Ceremony – Clear Way Zen https://www.clearwayzen.ca Rinzai Zen Buddhist Sangha Sat, 23 Aug 2025 18:53:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.clearwayzen.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped-site-icon-32x32.png Ceremony – Clear Way Zen https://www.clearwayzen.ca 32 32 Three Gem Vow Ceremony https://www.clearwayzen.ca/three-gem-vow-ceremony/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 18:53:21 +0000 https://www.clearwayzen.ca/?p=1259 Continue reading →]]> At the end of our Saturday sitting today we got some wonderful news that one of our regular practitioners, Anna, will be taking the Three Gem Vows and joining our senior members. The Sangha welcomes you openly and looks forward to attending your vows on September 20.

The Zen Master Jingqing asked one of his disciples:
What's that sound outside?

Disciple:
That's the sound of rain.

Jingqing:
All beings are upside-down; They lose themselves in the pursuit of things.

Disciple:
How should I feel?

Jingqing:
I am the sound of the rain!
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