Vermont Zen Center Chanting Services

 

Evening Chanting Service 1

• The Three Treasures
• Prajna Paramita Hridaya
• Kannon Sutra
• Honzon Eko
• Dai Hi Shin Dharani
• Ancestral Line
• Honzon Eko
• Ten Directions
• Four Vows [top]
  
  

Evening Chanting Service 2

• The Three Treasures
• En Mei Jikku Kannon Gyo
• Affirming Faith in Mind
• Honzon Eko
• Ten Directions
• Four Vows [top]
  
  

Morning Chanting Service

• The Three Treasures
• En Mei Jikku Kannon Gyo
  
• The Lotus Sutra Scripture
  
• Honzon Eko
  
• Ten Directions
  
• Four Vows [top]
  
  

Friday Morning Dedicated Chanting Service

• The Three Treasures
  
• Kannon Sutra
  
• Mantra of Bhaisajyaguru
  
• Sho Sai Myo Kichijyo Dharani
  
• Special Return of Merit
  
• Ten Directions
  
• Four Vows [top]
  
  

Ceremonies of Aid

• The Three Treasures
  
• Prajna Paramita Hridaya
  
• Kannon Sutra
  
• Dai Hi Shin Dharani
  
• Sho Sai Myo Kichijyo Dharani (or)
  
• Mantra of Bhaisajyaguru
  
• Special Eko
  
• Ten Directions
  
• Four Vows [top]
  
  

Funeral and Memorial Services

• Prajna Paramita Hridaya
  
• Kannon Sutra
  
• Return of Merit
  
• Ten Directions
  
• Memorial Prayer
  
• Dai Hi Shin (optional)
  
• Special Eko
  
• Ten Directions [top]
  
  

Home Purification Ceremony

• Prostrations—3x
  
• Kanzeon—7x
  
• Prajna Paramita
  
• Sho Sai Myo (while chanting, circumambulate house—all lights on, doors open, go to all altars and offer incense)
  
• New Year’s Special Eko:
  May the coming year be one of peace and harmony
  Free of greed, anger and ignorance.
  May this home be thoroughly cleansed and purified.
  And may those who practice here help all beings attain Buddhahood.
  
• Ten Directions
  
• Four Vows [top]
  
  
  

Kannon Ceremony

Repeat three Times

• Prostrations (“Kanzeon Bodhisattva” each time)—9x
  
• Lotus Scripture of Kanzeon Bodhisattva
  
• The Mantra of Kanzeon Bodhisattva (“Praise to Kannon Bodhisattva!”)—9x
  
• Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo—9x
  
• The Mantra of Kanzeon Bodhisattva—9x
  
• Prostrations—9x
  
• Kanzeon—9x
  
• Prostrations—9x
  
• Dharani of Avalokitesvara
  
• The Mantra of Kanzeon Bodhisattva—9x
  
• Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo—9x
  
• The Mantra of Kanzeon Bodhisattva—9x
  
• Prostrations—9x
  
• Kanzeon—9x
  
  Third time end with:
  
• Final Eko
  
• Ten Directions
  
• Four Vows [top]
  
  

“Great is the matter of
birth and death.
Life slips
quickly by.
Time waits
for no one.
Wake up!
Wake up!
Don’t waste a moment.”

Verse on Han

 

Chanting Services

Evening Service 1

Evening Service 2

Morning Service

Friday Dedicated Chanting

Ceremony of Aid

Funeral/Memorial Service

Home Purification

Kannon Ceremony

 

Go to Chant Page

Links to pages with text of each chant.