘Bringing the Sacred to Life’ by John Daido Loori in the MedShed, and I’ve been particularly struck by the elegant and simple suggestion JDL makes that the Family Service ( p.75) should take place each day.
I think I will begin this short practice before Zazen, perhaps three times a week.

I wondered if anyone else might like to share a daily liturgy practice? Or if I should include anything else etc….

( the family service is recitation of the Heart Sutra, followed by this dedication :
Buddha nature pervades the whole universe existing right here and now.
In reciting the Heart Sutra, we dedicate its merits to:
The Great Master Shakyamuni Buddha.
The successive Great Masters,
And especially to the health, wellbeing and peace of the ………family.
May our lives be ones of wisdom and compassion .
And may we realise the Buddha Way together.

‘All Buddhas’ is chanted to complete the service.)

Gassho
Hōkai
Sat/Lah
IMG_2912.jpg

That's our standard service for short zazenkai, as you can see in our chant book here: chant book>>
We also have a recommended at home liturgy here: READ MORE>>
I do the same every morning, after zazen, though I include Verse of Atonement, Four Vows and Refuges.

Gassho
sat lah

[Shinshi]

That is great that you were inspired Hōkai, I love that book.

Hopefully others will share, and there is also this thread from a while ago.

https://forum.treeleaf.org/forum/treeleaf/practices/recommended-at-home-liturgy/3252-recommended-at-home-liturgy

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Shoshin]

I've read the book too and it helped me look at liturgy in a different way.
I (almost) every day, put some water on a tiny cup on my altar, I light and incense and I offer it with a gatha (https://www.parallax.org/mindfulness...ering-incense/).
Then I bow to Kannon and then to my lineage represented by my lineage chart.
I started reciting the four vows lately too some days.
It all helps me as a reminder and to set an intention for the day.

Gassho
Satlah

[Hokai]

Thanks for the replies, Bion, I hadn’t found that on the site, will look it up.
Shoshin I too offer fresh water and incense, some years ago I completed the Karma Kagyu preliminary practice of water bowl offerings, it’s very familiar to me.

Gassho
Hōkai
Stalah

[Onsho]

My fiance works for a church. He runs the youth group, with a fantastic group of kids. There is "safe church" protocol where you need a certain number of approved adults per set amount of youth, so to make sure the show goes on i will help out here and there. For "saying grace" i have used an example from A Pebble For Your Pocket by Thich Nhat Hanh, where you look deeply at the food and thank the 300 hands that have brought it there. Say there is a potato, you think of the person that cooked it, the stove, the people running the electric company, the metal peeler, the truck driver that drove it to the store. the farmer, the tractor, the tractor mechanic, the last year crop.......it goes on forever. This is part of my daily routine as well as a great secular way to give a bit of respect to food.
Its fun to watch the kids space out too!

Gassho,
Onsho
satlah

[IanSmith]

Morning after zazen, the five rememberences, four vows, three refuges.
Evening after zazen, heart sutra, four vows, three refuges.
Gassho
Ian
Satlah

[Hokai]

Great replies everyone
many thanks

Gassho
Hōkai
satlah

[Chikyou]

My daily practice/liturgy has shifted over the past few years of practice. This is what I’ve landed on:

I have my bedroom divided in half and one half is a practice space where I have a small altar set up. Every morning (after brushing teeth etc but before getting dressed for the day) I light incense and recite the 3 refuges, sit for 20 minutes, then recite the verse of atonement and four vows. Then I get dressed and go on with my day from there.

Gassho,
SatLah
Chikyō