Dana

With respect,




I must practice begging this evening. It is our custom to ask for dana, which is to invite those in front of us to touch their own generous heart and make an offering to the Order. This money goes toward supportingthe Temple building, offseting the costs of communication, and helps to supply us with incense, candles, coffee, tea, and all manner of consumables. We have a beautiful wooden bowl on the foyer alter. We also have a donation button on our Order's website at http://clearmindzen.org. Please consider offering a donation to our Order. We are a New Mexico Non-profit corporation established to offer Zen Buddhist service.



It is traditional that the begging monk recite the Hanya Shin Gyo while doing this practice. Since I cannot do this for you here, I am sending you the text:



m m m Ma-ka Han-ya Har-a-mita Shin Gyo



KAN JI ZAI BO SATSU GYO JIN HAN NYA HA RA MI TA JI



SHO KEN GO m ON KAI KU DO ISSAI KU YAKU. SHA RI SHI SHIKI FU



I KU KU FU I SHIKI SHIKI SOKU ZE KU KU SOKU ZE SHIKI JU SO



GYO SHIKI YAKU BU NYO ZE SHA RI SHI ZE SHO HO KU SO FU



SHO FU METSU FU KU FU JO FU ZO FU GEN ZE KO KU CHU MU



SHIKI MU JU SO GYO SHIKI MU GEN NI BI ZETS SHIN NI MU SHIKI



SHO – KO - MI SOKU HO – MU GEN KAI NAI SHI MU I SHIKI KAI MU



MU MYO - YAKU MU MU MYO – JIN NAI SHI MU RO - SHI YAKU MU



RO - SHI JIN MU KU SHU METSU DO MU CHI YAKU MU TOKU I MU



SHO TOK'KO, BO DAI SAT - TA E HAN - NYA HA RA MI TA KO, m



SHIN - MU KEI GE MU KEI GE KO MU U KU FU ON RI IS-SAI TEN DO -



MU SO - KU GYO - NE HAN. SAN ZE SHO BUTSU E HAN - NYA HA RA MI TA KO, m



TOKU A NOKU TA RA SAN – MYAKU SAN – BO DAI KO CHI



HAN – NYA HA RA MI TA ZE DAI SHIN SHU ZE DAI MYO SHU ZE MU JO



SHU ZE MU TO DO SHU NO JO ISSAI KU SHIN JITSU FU KO KO



SETSU HAN - MYA HA RA MI TA SHU SOKU SETSU SHU WATSU. GYA TE,



% GYA TE, HA RA GYA TE, % HARA SO- GYA TE BO DHI SO WA KA. HAN-NYA SHIN GYO.