Practice

Regular Zen practice makes you part of a spiritual movement to bring more wisdom and compassion to our world. One Earth Zen currently offers live Zoom practice in the mornings, Tue-Fri, and on Saturday at midday.
Morn practice: 60 minutes, every Tuesday through Friday at 7:00 ET/ 6:00 CT/ 5:00 MT/ 4:00 PT.
Saturday Midday: 90 minutes every Saturday beginning at 2:00pm ET/ 1:00pm CT/ Noon MT/ 11:00am PT

In the event of cancellation, a cancellation notice will be posted here.
UPCOMING CANCELLATIONS: none
To join our zoom practice, click the words below:

ZOOM LINK

You'll need this document: "One Earth Zen: Sutras, Chants, and Songs".

Morn Practice Format (1 Hour)
Opening Chants: 8 mins
Zazen (silent seated meditation): 25 mins
Kinhin (walking meditation): 5 mins
Sutra service (recitations): 9-10 mins
Dharma talk/discussion: 10 mins
Closing Song

Saturday Midday Format (1.5 hrs)
Same as Morn Practice, but with 40 mins for the Dharma talk/discussion.

You may also use the audio files linked below to accompany your home practice on any schedule that works for you.

The Morn practice (1 hr) includes:

• 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 (5 mins), and return to place
• Sutra Service (7-9 mins), which changes each week. There is an "A" service for Mon-Wed-Fri, and a "B" service for Tue-Thu-Sat. Sundays alternate between the "A" and the "B" service.
• Silence for Dharma discussion or study (about 8 mins)

• Closing Day-of-Week Song (p. 38 or 42 -- 1-2 mins)

The Eve practice (30 mins) includes:

• 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)

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Audio Files

Use these to practice on your own, following the liturgy of our Zoom group.

Summer Week 9: Aug 18-24

Mon Aug 18

Mon Morn w/ Sutra Service 9A
Mon Eve

Tue Aug 19

Tue Morn w/ Sutra Service 9B
Tue Eve

Wed Aug 20

Wed Morn w/ Sutra Service 9A
Wed Eve

Thu Aug 21

Thu Morn w/ Sutra Service 9B
Thu Eve

Fri Aug 22

Fri Morn w/ Sutra Service 9A
Fri Eve

Sat Aug 23

Sat Morn: Use file: Sun Morn w/ Sutra Service 9B
Sat Eve: Use file: Sun Eve

Sun Aug 24

Sun Morn w/ Sutra Service 9B
Sun Eve

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Summer Week 10: Aug 25-31

Mon Aug 25

Mon Morn w/ Sutra Service 10A
Mon Eve

Tue Aug 26

Tue Morn w/ Sutra Service 10B
Tue Eve

Wed Aug 27

Wed Morn w/ Sutra Service 10A
Wed Eve

Thu Aug 28

Thu Morn w/ Sutra Service 10B
Thu Eve

Fri Aug 29

Fri Morn w/ Sutra Service 10A
Fri Eve

Sat Aug 30

Sat Morn: Use file: Mon Morn w/ Sutra Service 10A
Sat Eve: Use file: Mon Eve

Sun Aug 31

Sun Morn w/ Sutra Service 10B
Sun Eve

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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"

"Gate of Sweet Nectar" by Krishna Das, sung by Starry Mountain Singers for Amidon Community Music.
"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".