Hello all,
Just wondering if it's ok to do some chanting like the heart sutra mantra in addition to zazen. I used to chant specifically to calm myself down on breaks because my job is extremely stressful and prone to people screaming at me (customer service call center). Is this advisable/ok? I'm kinda going out of my way to make sure I'm practicing correctly. Also, is chanting in general ok, like the heart sutra etc? I rather enjoy it.
Thank you
Chanting and zazen
Re: Chanting and zazen
Excuse me for answering in the Soto forum, but I don't think anyone will disagree: in general it is very ok to chant any of the common texts.
If you specifically want to calm down, you might chant this (in the Sino-Japanese):
http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/lib ... nnon_sutra
~ Meido
If you specifically want to calm down, you might chant this (in the Sino-Japanese):
http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/lib ... nnon_sutra
~ Meido
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Re: Chanting and zazen
Very nice, Chenrezig rocks in all His,Her manifestations.Meido wrote:Excuse me for answering in the Soto forum, but I don't think anyone will disagree: in general it is very ok to chant any of the common texts.
If you specifically want to calm down, you might chant this (in the Sino-Japanese):
http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/lib ... nnon_sutra
~ Meido
Thank you Meido.
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Re: Chanting and zazen
As a side note the translation has a eternalist slant to it in places .Is that an accurate translation ?amanitamusc wrote:Very nice, Chenrezig rocks in all His,Her manifestations.Meido wrote:Excuse me for answering in the Soto forum, but I don't think anyone will disagree: in general it is very ok to chant any of the common texts.
If you specifically want to calm down, you might chant this (in the Sino-Japanese):
http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/lib ... nnon_sutra
~ Meido
Thank you Meido.
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Re: Chanting and zazen
Here it is in group chant.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=+T ... ORM=VRDGAR
Here is more info and a alt. translations.
http://purelandnotes.com/lantern/enmei_1.htm
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=+T ... ORM=VRDGAR
Here is more info and a alt. translations.
http://purelandnotes.com/lantern/enmei_1.htm