Training for Monthly Treeleaf Zazenkai Long Ceremony

[Jundo]

Dear Ino, taking it to the next level!

Our Monthly 4-Hour Zazenkai has the following main differences from the Weekly 90-Minute Zazenkai:

• The Heart Sutra is in Japanese, Hannya Shingyo
  
  Recital of the Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai) in English, with its particular melody
  
  3 Bells between Hannya Shingyo and Sandokai accompanying the movements of the Doshi to the Altar
  
  Slight difference in the Eko Recital to mention the Sandokai
  
  Verses to Open and Close the Sutras
  
  Metta Verses

The Kirigami or, detailed procedure for ino service, can be found in our Ino Chant Book, available as a pdf here:

DOWNLOAD INO KIRIGAMI

The entire long service procedure for the chant leader (ino) is also available as a video here:

Note that our semi-irreverent Japanese pronunciation guide to the Hannya Shingyo is here:

https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...-irreverent%29

[Jundo]

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Just for reference, the melody for the Sandokai (Identity of Relative and Absolute) in English which we chant was developed by the great Bernie Glassman Roshi of the White Plum, loosely inspired by the first few opening bars of Fiddler on the Roof!

https://youtu.be/dvWbXdCmDLI

I understand that he wished to have something more appropriate to the cadence of English than the traditional Japanese style, heard in the first few minutes here, rather tricky to chant, and to match with the English wording and syllable breaks:

https://youtu.be/T9mnRE6P7Nk

Gassho, J

STLah