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.

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 […]

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.

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.

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.