Past Events – Upcoming Events
8-Day Meditation Retreat (CYM 2011)
Date & Time: 11/19 (Saturday) 2:00pm -11/27 (Sunday) noon Registration: 11/19 (Saturday) 2:00pm, 4:00pm Orientation, 6:00pm Introduction Four Immeasurables (Four Sublime Abidings) Meditation, a kind of Samatha, is a (concentration) technique practiced in early Buddhism, aimed at training the mind
2011 Fall 3-Day Spiritual Life in Monastery
Date: 9/30 (Friday) ~ 10/2 (Sunday) Place: Chuang Yen Monastery The Monastic Experience Retreat intends to provide an environment and community to allow those laities, who aspire to increase the merit of human and celestial beings, to experience the spirit
Summer Camp (CYM 7/1-7/5/2011)
2011 Summer Camp at Chuang Yen Monastery: Eradicating Suffering (去塵除垢) The teachings of the Buddha, which is emanated from searching for a way to eradicate all suffering concentrates on the progression and liberation of human mind and educates sentient beings
5 Days Four Sublime Abiding Meditation Retreat
Date: 5/27/2011 (Friday) ~ 6/1 2011 (Wednesday) Registration: 5/27/2011 (Friday) 2:00pm, 4:00pm orientation, 6:40pm Instruction Place: Chuang Yen Monastery Instructor: Venerable Dr. Dhammadipa (Fa Yao) Four Sublime Abiding (brahmavihāra) is one of the fundamental Buddhist meditation techniques. The goal of
Amitabha’s Pure Land Retreat 2010 (CYM)
Retreat led by:Ven. Dhammadipa (Fa-yao) Date:12/18/2010 to 12/25/2010
Introduction to Meditative Theory about the Path Leading to Liberation in Sarvāstivāda School (WJML 9/26/2010)
1:30 pm / Ven. Dhammadipa (Fa Yao) Sarvāstivāda Buddhism school was the most momentous sectarian Buddhism, whose practice system is well-known in Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism. Its stages of practice includes the path of equipment, four aids to penetration in