Practice

You are welcome to join in the practice by zoom, five mornings a week, Tuesday through Saturday morning, at 7:00 ET/ 6:00 CT/ 5:00 MT/ 4:00 PT.

Our zoom morning practice may occasionally need to be cancelled. Check here for cancellation notice.

ZOOM LINK.

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

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

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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Spring Week 11: Jun 2 - 8

Mon Jun 2

Mon Morn w/ Sutra Service 11A
Mon Eve

Tue Jun 3

Tue Morn w/ Sutra Service 11B
Tue Eve

Wed Jun 4

Wed Morn w/ Sutra Service 11A
Wed Eve

Thu Jun 5

Thu Morn w/ Sutra Service 11B
Thu Eve

Fri Jun 6

Fri Morn w/ Sutra Service 11A
Fri Eve

Sat Jun 7

Sat Morn w/ Sutra Service 11B
Sat Eve

Sun Jun 8

Repeat Mon Morn w/ Sutra Service 11A
Repeat Mon Eve

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Spring Week 12: Jun 9 - 15

Mon Jun 9

Mon Morn w/ Sutra Service 12A
Mon Eve

Tue Jun 10

Tue Morn w/ Sutra Service 12B
Tue Eve

Wed Jun 11

Wed Morn w/ Sutra Service 12A
Wed Eve

Thu Jun 12

Thu Morn w/ Sutra Service 12B
Thu Eve

Fri Jun 13

Fri Morn w/ Sutra Service 12A
Fri Eve

Sat Jun 14

Sat Morn w/ Sutra Service 12B
Sat Eve

Sun Jun 15

Repeat Tue Morn w/ Sutra Service 12B
Repeat Tue 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".