Thursday, May 12th 2022 at 6:45pm
On Thursday, May 12th we will be holding our 6th Annual Memorial Service honoring Shunbo Zenkei, Blanche Hartman Roshi, the primary founder of the Austin Zen Center (Zenkei-ji). Blanche Hartman passed from this world on May 13, 2016. A student of Suzuki Roshi, and given dharma transmission by Sojun Mel Weitsman, she was the first woman to be Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center. Trained in sewing Buddha’s robe by the Japanese nun Kasai Joshin she was for many, many years the Sewing Teacher at SFZC, helping innumerable students to sew rakusu and okesa, and after stepping down as Abbess she disseminating this practice and teaching to affiliated sanghas far and wide. Through her disciples & dharma heirs (Flint Sparks, Barbara Seirin Kohn, & Kosho McCall), Zenkei Roshi was named the source founder of the Austin Zen Center in 2014.
For this ceremony we will be making the three kinds of offering as taught in Daśabhūmika-sūtra: (a) offerings of incense, flowers, food, light; (b) offerings of praise and reverence (by chanting sutras and sharing reflections on the deceased teachings); (c) offerings of right conduct (by practicing the Buddha’s way and living a wholesome life). This year we will chant the Names of Buddhas & Ancestors, the Women Ancestors and the Daihishin Dharani in gratitude for our lineage, our practice and our sangha. We will be joined by Blanche’s student, friend, and personal attendant through her final days, Rev. Daigan Gaither, who will be giving the Dharma talk and a workshop on Grief & Loss on the following Saturday.
In Soto Zen, anniversary memorial services (called nenkihoyo) are performed in order to support the deceased who have already gone to the pure land to continue walking on the path of the Buddha. These are often performed on the 100th day, 1st year, 3rd year, 7th, 13th, 17th, 23rd, 27th, and 33rd year after passing, although founders of temple will have annual services held well after that! For example, Dogen Zenji’s 750th Nenkihoyo was held in 2002. We acknowledge that performing such acts of shared gratitude also helps create a field of beneficence that extends mysteriously out to all beings.
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AZC Founder’s Memorial Service for Zenkei Roshi
Recording from May 13, 2020
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Opening Bows
Names of Buddhas & Ancestors
Bibashi Butsu Dāioshō Shiki Butsu Dāioshō Bishafu Butsu Dāioshō Kurusōn Butsu Dāioshō Kunagōnmuni Butsu Dāioshō Kashō Butsu Dāioshō Shakamuni Butsu Dāioshō Makakashō Dāioshō Anānda Dāioshō Shōnawashu Dāioshō Ubakikuta Dāioshō Dāitaka Dāioshō Mishaka Dāioshō Vashumitsu Dāioshō Butsudanāndāi Dāioshō Fudamītta Dāioshō Barishiba Dāioshō Funayasha Dāioshō Anabotēi Dāioshō Kabimara Dāioshō Nagyaharajuna Dāioshō Kanadāiba Dāioshō Ragorata Dāioshō Sōgyanāndāi Dāioshō Kayashata Dāioshō Kumorata Dāioshō Shayata Dāioshō Vashubānzu Dāioshō Manura Dāioshō Kakurokuna Dāioshō Shishibodāi Dāioshō Bashashita Dāioshō Funyomītta Dāioshō Hānnyatara Dāioshō Bodāidaruma Dāioshō Tāiso Eka Dāioshō Kānchi Sōsān Dāioshō Dāi-I Dōshīn Dāioshō Dāimān Kōnīn Dāioshō Dāikān Enō Dāioshō Sēigēn Gyōshi Dāioshō Sekitō Kisēn Dāioshō Yakusān Igēn Dāioshō Ūngān Dōnjō Dāioshō Tōzān Ryōkāi Dāioshō Ūngodōyō Dāioshō Dōān Dōhi Dāioshō Dōān Kānshi Dāioshō Ryōzān Ēnkān Dāioshō Tāiyō Kyōgēn Dāioshō Tōsu Gisēi Dāioshō Fuyō Dōkāi Dāioshō Tānka Shijūn Dāioshō Chōro Sēiryō Dāioshō Tēndō Sōgaku Dāioshō Sēcchō Chikān Dāioshō Tēndō Nyojō Dāioshō Ēihēi Dōgēn Dāioshō Koūn Ejō Dāioshō Tēttsū Gikāi Dāioshō Kēizān Jōkīn Dāioshō Gasān Jōseki Dāioshō Tāigēn Sōshīn Dāioshō Bāizān Mōmpōn Dāioshō Jōchū Tēngīn Dāioshō Shīngān Dōkū Dāioshō Sēnsō Esāi Dāioshō Iyoku Chōyū Dāioshō Mugāi Kēigōn Dāioshō Nēnshitsu Yokaku Dāioshō Sēssō Hōseki Dāioshō Tāiēi Zeshō Dāioshō Nāmpo Gēntaku Dāioshō Zōdēn Yokō Dāioshō Tēnyū Sōēn Dāioshō Kēn’ān Jūnsa Dāioshō Chōkoku Koēn Dāioshō Sēnshū Dōnko Dāioshō Fudēn Gēntotsu Dāioshō Dāishūn Kān’yu Dāioshō Tēnrīn Kānshū Dāioshō Sēssān Tetsuzēn Dāioshō Fuzān Shūnki Dāioshō Jīssān Mokuīn Dāioshō Sēngān Bōnryū Dāioshō Dāiki Kyōkān Dāiosho Ēnjō Gikān Dāioshō Shōūn Hōzui Dāioshō Shizān Tokuchu Dāioshō Nānsō Shīnshu Dāioshō Kānkāi Tokuōn Dāioshō Kosēn Bāidō Dāioshō Gyakushitsu Sojūn Dāioshō Butsumōn Sogaku Dāioshō Gyokujūn So-ōn Dāiosho Shōgaku Shūnryū Dāioshō Gyūgaku Hoitsu Dāiosho Hakuryū Sojun Dāiosho Shūnbo Zenkei Dāiosho
Women Ancestors
Acharya Mahapajapati Acharya Mitta Acharya Yasodhara Acharya Tissa Acharya Sujata Acharya Sundari-nanda Acharya Vaddhesi Acharya Patachara Acharya Visakha Acharya Singalaka-mata Acharya Khema Acharya Uppalavanna Acharya Samavati Acharya Uttara Acharya Chanda Acharya Uttama Acharya Bhadda Kundalakesa Acharya Nanduttara Acharya Dantika Acharya Sakula Acharya Siha Acharya Dhammadinna Acharya Kisagotami Acharya Ubbiri Acharya Isidasi Acharya Bhadda Kapilani Acharya Mutta Acharya Sumana Acharya Dhamma Acharya Chitta Acharya Anopama Acharya Sukka Acharya Sama Acharya Utpalavarna Acharya Shrimala Devi Acharya Congchi Acharya Lingzhao Acharya Moshan Liaoran Acharya Liu Tiemo Acharya Miaoxin Acharya Daoshen Acharya Shiji Acharya Zhi’an Acharya Huiguang Acharya Kongshi Daoren Acharya Yu Daopo Acharya Huiwen Acharya Fadeng Acharya Wenzhao Acharya Miaodao Acharya Zhitong Acharya Zēnshīn Acharya Zēnzo Acharya Ezēn Acharya Ryonēn Acharya Egi Acharya Shogaku Acharya Ekān Acharya Shōzēn Acharya Mokufu Sonīn Acharya Myosho Ēnkān Acharya Ekyu Acharya Eshūn Acharya Soshīn Acharya Soitsu Acharya Chiyono
Daihi Shin Darani
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Assembly Statements
Eko / Dedication
All Buddhas:
All Buddhas, ten directions, three times
All beings, Bodhisattva Mahasattvas,
Wisdom beyond Wisdom, Mahaprajnaparamita
Ending Bows