Home practice ideally includes Zazen, study of zen text (or listening to a recording or podcast of a dharma talk), and chanting/reciting some of Zen's central texts.
Recommended:
- Sitting supplies: A zabuton (mat) and either a zafu (round cushion, usually of kapok or buckwheat hulls), or a seiza bench (kneeling bench); or a chair that is your meditation chair
- A dedicated space: A corner of a room that is used only for Zen practice, where your sitting supplies and a small altar reside
- An altar: a small table with a Buddha statue and maybe an incense holder, candle, or sacred items.
- Light a candle, stick of incense, or both, on your altar.
- Standing in front of altar, facing it, make three bows (prostrations or standing bows) to Buddha.
- Recite "Gatha of Atonement" (odd-numbered dates) or "The Three Refuges" (even-numbered dates);
- Recite Dedication and Opening Verse (see Sutra Book)
- Zazen (25 mins)
- Recite the Sutra Service Readings for the week (see Sutra Book)
- Dharma Study time: reading a dharma book or listening to a dharma talk recording (15-30 mins). (Check out "A Quarterly Study Plan" on the Reading/Videos page.)
- Recite Closing Verses (see Sutra Book)
CLICK HERE. (Page references below are to the double-column version.)
Sutras for reading on your computer screen (single-column pages):
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Chant Along with these Audio Files:
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Sutras for Autumn Week 3: Oct 5-11
Opening8th Fourweek since Vernal Equinox: Mon Oct 5 - Sun Nov 1 (AUDIO for Even)(AUDIO for Odd)
- Gatha of Atonement (odd-numbered dates), or The Three Refuges (even-numbered dates)
- Dedication
- Menju -- "Face-to-Face Transmission," p. 5
Week 3: Oct 5-11, section Sep 28-Oct 4, section 3A (AUDIO)
- Heart Sutra, p. 11
- The Record of Linji, p. 12
- Lotus Sutra's Fulfilling the Buddha Way, p. 12
8th Fourweek since the Vernal Equinox: Mon Oct 5 - Sun Nov 1 (AUDIO)
- Hope in the Dark, p. 40
- Save All the Beings, p. 42
Sutras for Autumn Week 4: Oct 12-Oct 18
Opening8th Fourweek since Vernal Equinox: Mon Oct 5 - Sun Nov 1 (AUDIO for Even)(AUDIO for Odd)
- Gatha of Atonement (odd-numbered dates), or The Three Refuges (even-numbered dates)
- Dedication
- Menju -- "Face-to-Face Transmission," p. 5
Week 4: Oct 12-18, section 4A
- Song of the Jeweled-Mirror Samadhi, p. 14
- Coming and Going, p. 15
- Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva, p. 15
8th Fourweek since the Vernal Equinox: Mon Oct 5 - Sun Nov 1 (AUDIO)
- Hope in the Dark, p. 40
- Save All the Beings, p. 42
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