Treeleaf Zendo Metta Practice

Treeleaf's  Metta Practice Order of Service

We will do the
1. Robe Verse
2. Ten minutes of Zazen
3. Metta Practice
4. Verse of Atonement
5. The Four Vows
 
o Great robe of liberation, field far beyond form and emptiness, wearing the Tathagata’s teaching, saving all beings. Dai Sai Gedap-Puku, Muso Fuku Den E, Hi Bu Nyorai Kyo, Ko Do Shoshu Jo. Great robe of liberation, field far beyond form and emptiness, wearing the Tathagata’s teaching, saving all beings.

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ZAZEN

◎◎ Bow

METTA VERSES

YOURSELF

1. May I be free of suffering; may I feel safe and still
2. May I be free of enmity; may I be loving, grateful and kind.
3. May I be healthy and at ease in all my ills.
4. May I be at peace, embracing all conditions of life.

LOVED ONE

1. May they be free of suffering; may they feel safe and still.
2. May they be free of enmity; may they be loving, grateful and kind.
3. May they be healthy and at ease in all their ills.
4. May they be at peace, embracing all conditions of life

FRIEND

1. May they be free of suffering; may they feel safe and still.
2. May they be free of enmity; may they be loving, grateful and kind.
3. May they be healthy and at ease in all their ills
4. May they be at peace, embracing all conditions of life

STRANGER

1. May they be free of suffering; may they feel safe and still.
2. May they be free of enmity; may they be loving, grateful and kind.
3. May they be healthy and at ease in all their ills.
4. May they be at peace, embracing all conditions of life

ENEMY or Difficult Person

1. May they be free of suffering; may they feel safe and still.
2. May they be free of enmity; may they be loving, grateful and kind.
3. May they be healthy and at ease in all their ills.
4. May they be at peace, embracing all conditions of life.

ALL BEINGS

1. May we, together with all beings, be free of suffering; may we feel safe and still.
2. May we, together with all beings, be free of enmity; may we be loving, grateful and kind.
3. May we, together with all beings, be healthy and at ease in all our ills.
4. May we, together with all beings, be at peace, embracing all conditions of life        

Bow
 
VERSE OF ATONEMENT:

◎All my ancient tangled karma
From beginningless greed, ill will, and ignorance
Born of body, speech, and mind
I now fully avow.     

Bow

FOUR VOWS

o Beings are numberless; I vow to free them.
Delusions are inexhaustible; I vow to end them.
Dharma gates are boundless; I vow to enter them.
Buddha’s way is unsurpassable; I vow to realize it.

◎ Beings are numberless; I vow to free them!
Delusions are inexhaustible; I vow to end them!
Dharma gates are boundless; I vow to enter them!
Buddha’s way is unsurpassable; I vow to realize it!

◎ Beings are numberless; I vow to free them…
Delusions are inexhaustible; I vow to end them…
Dharma gates are boundless; I vow to enter them…
Buddha’s way is unsurpassable; I vow to realize it…

◎ Bow