Practice

With regular Zen practice, you become part of a spiritual movement to bring more wisdom and compassion to our one Earth -- and to yourself (not coincidentally).
One Earth Zen offers authentic Zen practice with an ecospiritual orientation.
On Zoom: Mornings, Tue-Fri (60 minutes, beginning at 7am ET / 6am CT / 5am MT / 4am PT).
To join our zoom practice, click the words below:

ZOOM LINK

You'll need this document: "One Earth Zen: Sutras, Chants, and Songs". (Supplement with bios of people mentioned in the Ancestor Dedication: HERE).

In the event of cancellation, a cancellation notice will be posted here.

In Person (also on Zoom, using Zoom Link above): Saturday, 10:00-11:30am ET at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation
2701 Heyward St.
Columbia, SC 29205
In the octagonal building

Open Sesshin: Schedule yourself a Zen retreat at One Earth Retreat Center, home of One Earth Zen. Info: HERE.

Format for Zoom Practice

Tue-Fri 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 Format (1.5 hrs)
Opening Chants: 8 mins
Zazen (silent seated meditation): 20 mins
Kinhin (walking meditation): 5 mins
2nd Zazen: 20 mins
Sutra service (recitations): 9-10 mins
Tea service Dharma talk/discussion
Closing Song

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Audio Files

Use these to practice on your own, following the liturgy of our Zoom group. The "Morn" audio files include:
Verse of Kesa (p. 5, 2 mins)
Opening Verse (from pp. 5-7, about 1 min)
Opening Day-of-Week Song (p. 8, 1-2 mins)
Dedication, including either Gatha of Atonement (Mon-Wed-Fri) or The Three Refuges (Tue-Thu-Sun), (p. 9, 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-Sun. Saturdays alternate between the "A" and the "B" service.
Silence for Dharma discussion or study (about 10 mins)
Closing Day-of-Week Song (p. 44, 1-2 mins).
The "Eve" audio files provide a 30-minute session with:
Opening Day-of-Week Song (p. 8, 1-2 mins)
Silence for Zazen (25 mins)
Closing Day-of-Week Song (p. 44, 1-2 mins).

Summer Week 1: Jun 22-28

FIRST WEEK MORN
One the first week of each season, the morn practice includes our ancestor dedication. There is no Opening Song or Closing Song this week, so the audio file is the same for each day of the week.
The Eve practice, as usual, begins and ends with the day-of-the-week song.

Mon Jun 22

Mon Eve

Tue Jun 23

Tue Eve

Wed Jun 24

Wed Eve

Thu Jun 25

Thu Eve

Fri Jun 26

Fri Eve

Sat Jun 27

Sat Eve: Use Tue Eve

Sun Jun 28

Sun Eve

Summer Week 2: Jun 29 - Jul 5

Mon Jun 29

Mon Morn w/ Sutra Service 2A
Mon Eve

Tue Jun 30

Tue Morn w/ Sutra Service 2B
Tue Eve

Wed Jul 1

Wed Morn w/ Sutra Service 2A
Wed Eve

Thu Jul 2

Thu Morn w/ Sutra Service 2B
Thu Eve

Fri Jul 3

Fri Morn w/ Sutra Service 2A
Fri Eve

Sat Jul 4

Sat Morn: Use Wed Morn w/ Sutra Service 2A
Sat Eve: Use Wed Eve

Sun Jul 5

Sun Morn w/ Sutra Service 2B
Sun Eve

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".