White Lotus Haven Zen

WLHZ ANNUAL WEEKEND RETREAT
2022-09-23 19:00 - 2022-09-25 12:00 (America/New_York) | Trinita Retreat Center, 595 Town Hill Road, New Hartford, CT, 06057, United States
Sangha Retreat Weekend / Friday, September 23rd to Sunday 25th
Our 2022 Fall zen practice retreat will be held this year from September 23-25 at Trinita Retreat Center in New Hartford, CT. We will be joined by our guiding Teacher, The Most Venerable Deok Shim, and dharma family monastics from the Blue Dragon Zen School. We welcome our Brothers and Sisters wholeheartedly and look forward to a weekend of meditation practice, educational workshops, morning and evening liturgy, as well as a monastic ordination ceremony. The retreat offers participants time away from their busy schedules to experience a period of focused practice, fellowship and rest.
Location: Trinita Retreat Center, 595 Town Hill Rd, New Hartford, CT 06057
Cost is $150 for officially registered students of WLHZ and $175 per person for guests. Includes lodgings and meals.
Click the link below for registration and payment.
>> REGISTER HERE

Zen Practice Service - Canceled due to Sangha Retreat Weekend
2022-09-25 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
Group Zen Practice is is canceled due to the WHLZ Annual Weekend Retreat

Open Eye ceremony at Wonkaksa NY
2022-10-02
Open Eye ceremony at Wonkaksa in NY State on Sunday, October 2nd. This is an auspicious and happy occasion as the community dedicates and opens its new temple building and two meditation halls.
We will be meeting at the WLHZ parking lot and departing at 8:00.

Zen Practice Service - Cancelled due to Open Eye ceremony at Wonkaksa
2022-10-02 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
Group Zen Practice will be canceled due to participation in the Open Eye ceremony at Wonkaksa.

Zen Practice Service - Uposatha Observance
2022-10-09 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-12-11 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.

Bodhidharma (Zen Patriarch) Celebration
2022-10-16 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan (Zen) Buddhism to China, and regarded as its first Chinese patriarch.

Zen Practice Service
2022-10-23 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-11-13 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-11-27 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-12-04 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-12-25 09:00 - 11:00, 2023-01-29 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.

Cheondo Jae (Ullambana 우란분재) Memorial Service
2022-10-30 10:00 - 14:00 | Trinita Retreat Center, 595 Town Hill Road, New Hartford, CT, 06057, United States
Uranbunjae (Kor. 우란분재, Chin. 盂蘭盆齋, lit. Ullambana purification) is a Buddhist ceremony in which food offerings are made in an effort to console and liberate the deceased from any suffering, especially those of one’s ancestors. The ceremony originates from the story of the disciple Mahāmaudgalyāyana who strives unsuccessfully to liberate his deceased mother from a lower realm of existance. The Buddha teaches, liberation is only be possible through the collective intention of the sangha at large. In this yearly ceremony we commemorate the Ullambana Sutra by making offerings and generating goodwill and liberative intentions for all.
In Korea the ceremony is held on the Buddhist All Soul’s Day, or Baekjung (Kor. 백중, Chin. 百中, the fifteenth of the seventh lunar month), and constitutes one of the important events of the day in order to console the souls of the dead. At White Lotus Haven Zen of Connecticut we hold this ceremony in the month of October.
Participants are invited to offer the names of their departed to be displayed and recited in the liturgy. If you would like your dearly departed to be acknowledged in the service please email info@wlhz.org for more information and instruction, or include the names of your departed with your registration in the “message” section of the contact form. A symbolic name plate burning rite, to eliminate unwholesome karmic conditions, will also be performed. A socially-distanced outdoor reception will be held after the service.
This year we will hold the event at Trinita Retreat Center in New Hartford, CT. Suggested offering $100.
PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE https://wlhz.org/contact/
CEREMONIAL DONATIONS HERE https://wlhz.org/donate/

Zen Practice Service - Uposatha Observance (Set clock back 1-hour)
2022-11-06 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States

WLHZ Thanksgiving - Honoring Lineage Masters & Noble Mahasangha
2022-11-20 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).

Luncheon reception to follow the service.

Zen Practice Service with 108 Bows of Renewal
2022-12-18 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States
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.

New Year's Zen Practice Service 1/1/23
2023-01-01 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 Zen practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting and walking meditation.
The New Year’s practice will consist of traditional chanting practice as well as sitting meditation with a concluding reception.

Zen Practice Service - Uposatha Observance
2023-01-08 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 Zen 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, and 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.

Zen Practice Service
2023-01-15 09:00 - 11:00, 2023-01-22 09:00 - 11:00, 2023-02-12 09:00 - 11:00, 2023-02-19 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 Zen practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting and walking meditation.

Zen Practice Service - Uposatha Observance
2023-02-05 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 Zen 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.

Kwanseumbosal (Avalokitesvara) Celebration
2023-02-26 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 - Uposatha Observance
2023-03-05 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 Zen 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 and 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.

Zen Practice Service (Set clock ahead 1-hour)
2023-03-12 08:00 - 17:00 | 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 Zen practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting, and walking meditation.

Zen Practice Service
2023-03-19 09:00 - 11:00, 2023-03-26 09:00 - 11:00 | White Lotus Haven Zen, 50 Depot Street, Collinsville, CT, 06022, United States

Spring Day Retreat - Hai An Pagoda Vietnamese Temple
2023-03-25 09:00 - 15:00 | Hai An Pagoda, 255 Cherry Street, New Britain, CT, 06051, United States
Please join us for our first, day retreat of 2023 which will be held at Hai An Pagoda, Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 255 Cherry Street, New Britain, CT, United States, 06051
Many thanks to the Most Venerable Thich Quang Phap and the Hai An Pagoda sangha for their hospitality and kind welcome.
The day begins promptly at 9:00 am and ends at 3:00 pm. The format of practice will begin with Taking Refuge, bowing and chanting, and will include periods of sitting and walking meditation. A dharma talk will be given in the afternoon. Lunch will be served.
Retreat donation is $50 per person and can be made at:
https://wlhz.org/donate/
Scholarships are available for those in need.
No one is turned away due to financial hardship.
PLEASE RSVP (Include “2023 Spring Day Retreat” in the subject line) at:
https://wlhz.org/contact/
