White Lotus Haven Zen

New Year Interfaith Prayer for World peace - Chuang Yen Monastery, NY
2020-01-01 10:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | CT
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 the light onto Route 52. Turn left at the overhead blinker onto Farmer Mills Road and follow the road to its end. Turn right at the stop sign onto Route 301. The Monastery is approximately 1.6 miles on the right side of the road.

Seon Practice Service - 108 Bows of Repentance and Renewal
2019-12-29 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
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.

Seon Practice Service
2019-12-22 09:00 - 11:00, 2019-11-24 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
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 - Celebration of the Flower Garland Sutra
2019-12-15 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
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 (dharmas), the visionary powers of meditation and the equality of things in emptiness. This Sunday we celebrate this deep teaching.

Seon Practice Service - Uposatha Observance
2019-12-08 09:00 - 11:00, 2019-11-10 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
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.

Seon Practice Service - Celebration of the Awakening of Siddhartha Gautama
2019-12-01 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
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.
After having studied with ascetics, Siddhartha Gautama sat 49 days of meditation and at the age of 35, he is said to have attained Enlightenment, and became known as the Buddha or “Awakened One”. He realized complete insight into the Four Noble Truths, thereby attaining liberation from samsara, the endless cycle of rebirth, suffering and death. This Sunday we commemorate this important event.

WLHZ Thanksgiving Celebration - Honoring Lineage Masters and Noble Mahasangha
2019-11-17 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
On this day the WLHZ community celebrates the anniversary of its founding by giving thanks to the noble ancestors and teachers who gave their lives to practicing and sharing Buddha wisdom with us. In particular, we recognise our two lineage masters, His Holiness Il Bung Kyung Bo Seo, PhD (the first Korean Patriarch to the West / Il Bung Zen Order 일붕선정), His Holiness Thích Thiên Ân (the first Vietnamese Patriarch to the West / Lâm Tế Thiền Order). We also honor the tradition and teachings of Seung Sahn Dae Soen Sa Nim (Linji Seon, Rinzai Zen) and Taizan Maezumi Roshi (Soto and Rinzai Zen).
Reception with potluck meal to follow the service.

Seon Practice Service
2019-11-03 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
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.
REMEMBER TO TURN YOUR CLOCK(S) BACK BY 1 HOUR (AT 12AM) ON 11/3
