Norman gives the seventh talk of the “Living by Vow” 2025 Series on ‘The Verse for Opening the Sutra’ to the Dharma Seminar as the focus of the Everyday Zen 2025 Practice Period. His lectures reference Shohaku Okumura’s book “Living by Vow; A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts.” The Verse for Opening the Sutra is usually chanted before a zen teacher’s Dharma talks.

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Living by Vow – Talk Seven – 2025 Series – The Verse for Opening the Sutra