Join us for this yearly autumn event that includes zazen, chanting, and a talk on – and to -- Bodhidharma, 28th Indian Dharma Ancestor and the first Ancestor in China. We’ll have a small exhibition in the Kannon Room of various renderings of Bodhidharma by famous painters (including one by Hakuin). As always, tea will be available afterward, along with whatever vegetarian lunch offerings people may bring to share.
Bodhidharma Day Ceremony
Sunday, October 9, 2011
9:30 Zazen: Two rounds with bell at the half-way point. Brief talk on Bodhidharma during sitting.
10: 20 Kinhin
10:30 Teisho on Bodhidharma
11:00 Zendo set up as drum plays.
11:00 Zendo set up as drum plays.
CEREMONY
*Whisking of the Altar in the Ten Directions
*Prajna Paramita
*Kanzeon: Circumambulation and powdered incense offerings.
*Abbreviated Ancestral Line
*Addressing Bodhidharma
*Special Eko (dedication), Ten Directions, Four Vows, three prostrations
*Tolling of large keisu as everyone exits
*Prajna Paramita
*Kanzeon: Circumambulation and powdered incense offerings.
*Abbreviated Ancestral Line
*Addressing Bodhidharma
*Special Eko (dedication), Ten Directions, Four Vows, three prostrations
*Tolling of large keisu as everyone exits
Sangha gathering & refreshments -- Tea and potluck vegetarian dishes
oooo m g he is very wonderfull man recntly 1 mvi is relsd abt him mindblong yar am very proud to b an indian frm d place bodhidharma was bron n i liv in southindia
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