Solstice Evening Service for December 21, 2023 7pm Eastern

Thursday December 21, 2023 – End of Ango and Winter Solstice Ceremony – We will invite the return of the light. Inryǔ Sensei and members of the sangha will be offering 108 recitations of the Enmei (see chant below) along with bells, drumming and prostrations followed by a dedication of merit.    We will enjoy the reading of the 2023 Benji Poem by Zen’etsu Clay which will conclude our Fall 2023 Ango (practice period).

Join us from home via our cloud zendo here. If asked for a password use 955165

Photograph by Zen’etsu

Order of Service

Inryū Sensei will explain the ceremony

Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo X108

KAN ZEON                

NA MU BUTSU

YO BUTSU U IN

YO BUTSU U EN

BUP PO SO  EN            

JO RAKU GA JO 

CHO NEN KANZEON

BO NEN KANZEON

NEN NEN JU SHIN KI      

NEN NEN FU RI SHIN

Dedication of Merit

Benji Poem by Zen’etsū Clay Crowell

Congratulations

Closing with the Refuges in Pali