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a Zen Buddhist temple dedicated to teaching meditation to everyone
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10 a.m.
Meditation
Dharma Talk
Chanting
January 2011
23 - Roshi
30 - Tâm Hu'o'ng
February
6 - New YearCelebration
Reaffirming the Precepts
13 - Roshi
20 - Thầy Minh Nhâ't
27 - Tâm Hu'o'ng
Service is followed by fellowship and light refreshments
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Meditation & Dharma Class
Thursday Nights
7 p.m.
Every Thursday night, we gather in the Zendo for meditation, followed by training practice and, then, fellowship & Dharma class in the Sangha Hall.
We are currently studying the Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (aka the Platform Sutra)
Please join us.
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Save the date: Sunday, February 6th, 2011
Tết Nguyên Đán
Welcoming in the Year of the Rabbit!
This year, February 3rd marks the official start of the Lunar New Year, known as Tết Nguyên Đán (or simply as Tết) in Vietnam, and we'll be holding our celebration on the following Sunday, February 6th, complete with a Ceremony of Reaffirming the Precepts and a fabulous potluck luncheon.
The most important and popular festival of the year, Tết Nguyên Đán literally means "Feast of the First Morning" in Sino-Vietnamese. Traditionally marking the coming of Spring, Tết is a joyous time for visiting friends and family, remembering loved ones, and exchanging gifts and good wishes.
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"All I teach is Loving Kindness."
-- Thây Thích Minh Nhat
Metta = Loving Kindness(Sanskrit)
Practicing Metta is walking the path of the Bodhisattva. What does it mean to walk this road?
Does one have to become a saint or is it simply the commitment to reach out to others?
I feel the Zen priest/poet Ryōkan expressed it so well in one of his poems:
"O, that my priest's robe
was wide enough
to gather up
all the suffering people
in this floating world."
Ask yourself: How wide is your "robe"?
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Website Update
Now that we're past the holiday hiatus, we find ourselves with many photos, Dharma Talks and miscellaneous goodies (including a couple videos) to be posted on the website.
We're on it, slowly but surely. And many thanks for your patience in the light of our (my) lnertia. Palms together, Tam Hu'o'ng |
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 Introducing Thương Tọa Thích Minh Tri & Ni Sư Thích Minh Chau
Transmission of the Light On December 5, 2010, the Most Venerable Thích Ân Giao Roshi gave Dharma Mind Seal Transmission to Ken Hogaku Sho McGuire and Fern Shin Getsu Myosen McGuire, both of the Soto Zen lineage of Soyu Matsuoka Roshi, recognizing each of them as a Great Master.
With this ceremony, they have been brought into the 83rd generation of the Vietnamese Lâm Tế (Rinzai) Zen lineage, where they will be known as Thương Tọa Thích Minh Tri (Ken Roshi, aka "Bright Mind" of the Sakyamuni clan) and Ni Sư Thích Minh Chau (Fern Roshi, aka "Bright Pearl" of the Sakyamuni clan). Welcome to the family!
For more information on Great Masters Bright Mind and Bright Pearl or their Dharma Mountain Zendo, click the Quicklinks in the red box in the above left column. Click the photo below to see our web photo album for this event. The formal ceremony coincided with DZC's Rohatsu/Buddha's Enlightenment Day celebration and was followed by great fellowship at a potluck luncheon. |
Do not permit the events of your life to bind you,
but never withdraw yourself from them.
- Huang-Po.
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Desert Zen Center www.DesertZenCenter.org Thích Ân Giáo Roshi
10989 Buena Vista Road (760) 985-4567
Lucerne Valley, CA 92356-7303 email: roshiDZC@hotmail.com
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