Our liturgy can be found in our sutra book (2018 edition). The sutra book contains a collection of sutras*, dharanis**, and other readings carefully selected by the Guiding Teachers of Boundless Way Zen Temple. We use this book at the start and end of every sitting period at the Temple, and also during our sesshin.
Listen to a full sutra service from Coming and Going Sesshin 2020.
*In Buddhism, sutras (also “suttas”) are canonical scriptures believed to be records of the oral teachings of (in the case of Zen, Shakyamuni) Buddha.
**A dharani is a Buddhist chant transliterated from the original Pali or Sanskrit, often into Sino-Japanese sounds. The belief is that the sounds of the words, rather than the words themselves, hold the energy of the chant, and so are not translated into other languages.
