October 25th 2023 This Chanting Service is a blessing to have available at my fingertips with the push of a cell phone button. I live in Northern California far from the Zen Center in Los Angeles where I began my practice with Maezumi Roshi in the mid 1980s. I'm now retired and I'm so happy you all recorded this Service for us old Zen people as we continue our practice wherever we might be. Gassho... Robert Dokan Sandberg ❤❤❤
The mind of the Great Sage of India was intimately conveyed from west to east. Among human beings are wise ones and fools, But in the Way there is no northern or southern ancestor The subtle source is clear and bright; the tributary streams flow through the darkness. To be attached to things is illusion; To encounter the absolute is not yet enlightenment. Each and all, the subjective and objective spheres are related, and at the same time, independent. Related, yet working differently, though each keeps its own place. Form makes the character and appearance different; Sounds distinguish comfort and discomfort. The dark makes all words one; the brightness distinguishes good and bad phrases. The four elements return to their nature as a child to its mother. Fire is hot, wind moves, water is wet, earth hard. Eyes see, ears hear, nose smells, tongue tastes the salt and sour. Each is independent of the other; cause and effect must return to the great reality Like leaves that come from the same root. The words high and low are used relatively. Within light there is darkness, but do not try to understand that darkness; Within darkness there is light, but do not look for that light. Light and darkness are a pair, like the foot before and the foot behind, in walking. Each thing has its own intrinsic value and is related to everything else in function and position. Ordinary life fits the absolute as a box and its lid. The absolute works together with the relative like two arrows meeting in mid-air. Reading words you should grasp the great reality. Do not judge by any standards. If you do not see the Way, you do not see it even as you walk on it. When you walk the Way, it is not near, it is not far. If you are deluded, you are mountains and rivers away from it. I respectfully say to those who wish to be enlightened: Do not waste your time by night or day.
Hi, thank you very much for your video! Could you tell me what is "Prayer for Peace"? What kind of text is it? Could you give me the text? I belong to a sangha in Brazil. Thank you very much! :)
PRAYER FOR PEACE All Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Protectors of the Dharma And the Three Treasures, With all sentient beings We lift our hearts to transform Ignorance, violence and suffering. May healing and peace prevail Throughout the dharma worlds. Maha Prajna Paramita.
If only all the chanting could've been done in the original Sino-Japanese. English translations always sound so patently ridiculous, it's painful to listen to.
@@rtam7097 - yes but for centuries the chants were done in Sino-Japanese in East Asia, which still sounds better than these horrendous English translations, especially the Daihishin dharani.
It's really weird when non-buddhists say this especially given the history of how Buddhism came to America. Like the Buddha said enlightenment for all sentient beings except only for Asians.
mmm well I am non western and I don't think if they follow a religion that it is appropriating. I do think it is appropriating when I see things like westerners replicating and selling our indigenous woven baskets from my mother's country. To me, that is appropriating other cultures.
