Sunday Open House at CMC
- Every Sunday, Free, Bilingual
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Our Founder Master Sheng Yen
“The Dharma is so good, yet so few people know about it and so many people misunderstand it.” It was based on this simple belief that Venerable Master Sheng Yen founded Dharma Drum Mountain. Named as one of the fifty most influential people in Taiwan during the past four hundred years, Venerable Master Sheng Yen called himself “an itinerant monk pressing ahead through the wind and snow,” and has had a life full of miseries, deprivations, tests, and turning points.
What's New
Spreading Loving-kindness ~ CALL FOR ENTRIES 100 PHOTOS OF HAPPINESS
- Deadline: May 7, 2012
A photo exhibition commemorating the 20th year anniversary of Master Sheng Yen’s teachings on “Protecting the Spiritual Environment” at Chan Meditation Center’s Buddha’s Birthday Celebration on May 20th, 2012
CONTEST THEME: “LOVING-KINDNESS” – Capture the moments of loving-kindness around your daily life.
AWARDS: All entrants with a qualified submission will receive a small prize and will be exhibited during the Buddha’s Birthday Celebration held at the Chan meditation Center on May 20, 2012.
CONTEST THEME: “LOVING-KINDNESS” – Capture the moments of loving-kindness around your daily life.
AWARDS: All entrants with a qualified submission will receive a small prize and will be exhibited during the Buddha’s Birthday Celebration held at the Chan meditation Center on May 20, 2012.
For details, please see our poster. To apply, please click the application form.
Budda’s Birthday Celebration
- May 20, 2012 9:00am ~ 4:30pm
Cerebration Program includes:
1) The Ceremony of Receiving Three Refuges and Taking Five Precepts
2) Chanting Ceremony & Bathing the Buddha
3) A Special Dharma Talk for Buddha’s Birthday Cerebration by Abbot Ven. Guo Xing
4) Food Offering & Cutting Birthday Cake
5) Vegetarian Lunch
FOR ENTERTAINMENT
1) Photo Exhibition: Spreading Loving Kindness
2) Games
1) The Ceremony of Receiving Three Refuges and Taking Five Precepts
2) Chanting Ceremony & Bathing the Buddha
3) A Special Dharma Talk for Buddha’s Birthday Cerebration by Abbot Ven. Guo Xing
4) Food Offering & Cutting Birthday Cake
5) Vegetarian Lunch
FOR ENTERTAINMENT
1) Photo Exhibition: Spreading Loving Kindness
2) Games
2012 Family Chan Camp
- Wednesday 8/1 – Sunday 8/5, 5 days, 4 nights
- Fee: $200/person for 1 child or adult, $150/person for child with adult
Buddhism in Action: Peaceful Mind, Peaceful Body
For details, please see our poster. To register, please click the application form.
Seven Days Surangama Chan Retreat
- August 6 12:00pm at DDRC to August 12 11:00am
- Fee: $300, Student: $100. Round-trip Bus Fee: $50.00
Please arrive at CMC on 8/6, 10:00am for the bus, and send in check payable to DDMBA, along with your application form.