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Sutra Book & Ceremonies Library

There are 28 pieces here.

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies March 24, 2022

Dedication: Funeral Service

John Tarrant

The bare bones structure of a PZI Funeral Service begins with the koan, “Where do we go when we die?” and includes the Heart Sutra and the Kanzeon Sutra of Endless Life.

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies March 24, 2022

Dedication: Funeral

John Tarrant

The Dedication of blessing, thanks and love that we recite at PZI funerals.

93 Words

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Ceremonies: Long Readings for Afternoon: Taking Part in the Gathering – Shitou Xiqian

SUTRA: Shitou Xiqian’s ancient Sandokai translated by Joan Sutherland and John Tarrant, entitled Taking Part in the Gathering.

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Ceremonies: Long Readings for Afternoon: The Ninth Duino Elegy – Rainer Maria Rilke

PZI Cantor & Musicians

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Ceremonies: Long Readings for Afternoon: Beginner’s Mind – Shunryu Suzuki

PZI Cantor & Musicians

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Ceremonies: Long Readings for Afternoon: From Four Quartets – T.S. Eliot

PZI Cantor & Musicians

354 Words

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Ceremonies: Long Readings for Afternoon: Relying on Mind – Sengcan

PZI Cantor & Musicians

773 Words

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Sutra Book: Out of the Mysterious Source

Joan Sutherland, John Tarrant, PZI Cantor & Musicians

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Ceremonies: Long Readings for Afternoon: from The Record of Linji

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Ceremonies: Blessings: Meal Service & Food Offering

PZI Cantor & Musicians

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Ceremonies: Dedication: For the End of Sesshin (Arizona)

PZI Cantor & Musicians

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Ceremonies: Dedication for the End of Sesshin

PZI Cantor & Musicians

162 Words

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Ceremonies: Dedication for the End of the Day

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Ceremonies: Ancestral Words for the End of the Day 

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Sutra Book: The Great Heart Sutra – Spoken

PZI Cantor & Musicians

In the Great Heart Sutra, Avalokiteshvara makes the case to Shariputra for crossing beyond suffering into the emptiness at the heart of the universe. 

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Sutra Book: The Four Boundless Vows & Four Bodhisattva Vows

The Four Boundless Vows & Four Bodhisattva Vows

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Sutra Book: Kannon Sutra of Endless Life & Enmei Jikku Kannon Gyo

PZI Cantor & Musicians

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Sutra Book: The Great Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra – Sung Version

Text of the Great Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra (short version.) Musical score by PZI’s Richie Dominge, 2007, is in a separate post.

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Sutra Book: Refuge Vows

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021
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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Sutra Book: Dedication – Thanks

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Sutra Book: Praise Song for Meditation – Hakuin Ekaku

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Sutra Book: Bodhisattva’s Vow – Torei Enji

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Sutra Book: Purification

PZI Cantor & Musicians

This is essentially a confession, but not to an outside entity.

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Sutra Book: Dedication – Remembrance

PZI Cantor & Musicians

82 Words

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 30, 2021

Ceremonies: Long Readings for Afternoon: Song of the Grass Hut – Shitou Xiqian

PZI Cantor & Musicians

299 Words

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies October 29, 2021

Ceremonies: Long Readings for Afternoon: Yongjia Xuanjue’s Song of Enlightenment

PZI Cantor & Musicians

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies August 6, 2021

Ceremonies: Short Readings: Poem from The Wishing Bone Cycle of the Swampy Cree

PZI Cantor & Musicians

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