This immensely useful book explores Zen's rich tradition of chanted liturgy and the powerful ways that such chants
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English Pages 320 Year 2012
Table of contents :
Living by vow : the four Bodhisattva vows --
Awakening to incompleteness : the verse of repentance --
Final shelter : the verse of the three refuges --
Cultivating the virtuous field : the robe chant --
Continuous circle of offering : the meal chants --
Sound of emptiness : the Heart sutra --
All is one, one is all : merging of difference and unity --
Endless practice here and now : the verse for opening the sutra.