sangha and ritual
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ceremony
31 keywords · in 21 texts
frogs in a paddy field funeral Buddhism in Japan reciting sutras and buddhas' names symbolic value of Buddhist objects bath of warm water bhikṣu's venerative bow bowing as balance of opposites ceremonies as simple rituals
precepts
26 keywords · in 16 texts
not doing wrong precepts as guidelines precepts as habit, not goal Shoaku Makusa sixteen precepts 250 rules for monks acting right rather than keeping precepts breaking the precepts without blame
organization
18 keywords · in 12 texts
not trying to attract people group size not mattering neither building nor resisting a group not making an organization resisting building hierarchies vertical hierarchy from Japan attempt to create Dogen Sangha International Buddha walking back into the forest
sangha
15 keywords · in 12 texts
Dogen Sangha as a gathering not trying to attract people group size not mattering neither building nor resisting a group all of us wild cards community of the church Dogen Sangha based on two things founding of Dogen Sangha
monastic life
12 keywords · in 14 texts
Dogen's rules for temple life Japanese temples leaving no gaps leaving family to find the truth 250 rules for monks coming away from society cook as the most important person eating with three bowls frustrated monks in Japan
informal group
11 keywords · in 7 texts
Dogen Sangha as a gathering not trying to attract people group size not mattering neither building nor resisting a group not making an organization attempt to create Dogen Sangha International leave the group and just live loose organization and newcomers
robe
11 keywords · in 10 texts
robe and cotton kaṣāya worn as a joke colour of the robe dressing up as a Buddhist merit of the kasaya rakusu and the precepts robe as a fishing net robe dropped on the floor
retreat
10 keywords · in 18 texts
expectations of a retreat settling down on a retreat retreat and daily life meaning of sesshin ceremonies outside the sesshin coming away from society missing the disturbance noticing ourselves through restraint
three treasures
3 keywords · in 3 texts
devotion to the three treasures namu-kie-Butsu at death reciting the three devotions