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Amitabha’s Pure Land Retreat 2010 (CYM)
Retreat led by:Ven. Dhammadipa (Fa-yao) Date:12/18/2010 to 12/25/2010
Interfaith Prayer for “World Peace”
We are pleased to invite you to attend: “The New Year’s Interfaith Prayer for World Peace on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2011 (Saturday). It will start at 10:00 am in the Kuan Yin Hall of Chuang-Yen Monastery. We will provide lunch at 12:00 pm in the Dinning Hall. If you have any questions, please […]
Ven. Dhammadipa (Xing-kong) Latest Audio
Developing the Perfection of Wisdom in Samatha & Vipasyana Meditation Venerable Dhammadipa, a distinguished monk and meditation teacher of Czech nationality. During the four-week period (10/29/2010 ~ 11/27/2010) Venerable Dhammadipa (Thomas Peter Gutmann) led a retreat focus on Samatha and Vipasyana meditation and the practice of 6 and 10 paramitas as given in the Theravada and the Northern […]
Introducing Pure Land Buddhism – Gary Link (WJML 10/24/2010)
1- 3 pm / Mr. Gary Link This talk will cover the origin, history and practice of Pure Land Buddhism. By focusing on the past teachings and practice of Pure Land Masters throughout India, China & Japan, it will show how their individual teachings significantly contributed to the development and growth of Pure Land Buddhism today. We […]
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 the path of application: The Heat, Summit, Acceptance, and the highest mundane factors. Ven. Dhammadipa […]
Sati Meditation Workshop at Kuan Yin Hall (2010)
# Workshop Prerequisite: No experience is required Date: 5/8, 6/12, 7/10, 8/14, 9/11, 10/9 (Saturday) Time: 1:00p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Place: Kuan Yin Hall Fee: Free of charge. Sati Meditation (as taught by Luangpor Teean) incorporates rhythmic bodily movements to cultivate awareness of the body and the mind. This ultimately leads to direct and profound […]
Dharma Study Classes / Groups
BAUS has diligently promoted Dharma for over 43 years. There have recently been many disasters. Dharma can give us guidelines and purify people’s minds. How can we apply Dharma to our lives? Dharma can promote our wisdom and accumulate good karma. BAUS has opened different Dharma study classes in NY & NJ. Each class can […]
A Buddhist Diagnosis of the Climate Crisis – Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi (WJML 8/29/2010)
Climate change, or global warming, hasn’t been receiving much attention in the national media these days, but this doesn’t mean that the problem has been licked. Far from it. Climate change may indeed be the most serious crisis facing the world today. Unlike a cyclone or earthquake, however, climate change does not break suddenly; rather, […]
Buddhist Canon -Transition and Transformation – Dr. Weijen Teng (WJML 7/25/2010)
1:30 pm / Dr. Weijen Teng Buddhist scripture is the core of Buddhism, the primary source of the Buddha Dharma. Today, Buddhists learn Buddhism from canons of different Buddhist traditions in different languages. This talk will familiarize the audience with the historical development of the extant Buddhist canons and the languages they used and compare their […]
Summer 3 Day Monastic Experience Retreat
Date: 7/23/2010 (Friday) ~ 7/25/2010 (Sunday) Registration:7/22/2010 (Thursday) 5:00pm ~ 6:00 pm, Orientation: 6:30 pm 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 of Six Harmonies in a sangha community and thus to […]