Removing All Karmic Obstacles
Monthly Sutra Recitation Practice
On the first Saturday of each month we meet online to chant and do Sutra recitation practice together.
DATE CHANGE: Our next meeting will be on Saturday, December 14!!
On the first Saturday of each month there will be two Sutra recitation practice
sessions each lasting a little under 2 hours. The first session starts
at 3pm, and the second one starts at 6pm. NOTE: Timezone: Eastern (US).
Everyone is welcome to join whichever session is more convenient for their schedule (or both!). From 5pm to 6pm there will be a one hour
break between the two practices. During the break there will also be a chance to participate in Diamond Sutra chanting.
NEXT Online Medicine Buddha Practice, Saturday, December 14, 2024:
- 3pm - 5pm First Session
- 5pm - 6pm Break (optional Diamond Sutra chanting from 5:10 to 5:45)
- 5pm - 8pm Second Session
All participants will be invited to take turns reading the Sutra (but this is not required).
For more information send an email to curt "at" k-dharma "dot" org.
The format of the Medicine Buddha practice:
☸ Opening prayers
☸ Evening Bell Chant
☸ Homage to the Three Jewels
☸ Extend Life Ten Phrase Kannon Sutra (Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo)
☸ Heart Sutra (English and Korean)
☸ The Great Dharani
☸ Yaksa Yeorae Bul Chanting
☸ Reading the Medicine Buddha Sutra together
☸ Yakcha Daejang Chanting
☸ The 4 Great Vows and Sharing of Merit
☸ The English text of the Sutra that we use for the Medicine Buddha Sutra can be viewed and downloaded from here:
Removing All Karmic Obstacles
☸ The full text of Xuanzang's Chinese version of the Sutra is available online via the Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association:
https://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T14n0450_001
☸ Some useful youtube videos can be found here:
Medicine Buddha Videos
To join the zoom meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85348877421?pwd=ZVB0MmJxSkdoOGpBdmNUZ3pDNmswQT09
Meeting ID: 853 4887 7421
Passcode: 180132
The dates and times for future Sutra recitation practice are:
December 14 3pm and 6pm DATE CHANGED!!
2025
Starting in January, 2025, Medicine Buddha practice will only be at 3pm.
At 6pm we will be reading a different Sutra every Month.
January 4
3pm: Medicine Buddha Sutra
5pm - 6pm Break (optional Diamond Sutra chanting from 5:10 to 5:45)
6pm: Karandavyuha Sutra
February 1
3pm: Medicine Buddha Sutra
5pm - 6pm Break (optional Diamond Sutra chanting from 5:10 to 5:45)
6pm: Kuan Yin Sutra (25th Chapter of Lotus Sutra)
March 1
3pm: Medicine Buddha Sutra
5pm - 6pm Break (optional Diamond Sutra chanting from 5:10 to 5:45)
6pm: Queen Srimala Sutra
Other Sutras we'll be doing:
Maitreya's question
Akashagarbha Sutra
Akshobhya Sutra
The Amitabha Sutra (the Shorter Sukhavativyuha Sutra)