The Three Treasures and Nine Vows

Buddhist

I vow to take refuge in the Buddha

I vow to take refuge in The Dharma

I vow to take refuge in the Sangha

Interfaith

I vow to take refuge in Oneness

I vow to take refuge in Diversity

I vow to take refuge in Harmony

Avalokiteshvara

I vow to embrace each moment with Not-knowing, the Practice of Presence and Service as a way of being. This is the Discipline of Worldly Life.

I vow dedication to Zen meditation, and to manifesting a field of enlightenment.

I vow to clutivate awareness, clarity, skillful functioning, equanimity, power and openness in Body-Mind.

I vow to transform suffering and anger into wisdom and compassionate action.

I vow to speak from the heart, to listen wholeheartedly to myself and to others, and to seek the wisdom of council.

I vow to maintain respect and dignity in all relationships, and to nurture a culture of tolerance, equal rights and cooperation.

I vow to use discernment, judgment and criticism from a perspective of unity.

I vow to seek what is needed responsibly, to share generously, to work well with what I have, and to take only what is freely given.

I vow to promote solidarity and a just economic order.

I vow to recognize our precious universe as sacred, caretaking its elements for the good of all creation.

Thus I make these vows in oneness with the Zen Garland Community and cultivate its practices for the benefit of all creation.