This post provides links to audio files for your home sitting practice. The files for the Morn practice (which, of course, can be used at any time of day) provide:
- Han sequence (7 mins)
- Inkin sequence (for offering incense and three prostrations -- 1:40)
- Verse of Kesa (p. 42 -- 2 mins)
- Opening Verse (from pp. 3-5 -- about 1 min)
- Opening Day-of-Week Song (p. 38 or 42 -- 1-2 mins)
- Dedication, including Gatha of Atonement or The Three Refuges (about 3 mins)
- Silence for Zazen (25 mins)
- Kinhin (4-5 mins)
- Sutra Service (7-9 mins)
- Closing Verse (from pp. 39-42 -- about 1 min)
- Closing Day-of-Week Song (p. 38 or 42 -- 1-2 mins)
The Eve practice consists only of:
- Opening Day-of-Week Song (p. 38 or 42 -- 1-2 mins)
- Silence for Zazen (25 mins)
- Closing Day-of-Week Song (p. 38 or 42 -- 1-2 mins)
Morn Practice
Getting Started. For the first four weeks (Mar 25 - Apr 21): First Fourweek Starter.
For the second four weeks (Apr 22 - May 19): Second Fourweek Starter.
You may wish to load this audio file into your favorite Alarm Clock app so you can set the time you want to be called to practice. The audio is 12 mins + 3 min silence at end, in case your alarm app dismisses at 15 mins. (Suggestion: set this file to play at 5:53am).
Includes:
- Han sequence (7 mins) to call you to get ready for practice.
- Inkin sequence (for offering incense and three prostrations -- 1:40)
- Verse of Kesa (p. 42 -- 2 mins) for singing along. Don kesa (if you have one) between 2nd and 3rd repetitions.
- Opening Verse 1, "Prayer for Practice," (p. 3 -- about 1 min)
Day of Week (35 mins). After chanting the Opening Verse, select the file for the day of the week. (Suggestion: set this file to play at 6:05am. Set auto-dismiss at 45 mins.)
These files include:
- Opening Day-of-Week Song (words on p. 38)
- Dedication (pp. 2-3). Mon-Wed-Fri uses the Dedication for Odd-Numbered Days. Tue-Thu-Weekend uses the Even-Numbered Days Dedication. The Dedication includes a sequence of inkin bells for bowing forward from seated posture and whispering your personal dedications.
- 25 mins of silence for zazen. The zazen time is introduced with 3 bells. At the end of the 25 mins, you'll hear two bells, signalling you to rise and stand in gassho.
- At the sound of clappers, bow and begin 4-5 mins for kinhin. At second clappers, return to place, standing in gassho. At third clappers, bow and be seated.
Tuesday Morn
Wednesday Morn
Thursday Morn
Friday Morn
Saturday Morn
Sun Apr 28 Morn: Repeat Thursday Morn
Sun May 5 Morn: Repeat Friday Morn
Sutra Service (8-10 mins). After zazen and kinhin, be seated and select the Sutra Service. (Suggestion: set these files to play at 6:40am. Set auto-dismiss at 10 mins.)
Sutra Service for the 5th week of spring (2024 Apr 22-28):
Mon-Wed-Fri: Sutra Service 5A (p. 17-18)
Tue-Thu-Sat-Sun: Sutra Service 5B (p. 17, 18-19)
Sutra Service for the 6th week of spring (2024 Apr 29 - May 5):
Mon-Wed-Fri-Sun: Sutra Service 6A (p. 19-20)
Tue-Thu-Sat: Sutra Service 6B (p. 21-22)
Closing Song (about 2 mins)
Lastly, select the closing song for the day of the week. Bells at the end prompt you to stand, bow to your altar, then bow to anyone else practicing with you -- or toward the door, symbolizing the world of beings.
Mon Closing Song (p. 38)
Tue Closing Song (p. 38)
Wed Closing Song (p. 38)
Thu Closing Song (p. 38)
Fri Closing Song (p. 38)
Sat Closing Song (p. 42)
Sun Apr 28 Closing Song: Repeat Thu Closing Song
Sun May 5 Closing Song: Repeat Fri Closing Song
Eve Practice
This Han Sequence audio file includes only the 7-min Han sequence. You may wish to load it into your favorite Alarm Clock app so you can set the time you want to be called to evening practice.
- Get settled in seated posture.
- Begin audio for "Eve" (click on the appropriate link below)
- Along with the recording, sing Day-of-the-Week Opening Song (p. 38 for Mon-Fri; p. 42 for Weekend).
- 25-minutes of Zazen. Each Eve audio has 25 minutes of silence. Three bells sound at the beginning of Zazen and two bells when Zazen time is up.
- Sing along with the Day-of-the-Week Closing Song (p. 38 for Mon-Fri; p. 42 for Weekend).
- Inkin bells at the end of the Closing Song will signal you to rise, give one bow to the altar, and then a bow to the sangha.
Tue Eve
Wed Eve
Thu Eve
Fri Eve
Sat Eve
Sun Apr 28 Eve: Repeat Thu Eve
Sun May 5 Eve: Repeat Fri Eve
Directory for all audio files: HERE
AUDIO CREDITS
Spoken recordings by Meredith Garmon and LoraKim Joyner. "Universal Dedication" includes voice of Allie Freed.
"Jizo Dharani," "Sho Sai Myo Kichijo Dharani," "Shigu Seigan Mon," "Buddha Vandana," "Filled with Loving Kindness," "Dedication of Merit" and "Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo" pulled from Youtube.
"Gate of Sweet Nectar" by Krishna Das, sung by Starry Mountain Singers for Amidon Community Music.
"The Four Bodhisattva Vows" and "Diamond Sutra Gatha": music composed and performed by Meredith Garmon.
"Save All the Beings": music by Boundless Way Zen; performed (piano, guitar, and vocals) by Meredith Garmon.
"Verse of the Kesa" and "Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva": music by Soten Lynch; vocals by Soten Lynch, Kosho Ault, Maggie Medlin, and Eric Hertz. Recorded at Great Vow Zen Monastery, Clatskanie, OR, 2020.
For credits for the words/lyrics, see "Zen Sutras, Chants, and Songs".
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