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| Desert Zen Center - Chùa Thiên Ân |
| a Zen Buddhist temple dedicated to teaching meditation to everyone |
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10 a.m.
Meditation
Dharma Talk
Chanting
September 30 - Roshi October
7- Su Co Tam Huong 14 - Thay Minh Nhat 21 - Roshi 28 - Roshi
Service is followed by fellowship and light refreshments
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Can't make Sunday Service?
Visit the Dharma Talk Archive at DesertZenCenter.org
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Meditation & Dharma Class
Thursday Nights
Starting 10/11/2012 (10/4 canceled) 7 p.m.
Upcoming studies this Fall begin with the Diamond Sutra.
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Everything changes...
October 12-14 - Sesshin / Retreat
November
2 - Renunciation Day (Anniversary of the day Avalokitesvara took Bodhisattva Precepts)
10 - Special Bodhisattva Day at the Temple & Ceremony Giving Bodhisattva Precepts
December
7-9 - Rohatsu Sesshin
8 - Bodhi Day (Anniversary of Buddha's Enlightenment)
16 - Bodhi Day Celebration at DZC
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Audio Talks
Updated
Dharma elves have been busy; as of this newsletter, the audio files are current on our website. See what you may have missed at:
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 | | Su Co shows off her new grey rakusu and shares grins with Anagarika Ananda |
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Sangha Stuff Bulletin Board
What we're up to
(never mind the grammar!)
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Winter Rains Training
During the Buddha's time, the Sangha gathered together during the months of monsoon to practice in community. This year at DZC, we began our Winter Rains Training Period in September with our first Fall Day at the Temple and will continue through mid-December.
Dharma Class Starting October 11th (*October 4th class canceled*)
During the three months of training at Temple (ending in mid-December), we will be focusing on meditation, chanting and sutra/precept study on Thursday nights.
Our first text for this period will be the Diamond Sutra, (Sanskrit: Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sutra = Diamond/VajraCutter Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, Vietnamese: Kim cương bát-nhã-ba-la-mật-đa kinh, or simply Kim cương kinh).
You may borrow a copy from us or read online here.
Sesshin/Retreats RSVP required October 12-14: Sesshin
December 7-9: Rohatsu Sesshin
Sesshin are silent meditation weekend retreats, lasting from
8 p.m. Friday through end of Service/lunch on Sunday.
Plan to stay at the temple overnight on Friday and Saturday.
(see below for details)
November 10: Day at the Temple
A special teaching Day at the Temple, beginning at 9 a.m.,
focusing on the Bodhisattva Precepts. Laypeople will have the opportunity to formally be given these precepts during a twilight ceremony.
Practice Challenge Whether or not you are able to attend class and retreats with us, participate in the training period by joining us in putting into practice these suggestions for cultivation:
- Meditate daily in front of your home shrine
Note: if you already practice, increase your daily meditation (for example, from 10 to 15 minutes,
from 20 to 30 minutes)
- Keep a vegetarian diet on the 15th and last day of
the month.
- Read and study a sutra for 15 to 20 minutes a day.
- Recite the Heart Sutra daily at home.
- Bow, offer incense and fresh water at your home
shrine daily.
- Recite the name of the Buddha, Namo Sakyamuni
Buddha, when rising in the morning and when going
to bed at night.
- Recite a daily mala (108) of Om Mani Padme Hum
- Learn some of the gathas recited by the monks for
daily activities. A list of gathas may be found here.
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Sesshin: October 12-14
RSVP please
Join us for a weekend of silent meditation: zazen (sitting), kinhin (walking). samu (working) & mindfulness throughout the day & night. Formal meals & opportunities for dokusan (formal interview with Roshi).
Arrive early Friday evening to be ready to begin meditation at 8 p.m. Stay at DZC Friday and Saturday nights. Sesshin ends Sunday after lunch.
Bring sleeping bag/bedding, towels & personal toiletries. Dress in comfortable, loose clothing; layers are a good choice as weather is unpredictable. Although the day may be warm, even hot, nights may be cool. Bring work clothes, sturdy shoes, hat and gloves. Plan to leave the world (e.g. cell phones, watches, and so forth) outside the Zendo door.
Formal, ample, vegetarian meals provided.
Advise in advance of dietary restrictions and, unless medically necessary, please do not bring snacks or treats.
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DZC does not charge for retreats;
donations are most gratefully received.
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Vu Lan (Ullambana)
September 16th, 2012
In honor of our ancestors,
In remembrance of family, friends and all sentient beings
who have passed on, and
In deepest appreciation of our mothers.
See a lovely set of additional photos
by Eric and Ella Reed,
click here.*
*You may also choose to view them as a slideshow... look for the "button" to the right, just above the photos.
(And, while we're at it, let us note the joys of having a "lineage" of professional photographers at Temple!)
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The Mala-making Workshop in August :
good fun and quite productive.
Although restringing, repairing and replacing became the focus,
several new malas came into being, too.
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Photos by Eric Reed
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Our new Anagarika
