In the morning my husband and daughter went for shopping in the mall, so could I enjoy a Sunday morning by myself. I did the guided meditation to Free Flow to Focus-21. During the meditation, I felt I should get back to my original routine of chanting Heart Sutra, 般若心経, on the daily basis.
After came back from the meditation state, I looked for a good video of 般若心経. Quickly, I found a very good one. The two monks chant Heart Sutra with the notation. It was easy for me to follow them.
Their intonations and Buddhist stoles were familiar with me. No wonder they belong to my local town’s temple. There are so many shrines and temples in my hometown, but this temple is the most familiar one for me. This was my mom’s favorite one.
My mom’s dad, my grandpa Shintaro, is actually in this temple’s ossuary as in his ashes. My mom liked this temple a lot. She used to visit this temple every month. I remember my mom took my brother and me when we were small. She visited until she got very sick. So, she visited this temple every month for 60 years. My mom asked my brother and me to put her ashes into this temple together with her dad.
The young monk introduces himself as the vice priest who is going to pass it down from his dad eventually. He started posting YouTube video two years ago. I wish I could have found him before my mom’s departure, so that I could show his videos to my mom.
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