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Our gathering is dedicated to his peace, to his good effects that continue in this world, to his family, to all who knew and loved him, and to all sentient beings.
We will chant and sit together in our room here:
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This gathering will last 90 minutes, with informal tea to follow. For your local time, please check the Practice Calendar here: TREELEAF NOW >> (Commencing 10am Japan Saturday morning, NY 9pm, LA 6pm Friday night, London 2am and Paris 3am Saturday morning), and you may join and sit with us any time thereafter here:
For our members in places and situations where you cannot join because of the time, we ask you to sit Zazen during the following day dedicated to Rev. Kojitsu, and to post in this thread below that you have done so. Some of our priests will be sitting at different hours of the following day, and will post films of their sittings below in this thread. You are invited to do so too if you wish, especially if you cannot join our live gathering.
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However, if you can, you are encouraged to come into the Zoom sitting to show our community together. Dark, loose fitting clothing is suggested for sitting.
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A special Chant Book for today's Ceremony is here for those who wish to join in: Memorial Service Chant Book For Sangha.pdf
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Our dedication today ...
We are keenly aware that birth and death give way to each other;
that cold and heat vary in their turn.
They come like lightning flashing in a vast sky;
they go like waves calming on a great sea.
Today, that is the case with Reverend Bondō KōJitsu,
who has newly entered complete quiescence.
His causal conditions supportive of life are exhausted,
and his human lifespan has suddenly passed.
Understanding the impermanence of all things,
he enters nirvana in ease.
We respectfully request the pure assembly all present here
to humbly chant the Heart of the Perfection of Great Wisdom Sutra,
that the great effects accumulated thereby may adorn the path of awakening.
We respectfully invite the pure assembly to mindfully recite
Maka Hannya Haramita Shingyo
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Nine Bows
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. To mourn, celebrate, recall, bow to and honor our priest and dear friend, the Rev. Bondō Kōjitsu Williams, 梵道 好日, on his passing from this visible world, this Treeleaf Sangha will gather and sit together in Zazen. Please join us if you can.
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We return to this breath, this step, this bowl of rice.
We let go again and again, not just of hope or fear, but of our very selves.
This is the liberation Zen speaks of, not beyond suffering, but through it.
- Kojitsu
We return to this breath, this step, this bowl of rice.
We let go again and again, not just of hope or fear, but of our very selves.
This is the liberation Zen speaks of, not beyond suffering, but through it.
- Kojitsu
Our gathering is dedicated to his peace, to his good effects that continue in this world, to his family, to all who knew and loved him, and to all sentient beings.
We will chant and sit together in our room here:
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JOIN ZOOM >>
The password (if needed): << dogen >>
The password (if needed): << dogen >>
This gathering will last 90 minutes, with informal tea to follow. For your local time, please check the Practice Calendar here: TREELEAF NOW >> (Commencing 10am Japan Saturday morning, NY 9pm, LA 6pm Friday night, London 2am and Paris 3am Saturday morning), and you may join and sit with us any time thereafter here:
.
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For our members in places and situations where you cannot join because of the time, we ask you to sit Zazen during the following day dedicated to Rev. Kojitsu, and to post in this thread below that you have done so. Some of our priests will be sitting at different hours of the following day, and will post films of their sittings below in this thread. You are invited to do so too if you wish, especially if you cannot join our live gathering.
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However, if you can, you are encouraged to come into the Zoom sitting to show our community together. Dark, loose fitting clothing is suggested for sitting.
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00:00 – 00:15 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA in Japanese) with Special Dedication to Rev. Kojitsu
00:15 – 00:45 ZAZEN
00:45 – 00:55 KINHIN
00:55 – 01:25 ZAZEN
01:25 – 01:30 VERSE OF ATONEMENT & FOUR VOWS
01:30 - ??? INFORMAL TEA TIME to remember Rev. Kojitsu
.00:15 – 00:45 ZAZEN
00:45 – 00:55 KINHIN
00:55 – 01:25 ZAZEN
01:25 – 01:30 VERSE OF ATONEMENT & FOUR VOWS
01:30 - ??? INFORMAL TEA TIME to remember Rev. Kojitsu
A special Chant Book for today's Ceremony is here for those who wish to join in: Memorial Service Chant Book For Sangha.pdf
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Our dedication today ...
We are keenly aware that birth and death give way to each other;
that cold and heat vary in their turn.
They come like lightning flashing in a vast sky;
they go like waves calming on a great sea.
Today, that is the case with Reverend Bondō KōJitsu,
who has newly entered complete quiescence.
His causal conditions supportive of life are exhausted,
and his human lifespan has suddenly passed.
Understanding the impermanence of all things,
he enters nirvana in ease.
We respectfully request the pure assembly all present here
to humbly chant the Heart of the Perfection of Great Wisdom Sutra,
that the great effects accumulated thereby may adorn the path of awakening.
We respectfully invite the pure assembly to mindfully recite
Maka Hannya Haramita Shingyo
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Nine Bows
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