Here is the Zoom link to join in the cloud zendo, password if needed: 041285

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 conclude by chanting the refuges in Pali. Please feel welcome to stay on zoom if you are able to share greetings with the sangha.

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.

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 (text available at highlighted links)

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



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 with Heart Sutra in Japanese followed by one period of Zazen and a Dharma Talk by our ABZS Guiding Teacher Inryū Sensei.   We will close by chanting the Refuges in Pali.  If you would like stay after refuges and do a welcome and check-in please do.

If you are asked for a password please use this  041285

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 Japanese

Dedication of Merit

25 Minute Zazen Period

5 Minute Kinhin (slow walking) interval

Dharma Talk

Four Great Vows

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    

Maka Hanya Haramita Shin Gyo (Heart Sutra in Japanese)

KAN JI ZAI BO SATSU GYO JIN HAN NYA

HA RA MI TA JI SHO KEN GO ON KAI

KU DO IS SAI KU YAKU SHA RI SHI

SHIKI FU I KU KU FU I SHIKI SHIKI 

SOKU ZE KU KU SOKU ZE SHIKI JU SO

GYO SHIKI YAKU BU NYO ZE SHA RI

SHI ZE SHO HO KU SO FU SHO FU

METSU FU KU FU JO FU ZO FU GEN

ZE KO KU CHU MU SHIKI MU JU SO

GYO SHIKI MU GEN NI BI ZE SHIN

NI MU SHIKI SHO KO MI SOKU HO MU

GEN KAI NAI SHI MU I SHIKI KAI MU

MU MYO YAKU MU MU MYO JIN NAI 

SHI MU RO SHI YAKU MU RO SHI JIN

MU KU SHU METSU DO MU CHI YAKU 

MU TOKU I MU SHO TOK KO BO DAI

SAT TA E HAN NYA HA RA MI TA

KO SHIN MU KE GE MU KE GE KO

MU U KU FU ON RI IS SAI TEN DO

MU SO KU GYO NE HAN SAN ZE SHO

BUTSU E HAN NYA HA RA MI TA

KO TOKU A NOKU TA RA SAM MYAKU

SAM BO DAI KO CHI HAN NYA HA

RA MI TA ZE DAI JIN SHU ZE DAI

MYO SHU ZE MU JO SHU ZE MU TO 

DO SHU NO JO IS SAI KU SHIN JITSU

FU KO KO SETSU HAN NYA HA RA 

MI TA SHU SOKU SETSU SHU WATSU

GYA TE GYA TE HA RA GYA TE

HARA SO GYA TE BO DHI SOWA KA 

HAN NYA SHIN GYO

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.

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 with Heart Sutra in Mandarin followed by one period of Zazen and a Well Being Ceremony.   We will close by chanting the Refuges in Pali.  If you would like stay after refuges and do a welcome and check-in please do.

If you are asked for a password please use this  041285

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

Dedication of Merit

25 Minute Zazen Period

5 Minute Kinhin (slow walking) interval

25 Minute Zazen Period

Four Great Vows

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 Sutra in Mandarin

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。

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.

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 a Wellbeing Service followed by one period of Zazen and the chanting of the refuges.    If you would like stay after refuges and do a welcome and check-in please do

If you are asked for a password please use this  041285

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

Heart Sutra in English

30 minutes period of zazen

5 minute period of Kinhin (slow walking meditation)

Enmei X 9

Loving Kindness Meditation

Dedication of merit.

Refuges in Pali

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.” ∅

Well Being Ceremony – Call and Response

Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo (9 times) led by Kokyo

Loving Kindness Meditation led byDoshi

Dedication of Merit led by Doshi

Refuges in Pali

Post service check in (please feel welcome to stay or depart as your schedule requires)

Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo X9

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

Loving Kindness Meditation

This is what should be accomplished by the one who is wise,

Who seeks the good and has obtained peace:

Let one be strenuous, upright and sincere,

WIthout pride, easily contented and joyous.

Let one not be submerged by the things of the world.

Let one not take upon one’s self the burden of riches.

Let one’s senses be controlled.

Let one be wise, but not puffed up: and 

Let one not desire great possessions even for one’s family.

Let one do nothing that is mean or that the wise would reprove

May all beings be happy.

May they be joyous and live in safety.

All living beings, whether weak or strong,

In high or middle or low realms of existence,

Small or great, visible or invisible, 

Near or far, born or to be born,

May all beings be happy.

Let no one deceive another, nor despise any being in any state;

Let none by anger or hatred wish harm to another.

Even as a mother at the risk of her life

Watches over and protects her only child,

So with a boundless mind should one cherish all living things,

Suffusing love over the entire world,

Above, below and all around without limit; 

So let one cultivate an infinite good will toward the whole world.

Standing or walking, sitting or lying down,

During all one’s waking hours

Let one practice the way with gratitude.

Not holding to fixed views,

Endowed with insight, 

Freed from sense appetites,

One who achieves the way

Will be freed from the duality of birth and death.

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

Here is the Zoom link to join in the cloud zendo, password if needed: 041285

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 conclude by chanting the refuges in Pali. Please feel welcome to stay on zoom if you are able to share greetings with the sangha.

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.

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 (text available at highlighted links)

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



Today – Tuesday Dharma Tea at 2PM for August 8, 2023 led by Inryū Sensei.   What to expect from a “ABZS Healing Circle”.   Inryū Sensei will provide the essential outline for how the weekly “Healing Circle” is conducted on Sundays.  Curious about what a “Healing Circle” is and how it can be a useful component a Zen Practice?  

What you can expect.  Our usual 5 minutes of silent tea drinking.  Information and Poetry to discuss and 5 minutes of silence at the end of the online gathering.   Online only.  The Dharma Tea concludes at 2:45pm Eastern.

Join with this link.  If asked for a password use   842721

Tuesday Dharma Tea at 2PM for August 1, 2023 led by Zen’etsu Clay Crowell. The focus will be one of our daily chants the “Enmei”.  This second tea on the subject will look at the final 5 lines of the chant.

  Online only Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 842721

All Beings Zen Sangha is announcing a call to artists for the 2024 Sangha calendar project.

Submissions are now being accepted for drawings, paintings, photography, poetry, brief writings, and other forms in digital format.

Please submit up to three works for consideration via e-mail to Rev. Inryū Sensei at inryu@allbeingszen.org and to John Flanagan at emailjohnf@gmail.com

 

Tuesday Dharma Tea at 2PM for July 25, 2023 led by Zen’etsu Clay Crowell  on the topic of one of our daily chants the “Enmei”.  This first tea will look at the first 5 lines of the chant and Zen’etsu will join us again on August 1st to look at the final 5 lines of the chant.

  Online only Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 842721

Dear Friends and Members of All Beings Zen Sangha,

With your support All Beings Zen Sangha continues to thrive. Recently, we completed our Spring practice period focusing on “Dogen’s Instructions for the Cook”. Activities included a book discussion and guest speaker Gesshin Claire Greenwood on being Tenzo at Zen Niso-do Temple in Japan. Other guest speakers over the past six months included Barbara Wenger, Yoku Okumura, Rehshin Bunce, and Jisan Tova Green.  Our final Shuso Hossen Ceremony was well attended both in person and on zoom with prominent Senior Dharma teachers in attendance.

Our Tuesday afternoon teas have focused on a variety of themes from physical activity as meditation to artistic creation.

Seiryu Paula Chiplis on her experience of being Benji
Suzanne Ernhalt on the Summer Solstice
Myoshin Carlos Moura on Dogens writings on simplicity
Seido David Sarpal on Zen Practice and Artistic Creation
Betty Mooney on the Alexander Technique and Zen
Inryu Sensei on “What to Keep” and also on “Tassajara Sangha Week”

Nine sangha members traveled to Tassajara Zen Mountain Center for Sangha week.

ABZS now offers a weekly Meditation and Recovery Healing Circle on Sundays. 

ABZS Sangha members demonstrated Oryoki practice and provided a food gift for attendees at the Smithsonian Asian Art Museum Film event.

Generosity is the practice of wholehearted giving and is the first paramita, a quality of mind of a Bodhisattva. Your contributions provide a humble stipend for our guiding teacher, support our practice spaces at the urban zendo and at Woodburn Hill Farm, and cover our other operational expenses. Regular monthly contributions are particularly supportive because they provide a broad base of dependable support for the Sangha, which enables us to plan for future expenses with a clear picture of our projected revenues, increasing our financial resilience. We ask that you donate only if you feel comfortable doing so at this time, and to place your circumstances first when deciding whether to contribute.

If you have not yet had the opportunity to join us for our services, you are always welcome. Our Sangha’s schedule page contains our service schedule and details on how to participate via Zoom 

Also please be aware that Dokusan, a private meeting with our resident teacher (Inryū Sensei) to discuss practice, is available upon request, as well as practice discussions with our Practice Leaders.  

Yours in the Dharma.  

Shinren Mark Stone

All Beings Zen Sangha, President

www.allbeingszen.org

Please find All Beings Zen Sangha Donation Page information here:   https://www.allbeingszen.org/contact/

Please direct questions about one-time donations or becoming a monthly donor to:  Shōryū Christopher Leader at treasurer@allbeingszen.org
Shōryū treasurer@allbeingszen.org can also be contacted about  Estate planning and any questions  regarding Charitable Giving accounts, including assistance in setting one up with your brokerage, and in-kind stock donations.