Tuesday, December 31, 2013

除夜の鐘 (joya no kane)

除夜の鐘
joya no kane
じょやのかね

During new years eve sitting, Rev Ito talked about Joya no kane which is hit 108 times on 12/31 every year.
You can listen to his teisho from below.

Also there is good website explaining this event in Japan. You can read more from here.

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Sunday, December 15, 2013

接心(sesshin) 経行(kinhin)

接心 
sesshin
せっしん

Kugyo talked about session which is period of intense meditation. You can read more about sesshin here.


経行
kinhin
きんひん

Rev Ito also talked about kinhin which is walking meditation between zazen sessions. You can read more about it here.

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