Vermont Zen Center Chants

“Mind is unlimited. Chanting when performed egolessly has the power to penetrate visible and invisible worlds.”
	—Roshi Philip Kapleau

CHANTS & SUTRAS

• Prajna Paramita Hridaya
• Kannon Sutra/En Mei Jikku Kannon Gyo
• Affirming Faith in Mind
• The Sandokai
• The Lotus Sutra Scripture of Kanzeon Bodhisattva
• Honzon Eko/Ten Directions
• Four Vows
  
  

DHARANIS & MANTRAS

• Dai Hi Shin Dharani
• Sho Sai Myo Kichijyo Dharani
• Dharani of Jizo Bodhisattva
• Mantra of Bhaisajyaguru
• Mantra of Shakyamuni Buddha
• Dharani of the Great Compassionate Avalokitesvara
  
  

RECITATIONS

• Zen Master Hakuin’s Chant in Praise of Zazen
• The Way of the Bodhisattva
• Meal Chants
  
  

PRECEPTS & PRAYERS

• The Three Treasures
• Three General Resolutions
• The Ten Cardinal Precepts
• Repentance Gatha
• Memorial Prayer
• Metta Bhavana
  
  

“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