Oshogatsu: New Year’s Eve Celebration

Posted 8/21/12

HONESDALE, PA — Two Rivers Zen Community will host its third annual “Oshogatsu: The Ringing of 108 Bells” at 8 p.m. on Thursday, December 31 at 926 Court St., second floor (at the corner of …

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Oshogatsu: New Year’s Eve Celebration

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HONESDALE, PA — Two Rivers Zen Community will host its third annual “Oshogatsu: The Ringing of 108 Bells” at 8 p.m. on Thursday, December 31 at 926 Court St., second floor (at the corner of Tenth Street, across from Central Park.) The event is free and open to all.

Oshogatsu is the Japanese Buddhist custom through which we banish the “108 troublesome desires of human-kind” and begin the New Year afresh. At each of the 108 strikings of the bell, participants intone the Bonsho chant for peace, renewal and forgiveness: “May the sounding of this bell dispel the trials and tribulations that plague all beings.”

A celebration and waka poetry-writing event (optional) will follow the ringing of the bells.

For information visit tworiverszen.org/oshogatsu.

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