Chanting & Zazen Circle (Mo thru Sa)

[Guest]

Chanting & Zazen Circle is wishing you a Happy New Year.
May 2024 be a time for sitting and chanting troughs our practice !

Mokushō 黙唱
Sat today

[Guest]

Thanks to Teishin, Emil, Kumo and Ryokudo for the first sitting of this New Year !

Mokushō 黙唱
Sat today

[Guest]

Hi,

Here are The Four Vows in Dutch and Sandōkai in Japanese.

First version

Zijnden zijn ontelbaar
Oneindig in getal
Wie zal ze bevrijden?

Ik zal

Onware wanen dwalen
Ontspringen overal
Wie zal ze weerleggen?

Ik zal

Ware Wijsheid leidt
Van poort naar poort door heel 't Heelal
Wie zal ze betreden?

Ik zal

De voortreffelijke weg van de Ontwaakte
Onnavolgbaar bovenal

Wie zal gaan, blijven gaan?
Doorgaan, tot het Einde gaan?
En gaan, voorbij het eigen gaan?

Ik zal

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Second version

Hoe talloos de levende wezens ook zijn,
ik beloof ze alle te bevrijden.

Hoe talloos de oorzaken van lijden ook zijn,
ik beloof ze alle weg te nemen.

Hoe talloos de poorten van de dharma ook zijn,
ik beloof ze alle door te gaan.

Hoe eindeloos de weg van der Boeddha ook is,
ik beloof hem ten einde te gaan.

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Sandōkai


Chikudo daisen no shin,
tōzai mitsuni aifusu.
Ninkon ni ridon ari,
Dô ni namboku no so nashi.
Reigen myôni kôkettari.
Shiha anni ruchûsu.
Ji wo shusûru mo moto kore mayoi.
Ri ni kanô mo mata satori ni ara zu.

Mommon issai no kyô,
ego to fuego to.
Eshite sarani aiwataru.
Shikara zare ba kurai ni yotte jûsu.
Shiki moto shitsuzô wo kotonishi,
shô moto rakku wo kotonisu.
An wa jôchû no koto ni kanai,
mei wa seidaku no ku wo wakatsu.
Shidai no shô onozukara fukusu,
ko no sono haha wo uru ga gotoshi.
Hi wa nesshi kaze wa dôyô,
mizu wa uruoi chi wa kengo.
Manako wa iro, mimi wa onjô,
hana wa ka, shita wa kanso.

Shikamo ichi-ichi no hô ni oite,
ne ni yotte ha bumpusu.
Hommatsu subekaraku shû ni kisu beshi.
Sompi sono go wo mochiu.
Meichû ni atatte an ari,
ansô wo motte ô koto nakare.

Anchû ni atatte mei ari,
meisô wo motte miru koto nakare.
Meian ono-ono aitaishi te,
hisuru ni zengo no ayumi no gotoshi.
Bammotsu onozukara kô ari,
masani yô to sho to wo iu beshi.

Ji sonsure ba kangai gasshi,
ri ôzure ba sempô sasô.
Koto wo uke te wa subekaraku shû wo
esu beshi.
Mizukara kiku wo rissuru koto nakare.
Sokumoku dô wo ese zumba,
ashi wo hakobu mo izukunzo michi wo shiran.
Ayumi wo susumure ba gonnon ni ara zu,
mayôte senga no ko wo hedatsu.

Tsutsushin de sangen no hito ni môsu,

kôin munashiku wataru koto nakare.


Mokushō 黙唱
Sat today

[Guest]

We had a great Third Anniversary for Chanting and Zazen Circle this March first ! Thanks to Henny, Ryokudo, Myoshin and Kumo for this nice meeting.

Gassho !

Mokushō 黙唱
Sat today

[Bion]

We had a great Third Anniversary for Chanting and Zazen Circle this March first ! Thanks to Henny, Ryokudo, Myoshin and Kumo for this nice meeting.

Gassho !

Mokushō 黙唱
Sat today

How wonderful! You guys should’ve announced the anniversary Here’s to many more!

Gassho
Sat and lah

[Henny]

Thank you to everyone who was present for the wonderful third anniversary for this Chanting & Zazen Circle!
I enjoyed it very much!

Gassho,

Henny
Sat today

[Jundo]

Oh, congratulations on chanting and sitting three timeless years around the sun!

Gassho, Jundo,

stlah

[Bion]

Hi everybody !

Here are the chants we are doing regularly so you don’t have to seek them everywhere. I hope it will help.

Dear Mokusho, I hope it's not too much trouble that I made some small edits to the wording of some of the chants here, as you all had them different than how we regularly do them at Treeleaf. So, please make note of the changes, with the aspiration that we keep a unified text for all chants done in the sangha. I appreciate the wonderful practice opportunity you all created and maintain here. I hope to join you again soon!

gassho
sat and lah

[Guest]

Thank you Bion ! It’s great to have the Sangha’s original texts !

Merci beaucoup !
Mokushō 黙唱
Sat today

[Bion]

Thank you Bion ! It’s great to have the Sangha’s original texts !

Merci beaucoup !
Mokushō 黙唱
Sat today

Thank you for your kind disposition and collaboration.

gassho
sat and lah

[Guest]

Monday April eighth,
I will sit and chant during the solar eclipse, in the dark.
If anybody want to try this unique occasion, you are more than welcome !

Mokushō 黙唱
Sat today

[Shigeru]

Thank you all for the eclipse circle, looking forward to the return of eclipse-Mokusho

Gassho
SatLah

[Guest]

Many thanks to Bion who put Chanting & Zazen Circle back on the Treeleaf Now calendar.

Mokushō 黙唱
Sat today

[Bion]

Many thanks to Bion who put Chanting & Zazen Circle back on the Treeleaf Now calendar.

Mokushō 黙唱
Sat today

Oh, I was just the carrier pigeon for that message to get to Kotei and Daiman. Happy it is fixed now!

Gassho
Sat and lah

[Guest]

Now I know that carrier pigeons have Buddha nature !

Mokushō 黙唱
Sat today