Our zoom morning practice may occasionally need to be cancelled. Check this page for cancellation notice.
ZOOM LINK.
You'll need this document: "One Earth Zen: Sutras, Chants, and Songs".
Format:
Opening Chants
Zazen (silent seated meditation): 25 mins
Kinhin (walking meditation): 6 mins
Sutra service (recitations): 9-10 mins
Dharma discussion: 10 mins
Closing chant
You may also use the audio files linked below to accompany your home practice on any schedule that works for you. Suggested times for use are indicated, though, of course, the audio can be used at any time.
The "Starter" file includes:
- Han sequence (7 mins)
- Inkin sequence (for offering incense and three prostrations -- 1:40)
- Verse of Kesa (p. 42 -- 2 mins)
- Opening Verse (from pp. 3-5 -- about 1 min)
- Opening Day-of-Week Song (p. 38 or 42 -- 1-2 mins)
- Dedication, including either Gatha of Atonement (Mon-Wed-Fri) or The Three Refuges (Tue-Thu-Sat) -- (about 3 mins)
- Silence for Zazen (25 mins)
- Clappers to stand, begin Kinhin (4-5 mins), and return to place
- Sutra Service (7-9 mins), which changes each week. There is an "A" service for Mon-Wed-Fri-Sun, and a "B" service for Tue-Thu-Sat
- Closing Verse (from pp. 39-42 -- about 1 min)
The Eve practice consists only of:
- Opening Day-of-Week Song (p. 38 or 42 -- 1-2 mins)
- Silence for Zazen (25 mins)
- Closing Day-of-Week Song (p. 38 or 42 -- 1-2 mins)
Autumn Week 9: Nov 18 - 24
Mon Nov 18
Morn
5:53 - Starter #9 (Nov 4 - Dec 1).
6:05 - Monday Morn
6:40 - Sutra Service 9A, followed by Mon Closing Song
Eve
17:53 - Han
18:00 - Mon Eve
Tue Nov 19
Morn
5:53 - Starter #9 (Nov 4 - Dec 1).
6:05 - Tuesday Morn
6:40 - Sutra Service 9B, followed by Tue Closing Song
Eve
17:53 - Han
18:00 - Tue Eve
Wed Nov 20
Morn
5:53 - Starter #9 (Nov 4 - Dec 1).
6:05 - Wednesday Morn
6:40 - Sutra Service 9A, followed by Wed Closing Song
Eve
17:53 - Han
18:00 - Wed Eve
Thu Nov 21
Morn
5:53 - Starter #9 (Nov 4 - Dec 1).
6:05 - Thursday Morn
6:40 - Sutra Service 9B, followed by Thu Closing Song
Eve
17:53 - Han
18:00 - Thu Eve
Fri Nov 22
Morn
5:53 - Starter #9 (Nov 4 - Dec 1).
6:05 - Friday Morn
6:40 - Sutra Service 9A, followed by Fri Closing Song
Eve
17:53 - Han
18:00 - Fri Eve
Sat Nov 23
Morn
5:53 - Starter #9 (Nov 4 - Dec 1).
6:05 - Saturday Morn
6:40 - Sutra Service 9B, followed by Sat Closing Song
Eve
17:53 - Han
18:00 - Sat Eve
Sun Nov 24
Morn
5:53 - Starter #9 (Nov 4 - Dec 1).
6:05 - Repeat Wednesday Morn
6:40 - Sutra Service 9A, followed by Wed Closing Song
Eve
17:53 - Han
18:00 - Wed Eve
Autumn Week 10: Nov 25 - Dec 1
Mon Nov 25
Morn
5:53 - Starter #9 (Nov 4 - Dec 1).
6:05 - Monday Morn
6:40 - Sutra Service 10A, followed by Mon Closing Song
Eve
17:53 - Han
18:00 - Mon Eve
Tue Nov 26
Morn
5:53 - Starter #9 (Nov 4 - Dec 1).
6:05 - Tuesday Morn
6:40 - Sutra Service 10B, followed by Tue Closing Song
Eve
17:53 - Han
18:00 - Tue Eve
Wed Nov 27
Morn
5:53 - Starter #9 (Nov 4 - Dec 1).
6:05 - Wednesday Morn
6:40 - Sutra Service 10A, followed by Wed Closing Song
Eve
17:53 - Han
18:00 - Wed Eve
Thu Nov 28
Morn
5:53 - Starter #9 (Nov 4 - Dec 1).
6:05 - Thursday Morn
6:40 - Sutra Service 10B, followed by Thu Closing Song
Eve
17:53 - Han
18:00 - Thu Eve
Fri Nov 29
Morn
5:53 - Starter #9 (Nov 4 - Dec 1).
6:05 - Friday Morn
6:40 - Sutra Service 10A, followed by Fri Closing Song
Eve
17:53 - Han
18:00 - Fri Eve
Sat Nov 30
Morn
5:53 - Starter #9 (Nov 4 - Dec 1).
6:05 - Saturday Morn
6:40 - Sutra Service 10B, followed by Sat Closing Song
Eve
17:53 - Han
18:00 - Sat Eve
Sun Dec 1
Morn
5:53 - Starter #9 (Nov 4 - Dec 1).
6:05 - Repeat Thursday Morn
6:40 - Sutra Service 10A, followed by Thu Closing Song
Eve
17:53 - Han
18:00 - Thu Eve
* * *
Directory for all audio files: HERE
AUDIO CREDITS
AUDIO CREDITS
Spoken recordings by Meredith Garmon and LoraKim Joyner. "Universal Dedication" also includes voice of Allie Freed.
From Youtube:
- "Jizo Darani," and "Sho Sai Myo Kichijyo Darani," from Francisco Casaverde, "Canticos Budistas."
- "Shigu Seigan Mon," from Maheyo Music.
- "Buddha Vandana," from Be Nhat Trung.
- "Filled with Loving Kindness," from UUCC Music Director Anna Hamilton; performed by Tapestry: Anna Hamilton and Elizabeth Harris.
- "Dedication of Merit" from Rev. Heng Sure and Friends, "Paramita: American Buddhist Folk Music"
- "Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo" from Chris Burrows, "Zen Buddhist Chanting"
"The Four Bodhisattva Vows" and "Diamond Sutra Gatha": music composed and performed by Meredith Garmon.
"Save All the Beings": music by Boundless Way Zen; performed (piano, guitar, and vocals) by Meredith Garmon.
"Verse of the Kesa" and "Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva": music by Soten Lynch; vocals by Soten Lynch, Kosho Ault, Maggie Medlin, and Eric Hertz. Recorded at Great Vow Zen Monastery, Clatskanie, OR, 2020.
For credits for the words/lyrics, see "One Earth Zen: Sutras, Chants, and Songs".