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, June 2, 2013
戒定慧 (kai jo e) 作務 (samu)
戒定慧 kai jou e
かいじょうえ
戒 kai : rule of daily life
定 jou: concentration on zen
慧 e: spiritually enlightened