White Lotus Haven Zen

Zen Practice Service
2022-05-29 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-05-08 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-04-24 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-04-10 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-04-03 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-03-27 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-03-13 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-03-06 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) and 5 more dates | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
Group Zen Practice is 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.

Zen Practice Service
2022-05-22 09:00 - 11:00 | CT

BUDDHA DAY CELEBRATION – 부처님오신날 Bucheonim Oshinal
2022-05-15 10:00 - 12:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
In Korean Buddhist tradition this annual ceremony is called “Buddha Day”, or literally, “The Day the Buddha Came” (부처님오신날 Bucheonim Oshinal). At WLHZ we celebrate this occasion along with two other key events in the Teacher’s life — his Enlightenment, and Parinirvana. This collective celebration is also know as Vesak. Observed by Buddhists throughout the world, Buddha Day is the most joyous festival of the year.
The main altar is arranged elaborately with offerings of fruit, flowers, tea, rice and special foods. As is customary, chanting liturgies (Kido) are performed to invite, honor and make offerings to the Great teacher Shakyamuni Buddha. The Story of the Buddha in four scenes is read, and the Bathing of the Baby Buddha ritual is performed. In this ritual, water or sweet tea is ladled over the Baby Buddha statue three times to commemorate the Teacher’s birth, and as a way of renewing one’s own practice commitment to extinguish greed, anger, delusion, and unwholesome karma.
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Zen Practice Service - Celebrating Mothers
2022-05-01 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
Group Zen Practice is 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. Recognizing mothers

Zen Practice Service - Uposatha Observance (Easter)
2022-04-17 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
Group Zen Practice is 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 of the lunar calendar. And so WLHZ continues in this practice tradition by reciting together the Five Precepts of ethical conduct.

Spring Day Retreat
2022-03-26 09:00 - 15:00 | CT
Location and Details to come

Zen Practice Service - Uposatha Observance
2022-03-20 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-02-20 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-01-16 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States

Kwanseumbosal (Avalokitesvara) Celebration
2022-02-27 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
Celebration of Kwanseumbosal (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva)
Honoring the Bodhisattva of Wisdom and Compassion who hears the cries of the world’s suffering and intervenes to save.
A WLHZ devotional figure.

Zen Practice Service
2022-02-13 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
Group Zen Practice is 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

Zen Practice Service - CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER
2022-01-09 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States

BAUS Interfaith Prayer for World Peace - Virtual Event
2022-01-01 10:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE VIDEO
Please Join Chuang Yen Monastery and
The Buddhist Association of the United States (BAUS) for the
2022 Interfaith Prayer for World Peace
10am January 1, 2022 on YouTube Live
All are invited to join this special Interfaith Prayer to welcome the new year.
The service will be attended by many faiths and traditions.
For more information and program click here.
YouTube Live link here.
Wishing you peace and happiness in the new year!
With metta,
Chuang Yen Monastery/BAUS
The Buddhist Association of the United States. 美國佛教會
2020 Route 301
Carmel, NY 10512
contact@baus.org

Seon Practice Service
2021-12-26 09:00 - 11:00, 2021-12-05 09:00 - 11:00, 2021-11-28 09:00 - 11:00 | CT
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.

Seon Practice Service - 108 Prostrations of Repentance and Renewal for the New Year
2021-12-19 09:00 - 11:00 | CT
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.
Today’s service includes the practice of recitation with corresponding 108 Bows of Repentance and Renewal
This ceremony is a wonderful way to orient our minds-hearts for the coming new year, and a powerful way to practice “together action,” as we support one another in renewing our commitment to the practice.
Below is a brief teaching from Zen Master Seung Sahn.
I look forward to practicing with you all.
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Venerable Shim Bo

ABOUT BOWING MEDITATION
— Zen Master Seung Sahn
Most Buddhist paths include some form of bowing, or prostrations, in daily practice. Bowing is more than a show of respect for the Triple Gems (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha); they are an effective means to clear and purify the mind. Eliminating our dependence on the ego is an important step toward helping us understand the wisdom of Śūnyatā (Emptiness); bowing practice helps us to understand the Zen aspiration of “how may I help you?”.
For the westerner, bowing can at first seem superstitious or even irrational. While the concept of “being rid of the ego” may be understood as a means to eliminate suffering, some consider bowing practice to be demeaning or subservient. In an ego-centered society, like the one we live in today, how can we relate to such an archaic practice? It can be difficult for a western practitioner to demonstrate such a humble and devoted act as bowing (especially in the presence of others).
After a regular bowing practice, however, most come to experience its effectiveness. Bowing, through its physical motions, connects the body and the mind and can be especially useful when struggling with a difficult situation—as the practice can burn off restless energy and quiet the mind more efficiently than sitting meditation. At first, practitioners may wonder why we repent. We are not offering repentance to the Buddha, but to ourselves, and to all living beings. In essence, our small “I” is bowing to our big “I”. After some time, the small “I” disappears and we rely upon the big “I”. When this happens, we call this true bowing.

Seon Practice Service - Uposatha Observance - Flower Garland (Avatamsaka Sutra) Celebration
2021-12-12 09:00 - 11:00 | CT
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 of the lunar calendar. And so WLHZ continues in this practice tradition by reciting together the Five Precepts of ethical conduct.
The Avataṃsaka Sūtra, rendered in English as Flower Garland Sutra, describes a cosmos of infinite realms upon realms, mutually containing one another. Today we celebrate its teachings of the Bodhisattva path, the interpenetration of phenomena (dharmas), the visionary powers of meditation and the equality of things in emptiness.
