Starting Thursday, 3/25, we will meet virtually from 7:30-8:30 PM every Thursday (except the second Thursday which is the monthly sangha virtual tea social). We will study the book Training in Compassion by Roshi Norman Fischer. If you would like to join the study group, please email us at LincolnZenCenter@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link. There is no fee to join, nevertheless we appreciate your donations as we are building funds for reopening the center sometime this year, hopefully.
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Zoom Link for Wednesday Meditation 7:30PM Every Wednesday Night
The Lincoln Zen Center remains temporarily closed in light of current health concerns surrounding COVID-19.
In the meantime, join us for meditation online on Zoom at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Meditation will include one 25-minute sit followed by a five-minute walking meditation. Join us on Wednesdays by clicking the Zoom link.
Meeting ID: 769 1318 3993
Passcode: 5PmyBu
Monday Evening Online Meditation
Meditation on Zoom every Monday at 6 pm in the same format as the Wednesday evening online meditation. The Zoom link will be announced prior to the meditation.
CHANTS
As a reminder, please note that meditation at the Zen Center will now involve reciting the Verse Of Atonement before the first seated meditation:
Verse of Atonement Before the first meditation session
(recited three times, hands in Gassho)
ALL MY ANCIENT TWISTED KARMA
FROM BEGININNGLESS GREED, HATE AND DELUSION
BORN OF BODY, SPEECH, AND MIND,
I NOW FULLY ATONE.
Verse Before The Dharma Talk Following meditation and before the Dharma reading
(recited three times, hands in Gassho)
THE DHARMA IS VAST AND SUBTLE
WE NOW HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR IT,
STUDY IT, AND PRACTICE IT.
WE VOW TO REALIZE ITS TRUE MEANING.
The Four Bodhisattva Vows After meditations and the Dharma reading
(recited three times, hands in Gassho)
CREATIONS ARE NUMBERLESS,
I VOW TO FREE THEM.
DELUSIONS ARE INEXHAUSTIBLE,
I VOW TO TRANSFORM THEM.
REALITY IS BOUNDLESS,
I VOW TO PERCEIVE IT.
THE AWAKENED WAY IS UNSURPASSABLE,
I VOW TO EMBODY IT.
The Evening Verse (recited once only by the doan)
LET ME RESPECTFULLY REMIND YOU:
LIFE AND DEATH ARE OF SUPREME IMPORTANCE.
TIME PASSES SWIFTLY BY AND OPPORTUNITY IS LOST
LET US AWAKEN, AWAKEN - TAKE HEED
DO NOT SQUANDER YOUR LIFE
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