Practice

Regular Zen practice makes you part of a spiritual movement to bring more wisdom and compassion to our one Earth.
One Earth Zen offers authentic Zen practice with an ecospiritual orientation, live on Zoom in the mornings, Tue-Fri, and with a more extended talk/discussion on Saturday.
Tue-Fri: 60 minutes, beginning at 7:00am ET/ 6:00am CT/ 5:00am MT/ 4:00am PT.
Saturday: 90 minutes, beginning at 10:00am ET/ 9:00am CT/ 8:00am MT/ 7:00am PT

In the event of cancellation, a cancellation notice will be posted here. 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 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 13: Sep 15-21

Mon Sep 15

Mon Morn w/ Sutra Service 13A
Mon Eve

Tue Sep 16

Tue Morn w/ Sutra Service 13B
Tue Eve

Wed Sep 17

Wed Morn w/ Sutra Service 13A
Wed Eve

Thu Sep 18

Thu Morn w/ Sutra Service 13B
Thu Eve

Fri Sep 19

Fri Morn w/ Sutra Service 13A
Fri Eve

Sat Sep 20

Sat Morn: Use file: Thu Morn w/ Sutra Service 13B
Sat Eve: Use file: Thu Eve

Sun Sep 21

Sun Morn w/ Sutra Service 13B
Sun Eve

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Autumn Week 1: Sep 22-28

Every day Morn. For the first week of each season, the morn audio is the same every day: ancestor dedication and Sutra Service 1 (Precepts), without the opening and closing day-of-the-week songs.)

Mon Sep 22

Mon Eve

Tue Sep 23

Tue Eve

Wed Sep 24

Wed Eve

Thu Sep 25

Thu Eve

Fri Sep 26

Fri Eve

Sat Sep 27

Sat Eve: Use file: Fri Eve

Sun Sep 28

Sun Eve

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Autumn Week 2: Sep 29 - Oct 5

Mon Sep 29

Mon Morn w/ Sutra Service 2A
Mon Eve

Tue Sep 30

Tue Morn w/ Sutra Service 2B
Tue Eve

Wed Oct 1

Wed Morn w/ Sutra Service 2A
Wed Eve

Thu Oct 2

Thu Morn w/ Sutra Service 2B
Thu Eve

Fri Oct 3

Fri Morn w/ Sutra Service 2A
Fri Eve

Sat Oct 4

Sat Morn: Use file: Sun Morn w/ Sutra Service 2B
Sat Eve: Use file: Sun Eve

Sun Oct 5

Sun Morn w/ Sutra Service 2B
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".