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Sandokai Japanese Zen Chant Identity of Relative & Absolute

Name: Sandokai Japanese Zen Chant Identity of Relative & Absolute
Uploaded: 2021-10-21T05:52:11.000Z
Duration: 2 min 41 s
Channel: Tom van Dijk

by Tom van Dijk

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The Sandōkai is a poem by the eighth Chinese Zen ancestor Sekito Kisen (700–790) and a fundamental text of the Sōtō school of Zen, chanted daily in temples throughout the world. English translations of the title, some more and some less literal include "Merging of Difference and Unity", "Merging of Difference and Equality", "Agreement of Difference and Unity" or "Identity of Relative and Absolute. Please enjoy listening or practicing chanting along.

Sandokai Zen Chant Identity Relative And Absolute Poem Sekito Kisen Soto Zen Temples Unity Equality Listening Chanting

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