For those who may have missed it, Shinren Mark Stone’s talk about zen practice and technology was recently profiled by NPR. It’s an excellent write up.
Author: samuelreggio
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Tuesday Dharma Tea at Two with Eshō Beth Milligan talking about the work of Ito Jakuchu. 2-2:45p.m. Eastern
Tuesday March 14th, 2023 – 2PM Dharma Tea led by Esho Beth Milligan on the ” 18th century Japanese artist Ito Jakuchu and his Colorful Realm of Living Beings, a set of 30 nature paintings plus a Buddha Triptych” (these were exhibited at The National Gallery in DC in the spring of 2012). Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 629543
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Thursday evening practice, March 9, 2023 7pm Eastern
Join us via Zoom at 7pm for evening service and zazen. Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 794038
Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting zazen with you.
ABZS keeps an attendance of participation at sangha events. This is done for the welfare of our members and for guidance in future programing.
Click below to see the order of service and chants.Order of Service
Greeting by the Kokyo
25 Minute Zazen Period
5 Minutes Kinhin
25 Minute Zazen Period
Cuatro Votos Four Great Vows
Refuges in Pali
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March 4, 2023 Zazenkai with Barbara Wenger as Guest Speaker
Saturday March 4th, 2023 – Full Day Zazenkai at Urban Zendo (lunch provided). Guest Speaker Barbara Wenger will join us for 2pm tea and discussion about her experience as Tenzo at SFZC. In person and online. Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 027306
All Beings Zen Sangha Zen Meditation Retreat Schedule 9am-4:30pm
9:00am Practice Period Leader does the Jundo (opening of the zendo for practicer)
Robe Chant (lead by Kokyo)
9:05am 40 minute period of Zazen
9:45am Kinhin (slow walking meditation)
9:55am 30 minute period of Zazen
10:25am Kinhin (slow walking meditation)
10:35am 30 minutes period of Zazen
11:05am Inryū Sensei offers meditation instructions/ Oryoki instruction
12:00pm Lunch Break – Self Serve Oryoki from Zendo Kitchen
1:00pm Work Practice /Zen Sewing
2:00pm Tea and Cookies/Dharma Discussion – Guest Speaker Barbara Wenger
3:10pm Kinhin (slow walking meditation)
3:20pm 40 minute period of Zazen/Zen Sewing
4:00pm 30 minute period of Zazen
4:30pm Refuges in Pali/Closing of retreat
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Evening Practice for March 2, 2023 7pm Eastern
Tonight we will have a short service followed by two periods of Zazen with an interval of Kinhin (5 minutes of slow walking in between). We will have our monthly pass the feather sharing and conclude by chanting the refuges in Pali. Please feel welcome to stay on zoom if you are able to share greetings with the sangha. .
Here is the link to join us via the cloud zendo at 7PM for the All Beings Zen Sangha evening program.If you are asked for a password please use this 794038
Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting zazen with you.
Order of Service
Greeting by the Kokyo
Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo
Heart Sutra in English
25 Minute Zazen Period
5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)
25 Minute Zazen Period
Four Great Vows
Refuges in Pali
Brief Check in and announcements
Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo
KAN ZEON
NA MU BUTSU
YO BUTSU U IN
YO BUTSU U EN
BUP PO SO EN
JO RAKU GA JO
CHO NEN KANZEON
BO NEN KANZEON
NEN NEN JU SHIN KI
NEN NEN FU RI SHIN
Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra
Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva,
when deeply practicing prajña paramita,
clearly saw that all five aggregates are empty
and thus relieved all suffering.
Shariputra,
form does not differ from emptiness,
emptiness does not differ from form.
Form itself is emptiness,
emptiness itself form.
Sensations, perceptions, formations,
and consciousness are also like this.
Shariputra,
all dharmas are marked by emptiness;
they neither arise nor cease,
are neither defiled nor pure,
neither increase nor decrease.
Therefore, given emptiness, there is
no form, no sensation, no perception,
no formation no consciousness;
no eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue,
no body, no mind;
no sight, no sound, no smell, no taste,
no touch, no object of mind;
no realm of sight… no realm of mind consciousness
There is neither ignorance nor extinction of ignorance…
neither old age and death,
nor extinction of old age and death;
no suffering, no cause, no cessation, no path;
no knowledge and no attainment.
With nothing to attain,
a bodhisattva relies on prajña paramita,
and thus the mind is without hindrance.
Without hindrance, there is no fear.
Far beyond all inverted views, one realizes nirvana.
All buddhas of past, present, and future
rely on prajña paramita and thereby attain
unsurpassed, complete, perfect enlightenment.
Therefore, know the prajña paramita ⨀ as
the great miraculous mantra,
the great bright mantra,
the supreme mantra,
the incomparable mantra,
which removes all suffering
and is true, not false.
Therefore we proclaim the prajña paramita mantra,
the mantra that says:
“Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha.”
All Buddhas
All Buddhas, ten directions, Three times
All Honored Ones, Bodhisattvas-Mahasattvas
Wisdom beyond wisdom
Maha Prajna Paramita
THE FOUR GREAT VOWS
Beings are numberless; I vow to save them.
Delusions are inexhaustible; I vow to end them.
Dharma Gates are boundless; I vow to enter them.
Buddha’s way is unsurpassable; I vow to become it.
Refuges in Pali (Call and Response)
Accapella, inflections as follows:
➞Buddham Saranam Ga➚cha➘mi➞iii
BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DUTIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DUTIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DUTIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
TATIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
TATIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
TATIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
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Dharma Tea on Tuesday for February 28, 2023 2-2:45pm Eastern
Tuesday: Dharma Tea at 2:00 pm /2:00pm-2:45pm: Led by Shōryū Chris Leader. Shōryū will speak on the topic “Physical activity as meditation. Online only in our cloud zendo. Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 629543.
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Dharma Book Study “Dogen’s Instructions to the Cook” 2-3pm Eastern
Saturday February 25th, 2023 – 2 PM Dharma book discussion “Dogen’s Instructions to the Cook”
Cloud Zendo only. To Join use this link. If asked for a password use 043968
Instructions for the Cook (Tenzo kyôkun) . Don’t have the book? No problem you can find a pdf of the main text by clicking here or here.
By the monk Dôgen
of the Kannon Dôri Kôshô Hôrin Zen Monastery
Cf. Nothing is Hidden: Essays on Zen Master Dogen’s Instructions for the CookTr. Griffith Foulk, Edited by Jisho Warner, Shohaku Okumura, John McRae and Taigen Dan Leighton. Weatherhill Inc., 2001 -
Evening Practice for February 23, 2023 7pm.
Tonight we will have a short service that includes chanting the Heart Sutra in Chinese. Following by one period of Zazen and a Dharma Talk by our Abiding Teacher Inryū Sensei.. Will we close with chanting the refuges. You are welcome to stay online following the chanting of the refuges to share greetings with the sangha.
Here is the link to join us via the cloud zendo at 7PM for the All Beings Zen Sangha evening program.
If you are asked for a password please use this 794038
Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting zazen with you.
Order of Service
Greeting by the Kokyo
Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo
Heart Sutra in Chinese
All Buddhas Chant
25 Minute Zazen Period
5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)
Dharma Talk
Four Great Vows
Refuges in Pali
THE FOUR GREAT VOWS
Beings are numberless; I vow to save them.
Delusions are inexhaustible; I vow to end them.
Dharma Gates are boundless; I vow to enter them.
Buddha’s way is unsurpassable; I vow to become it.
Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo
KAN ZEON
NA MU BUTSU
YO BUTSU U IN
YO BUTSU U EN
BUP PO SO EN
JO RAKU GA JO
CHO NEN KANZEON
BO NEN KANZEON
NEN NEN JU SHIN KI
NEN NEN FU RI SHIN
Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra in Chinese
The Pinyin pronunciation:
(Title) bō rě bō luó mì duō xīn jīng
guān zì zài pú sà , xíng shēn bō rě bō luó mì duō shí，zhào jiàn wǔ yùn jiē kōng, dù yī qiē kǔ è。
shè lì zǐ, sè bù yì kōng ，kōng bù yì sè , sè jí shì kōng , kōng jí shì sè。
shòu xiǎng xíng shí，yì fù rú shì。
shè lì zǐ, shì zhū fǎ kōng xiāng,
bù shēng bù miè, bù gòu bù jìng, bù zēng bù jiǎn ,
shì gù kōng zhōng wú sè, wú shòu xiǎng xíng shí,
wú yǎn ěr bí shé shēn yì, wú sè shēng xiāng wèi chù fǎ,
wú yǎn jiè, nǎi zhì wú yì shí jiè, wú wú míng , yì wú wú míng jìn,
nǎi zhì wú lǎo sǐ, yì wú lǎo sǐ jìn。
wú kǔ jí miè dào, wú zhì yì wú dé, yǐ wú suǒ dé gù。
pú tí sà duǒ, yī bō rě bō luó mì duō gù, xīn wú guà ài。
wú guà ài gù, wú yǒu kǒng bù, yuǎn lí diān dǎo mèng xiǎng, jiū jìng niè pán。
sān shì zhū fó, yī bō rě bō luó mì duō gù, dé ā nòu duō luó sān miǎo sān pú tí。
gù zhī bō rě bō luó mì duō, shì dà shén zhòu, shì dà míng zhòu,
shì wú shàng zhòu, shì wú děng děng zhòu。néng chú yī qiē kǔ, zhēn shí bù xū。
gù shuō bō rě bō luó mì duō zhòu, jí shuō zhòu yuē：
jiē dì jiē dì, bō luó jiē dì, bō luó sēng jiē dì, pú tí sà pó hē。
Refuges in Pali (Call and Response)
Accapella, inflections as follows:
➞Buddham Saranam Ga➚cha➘mi➞iii
BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DUTIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DUTIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DUTIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
TATIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
TATIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
TATIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
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Healing Circle for February 19, 2023 5pm. Eastern
Ongoing healing circle meets tonight at 5pm. Eishin Mike And Shinren Mark are host and guardian tonight. Hope you can join in.
Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 119019
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February 18, 2023 Guest Speaker Gesshin Claire Greenwood 2pm Eastern
Saturday February 18th, 2023 – 2PM Guest Speaker Rev. Gesshin Claire Greenwood on being Tenzo at Zen Niso-do Temple, Nagoya.
Gesshin Greenwood is a Soto Zen priest living in Oakland, California. She trained in Japan at Toshoji and Aichi Senmon Nisodo, and is the author of Bow First, Ask Questions Later, and Just Enough: Vegan Recipes from Japan’s Buddhist Temples. Currently, she lives a happily mostly lay person life with her spouse and two dogs, working as an administrator at the Institute of Buddhist Studies as well as a psychotherapist in private practice. Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 495944
Rev. Greewood is the author of three books: Bow First, Ask Questions Later: Ordination, Love and Monastic Zen in Japan and Just Enough; Vegan Recipes and Stories from Japan’s Buddhist Temples
Praise for “Just Enough”
“With rigor, honesty, hilarity and joy, Gesshin shows us how to grapple with the great matter of life and death–as well as with lesser matters, like capitalism, sexism, religious dogma, sex, love, fashion and Kyoto nightclubs. The result is an inspiring book that I couldn’t put down, even when I’d finished reading it.” Ruth Ozeki
“A witty, wise, engaging story about a young woman’s experience of Zen practice in Japan.” Grace Schireson
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Evening Practice for February 16. 2023 7pm Eastern
Here is the link to join us via the cloud zendo at 7PM for the All Beings Zen Sangha evening program. Tonight we will have short service followed by one period of Zazen and a Way Seeking Mind talk by Shuso Kōryū Naomi Knoble. We will close by chanting the Refuges in Pali.
If you are asked for a password please use this 794038
ABZS does keep an attendance of participation in sangha events* this is done for the welfare of it’s members and for guidance in future programing
Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting zazen with you.
Order of Service
Greeting by the Kokyo
Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo
Heart Sutra in English
25 Minute Zazen Period
Four Great Vows
Way Seeking Mind Talk
Refuges in Pali
Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo
KAN ZEON
NA MU BUTSU
YO BUTSU U IN
YO BUTSU U EN
BUP PO SO EN
JO RAKU GA JO
CHO NEN KANZEON
BO NEN KANZEON
NEN NEN JU SHIN KI
NEN NEN FU RI SHIN
Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra
Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva,
when deeply practicing prajña paramita,
clearly saw that all five aggregates are empty
and thus relieved all suffering.
Shariputra,
form does not differ from emptiness,
emptiness does not differ from form.
Form itself is emptiness,
emptiness itself form.
Sensations, perceptions, formations,
and consciousness are also like this.
Shariputra,
all dharmas are marked by emptiness;
they neither arise nor cease,
are neither defiled nor pure,
neither increase nor decrease.
Therefore, given emptiness, there is
no form, no sensation, no perception,
no formation no consciousness;
no eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue,
no body, no mind;
no sight, no sound, no smell, no taste,
no touch, no object of mind;
no realm of sight… no realm of mind consciousness
There is neither ignorance nor extinction of ignorance…
neither old age and death,
nor extinction of old age and death;
no suffering, no cause, no cessation, no path;
no knowledge and no attainment.
With nothing to attain,
a bodhisattva relies on prajña paramita,
and thus the mind is without hindrance.
Without hindrance, there is no fear.
Far beyond all inverted views, one realizes nirvana.
All buddhas of past, present, and future
rely on prajña paramita and thereby attain
unsurpassed, complete, perfect enlightenment.
Therefore, know the prajña paramita ⨀ as
the great miraculous mantra,
the great bright mantra,
the supreme mantra,
the incomparable mantra,
which removes all suffering
and is true, not false.
Therefore we proclaim the prajña paramita mantra,
the mantra that says:
“Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha.”
All Buddhas
All Buddhas, ten directions, Three times
All Honored Ones, Bodhisattvas-Mahasattvas
Wisdom beyond wisdom
Maha Prajna Paramita
THE FOUR GREAT VOWS
Beings are numberless; I vow to save them.
Delusions are inexhaustible; I vow to end them.
Dharma Gates are boundless; I vow to enter them.
Refuges in Pali
Accapella, inflections as follows:
➞Buddham Saranam Ga➚cha➘mi➞iii
BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DUTIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DUTIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DUTIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
TATIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
TATIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
TATIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
