This is Teisho from our weekly zazen sitting at Hakone Gardens.
Zengo are given as part of the"teisho" (teaching) at the end of the zazen period.
The phrases are meant to encourage students to deepen their own understanding of the meaning by opening "shin" (heart/mind).
Sunday, March 11, 2012
一切衆生 悉有仏性 (Itssai shu jo shitsu u butsu sho)ri
一切衆生 悉有仏性 Itssai shu jo shitsu u butsu sho
All living things possess Buddha nature (enlightenment).