Monastery Guidelines and Materials: A Clear Understanding of Monastery Practice and Etiquette

★Sodo Mindset Materials: Understanding the Practices and Mindset of Sodo Ango
★Like new, only lightly viewed, with no writing or markings.
★With detailed explanations and page layouts, the duties and practices in each dormitory after going to the mountain are clear at a glance. Following the schedule, the explanations are designed for use even after the training period, allowing for lifelong application.

Part 1: About Duties
Chapter 1
・Duties of the Bell Master
・Striking the Bell
・Morning Session
・Daytime Session
・Evening Session
・Duties of the Bell Master's Assistant
・Morning Session
・Daytime Session
・Evening Session
・3rd and 8th Days of the Month

Chapter 2
・Duties of the Jikido (Head of the Meditation Hall)
・Evening Before Session
・Morning Session
・Meal Table as Usual
・Kuin (Kitchen) Meal Table
・3rd and 8th Day Recitation
・Tochido (Land Shrine) Recitation
・Evening Zazen as Usual
・Duties of the Jikido's Assistant
・Evening Before Session
・Morning Session
・Meal Table as Usual
・Morning and Daytime Dormitory Meal Tables
・How to Strike the Wooden Clapper for the 4th and 9th Day Porridge
・Evening Zazen as Usual
・4th and 9th Days (Hosan Day - Day Off)
・Dai-Hosan Day (Major Day Off)
・Kuin Meal Table

Chapter 3
・Duties of the So-ku (Offering)
・Morning Porridge Offering
・Noon Meal Offering
・Yakuseki (Medicinal Meal) and Tea
・Jojin (Attendant) Procedures (Diagram)
・Diagram of the Nine Bows for Monastic Meals
・Diagram of How the Jojin Carries Utensils

Chapter 4
・About the Instruments
・4th and 9th Days (Hosan Day) Instrument Procedures
・Morning Session
・How to Strike the Hosan Bell and Hair-Shaving Clapper
・How to Strike the Bath Opening Board
・Dai-Hosan Day Instrument Procedures - Morning Session
・3rd and 8th Days / Tochido Gyoko (Incense Offering) Seven Bell Strikes

Part 2: Basic Practices in the Sodo and Hatto (Dharma Hall)
Chapter 1
・Sodo Basic Practices
・Entering and Exiting the Sodo
・How to Get on the Bed
・Kyogyo (Walking Meditation)
・Tenpatsu (Unfolding the Bowl)
・Hatto Basic Practices
・Entering the Hatto
・Exiting the Butsuden (Buddha Hall)
・Hatto Kaso (Chanting Position) Diagram
・How to Receive Sutra Books
・How to Receive Nichigetsu-hai-cho (Daily/Monthly Tablets)
・How to Receive Shido-cho (Shrine Tablets)

Chapter 2
・Basic Physical Mindset
・Physical Practices
・How to Wear the Kesa (Monk's Robe)
・Zagu (Sitting Cushion) Practices
・About Kido (Returning to the Hall) and Kitan (Returning to the Single Room)

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