Remembrance and Atonement on Thanksgiving Day
We share with you this liturgy and dedication for Thanksgiving Day. Developed by Hojin Sensei and Shugen Roshi, this liturgy is offered at Zen Mountain Monastery on Thanksgiving to honor our ancestors, the original inhabitants of this land, and all beings of the great earth that support our lives. Call and response: LITURGIST : The Sangha has gathered on this day to witness and transform the karma of this land. May we do so with a mind of reverence and solemnity. SANGHA: On this day of remembrance LITURGIST: May we know that these sacred lands belonged to indigenous people for...
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