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Practicing the Way helps us change our perceptions and purify our thoughts, so that every thought is a virtuous thought. When all thoughts are virtuous, one can then maintain “no thought”. This way, all karmic hindrances will have no room to appear.
「修行即是改變自己的念頭、淨化自己的念頭。倘能念念都是善念，善念成就了之後，即保持無念。如此一來，業障就沒有空隙現前。」
-- Grand Master Wei Chueh |
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Special Announcements
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Grand Master Wei Chueh Will Visit the U.S. in October |
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Exciting news! Grand Master Wei Chueh , founding Abbot of Chung Tai Chan Monastery , will come from Taiwan to visit the U.S from October 1 to 10. The Grand Master will give Dharma lectures, transmit Three Refuges, and preside over some auspicious ceremonies for the different branches in the U.S. We would be honored by your presence. Please join us in these joyous celebrations! --Tentative Itinerary of the Grand Master’s 2010 Visit in the U.S :
1. Oct 1 (Fri.) 7pm - Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale in Silicon Valley: Dharma lectures / Three Refuges
2. Oct 2 （Sat.）10:30am - Buddha Gate Monastery in Lafayette of the East Bay: In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Buddha Gate Monastery (the first Chung Tai branch founded in the U.S.), the Grand Master will transmit the Eight Precepts and conduct a Purification Ceremony.
3. Oct 3（Sun.）10:30am - Buddha Gate Monastery : Three Refuges and the Five Precepts Transmission Ceremony
4. Oct 8 (Fri.) 7pm - Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston : Three Refuges and Five Precepts Transmission Ceremony/ Dharma lecture
5. Oct 9 (Sat.) 10am - Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery ( at the site of the future Chung Tai International Retreat Center in Shepherd, Texas) : Opening Purification and Consecration Ceremony
6. Oct 10 (Sun) 1pm - the Middle Land Chan Monastery in Pomona in southern California : Opening Purification and Consecration Ceremony * Note:If for some reasons that the Grand Master cannot come, Venerable Jian Deng, Abbot of Chung Tai Chan Monastery, will take his place.
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New Series of 21th Classes Starting September 7, 2010 |
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Pu Tai Wings: A Journey to California, 2010 |
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In order to expand our youth’s horizons to the outside world, Pu Tai Elementary School adopted a vigorous foreign language curriculum and organized an enriching overseas travel study program this summer. On July 9th, 2010, 30 students and 3 teachers spread their wings, flying thousands of miles from Taiwan to California and finally landing in Silicon Valley. As the bus rolled away in the darkness of a cool San Francisco summer night, the young students were ready to embrace a whole new world of opportunities waiting for them to explore......
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ZEN MEDITATION RETREATS-Sunday Morning Retreat |
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Zen is a state of mind, a mind of calmness, stability, and clarity. Meditation helps us to focus, calm down, become aware, and begin to see things as they are.
To achieve the Zen state of mind, proper meditation practice is very important. Meditation helps us to focus, calm down, become aware, and begin to see things as they are. A properly trained mind is one ready for Awakening. This is perfect for people who have practiced some meditation and want to advance their practice. All participants are requested to observe silence during the day. Prior experience in meditation or in our Zen classes is recommended but not required. Free and open to the public. Space is limited. Email or call the Zen Center to pre-register. * Sunday Morning Zen Retreat- 4 sitting/walking sessions during the day. Each session is around 40 minutes. Date/Time: 9AM-12:30PM (Sunday), 9/12‧26； 10/3‧10‧24‧31；11/7‧14‧28；12/5‧12‧19
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Go Vegetarian One Day A Week－Be kind to your body. Be kind to the animals. Be kind to our planet. |
If everyone make a slight change in our diet, we can make a real difference to our world. Director of IPCC, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has stated that the meat and dairy industry contributes 18% of all the greenhouse gases that causes global warming. In comparison, all the air, land, and water traffic produces 13%. (IPCC shared the Noble Peace Prize with Al Gore in 2007.) We are encouraging people everywhere to pledge "Go Vegetarian 1 Day A Week". (more than 1 day is even better, of course). Show your support by pledging (joining) the Facebook group -sign up to join Go Vegetarian One Day A Week we created. If you're not on Facebook, please make your pledge by signing up at the Zen Center of Sunnyvale. Our goal: 100,000 people. This will effect a change of lifestyle for human beings.>> Read More >> Buddhism and Vegetarianism -by Grand Master Wei Chueh
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