NOVEMBER 1-5, 2010 AUSCHWITZ BEARING WITNESS RETREAT
To read descriptions and/or to register, please click here. This retreat includes Youth from Israel, Palestine, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, USA, and other countries.
This is a time of meeting each other and learning about the activities of Sangha Groups. Roshi Bernie will also give teachings and have dialogue with the attendees. It is also a time for schmoozing with members of the ZPS. Fee includes food and miscellaneous expenses. Starts Oct. 15 at 7:30pm and ends Oct. 17 at 1pm.
First Major Symposium for Western Socially Engaged Buddhism
August 9 to 14, 2010
at the Mother House of the Zen Peacemakers in Montague, MA
Bernie Glassman's Collected Translations
Gatherings and Studies with Maezumi Roshi
Chinese Characters written by Maezumi Roshi
(Digitizing Work in Progress)
Homage to Buddha's Relics
Emmei Jukku Kannon Gyo
Verse on Donning Robe
4 Great Vows
Verse Before Dharma Talk
Verse of Atonement
Genjo Koan
1 and 2 Syllable Exclamations
Translations of Shari Rai Mon (Homage to Relics)
Translation Sources
ZCNY: Zen Community of New York
DTS: D.T. Suzuki
FDC: Francis Dojun Cook
Kanji (chinese characters) were written by Maezumi Roshi
Translations of the kanji were made by Maezumi Roshi with Roshi Bernie
Compilation of kanji and translations were made by Roshi Bernie
ZCNY: HOMAGE TO BUDDHA'S RELICS
DTS: THE WORSHIPPING OF THE SARIRA
FDC: BOWING TO THE RELICS
ZCNY: Wholeheartedly pay homage
DTS: We prostrate ourselves in all humbleness
FDC: With one mind we respectfully bow
ZCNY: to the ten thousand virtues of the absolute
DTS: before the holy Sarira representing the body of
FDC: to the relics of the true body of the
ZCNY: Shakyamuni Tathagata.
DTS: Shakyamuni, the Tathagata,
FDC: Tathagata Shakyamuni,
ZCNY: Buddha's relics are Body and Mind.
DTS: who is perfectly endowed with all the virtues,
FDC: who is completely endowed with infinite merits,
ZCNY: Body-Mind is the
Dharma Body of Original Nature,
DTS: who has the Dharmakaya as the ground of his being,
FDC: whose Dharma Body is his intrinsic ground,
ZCNY: is the stupa of the Dharma realm.
DTS: and Dharmadhatu as the stupa dedicated to him.
FDC: and whose stupa is the whole universe.
ZCNY: We reverently bow.
DTS: To him we pay our respect with due deference.
FDC: With deep respect we pay reverence
ZCNY: Buddha appears for my sake.
DTS: Manifesting himself in a bodily form for our sakes.
FDC: to him who for our sakes manifested a body.
ZCNY: Buddha enters me and I enter Buddha.
DTS: the Buddha enters into us and makes us enter into him.
FDC: He includes us within himself and we include him within us.
ZCNY: Owing to Buddha we are maintaining it.
DTS: His power being added to us,
FDC: Taking on the added power of the Buddha,
ZCNY: I attain enlightenment
DTS: we attain Enlightenment;
FDC: we attain enlightenment.
ZCNY: and with Buddha's miraculous powers
DTS: and (again) dependent on the Buddha's miraculous power,
FDC: Due to the Buddha's miraculous powers,
ZCNY: all creations are benefited
DTS: all beings are benefited,
FDC: all beings are benefited,
ZCNY: and raise the enlightened mind.
DTS: become desirous for Enlightenment,
FDC: they arouse the aspiration for enlightenment,
ZCNY: Practice the Bodhisattva's practice
DTS: discipline themselves in the life of the Bodhisattva,
FDC: cultivate the practices of the Bodhisattva,
ZCNY: and equally enter perfect Nirvana,
DTS: and equally enter into perfect quietude
FDC: and equally enter perfect nirvana
ZCNY: the great wisdom of equality.
DTS: where prevails infinite wisdom of absolute identity.
FDC: and universal great wisdom.
ZCNY: Now! I respectfully bow.
DTS: We now prostrate ourselves before him.
FDC: We now respectfully bow before him.
HOMAGE TO BUDDHA'S RELICS
translated by: Roshi Bernie Glassman
Wholeheartedly pay homage
to the ten thousand virtues of the absolute Shakyamuni Tathagata.
Buddha's relics are Body and Mind.
Body-Mind is the Dharma Body of Original Nature, is the stupa
of the Dharma realm.
We reverently bow.
Buddha appears for my sake.
Buddha enters me and I enter Buddha.
Owing to Buddha we are maintaining it. I attain enlightenment
and with Buddha's miraculous powers all creations are benefited
and raise the enlightened mind.
Practice the Bodhisattva's practice and equally enter perfect
Nirvana,
the great wisdom of equality.
Now: I respectfully bow.
"Bowing to the relics"
translated by Francis Dojun Cook-- October, 1978
With one mind we respectfully bow to the relics of the true body
of the Tathagata Shakyamuni,
who is completely endowed with infinite
merits,
whose Dharma Body is his intrinsic ground,
and whose stupa
is the whole universe.
With deep respect we pay reverence to him
who for our sakes manifested a body.
He includes us within himself
and we include him within us.
Taking on the added power of the
Buddha,
we attain enlightenment.
Due to the Buddha's miracul6us
powers,
all beings are benefited,
they arouse the aspiration for
enlightenment,
cultivate the practices of the Bodhisattva,
and
equally enter perfect nirvana and universal great wisdom.
We now
respectfully bow before him.
Translations of Enmai Jukku Kannon Gyo (Kanzeon Sutra)
Translation Sources
RZC: Rochester Zen Center
DTS: D.T. Suzuki
ZCNY: Zen Community of New York
ZSS: Zen Studies Society
DS: Diamond Sangha
Kanji (chinese characters) were written by Maezumi Roshi
Translations of the kanji were made by Maezumi Roshi with Roshi Bernie
Compilation of kanji and translations were made by Roshi Bernie
Enmmei Jukko Kannon Gyo
PROLONGING LIFE TEN PHRASE AVALOKITESVARA SUTRA
RZC. Kanzeon!
DTS. Adoration to Kwanzeon!
ZCNY. Kanzeon!
ZSS. Kanzeon! Salutation and devotion to Buddha!
DS. Kanzeon.
RZC. Adoration to Buddha!
DTS. Adoration to the Buddha!
ZCNY. At One with Buddha
ZSS. We are one with Buddha
DS. Veneration to the Buddha!
RZC. All beings are one with Buddha
DTS. To the Buddha we are related
ZCNY. Directly, Buddha
ZSS. In cause
DS. The Buddha is my origin,
RZC. All beings awake to Buddha!
DTS. In terms of cause and effect.
ZCNY. Also, indirectly Buddha
ZSS. and effect related to all Buddhas
DS. The Buddha is my affinity,
RZC. Buddha, Dharma, Sangha
DTS. Depending on the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha
ZCNY. And indirectly, Buddha, Dharma, Sangha
ZSS. And to Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
DS. Affinity with Buddha, Dharma, Sangha
RZC. Joy, mastery, purity
DTS. (Nirvana is possible which is) Eternal, Ever-blessed, Autonomous, and free from defilements.
ZCNY. Joyful, pure, eternal, being!
ZSS. Our True Nature is Eternal, Joyous, Selfless, and Pure.
DS. Eternity, joy, the self, and purity.
RZC. Through the day, Kanzeon
DTS. Every morning our thoughts are on Kwanzeon,
ZCNY. Morning Mind is Kanzeon
ZSS. So let us chant every morning Kanzeon, with Nen!
DS. Mornings my thoughts are Kanzeon;
RZC. Through the night, Kanzeon
DTS. Every evening our thoughts are on Kwanzeon,
ZCNY. Evening Mind is Kanzeon
ZSS. Every evening Kanzeon, with Nen!
DS. Evenings my thoughts are Kanzeon.
RZG. This thought comes from Buddha-mind,
DTS. Every thought issues from the Mind
ZCNY. Nen, Nen arises from Mind.
ZSS. Nen, Nen arises from Mind.
DS. Thought after thought arises in mind;
RZC. This thought is one with Buddha-mind.
DTS. Every thought is not separated from the Mind.
ZCNY. Nen, Nen is not separate from Mind.
ZSS. Nen, Nen is not separate from Mind.
DS. Thought after thought is not separate from mind
Translation Sources for Verse of Donning the Robe
ZCNY: Zen Community of New York
ZCSF: Zen Center of San Francisco
KR: Kennett Roshi
Kanji (chinese characters) were written by Maezumi Roshi
Translations of the kanji were made by Maezumi Roshi with Roshi Bernie
Compilation of kanji and translations were made by Roshi Bernie
ZCNY. VERSE OF THE KESA
ZCSF. VERSE OF THE KESA
KR. KESA VERSE
ZCNY. Vast is the robe of liberation.
ZCSF. How great is the kesa!
KR. How great and wondrous are the clothes of enlightenment,
ZCNY. A formless field of benefaction
ZCSF. A virtuous garden far beyond form and emptiness
KR. Formless yet embracing every treasure
ZCNY. I wear the Tathagata-teaching
ZCSF. I will wear the Tathagata's teaching
KR. I wish to unfold the Buddha' s teaching
ZCNY. Saving all sentient beings.
ZCSF. And save all sentient beings.
KR. That I may help all living things.
Translation Sources for Four Great Vows
ZCSF: Zen Center of San Francisco
ZCLA: Zen Center of Los Angeles
DS: Diamond Sangha
ZCNY: Zen Community of New York
RZC: Rochester Zen Center
ZSS: Zen Studies Society
DTS: D.T. Suzuki
KR: Kennett Roshi
Kanji (chinese characters) were written by Maezumi Roshi
Translations of the kanji were made by Maezumi Roshi with Roshi Bernie
Compilation of kanji and translations were made by Roshi Bernie
ZCSF, ZCLA: Sentient beings are numberberless; I vow to save them
DS: Though the many beings are numberless, I vow to save them
ZCNY: Creations are numberless, I vow to free them
RZC: All beings, One Body, we vow to liberate
ZSS: However innumerable all beings are, I vow to enlighten them all;
DTS: However innumerable all beings are, I vow to save them;
KR: However innumerable beings may be, I vow to save them all;
ZCSF, ZCLA: Desires are inexhaustible; I vow to put an end to them
DS: Though greed, hatred and folly rise endlessly, I vow to cut them off;
ZCNY: Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to end them
RZC: Endless blind passions we vow to uproot
ZSS: However inexhaustible my delusions are, I vow to extinguish them all;
DTS: However inexhaustible the passions are, I vow to extinguish them all;
KR: However inexhaustible the passions are, I vow to transform them all;
ZCSF, ZCLA: The Dharmas are boundless; I vow to master them
DS: Though the Dharma is vast and fathomless, I vow to understand it;
ZCNY: The teachings are boundless, I vow to perceive them
RZC: Dharma gates without number we vow to penetrate
ZSS: However immeasurable the Dharma Teachings are, I vow to master them all;
DTS: However immeasurable the Dharmas are, I vow to master them;
KR: However lirnitless. the Dharma is, I vow to understand it completely;
ZCSF, ZCLA: The Buddha Way is unsurpassable; I vow to attain it.
DS: Though Buddha's Way is beyond attainment, I vow to embody it fully.
ZCNY: The Enlightened Way is unsurpassable, I vow to embody it.
RZC: The Great Way of Buddha we vow to attain.
ZSS: However endless the Buddha's Way is, I vow to follow it.
DTS: However incomparable the Buddha-truth is, I vow to attain it.
KR: However infinite the Buddhas Truth is, I vow to attain it.
D.T. Suzuki, Manual of Zen Buddhism
However innumerable beings are, I vow to save them.
However inexhaustible the passions are, I vow to extinguish them.
However immeasurable the Dharmas are, I vow to master them.
However incomparable the Buddha-truth is, I vow to attain it.
Diamond Sangha
Though the many beings are numberless, I vow to save them.
Though greed, hatred, and ignorance rise endlessly, I vow to cut them off.
Though the Dharma is vast and fathomless, I vow to understand it.
Though Buddha1s Way is beyond attainment, I vow to embody it fully.
Ring of Bone Zendo
Beings are numberless, I vow to enlighten them.
Obstacles are countless, I vow to cut them down.
Dharma gates are limitless, I vow to master them.
The Buddha Way is endless, I vow to follow through.
Zen Center of Los Angeles
Sentient beings are numberless, I vow to save them.
Desires are inexhaustible,. I vow to put an end to them~
The Dharmas are boundless, I vow to master them.
The Buddha Way is unsurpassable, I vow to attain it.
Zen Community of New York
Creations are numberless, I vow to free them.
Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to put an end to them.
The teachings are boundless, I vow to perceive them.
The enlightened way is unsurpassable, I vow to embody it.
San Francisco Zen Center
Beings are without end, I vow to save them.
Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to end them.
The Dharmagate is endless, I vow to enter it.
Buddha's Way is unsurpassable, I vow to become it.
Translation Sources for Opening the Sutra
ZCNY: Zen Community of New York
KR: Kennett Roshi
DTS: D.T. Suzuki
ZSS: Zen Studies Society
ZCSF: Zen Center of San Francisco
Kanji (chinese characters) were written by Maezumi Roshi
Translations of the kanji were made by Maezumi Roshi with Roshi Bernie
Compilation of kanji and translations were made by Roshi Bernie
ZCNY: ON OPENING THE SUTRA
KR: LECTURE VERSE
DTS: ON OPENING THE SUTRA
ZSS: ON OPENING THE SUTRA
ZCSF: ON OPENING THE SUTRA
ZCNY: The Dharma, incomparably profound and infinitely subtle,
KR: The unsurpassed, penetrating and perfect Truth
DTS: The Dharma incomparably profound and exquisite
ZSS: The Dharma, incomparably profound and minutely subtle
ZCSF: An unsurpassed, penetrating and perfect Dharma
ZCNY: Is rarely encountered, even in millions of ages.
KR: Is seldom met with, even in a hundred, thousand myriad kalpas.
DTS: Is rarely met with, even in hundreds of thousands of millions of kalpas;
ZSS: Is hardly met with, even in hundreds of thousands of millions of eons
ZCSF: Is rarely met with even in a hundred thousand million kalpas.
ZCNY: Now we see it, hear it, receive and maintain it.
KR: Now we can see and hear it, we can remember and accept it
DTS: We are now permitted to see it, to listen to it, to accept and hold it
ZSS: We now can see it, listen to it, accept and hold it:
ZCSF: Having it to see and listen to, remember and accept,
ZCNY: May we completely realize the Tathagatas true meaning.
KR: I vow to make the Buddhats Truth one with myself.
DTS: May we truly understand the meaning of the Tathagata's words
ZSS: May we completely understand the Tathagata's true meaning.
ZCSF: I vow to taste the truth of the Tathagata's words.
Translation Sources for Verse of Atonement
ZCNY: Zen Community of New York
ZSS: Zen Studies Society
DTS: D.T. Suzuki
Kanji (chinese characters) were written by Maezumi Roshi
Translations of the kanji were made by Maezumi Roshi with Roshi Bernie
Compilation of kanji and translations were made by Roshi Bernie
ZCNY: GATHA OF ATONEMENT
ZSS: CONFESSION
DTS: CONFESSION
ZCNY: All evil karma ever committed by me since of old,
ZSS: All evil karma ever committed by me since of old,
DTS: All evil karma ever committed by me since of old,
ZCNY: On account of my beginningless greed, anger and ignorance,
ZSS: On account of my beginningless greed, anger, and folly,
DTS: On account of greed, anger, and folly, which have no beginning,
ZCNY: Born of my body, mouth and consciousness
ZSS: Born of my body, mouth and thought
DTS: Born of my body, mouth and thought
ZCNY: Now I atone for it all.
ZSS: I now make full open confession of it.
DTS: I now make full open confession of it.