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The Four Boundless Vows

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FOUR VOWS:

I vow to wake all the beings of the world,
I vow to set endless heartache to rest,
I vow to walk though every wisdom gate,
I vow to live the great Buddha Way.

—The Four Boundless Vows (PZI version)

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Sutra Book & Ceremonies March 24, 2022

Dedication: Funeral Service

John Tarrant

Koans
Heart Sutra, Refuges, The Four Boundless Vows, Where Do You Go When You Die?
Tags
ceremonies, funerals, Kanzeon, March 12 2022, Steve Walker Funeral
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Sutra Book & Ceremonies, Text

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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Text February 11, 2021

A True Person of No Rank, No Color, No Gender: Seeing Through All Distinctions

John Tarrant

Koans
Dongshan's Cold and Heat (BCR43), Huineng's No North & South (GG23), I Vow to Set Endless Heartache to Rest, Linji's True Person (MK38b)(BS38), The Four Boundless Vows
Tags
Always I Carry Light and Silence, bodhisattava path, doing the impossible, poet Anna Swir, poet Du Fu, poet Li Bai, poet Yousef Koumenyaka, racist behaviors, societal unrest, trust in your light, tumultuous times, Walking While Black, writer Garnette Cadogan
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I was thinking about history and beauty and what an old old thing human suffering is, and how intrinsic it is. And we keep making things better and then they keep getting worse, and we’re making them better and they get worse. I guess I just wanted to say that it’s really good to have a practice at any time. Meditate—it will help. You will come from a position of peace rather than just fighting yourself. Being yourself, the true person, no rank. Transcript of PZI Zen Online Sunday Dharma Talk with John Tarrant Roshi, recorded June 7, 2020.

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