Published December 8th, 2008
Today, December 8th, is Bodhi Day, or what we in the Zen tradition call Rohatsu, which literally means 8th day of the 12th month. Rohatsu is a celebration of the awakening of Shakyamuni Buddha in Bodh Gaya. I have included a link here to a selection about Rohatsu from Shodo Harada Roshi’s book, Morning Dewdrops of the [...]
Published July 6th, 2008
Several of you have asked about studying the chants we use in our services. Unfortunately, due to the limited number, we are not able to loan out the chant books. But our chant book actually comes directly from the Austin Zen Center chant book. So although we do not have an online copy, Austin Zen [...]
Published July 3rd, 2008
Several of you have asked about the words to the Robe Chant that we chant together at the end of the second period of zazen on weekday mornings. The words to the chant are not in the Brooklyn Zen Center chant book. The Robe Chant is chanted by Zen Buddhist practitioners before putting on their rakusus (symbolic [...]