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Lotus Heart Zen Chanting Meditation Books

Regular Sunday Morning Meditation 

Lotus Heart Zen Daily Liturgy Program
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The last Sunday of each month

Invocation of the Buddha and Bodhisattvas
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Chanting Practice

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Chanting meditation is an important aspect of daily Zen practice. At first you may not understand. But after you chant regularly, you will understand. Chanting meditation means keeping a not-moving mind and perceiving the sound of your own voice. Perceiving your voice means perceiving your true self or true nature. Then you and the sound are never separate, which means that you and the whole universe are never separate. Thus, to perceive your true nature is to perceive universal substance. With regular chanting, your center gets stronger and stronger. When your center is strong, you can control your feelings, condition and situation. 
    [At Lotus Heart Zen] we practice together. At first, people come with strong opinions, many strong likes and dislikes. For many people, chanting is not easy: much confused thinking! However, when we do chanting meditation correctly, perceiving the sound of our own voice and those around us, our minds become clear. In clear mind, there is no like or dislike, only the sound of the voice. Ultimately, we learn that chanting is not for our personal pleasure, but to make our direction clear, in order to save all beings from suffering. 
    When you are chanting, you must perceive the sound of your voice, and when you do, you and the universe have already become on. Suffering disappears; true happiness appears. This is called nirvana. If you keep nirvana, your mind is clear like space. Clear like space means clear like a mirror. Red comes, red. White comes, white. Someone is happy; I am happy. Someone is sad; I am sad. Someone is hungry; give them food. The name for this is Great Love, Great Compassion, the Great Bodhisattva way. That also means Great Wisdom. This is chanting meditation, chanting Zen. -- Zen Master Seung Sahn

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Chants (streaming audio)

 Below are some of the chants that Lotus Heart Zen practices. Not all of these chants are part of the daily liturgy.
​As other chants are recorded, they will be added below. 

Mantra of Light

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 oṃ amogha vairocana mahāmudrā maṇipadma jvāla pravarttaya hūṃ

Going for Refuge in the Three Jewels

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Going For Refuge in the Three Jewels Text
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Heart Sutra (English)
​ (Prajña Paramita Hṛdaya Sutra)

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The Heart Sutra Text
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The Five Cultivations

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The Five Cultivations Text
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Ahimsā Mantra

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Ahimsā Mantra
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Cundī Dhāraṇī

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Cundī Dhāraṇī Text
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Bodhisattva Vows

Bodhisattva Vows Text
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Well-Wishing Prayer

Well-Wishing Prayer Text
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Offering of Merit

Offering of Merit Text
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Buddha's Name Recitation

Buddha's Name Recitation Text
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Jijang Bosal Chant

Jijang Bosal Text
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Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva Mantra

Oṃ A Ra Pa Ca Na Dhīḥ

Maha Karuna Dharani
​ (Great Compassion Dharani)

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Great Compassion Dharani Text
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Vajrasattva Mantra

Vajrasattva Mantra Text
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