Living by vow : a practical introduction to eight essential zen chants and texts /

Okumura, Shohaku, 1948-

Living by vow : a practical introduction to eight essential zen chants and texts / Shohaku Okumura ; edited by Dave Ellison. - xiv, 302 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-263) and index.

Living by vow : the four Bodhisattva vows -- Awakening to incompleteness : the verse of repentance -- Final shelter : the verse of the three refuges -- Cultivating the virtuous field : the robe chant -- Continuous circle of offering : the meal chants -- Sound of emptiness : the Heart sutra -- All is one, one is all : merging of difference and unity -- Endless practice here and now : the verse for opening the sutra.

1614290105 (p : alk. paper)

2011048873


Zen literature--History and criticism.
Zen Buddhism--Rituals.
Buddhist chants.

BQ9273 / .O58 2012

294.3/438