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| ZEN CENTER - 393 Crescent Avenue - Wyckoff, NJ 07481 201-891-9100 - www. HighZen.org Rev. Paul Genki Kahn, Sensei: Soto Zen Buddhist priest, Zen teacher Affiliate: High Point Zendo - Sussex, NJ and Sussex County Community College. 973-875-4014 |
FUSATSU:
Beginning on November 10, 2007 once a month on a Saturday or Sunday
morning at 8am (see the calendar), we will perform Fusatsu, the Ceremony of
Renewing the Observances.
Fusatsu is an ancient Buddhist chanting and bowing ceremony of atonement
and purification, a retaking of the Rules of Discipline.
of what must cease and what must be done, and primarily a return to at-one-of
what must cease and what must be done, and primarily a return to at-one-ment.
ment.
After our atonement, we invoke the presence of all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and
Ancestors and call up their wisdom and compassion. The Priest leading the
service blesses the wisdom water and purifies the room by sprinkling it around
the perimeter.
Then we retake the Zen Peacemakers Observances together. The Ino (chant
leader) reads each Observance and asks the sangha if they will “receive and
maintain it.” The sangha replies, “Yes, I will” after each one. Then we do one
full bow for each Observance.
Then the Priest presiding over the ceremony may give a talk on some aspect of
the Observances or on a related topic, or one of Dogen Zenji’s essays on the
precepts may be read.
Finally, we chant the Four Bodhisattva Vows. The ceremony ends with
everyone doing three full bows.
Beginning on November 10, 2007 once a month on a Saturday or Sunday
morning at 8am (see the calendar), we will perform Fusatsu, the Ceremony of
Renewing the Observances.
Fusatsu is an ancient Buddhist chanting and bowing ceremony of atonement
and purification, a retaking of the Rules of Discipline.
of what must cease and what must be done, and primarily a return to at-one-of
what must cease and what must be done, and primarily a return to at-one-ment.
ment.
After our atonement, we invoke the presence of all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and
Ancestors and call up their wisdom and compassion. The Priest leading the
service blesses the wisdom water and purifies the room by sprinkling it around
the perimeter.
Then we retake the Zen Peacemakers Observances together. The Ino (chant
leader) reads each Observance and asks the sangha if they will “receive and
maintain it.” The sangha replies, “Yes, I will” after each one. Then we do one
full bow for each Observance.
Then the Priest presiding over the ceremony may give a talk on some aspect of
the Observances or on a related topic, or one of Dogen Zenji’s essays on the
precepts may be read.
Finally, we chant the Four Bodhisattva Vows. The ceremony ends with
everyone doing three full bows.