UPDATE: time has changed to 17.00 UK time (12.00 EST, 9.00 PST, 18.00 Central Europe), Thursday 28 January
Dear all
Since early Buddhist times, it has been traditional for sanghas to gatha together once or twice a month (at the full and new moon) and recite the monastic training rules.
In our Sōtō tradition, this has become a ceremony known as Ryaku Fusatsu which translates as “abbreviated or simple ceremony to continue doing good”.
Going forward, we hope to offer this ceremony on Zoom as a totally optional part of Treeleaf, for those who would like to symbolically recommit to taking the precepts. Practically, it is an excellent way to remind ourselves of the vows we have taken and what they mean.
This is a lovely small piece with some more information on the ceremony and its origins: http://broken-bokken.blogspot.com/20...u-fusatsu.html
My intention is to have the first of these ceremonies this coming Thursday (28 January) at 17.00 UK time in the Meeting Room. It will probably last around 30 minutes, including a brief period of Zazen. It will be recorded so those who cannot attend live can still join in.
If you would like to take part, please message me with an offline email address so I can send you the ceremony text, or I may figure out a way to upload it somewhere it can be downloaded!
Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-
Dear all
Since early Buddhist times, it has been traditional for sanghas to gatha together once or twice a month (at the full and new moon) and recite the monastic training rules.
In our Sōtō tradition, this has become a ceremony known as Ryaku Fusatsu which translates as “abbreviated or simple ceremony to continue doing good”.
Going forward, we hope to offer this ceremony on Zoom as a totally optional part of Treeleaf, for those who would like to symbolically recommit to taking the precepts. Practically, it is an excellent way to remind ourselves of the vows we have taken and what they mean.
This is a lovely small piece with some more information on the ceremony and its origins: http://broken-bokken.blogspot.com/20...u-fusatsu.html
My intention is to have the first of these ceremonies this coming Thursday (28 January) at 17.00 UK time in the Meeting Room. It will probably last around 30 minutes, including a brief period of Zazen. It will be recorded so those who cannot attend live can still join in.
If you would like to take part, please message me with an offline email address so I can send you the ceremony text, or I may figure out a way to upload it somewhere it can be downloaded!
Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-
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