Category: buddhism


Ye Bul (禮 佛 / 예 불), AKA: Homage to the Three Jewels

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天下宗師                                  一切微塵數 諸大                                     善知識
천하종사                                  일체미진수 제대                                    선지식
chon ha jong sa                        il che mi jin su je dae                             seon ji shik
heaven below grand master     all small particles count every great      good perceive realize (善知識 = kalyāṇa-mitratā: admirable friendship, sacred friendship)
We sincerely pay homage to all the previous generations of great masters who have brought the lamp of the dharma from the west to the east, and to Korea in particular, and to all of our great teachers and spiritual friends, who are as numerous as the atoms of the universe.

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Korean Buddhist Chanting by Bhikkhuni Gumgang

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First she does the Thousand Hands and Eyes Sutra. She starts right off with the mantra to purify speech (suri suri mahasuri ….), that is, she does not include the “invocation” at the beginning. Also, she recites the Great Dharani three times, which is very cool. Other than that it is almost exactly the way that Zen Master Seung Sahn taught this chant (there are a few places where her pronunciation is clearly different).

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About “mindisbuddha.org”: Buddhism, Chanting, Chinese, etc …..

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This is my personal blog, but it also links to a Zen meditation group that meets at my house and also online. If you are looking for the Dae Do Sah Zen Group – that web page is here.

This blog consists mostly of stuff that I find here and there, and that I don’t want to forget. The two most common themes for posts are Buddhist Chanting and Chinese – and these very often overlap.

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