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Bodhisattvas use this Dhāraṇī like a bottomless treasure chest
To decorate and glorify Dharmadhātu, the palace of the Mind.
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Sit down in your Original Place and see
That everything is as it is, like Buddha of old.
Author: daosheng
Korean Buddhist Chanting by Bhikkhuni Gumgang
First she does the Thousand Hands and Eyes Sutra. She starts right off with the mantra to purify speech (suri suri mahasuri ….), that is, she does not include the “invocation” at the beginning. Also, she recites the Great Dharani three times, which is very cool. Other than that it is almost exactly the way that Zen Master Seung Sahn taught this chant (there are a few places where her pronunciation is clearly different).
busy busy pulling grass ….. (忙忙撥草去追尋)
家山漸遠,歧路俄差。得失熾然,是非蜂起。
Gradually our original home fades in the distance and suddenly we are lost among the myriad branching paths. Now we have entered the blazing fire of gain and loss, and also the forest of right and wrong where the leaf of every tree stings like a bee.
Buddhist Chanting
- Yebul (Homage to the Three Jewels) on youtube with lyrics
- Kanzeon (Ten Verse Kannon Sutra) on youtube with lyrics
- Heart Sutra (Korean version with Hanja) on youtube with lyrics
- Heart Sutra (English version) on youtube with lyrics
- Great Dharani on youtube with lyrics
- Jijang Bosal chanting on youtube with lyrics
- A very nice mp3 recording of the Evening Bell Chant by Kathy Park
漢語 Chinese
Koans, Capping Phrases, and other Zennisms
Buddhism 101
nothing here yet
Confucius says ….
nothing here yet
About “mindisbuddha.org”: Buddhism, Chanting, Chinese, etc …..
This is my personal blog, but it also links to a Zen meditation group that meets at my house and also online. If you are looking for the Dae Do Sah Zen Group – that web page is here.
This blog consists mostly of stuff that I find here and there, and that I don’t want to forget. The two most common themes for posts are Buddhist Chanting and Chinese – and these very often overlap.
“For receiving and mirroring the feelings of intimacy, there is nothing that surpasses the ceremonial image.”
冥祥記
Record of Mysterious Wonders, aka, Signs from the Unseen Realm
冥 míng dark, the underworld (not in hsk)
祥 xiáng auspicious, propitious (hsk6)
記 jì record (hsk3)
Swim and play in the Dharma King’s Palace (遊戱法王宮)
遊戱法王宮
swim play dharma king palace
遊 yóu, to swim; 戱 xì to play; 法 fǎ Dharma; 王 wáng king; 宮 gōng palace
“Zen is Buddhism and not a special teaching distinct from the other schools of Buddhism”
if you ask me to talk about our teaching, I will talk mostly about the teaching of Buddhism
The Great Dragon Samadhi (那伽大定)
那 伽 nà-gā
大 dà great
定 dìng samadhi