The DOANryo

What is the doanryo?

The doanryo are the people who help create the container for the meditation hall: it is composed of the people who strike the wooden han, ring bells and chant as well as those who greet you at the door, lead you to a seat and offer guidance. If you are interested in deepening your practice, the path of a bodhisattva often begins with supporting the practice of others by joining the doanryo.

WHAT are the doanryo roles?

Doan Strikes the han and rings the bells. On zoom this is done using audio files.
Greeter Welcomes the people at the Temple Entrance and guide them to zazen, zazen instruction, or whatever it is they came to find. On zoom this is the person who opens the zoom room and admits people.
Kokyo Chant leader. On zoom this will be the person to unmute and chant.

But what if I forgot what I am supposed to do?

No problem. Just keep reading, download the instructions, or send and email to the Tanto or the Sunday Program Ino

Can anyone join the doanryo?

Yes. Just send us an email and we’ll sign you up for the team and set up a training session. Once you have completed training for a particular role, you are invited to sign up by clicking the button below.

Morning Meditation instructions

BEFORE ZAZEN:

Ino - Please be in the zoom room five minutes prior to the start of the han. If someone does not show up for the role they signed up for you will either reassign the role or take on that role as well.

BEGINNING ZAZEN:

Doan - start the han audio file 15 minutes prior to the start of zazen. To begin a period of zazen there are three small bells. ⬤ ⬤ ⬤

ENDING ZAZEN:

Doan - To end a period of zazen followed by kinhin, two small bells are rung, all other zazen periods end with one bell. If there is no kinhin ring just one bell.

⬤ End Zazen

⬤ ⬤ Kinhin - (one inkin bell to end kinhin)

ROBE CHANT

Kokyo - After the first period of Zazen in the morning, the robe chant begins:

Dai sai ge da pu ku
muso fuku den e
hi bu nyorai kyo
ko do shoshu jo.

Great robe of liberation
field far beyond form and emptiness
wearing the Tathagata’s teaching
freeing all beings.

Doan Bells for Service

If there is a service held during morning meditation the Doan and Kokyo have more to do.

Please note the following symbols:

⬤ = big bell in fixed place

◯ = big bell dependent on doshi – watch for doshi bow

⬤ = small bell in fixed place

▲ = stop

Note that the fixed-place bells should be hit on the syllable that follows them; stops are the beat after the last syllable.

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Doshi offers incense at altar, steps back, bows ï

passes bowing mat ⬤

at back of bowing mat, bows ⬤

unfolds zagu ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤⬤⬤

First prostration ◯ hands are lowered back to the mat ▲

(repeat two times)

Third prostration ◯ head touches mat ◯

Doshi goes to altar again, offers incense, steps back, bows 

returns to back of bowing mat, first prostration ◯

second prostration◯

third prostration ▲

Chant is introduced ⬤ (follow daily instructions)

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All Bhuddas in ten directions past present and future ⬤ (doshi steps back from mat and bows)

All beings bodhisattvasas, mahasatvas, world honored ones ⬤(doshi offers incense, steps back, bows)

⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤⬤⬤ (doshi returns to back of bowing mat)

The mahaprajna paramita

First prostration ⬤

Second prostration ⬤

Third prostration⬤ head touches mat⬤

Doshi folds zagu, steps back, bows ⬤

steps back, shashu bow ⬤

Doshi bows to seat ⬤

Doshi bows to room ⬤