When I first heard that I would be attending camp, of course I was excited about getting the chance to learn more about the religion I had grown up with. But honestly I didn’t have many high expectations. As someone coming from Virginia I was worried I wouldn’t be able to find friends and really […]
A Series of 1-Day Retreats with David Listen
1-Day Retreats with David Listen Sun., Dec. 9 • 9:30am – 4:00pm • Kuan Yin Hall A series of 1-Day Retreats, providing you instruction on the methods of Chan Buddhist meditation, with references from classic Chan texts and discourses of the Buddha. Learn how to be mindful–while sitting, walking, resting, working, eating, and engaging in your daily […]
Sunday Meditation Program
Follow Chart at left for Moderator and Dates Location: Kuan Yin Hall from 9:00 to 11:20 am please check calendar for each class. This program will be lead by various teachers, each with their own style and knowledge. CYM relies on donations to continue its programs and donations are always welcome. sign up here
Buddha’s Birthday and Mothers Day Garden Party 5/12/19
Celebration Chuang Yen Monstery May 12, 2019 10:00 am – 3:00 pm The Chuang Yen Monastery invites you to celebrate Vesak. Commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death (Parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha and to gather to honor Mother’s Day. Events will include bathing buddha statues to purify our own body and mind and strengthen our wisdom […]
Amitabha’s Pureland Retreat(5/25-28 2018)
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Qing Ming Ceremony(4/1/2018)
Form Download Announcement of the Qing Ming (Tomb-sweeping) Ceremony “Until the hells are empty, I vow not to become a Buddha; Only After all living beings are saved, will I myself attain Bodhi” ~ Earth Store Bodhisattva The Qing Ming (Tomb-sweeping) Ceremony will be held by CYM at the Great Buddha Hall on April 1, 2018 […]
CYM 2018 Interfaith Prayer(1/1/2018)
CYM Amitabha’s Pure Land Retreat(12/22-29 2017)
Form download Online Registration 2017 Chuang Yen Monastery Amitabha’s Pure Land Retreat Date: Dec. 22 to Dec. 29, 2017 INSTRUCTOR: Ven. Hui Tsung The Pureland tradition believes that by reciting the name of the Amitabha Buddha single-mindedly, one can be reborn in the Western Pureland where enlightenment is guaranteed. This year’s seven-day Amitabha session will […]
CYM Kuan Yin Renunciation Ceremony(10/13/2019)
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Button_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Dear friends, Chuang Yen Monastery will commemorate the Renunciation of the Bodhisattva Kuan-Yin on Oct. 13, 2019 at the Great Buddha Hall from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00noon. The event for that day includes the chanting of the sutra The Universal Door of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva and making offerings to the Buddha. […]
Four Foundations of Mindfulness Retreat / Ven. Kai Yin (CYM: 10/7 – 14/2017)
線上報名REGISTER HERE 諸位學員: 承主七和尚 開印阿闍梨指示: 1.學員必須全程參與恕不接受通勤者與隨喜者。 2.禪七需全程謹守八關齋戒及過午不食(不能吃晚餐)。 學員若有特殊理由不能持午,必須先得到主七法師之許可。敬請莊嚴寺廚房執事配合。 附上八關齋戒,敬請提早了解戒條內容。 敬請諸位學員一同護持成就道業! 耑祈 住大慈悲恆自在
Madhyamika Book Study Group
The Buddhist saint Nãgãrjuna, who lived in South India in the second century CE, is the most influential, and widely studied Mahayana Buddhist philosopher. His many works include texts addressed to lay audiences, letters of advice to kings, and a set of penetrating metaphysical and epistemological treatises. His greatest philosophical work, the has been read and […]
An Online Course in the Anguttara Nikaya with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
An Online Course in the Anguttara Nikaya with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi Sign-up for class notice Class Video Recordings The Book of Fives Live Class While in Session Dana (Donation) Audio Collection 2010 and prior Audio Majjhima Nikaya On Saturdays, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi leads a full morning program of meditation and sutta study. The schedule is: […]