December 2019
Seon Practice Service – Uposatha Observance
Seon (Zen) Practice Services are held each Sunday from 9:00am-11:00am at the Historic Axe Factory building in Collinsville, Connecticut. For those new to Seon practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting and walking meditation. The Uposatha Observation is an ancient practice in which both lay and monastic practitioners placed special effort, attention to renewing and rededicating themselves to the study and practice of the Dharma. These observations fell on Full Moon periods…
Find out more »Seon Practice Service – Celebration of the Flower Garland Sutra
Seon (Zen) Practice Services are held each Sunday from 9:00am-11:00am at the Historic Axe Factory building in Collinsville, Connecticut. For those new to Seon practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting and walking meditation. The Avataṃsaka Sūtra (known as Hwa Eom Gyeong in Korean), rendered in English as Flower Garland Sutra, describes a cosmos of infinite realms upon realms, mutually containing one another. Teachings of the Bodhisattva path, the interpenetration of phenomena…
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Seon (Zen) Practice Services are held each Sunday from 9:00am-11:00am at the Historic Axe Factory building in Collinsville, Connecticut. For those new to Seon practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting and walking meditation.
Find out more »Seon Practice Service – 108 Bows of Repentance and Renewal
Seon (Zen) Practice Services are held each Sunday from 9:00am-11:00am at the Historic Axe Factory building in Collinsville, Connecticut. For those new to Seon practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting and walking meditation. In preparation for the new year we hold this bowing practice as a way to reorient minds and hearts and renew one’s commitment to the practice.
Find out more »January 2020
New Year Interfaith Prayer for World peace – Chuang Yen Monastery, NY
Interfaith Prayer for World Peace 宗教聯合祈禱會 All are invited to attend The New Year’s Interfaith Prayer for World Peace on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2020 (Wednesday). Starting at 10:00am in the Great Buddha Hall of Chuang-Yen Monastery. Lunch provided at 11:30 am in the Dinning Hall. Carpooling available from WLHZ Parking lot at 8:00am. Address 2020, Route 301, Carmel, NY 10512, 845-225-1819 Directions From Connecticut: Take I-84 West to Lake Carmel Exit 18. Turn left off of exit ramp and turn right at…
Find out more »Seon Practice Service
Seon (Zen) Practice Services are held each Sunday from 9:00am-11:00am at the, Historic Axe Factory building in Collinsville, Connecticut. For those new to Seon practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting and walking meditation. The 8-week / 5 Precepts Class begins on this date, immediately after the main practice service. The class runs :45-minutes to 1 hour (11:30am-12:15pm). The precepts class is open to registered WLHZ students Lotus Root Training Course who wish…
Find out more »Seon Practice Service – Uposatha Observance
Seon (Zen) Practice Services are held each Sunday from 9:00am-11:00am at the Historic Axe Factory building in Collinsville, Connecticut. For those new to Seon practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting and walking meditation. The Uposatha Observation is an ancient practice in which both lay and monastic practitioners placed special effort, attention to renewing and rededicating themselves to the study and practice of the Dharma. These observations fell on Full…
Find out more »Seon Practice Service
Seon (Zen) Practice Services are held each Sunday from 9:00am-11:00am at the, Historic Axe Factory building in Collinsville, Connecticut. For those new to Seon practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting and walking meditation.
Find out more »Seon Practice Service
Seon (Zen) Practice Services are held each Sunday from 9:00am-11:00am at the, Historic Axe Factory building in Collinsville, Connecticut. For those new to Seon practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting and walking meditation.
Find out more »February 2020
Shakyamuni Renunciation Celebration
Shakyamuni Buddha’s Renunciation Day is celebrated to memorialize the day when Siddhartha Gautama entered the homeless life. The Buddhist community recites sutras and practices together in paying homage to Shakyamuni Buddha.
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