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CHANTS:
 

MORNING GATHA
Waking up this morning I smile
Twenty-Four brand new hours are before me
I vow to live fully present in every moment
And look upon all beings with eyes of compassion.

GATHA OF ATONEMENT
All evil karma ever created by me of old
On account of my beginning-less greed, hatred and ignorance
Born of my conduct, words and thought
I repent of it now.

GREAT VOWS FOR ALL
Creations are numberless
I vow to free them
Delusions are inexhaustible
I vow to transform them
Dharmas are boundless
I vow to experience them
The Enlightened Way is unsurpassable
I vow to embody it.

ENMEI JUKKU KANNON GYO
Kanzeon 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

(Translation)

Kanzeon, At One with Buddha
Related to all Buddhas in cause and effect
And to Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
Joyful, pure, eternal being!
Morning Mind is Kanzeon
Evening Mind is Kanzeon
This very moment arises from Mind
This very moment is not separate from Mind.

HEART SUTRA
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, doing deep prajna paramita,
Clearly saw the emptiness of all five conditions,
And was freed of pain
0 Shariputra, form is no other than emptiness,
Emptiness no other than form;
Form is exactly emptiness, Emptiness exactly form
Sensation, perception, reaction and consciousness are likewise like this
0 Shariputra, all things are expressions of emptiness:
Not born, not destroyed; not stained, not pure, neither waxing nor waning
Thus emptiness is not form,
No sensation, perception, reaction nor consciousness;
No eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind;
No color, sound, smell, taste, touch, phenomenon;
No realm of sight, no realm of consciousness;
No ignorance and no end to ignorance
No old age and death, no end to old age and death;
No suffering, no cause of suffering, no extinguishing, and no path;
No wisdom and no gain
No gain - thus the bodhisattva lives Prajna Paramita
With no hindrance in the mind
No hindrance, therefore no fear,
Far beyond deluded thoughts this is Nirvana
All past, present, and future Buddhas live Prajna Paramita,
And therefore attain annuttara-samyak-sambodhi [supreme perfect enlightenment]
Therefore know, prajna paramita is the great mantra,
The vivid mantra, the best mantra, the unsurpassable mantra
It completely clears all pain
This is the truth not a lie
So set forth the Prajna Paramita Mantra,
Set forth this mantra and say
Gate! Gate! Paragate! Parasamgate! Bodhi Svaha! Heart Sutra.

EVENING GATHA
Let me respectfully remind you
Life and death are of supreme importance
Time swiftly passes and opportunity is lost
Each of us must strive to awaken; Awaken!!
This night your days will have diminished by one
Take heed; do not squander your life.

LINKS:
 

White Plum Asanga
Zen Peacemakers
Morning Star Zendo, Jersey City NJ
Empty Bowl Zendo, Morristown NJ
Heart Circle Sangha, Ridgewood NJ
Moon Water Sangha, Montclair and Basking Ridge, NJ
Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper NY
100 Koans, Book of Serenity
101 Koans, Shaseki-shu
On Western Interest in Zen
God and Zen, by Fr. Robert Kennedy Roshi
Buddhism, Zen, and Atheism, About.com
Zen and Psychotherapy, Dr. Joseph Bobrow, Roshi
The Psychology of Zen
Zen Philosophy as Anti-Philosophy
Zen Terminology, Definitions
Tricycle Magazine
Our Original ("Classic") Clear Mountain Zendo Web Page

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