Introducing chanting in to my routine

[Martpr72]

I would appreciate any advice on how to introduce chanting in to my daily routine.

I perform zazen every morning at 6am but only have about half an hour, so spend 20 mins zazen followed by a few minutes of metta practice. Is there a short chant that could be performed after this, or would it be better to chant when I have more time... say on a Saturday morning?

And what chants should I perform?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Gassho
Mart

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[Risho]

Boom! here you go http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...t-home-liturgy

I think this is a personal thing unless you are practicing with a zen group here or elsewhere. I tend to chant the meal chant regularly, the bodhisattva vows, verse of atonement and a little gather here and there throughout the day because I tend to go into autopilot, so they bring me back.

In any case, that link will give you a lot of good stuff.

Gassho,

Risho
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[Mp]

Hello Mart,

I chant the "Heart Sutra (English)", Verse of Atonement", and the "Four Vows". At night I also include Metta Practice .... and it only takes an 10 minutes, but find what works for you.

Do you have a copy of our chant book? Here is the link if not: http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/attac...3&d=1407527972

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Tai Shi]

I very much want to chant. We have someone in our Facebook group UU Buddhism Study Group who knows chanting as a practice. Should I contact him.?
Tai Shi
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Gassho

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[Washin]

Hi Mart,

I chant the Robe Verse in the morning or evening before zazen when putting my Rakusu on. It only takes 3 minutes extra.
Before the eveing sit I tend to chant the Heart Sutra, but more occasionally (not every day). Before a meal I recite the meal chant whenever I do not forget to do so
Plus there is a regular group chanting during the Sunday Sit at Shugen's performed via G+, however, as Shingen pointed, find what works for you best.

Gassho
Washin
sat today

[Kyosei]

Hi Mart.

I chant the "Maka Hannya Haramita Shingyo", which is the japanese version of the Sutra known as the "Heart Sutra" (Prajnaparamita Hrdaya Sutra) mainly at my Sunday sitting, and the "Boddhisatva Vows" (the "Four Vows") in japanese and in brazilian portuguese (my first language) after every sitting.

I chant in japanese because I started my practice in a Japanese temple of the Soto school in the city of São Paulo, here in Brasil and I feel confortable with it, and chanting in japanese makes me feel... "closer" to the "original" zen practice. Speaking of this, I use japanese incense (the same used there) too... my Zafu and zabuton were bought there, and I have a bell like the one used on the zendo there, etc.

Every sangha I had the opportunity of visit chanted the "Heart Sutra", mainly, in japanese or another language (here in the city I'm actually living in the local zen sangha chants the Heart Sutra in japanese).

It felt natural to me to introduce chanting on my sitting routine, as I'm a singer/player here in Brasil. As I don't have a "Mokugyo" (a wooden fish used as a kind of "drum" to set the rhythm of that sutra chanting) yet - I couldn't find it to sell here, I use to beat the rhytm with the bell stick on the ground.

Somehow I feel that... when I chant these verses, they deepens their significances in me and my practice.

Somehow I feel that the chanting is practice itself, too.

Have a good chanting. Have a good practice.

Gassho.

[Martpr72]

Thank you everyone for your replies. I have started to incorporate the heart sutra in to my practice aswell as the verse of atonement and for vows.
Gassho
Mart
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[Taikai]

Hi everyone, this thread gives me an opportunity to make a request - would it be possible for one of our Treeleaf priests to record themself chanting the Heart Sutra and then post it so we can chant along at home? It would be great if it could have subtitles too.

Gassho, Taikai
Sat today

[Mp]

Hi everyone, this thread gives me an opportunity to make a request - would it be possible for one of our Treeleaf priests to record themself chanting the Heart Sutra and then post it so we can chant along at home? It would be great if it could have subtitles too.

Gassho, Taikai
Sat today

Hello Taikai,

Good idea ... I am able to do this if folks wish. What do you think Jundo?

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Jundo]

Hello Taikai,

Good idea ... I am able to do this if folks wish. What do you think Jundo?

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

Hi Shingen,

I believe the English version is what is meant? Yes, please do.

Gassho, Jundo

SatToday, recited Heart Sutra today

[Ishin]

Hello Taikai,

Good idea ... I am able to do this if folks wish. What do you think Jundo?

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

Yes. I would like that.
You could make a CD.. Shingen Chants

Seriously it would be nice.

Maybe you could contact the folks at Insight Timer and ask them if we could incorporate some chants into their format.

Gassho Ishin
#sat today

[Mp]

Hi Shingen,

I believe the English version is what is meant? Yes, please do.

Gassho, Jundo

SatToday, recited Heart Sutra today

Yes Jundo, I believe it is just the English version. I will start that up right away! =)

Gassho
Shingen

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[Hoseki]

Hi guys,

Thank you.

Gassho
Sat today
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[Taikai]

Yay!!!!! Thank you Shingen! I had looked for something like this online but then thought that it would be so much nicer to have our own Treeleaf version.

Gassho, Taikai
Sat today

[Cyd]

Thank you

Gassho
Cyd