Chanting & Zazen Circle (Mo thru Sa)

[Anchi]

Hi everybody !

Lovely!! Merci Yuki !

I suggest short poem by '' Ryokan'' to read today if you like


If you speak delusions, everything becomes a delusion;
If you speak the truth, everything becomes the truth.
Outside the truth there is no delusion,
But outside delusion there is no special truth.
Followers of Buddha’s Way!
Why do you so earnestly seek the truth in distant places ?
Look for delusion and truth in the bottom of your own hearts.

- Ryokan

See You

Gassho

[Guest]

Great poem, Omom. Merci ! Of course we will read it today !


Yuki 雪
(Sat today)

[Guest]

Even if you are invisible William, we know well that you are among us each time we chant and sit.

Yuki 雪
(Sat today)

[Guest]

Hi !

I’m adding a text we could read next week, if you agree, of course !

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Keqin, Zen Master Yuanwu of Mount Jia, said:



After realization, people of old would go deeply into a mountain, a weed grove, or a stone cave, and cook meals in a broken pot for ten or twenty years. They would forget all about the human world and reject its dusty treasures. But today you may not want to do that.



Just hide your name, obscure your traces, and remain an old gimlet. Merge with realization and experience receptive samadhi according to your capacity. Remove the effects of your past actions and become free from old habits. If your capacity is greater, help others, create wisdom relationships, polish the tips of your feet, and mature. Just as if you were picking one or even half a blade of grass from a thick patch of weeds, join those who have wisdom and help them to get away from the chain of birth and death. In this way, you can benefit future generations and repay the deep kindness of buddha ancestors.



Or, if it so happens that the fruit that has lived through frost and dew ripens, take this fruit into the world to transform humans and devas, responding to situations and devas, responding to situations and following circumstances, but without ever having a seeking mind.
Why depend on influential people and follow worldly trends while confusing common people and ignoring sages, grasping for benefit and looking for fame? This would only cause you to fall into an unceasing hell.
Even if you do not have an opportunity to be active in the world, if you simply do not create causes that lead you to hell, you will be an arhat truly free from the dusty world.


From
Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo



Yuki 雪
(Sat today)

[Anchi]

Lovely ! Merci Yuki !

See You


Gassho

[Dogukan]

Thank you, it was a lovely meeting. Such wonderful passages they were.

It's a bit crowded here tonight, we have some guests so I could not turn on my camera or microphone. So I apologize I could not answer you back Yuki By the way, you have become my first practice friends and I am so glad it is so. Hope to meet you again.

Gassho, Doğukan.
Sat&LaH.

[Guest]

You are always welcome, Doğukan. Our circle is open to new friends, new experiences, new chants, etc.

See you soon,


Yuki 雪
(Sat today)

[Cam]

Today I saw 5000 haikus so thought of you
Here are the pics One Thousand Springs by Chiharu Shiota.
A construction of 5,000 haikus suspended in red threads

https://www.instagram.com/p/CVs61IKscAf/?utm_medium=share_sheet

ST

[Guest]

Another text for this week

The hermit

In the assembly of Xuefeng, Great Master Zhenjiao, there was a monk who built a thatched-roof hermitage at the foot of a mountain. He did not shave for years. No one knew what was happening in the hermitage, and his life in the mountain was solitary. He would go to the nearby valley brook, fetch water with the wooden dipper he himself had made, and drink it. Indeed, he was a valley drinker.

As he spent days and months in this way, his practice was noticed by another monk, who went to see him and asked, “What is the meaning of Bodhidharma’s coming from India?”
The hermit said, “The valley is deep, the dipper handle is long.”

The monk was so shocked that he did not bow, nor did he ask for teaching. He went up to the mountain and told Xuefeng the story. »
« Hearing this, Xuefeng said, “It is quite amazing. If he is like that, I should go over and check him out.”
What Xuefeng meant was that the hermit seemed amazingly accomplished, but he wanted to examine how he was doing.

So, one day, Xuefeng had his attendant monk carry a razor and rushed to the hermitage. As soon as Xuefeng saw the hermit, he said, “If you have expression, I will not shave your head.”

Be aware of this statement. Xuefeng’s words sound like he would not shave the hermit’s head if the hermit had expression. How is it? Is it that if the expression was truly expression, Xuefeng would not shave the hermit’s head? You should listen to this expression with the power of listening. Speak about it to those who have the power of listening.

Hearing Xuefeng’s words, the hermit washed his head and came back to Xuefeng.

Is this bringing expression or beyond-expression?

Xuefeng shaved the hermit’s head. »

Extrait de
Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo



Yuki
ST

[Dogukan]

I hope you're all well. I missed it today but came up with some suggestions.

I came across this poem by Master Dogen last night and I really liked it. If you wish, maybe we can read it together.

"The original mind-ground is at rest,
Naturally at one with the spiritual,
Without ever having to strive for the Dharma;
Experiencing the truth in this body,
Forgetting about labels like 'sacred' and 'profane'
The World-Honored One was enlightened
On seeing the bright morning star,
While looking up with a weary but enraptured face."
(Thanks to Steven Heine for his translation.)

And if you ever want to hear the Turkish version of the four Bodhisattva vows one day, just let me know. I may not dare to chant in Japanese, but I've confidence in my Turkish skills - for some reason

Gassho, Doğukan.
SatLaH

[Nengyoku]

William
SatLah

[Guest]

Hi Doğukan,

The poem is great ! Of course reading it will be interesting.
If you want, please post the Turkish version of the four Bodhisattva vows in this thread. We will add it to our multi language collection



Yuki 雪
(Sat today)

[Dogukan]

Hi Doğukan,

The poem is great ! Of course reading it will be interesting.
If you want, please post the Turkish version of the four Bodhisattva vows in this thread. We will add it to our multi language collection



Yuki 雪
(Sat today)

Hi Yuki,

The Turkish version of the vows should be:

"Tüm duyarlı varlıkları kurtarmak için, varlıklar sayısız olsa da
Tüm sanrıları dönüştürmek için, sanrılar tükenmez olsa da
Gerçeklik'i idrak etmek için, Gerçeklik sınırsız olsa da,
Erişilemez olan Aydınlanmış Yol'a erişmek için

Yemin ederim."

I added that extra "Yemin ederim." sentence because without it there is no way to construct a meaningful sentence.

Gassho, Doğukan.
Sat.

[Jundo]

Hi Yuki,

The Turkish version of the vows should be:

"Tüm duyarlı varlıkları kurtarmak için, varlıklar sayısız olsa da
Tüm sanrıları dönüştürmek için, sanrılar tükenmez olsa da
Gerçeklik'i idrak etmek için, Gerçeklik sınırsız olsa da,
Erişilemez olan Aydınlanmış Yol'a erişmek için

Yemin ederim."

I added that extra "Yemin ederim." sentence because without it there is no way to construct a meaningful sentence.

Gassho, Doğukan.
Sat.

I ran this through Google Translate Bodhisattva, and it is beautiful, right to the "I vow" at the end ...

To save all sentient beings, though the beings are innumerable
To transform all delusions, though the delusions are inexhaustible
To realize the Reality, even though Reality is unlimited,
To access the inaccessible Enlightened Path

I vow.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Guest]

I ran this through Google Translate Bodhisattva, and it is beautiful, right to the "I vow" at the end ...

To save all sentient beings, though the beings are innumerable
To transform all delusions, though the delusions are inexhaustible
To realize the Reality, even though Reality is unlimited,
To access the inaccessible Enlightened Path

I vow.

Gassho, J

STLah

I agree with you, Jundo.
Dharma flowers blooms on every branch of the tree, all beautiful and sincere in their respective blooming.



Yuki 雪
(Sat today)