OBON Zazenkai

 

(Note:  In service to Hungry Ghosts)

Order of Clear Mind Zen Obon Service

(Needed:  Sweat Cakes wrapped in plain white paper)

 

 

Remembering Our Ancestors

We dedicate this service to the successive generations of buddhas who transmitted the flame that we may do the same.

mShakamuni Butsu Dai Osho

mBodaiharuma Dai Osho

mDaikan Enô Dai Osho

mEihei Dôgen  Dai Osho

mZengaku Sôyû Matsuoka Dai Osho

 

Kannon Sutra

(5) Kanzeon

 

Praise to Buddha

 

All are one with Buddha

 

All awake to Buddha

 

Buddha Dharma Sangha

 

Eternal joyous selfless pure

 

Through the day

 

Kanzeon

 

Through the night

 

Kanzeon

 

This (7) moment arises from Mind

 

This (7) moment itself is  Mind

(x7)

 

 

mThe Great Compassionate Dharani

Adoration to the three treasures, buddha, dharma, and sangha!
Adoration to Kannon, the bodhisattva mahasattva,
the bodhisattva of compassion!
Adoration to the one who removes all fear and suffering!

Having adored Kannon bodhisattva, may we now recite this glorious dharani which purifies all beings, which fulfills the wishes of all beings.

Hail to the bodhisattva mahasattva who embodies the trikaya,
who has the transcendental wisdom.

Hail to bodhisattva mahasattva who continues to save all beings
without defilement in his mind.

Hail to bodhisattva mahasattva who sustains the highest, the most complete wisdom and who is free from all impediments.

Hail to bodhisattva mahasattva whose deeds reveal the
fundamental purity of all beings.

Hail to bodhisattva mahasattva, who wipes away
the three evil delusions - greed, anger, and folly.

Quick, quick! Come, come! Here, here!
A joy springs up in us. Help us to enter into the realm of great realization.

Kannon bodhisattva, bodhisattva of compassion,
guide us to spiritual contentment.
Accomplishment, accomplishment!

Having testified to the freedom and compassion of the mind of Kannon, Having purified our own body and mind,
Having become as brave as a lion,
Having become manifest into all beings,
Having attained to the wheel of dharma and the lotus flower,
we can now save all beings without hindrance.
May the understanding of the mysterious nature of Kannon
prevail forever, ever and ever.

Adoration to the three treasures, buddha, dharma, and sangha!
Adoration to Kannon, the bodhisattva mahasattva,
the bodhisattva of compassion!
May this dharani be effective. Hail!

 

 

 

Sweet Cakes Offering to Hungry Ghosts

Incense Offering

Fu - e - ko

May this merit extend universally to all,

So that we, together with all beings,

realize the Buddha way.