Zendo Opening Ceremony

(Recite together)

 

The light of the Buddha increases in brilliance

The wheel of the teaching always turns

This Hall and these grounds guard

The teaching and the trainees

All meditations are rich in treasure

Profound in wisdom. Because of this

We reflect upon the perfections of being.

 

The way of being itself - the sounding silence of Nature

Shakyamuni - He who first found the way

All ancestral teachers complete in Wisdom

And those who are to come.

 

In our hearts we reflect upon -

The perfection of silence.

 

In our hearts we reflect upon -

The perfection of love.

 

In our hearts we reflect upon -

The perfection of Compassion.

 

All the Bodhisattvas and all the Ancestors

The Heart of the Scripture of Great Wisdom

Be with us...

 

AWAKE!