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Summary
In these texts, ceremonies are a way of teaching ourselves to behave properly, and the basis of Buddhism is to make ordinary life into a ceremony. Ceremony can also be mere decoration; in the chapter Bendowa Dogen compares those who chant endlessly to frogs croaking in a paddy field.
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So the reason we have ceremonies is that we teach ourselves to behave properly or nicely.
Ceremony and Everyday Life February 2009 — Cholín
The most important texts
- Ceremony and Everyday Life ●●● February 2009 — Cholínbath of warm water · ceremonies outside the sesshin · Matthew Passion and Hannya Shingyo · need to explain Buddhism · ordinary life as a ceremony · purpose of ceremony · religion of ceremonies · symbolic value of Buddhist objects
The things themselves aren't sacred. And they're not ordinary. They're just objects. And we put value into them by making them symbolic.
- The Empty Trappings of Transmission ●●● September 2009 — Earth Spiritempty trappings · kotsu as a stylised femur · meeting of symbol and person · symbolic value of Buddhist objects · Maradona's boots
lots of ceremony which lots of people give great value to are really empty trappings
Other texts
- Bendōwa ●●● Shobogenzofrogs in a paddy field · reciting sutras and buddhas' names
any virtue that is gained from practices such as reading sutras and reciting names of buddhas
- How To Pursue the Truth ●●● Shobogenzo · Bendōwafrogs in a paddy field · reciting sutras and buddhas' names
do you know for yourself anyone who has benefited from reading sutras or reciting the names of past buddhas?
- Maka-hannya-haramitsu ●●● Shobogenzobhikṣu's venerative bow
The bhikṣu’s secretly working concrete mind at this moment is, in the state of bowing in veneration of real dharmas, prajñā itself
- Doshin ●●● Shobogenzoreciting the three devotions
we should strive unflaggingly to recite the three devotions, not letting up even until the middle existence
- Buddhism Free from ‘Buddhism’ ●●● September 2009 — Earth Spiritceremonies as simple rituals
bowing towards the Buddha is not an act of sacred contrition or something to the Buddha statue, but is just a simple ritual
- Recognising the Marrow in Ourselves ●●● May 2012 — Nová Dedinkaprostration to the marrow
in the chapter Master Dogen said we should prostrate ourselves to anyone who has got the marrow
- Not Making Practice Special ●●● July 2021 — Skalní farareal rituals of daily life
if you want ritual, I'll tell you what the real rituals are: getting up in the morning, making your bed, washing your face
- Practice and Theory in Buddhism ●●●funeral Buddhism in Japan
Buddhism in Japan had largely become a religion of funerals.
- Fueko – Extending Merit to All Beings ●●●Fueko
is the traditional way to end a Buddhist talk
- Kaikyoge – Verse to Open the Sutras ●●●Kaikyoge
The verse to open the sutras, called Kaikyoge in Japanese, is the traditional way to begin a talk about Buddhism in Japan.
- Western Buddhism and Hierarchy ●●● February 2009 — Cholínceremony as decoration
It's decoration. It's like singing the national song before the start of the football match
- Dojo and Home, Sacred and Ordinary ●●● September 2015 — Banský Studenecbowing as balance of opposites · Japanese tea ceremony
Originally, this posture is called Anjali. And it represents balance of opposites.
- The Meaning of the Precepts ●●●ceremony of receiving the precepts
During the ceremony the Master reads each precept loudly and then asks the receiver if they can keep the precept.
- Dropping Off Heart, Mind and Body ●●● June 2007 — Padmafarmameaningless chants
to chant these meaningless chants is a nice way for us Europeans to throw away our habits
- Kuge 5: Compassion and Freedom in Action ●●● Winter 2007 — Kugesilent agreement to sit without moving
Even stranger, we all make an agreement to sit without moving.
- Sacred and Ordinary Together ●●● July 2009 — Brnofuneral ceremonies that pay well
And they conduct funeral ceremonies. Funeral ceremonies pay very well.
- When the Mud Buffalo Dissolve ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavanaprostrations as a nice exercise
Prostrations don't mean anything to me, but it's a nice exercise.
- Two Things, and the Rest Is Fashion ●●● August 2012 — Dibbavanachanting about bowls we don't have
when we're chanting for a meal, we are chanting about Japanese bowls, but we don't have any Japanese bowls
- Nishijima’s Four Main Points ●●● September 2015 — Banský Studenecfuneral Buddhism in Japan
most priests are drinking beer, making lots of money from funeral ceremonies, and forgetting about zazen
Keywords
Ideas (14) symbolic value of Buddhist objects2 bowing as balance of opposites ceremonies as simple rituals ceremonies outside the sesshin ceremony as decoration ceremony of receiving the precepts empty trappings meaningless chants meeting of symbol and person ordinary life as a ceremony prostration to the marrow real rituals of daily life reciting the three devotions silent agreement to sit without moving
Themes (6) funeral Buddhism in Japan2 reciting sutras and buddhas' names2 need to explain Buddhism prostrations as a nice exercise purpose of ceremony religion of ceremonies
Images and stories (9) frogs in a paddy field2 bath of warm water bhikṣu's venerative bow chanting about bowls we don't have funeral ceremonies that pay well Japanese tea ceremony kotsu as a stylised femur Maradona's boots Matthew Passion and Hannya Shingyo