Monthly Medicine Buddha Sutra Practice (Saturday, June 1, 2024)

Please join us for a monthly online recitation of the Medicine Buddha Sutra.

There are two sessions: the first starts at 3pm, the second starts at 6pm.

Once a month (on the first Saturday of the month) we will gather online to chant the name of the Medicine Buddha, recite the Medicine Buddha Sutra, and do other traditional Buddhist chanting/recitation practices.

The practice takes slightly less than 2 hours, and there are two sessions. The first is from 3pm to 5pm, and the second is from 6pm to 8pm (all times are EDT). Everyone is encouraged to come to whichever session is most convenient for your schedule -- or attend both if you want to!

During the 5pm to 6pm intermission there is also another opportunity to participate in Sutra recitation practice: from 5:10 to 5:45 a recording of the Diamond Sutra, chanted in Sino-Korean, will be played with the words (spelled out phonetically for English speakers) displayed on the screen. Scroll down for a more detailed schedule, and also for the zoom information.

This Medicine Buddha practice is free to everyone, and it is suitable regardless of your level of experience. Chanting and Sutra recitation are easy practices that create an immersive experience of the Dharma, while also giving us a direct first hand exposure to the teachings of the Buddha.

Everyone is encouraged to volunteer to take a turn reading the Sutra, but this is not required.

You can listen to the Medicine Buddha Sutra being read by Zen Master Cheong Se Do by watching this youtube video (which also displays the words of the Sutra, in English, as they are being read):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UVyePyvGfY

The full text of the Sutra is included in this pdf file:

https:/www.mindisbuddha.org/class-uploads/removing-all-karmic-obstacles.pdf

If you have any questions please send them to Zen Master Cheong Se Do at:

curt@k-dharma.org

https://www.mindisbuddha.org/daedosah/

Online Medicine Buddha Practice Schedule, Saturday, June 1, 2024:

• 3pm - 5pm First Session
• 5pm - 6pm Intermission
• (5:10pm - 5:45pm Diamond Sutra Chanting)
• 5pm - 8pm Second Session

Zoom Information for Online Medicine Buddha Practice

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85348877421?pwd=ZVB0MmJxSkdoOGpBdmNUZ3pDNmswQT09

Meeting ID: 853 4887 7421 Passcode: 180132

This online Medicine Buddha Practice occurs every month. Here are the dates and times for future meetings:

• July 6, 3pm and 6pm
• August 3, 3pm and 6pm
• September 7, 3pm and 6pm
• October 5, 3pm and 6pm
• November 2, 3pm and 6pm
• December 7, 3pm and 6pm
• 2025
• January 4, 2025, 3pm and 6pm
• February 1 3pm and 6pm
• March 1 3pm and 6pm
• April 5 3pm and 6pm
• May 3 3pm and 6pm
• June 7 3pm and 6pm

"I vow that in a future life, when I have attained AnuttaraSamyak-Sambodhi, brilliant rays will shine forth from my body, illuminating infinite, countless, boundless realms. This body will be adorned with the Thirty-Two Marks of Greatness and Eighty Auspicious Characteristics. Furthermore, I will enable all sentient beings to become just like me."

The Medicine Buddha's First Great Vow