Every year in October we have a special ceremony to remember those who are buried in the Shao Shan Temple cemetery, our ancestors, spiritual ancestors, and deceased loved ones. The evening included chanting, cymbals, bells and several readings done by sangha members. This year the ceremony was online instead of in-person in the Cemetery, so a video was made the previous evening of the priests chanting in the cemetery and the video played as part of the ceremony.
“Like
a tiny drop of dew,
or a bubble floating in a stream;
Like a flash of lightning in a
summer cloud,
Or a flickering lamp,
an
illusion,
a
phantom,
or
a dream.”
“So is all conditioned existence to be seen.”
- Diamond Sutra
