Chanting & Zazen Circle (Mo thru Sa)

[Anchi]

[Guest]

This week :

Sanki Raimon ( English and Japanese)
Zazen Wassan ( English)

Zazen

Enmei Juku Kannon Gyo ( Japanese)
Short dedication
Haïkus
The four Vows ( Japanese, English and any languages you want to practice )

See you,


Yuki 雪
(Sat today)
P S. The post # 299 gives you the most usual texts and chants we often use here. Gassho

[Anchi]

[Seiko]

Peace to all beings
may all beings be well and happy
and free from fear

peace to all beings
whether near or far
whether known or unknown
visible or invisible
real or imaginery
born or yet to be born
may all beings be well and happy
and free from fear

peace to all beings
within and beyond the imagination
in the world of ideas
in the world of memories
and in the world of dreams
may all beings be well and happy
and free from fear

peace in all elements
of earth and air and fire and water
fulfilled in space
peace

peace in all universes
from the smallest cells in the body
to the greatest galaxies in space
peace and light rising

peace and love and comfort and ease
to all in need
may they be well and happy
and free from fear

by John Garrie Roshi



Gassho
Seiko
stlah

[Guest]

Wonderful Seiko !

We will add it and read it this week. Merci

Yuki 雪
(Sat today)

[Anchi]

Lovely Seiko ! Thank you

[Guest]

This week :

Sanki Raimon ( English and Japanese)

Poems from Ryokan

Foothills far below,
Mount Kugami soars to heaven.
At its shady foot
Stands the shrine of Otogo.
Here I live alone
Every morning and each night
On the rugged rocks,
Or through the mossy footway,
Coming and going
To perform my daily chores.
Before me rises,
Each time I cast up my eyes,
A primeval grove
Divine in its dark grandeur.
Every year in May,
Cuckoos return from the south,
And in noisy flocks
Swell their throats in ecstasy.
When, in September,
Rain comes drizzling from above,
Seated by the hearth
I tear offbright maple leaves.
Thus for many years,
As long as life stays with me,
Here I shall live free as air.

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In the shady grove
Hoping light from twig to twig
Cuckoos in a flock
Swell their throats in ecstasy,
Now that spring has crept away.

Can I entice you
To rest your feet in my house?
Over the foothills
Perhaps you will come gleaning
Red maple leaves all the way.

Frosty maple leaves
Bright in their autumnal hues,
And summer cuckoos,
I shall keep in mind for years
And years, until my life fails.

Amid holy trees,
Close to the Otogo shrine,
Seated all alone
I hear the sacred bells ring:
Perhaps, a call from a friend.

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Zazen

Enmei Juku Kannon Gyo ( Japanese)
Short dedication
Haïkus
The four Vows ( Japanese, English and any languages you want to practice )

See you,


Yuki 雪
(Sat today)

[Anchi]

[Guest]

Hi all !

I propose to add this short text to our reading this week.

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An Early Morning Visit to the Buddhist Priest Chao to Read the Chan Scriptures


Drawing water from the well,
I rinse my cold teeth,
I brush the dust from my clothes and purify my mind;

Calmly I turn the leaves of a Buddhist sutra
And recite as I stroll out of the east study.

The true Way has not been accepted—
False tracks are what the world follows.

Buddha’s teaching promises joy after Nirvana:
How can I master with it my habitual nature?

Here in the quiet of the priest’s courtyard,
The green of the moss blends with the dense bamboos; As the sun breaks through the strands of damp mist.
It bathes the blue pines as if with oil.

Such freshness!—hard to express in words ... Enlightened,
Satisfied,
My heart is at peace.


LIU ZONGYUAN

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See you today !

Yuki 雪
(Sat today)

[Anchi]

Lovely!! Merci Yuki !

[Guest]

Hi !


« All buddhas throughout space and time,
all bodhisattva mahāsattvas,
wisdom beyond wisdom—
mahā prajñā pāramitā. »

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« Ji hō san shi i shi fu.
Shi son bu sa mo ko sa.
Mo ko ho ja ho ro mi. »

We will add it after the Hannya Shingyo, if you agree.

See you soon !

Yuki 雪
(Sat today)

[Seiko]

Hi !


« All buddhas throughout space and time,
all bodhisattva mahāsattvas,
wisdom beyond wisdom—
mahā prajñā pāramitā. »

____________

« Ji hō san shi i shi fu.
Shi son bu sa mo ko sa.
Mo ko ho ja ho ro mi. »

We will add it after the Hannya Shingyo, if you agree.

See you soon !

Yuki 雪
(Sat today)

Hi Yuki,
I don't know if it changes the English translation, but I have this - the last line is different -
*Ji ho san shi i shi fu
*shi son Busa mo ko sa
*Mo ko ho rya fo ro mi +

Bows
Seiko
stlah

[Seiko]

Compassion!
We venerate Buddha!
All are one with Buddha,
all awake to Buddha—
Buddha, Dharma, Sangha—
eternal, joyous, selfless, pure.
Throughout the day Compassion,
Throughout the night Compassion.
This moment springs from Mind.
This moment itself is Mind.


Bows
Seiko
stlah

[Anchi]

Lovely Seiko ! Thank you

Deep bows,

[Jundo]

Hi Yuki,
I don't know if it changes the English translation, but I have this - the last line is different -
*Ji ho san shi i shi fu
*shi son Busa mo ko sa
*Mo ko ho rya fo ro mi +

No, I believe that Yuki's version is standard in Japanese. Where is yours from, Seiko?

https://alternative.dosugoi.net/e617947.html

All Buddhas, ten directions, three times, {ji hō san shi i shi fu 十方三世一切佛}
All honored ones, Bodhisattva-Mahāsattvas, {shi son bu sa mo ko sa 諸尊菩薩摩訶薩}
Great Perfect Wisdom, Mahā Prajñā Pāramitā {mo ko ho ja ho ro mi 摩訶般若波羅蜜}

Gassho, J

STLah