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Evening Chant

An evening chant to invite the sangha to meditation.

Sister Chân Hiến Nghiêm, Michael Siborski
Posture Upright and Solid
Sister Chân Hiến Nghiêm in Plum Village ⁰
100
Michael Siborski in Plum Village ⁰
60
⚟ 🕭

With posture upright 🕭
And solid 🕭
We are seated 🕭
At the foot of the Bodhi Tree. 🕭

Body, speech, and mind 🕭
All are one 🕭
In stillness 🕭
No more thought of right and wrong. 🕭

Our minds and bodies
dwelling in perfect mindfulness 🕭
we rediscover 🕭
our true nature 🕭
leaving the shore 🕭
of illusion behind. 🕭

Noble sangha, diligently,
Bring our minds into meditation.

Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya ⚟
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya ⚟
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya ⚟
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭

Sister Chân Thệ Nghiêm
Stably Seated
Sister Chân Thệ Nghiêm, Blue Cliff Monastery ⁰
100
⚟ 🕭

Stably 🕭
seated 🕭
under 🕭
the Bodhi Tree. 🕭

Body, speech, and mind 🕭
are one 🕭
in stillness 🕭
free from views of right and wrong. 🕭

When we are focused
in perfect mindfulness 🕭
our true nature 🕭
is illuminated 🕭
the shore of 🕭
confusion is left behind. 🕭

Noble sangha, diligently,
Bring our minds into meditation.

Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭

Brother Đức Trí
Postura Estable
Brother Đức Trí, Deer Park Monastery ¹
100
⚟ 🕭

En postura erguida y estable 🕭
estamos sentados al pie 🕭
del árbol Bodhi. 🕭

Cuerpo, palabra y mente 🕭
son uno en paz 🕭
Ya no hay más conceptos, 🕭
ni de bien, ni de mal. 🕭

Mente y cuerpo reposan
en perfecta plena consciencia 🕭
redescubrimos 🕭
nuestra naturaleza original 🕭
dejando atrás 🕭
toda ilusión. 🕭

Noble Sangha, diligentemente
practiquemos la meditación.

Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭

Cant del Vespre
¹
100
⚟ 🕭

Amb postura dreta i estable 🕭
Estem asseguts al peu 🕭
De l’arbre del despertar. 🕭

Cos, parla i ment, 🕭
Són un En calma, 🕭
No hi ha més pensaments 🕭
de correcte o erroni. 🕭

La ment i el cos estan
En perfecta plena consciència, 🕭
Redescobrim 🕭
La seva naturalesa original 🕭
Deixant enrere 🕭
La riba d’allò il·lusori. 🕭

Noble sangha diligentment
Portem les ments en meditació.

Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭
Namo Śākyamunaye Buddhaya 🕭

Sister Một Phương, Brother
Hô canh buổi tối
Sister Một Phương at Plum Village (Vietnamese) ¹
50
A Brother at Plum Village (Vietnamese) ⁰
60
⚟ 🕭

Vững thân 🕭
tngồi dưới 🕭
cội 🕭
bồ đề 🕭

Ba nghiệp 🕭
lắng rồi 🕭
hết 🕭
thị phi 🕭

Thu nhiếp thân tâm vào chánh niệm 🕭
Rõ soi 🕭
diện mục 🕭
thoát 🕭
bờ mê 🕭

Ngưỡng mong đại chúng tinh tiến nhiếp tâm thiền tập

Nam mô Bụt Shakya Muni ⚟
Nam mô Bụt Shakya Muni 🕭
Nam mô Bụt Shakya Muni ⚟
Nam mô Bụt Shakya Muni 🕭 🕭
Nam mô Bụt Shakya Muni ⚟
Nam mô Bụt Shakya Muni 🕭

Sœur Chân Lực Nghiêm
Le Chant du Soir
Sœur Chân Lực Nghiêm (Sister Energy) ²
100

« » between the quotation marks, the community joins in the chant as a chorus.

⁰ there are no recorded voices for the call and response
¹ there is one reference voice for the call and response
² there is a community chorus for the call and response

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