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Remarks at the Ceremony Officially Opening Beginner's Mind Temple
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These are Suzuki Roshi's words, edited together out of longer recording of ceremony.
The talk addresses the ceremonial opening of the Beginner's Mind Temple, highlighting the significance of the event through the offering of fruits and vegetables and the recitation of the Daihi-shin Dharani, symbolizing the way-seeking mind. It acknowledges the contributions of various individuals, both living and deceased, whose efforts embody the spirit of the Buddha and support the continued practice of the bodhisattva way. The speaker emphasizes paying homage to ancestors and sustaining their dedication to the Buddha way across different regions, including India, China, and Japan.
Referenced Works
- Daihi-shin Dharani (Sutra of the Great Compassionate One)
- This text is central to the ceremony, representing compassion and the way-seeking mind, integral to the initiation of the temple space.
Acknowledged Individuals
- Trudy Dixon, Baiho Sesshin, Zenkei Dosaku Koji, Soto Sanjo, and Chester F. Carlson
- These individuals are recognized for their contributions in supporting the Zen Center through spiritual and material offerings, symbolizing the broader communal responsibility and interconnection in Zen practice.
AI Suggested Title: Awakening Tradition: A Temple's Journey
Side: A
Speaker: Suzuki-roshi
Location: San Francisco Zen Center
Possible Title: Opening Ceremony
Additional text: Page Street, Tape 1 of 2
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Suzuki (speaking formally): On this day of the opening of Mahabodhisattva Zendo and main office of Zen Center, we arranged this altar, making offering of fruits and vegetables which were produced in this land of Mahabodhisattva, reciting sutra of Daihi-shin Dharani, the Sutra of the Great Compassionate One.
With this merit, we want to express our way-seeking mind with our deceased friend Trudy Dixon, Baiho Sesshin [1 word], and Zenkei Dosaku Koji, Soto Sanjo, and Chester F. Carlson, and all those who helped our activity by the spirit of Buddha or by various kinds of offering.
Hereby, we want to practice bodhisattva way step by step, so that our practice of step by step was paying back the mercy of Buddha and great bodhisattvas in India, China, and Japan.
Hereby, now, I have one statement which has been in my mind for more than ten years: Even on top of the mountain of great merit, we should try not --
[Tape recorder stopped!]
[Text below added from audio later on the same tape.]
the sea of the spirit of great mercy is deep. We should not ignore a single drop of her? teaching [He screams]. [Bell]
[chanting of dedication]
[Some Japanese words]... zen center for you Kaku Daitz???, Trudy Dixon, Sanjo Sato, and Chester Carlson and all the people who helped spiritually and materially making offering, giving us encouragement, and also ancestors of member of Sokoji, and those ancestors of those who attained this meaningful ceremony, and ancestors of all our members, we want to continue through their acts our Buddha way which all those persons...
[Bell]