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Buddha Bathing Ceremony & Mother’s Day Garden Party (2012)
Date: 5/13/ 2012 Place: Chuang Yen Monastery Time: 10:30 am – 11:45am Ceremony ; 12 noon – 4 pm Garden Party Vegetarian Food Fair, Free Health Consultation, Art of Flower Arrangement, Photographic Exhibition (2 days 5/13 & 5/14) Please contact 212-460-5109 (Youth Buddhism Communications Center) if you travel from Manhattan (Chinatown). Please contact 718-886-8868 (YEHUU […]
Qing Ming (Tomb-sweeping) Ceremony [CYM 4/1/2012]
“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, 2012 from 10:00a.m. to 4:30 p.m. We will be chanting “The […]
10 Days Vipassana Meditation Retreat 2012
Date: 4/13/2012 – 4/23/2012 The Instructor: Upasika Shih, Zhen (Mother. Shih) Application Deadline: April 6th. Registration: 5 pm Friday, April 13th, 2011, 7 pm Orientation & Instruction Online Application (Closed)
Sutta Study Class with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi -Winter Schedule 2012
Dear Friends, Happy Holidays, The Sutta Study Class with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi will have classes on January 7th, 14th28th, and Feb. 4th . After this, we will have a winter break. The classes will resume on March 17th. Also, because the kitchen does not prepare food for the public during the winter months. If you plan to stay for […]
Chinese New Year Blessing Ceremony (CYM 2012)
To celebrate Chinese New Year, Chuang Yen Monastery will open on 1/22/2012 (Sunday, Chinese New Year Eve) & 1/23/2012 (Monday, Chinese New Year) Chinese New Year Blessing Ceremony will be held on 1/23/2012 10:00 am Blessing Ceremony l Grand Offering to the Buddha 1:30 pm Mangala Sutta Chanting l Auspiciousness Thread Blessing 4:30 pm Taking Refuge Ceremony We […]
Taking Refuge Ceremony
Please register at the OFFICE (located on the ground floor of the Great Buddha Hall) Call (845) 225-1819, or Email cym@baus.org for further details
Pure Land Retreat (CYM 2011)
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 seven days of Pureland practices will be led by the abbot of Chuang Yen Monastery, Ven. Fa Yao. Apart from the chanting and recitation, the participants will have […]
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 to remove one’s resentment while enlightening loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. It is not only […]
Sutta Study Class with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha Schedule for April ~ June of 2013: Date Sutta No. Sutta Title Main Topic April 13th 95 With Canki How to realize the truth April 27th 97 & 99 Dhananjani Sutta & Subha Sutta On truthful speech and self-examination May 11th 101 At Devadaha Topics of meditation May 18th 103 […]
Free Sunday Morning Program (CYM 2011)
Meditation: 9:00am ~ 10:00am, Dharma Talk: 10:00am ~ 11:00am Place: Kuan-Yin Hall October 10/2 (sun) Spiritual Retreat (X) 10/9 (sun) Jennifer Maher (Meditation); Ven. Syinchen (Dharma Talk) 10/16 (sun) Ven. Ji-Xing 10/23 (sun) Ven. Ji-Xing 10/30 (sun) Class cancelled due to snow storm November 11/6 (sun) Ven. Ji-Xing 11/13 (sun) Ven. Ji-Xu 11/20 (sun) Meditation […]