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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
May
12 - Roshi
Mother's Day Observed
19 - Su Co Tam Huong Roshi traveling 26 - Roshi Renewing the Precepts June
2 - Roshi 9 - Thay Minh Nhat 16 - Roshi 23 - Roshi 30 - Su Co Tam Huong Renewing the Precepts
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Service is followed by fellowship and light refreshments
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Can't make Sunday Service?
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Visit the Dharma Talk Archive at DesertZenCenter.org
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Meditation & Dharma Class
Thursday Nights
7 p.m.
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Event Schedule
Life is uncertain...
Everything changes
RETREATS:
Days at the Temple:
5/10-12, 10/11-13
and 12/13-15
SWAP MEET:
5/25
IBEC Dharma Talks Roshi - 1st Sunday
Su co - 4th Sunday
of every month
Note: DZC plans various events on the second Saturday of every month.
Why not mark your calendars now?.
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Did you forget? please RSVP
Sesshin This Weekend
Friday/Saturday/Sunday
May 10, 11, & 12
begins 8 p.m. Friday, ends after Service on Sunday
A weekend Teaching Retreat on Dogen Zenji, the founder of the Soto Zen School in Japan, focusing on meditation (sitting, walking, working, eating... just being) in a formal group setting, enhanced by Dharma talks & opportunities for individual, formal interviews with the Master.
Please plan to arrive early on Friday evening, so that we may begin promptly at 8:00, and to stay at temple overnight Friday & Saturday.
Bring: Sleeping bag/bedding, towels & personal toiletries, flashlight.
Dress: Comfortable, loose clothing; layers are a good choice. You will need a jacket, work clothes, sturdy shoes, hat and gloves. Weather is unpredictable, hot to cold - and back again - in the same day. Leave the world (e.g. cell phones, watches, and so forth) outside the Zendo door. Please do not use during the Sesshin.
Formal, ample, vegetarian meals provided. Unless medically necessary, please do not bring snacks.
DZC does not charge for retreats;
donations are most gratefully received.
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Apologies
for delays in updating the website and sending out emails.
Su co has been under the weather and dragging her tail,
but has plans to bring you up to date with new audio files, Dharma talks, photos, recommended links, etc., etc.
Palms together!
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International Buddhist Education Center
(IBEC)
at White Lotus Dharma Center
13071 Brookhurst Street, Garden Grove, CA 92843
Has a new website -- www.IBECWhiteLotus.org
- 5-26 Dharma talk by Su co Thich Nu Tam Huong
- 6-02 " " H.T. Thich An Giao Roshi
- 6-23 " " Su co Thich Nu Tam Huong
- 7-07 " " H.T. Thich An Giao Roshi
- 7-28 " " Su co Thich Nu Tam Huong
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DZC Building Project fundraising events:
Saturday, May 25th
Look for our table at the
Golden West College
SWAP MEET
15744 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Still seeking donations in good condition:
anything that isn't breathing or used to breathe!
Need Info or want to donate/volunteer?
contact Quynh Nguyen at 714/768-8483
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All I teach is Loving Kindness
- The Very Venerable T.T. Thích Minh Nhat 
I read a quote that I loved, which got me thinking that it touched on Loving Kindness.
The quote was,
"It's nice to be important, but it's more important
to be be nice."
How many times in our lives can we remember back to a time when somebody was nice to us and we never forgot that kind act?
Being nice is part of Loving Kindness and compassion.
The Reverend Jesse Jackson was asked once about the subject of caring and being nice and what it meant to him. He said it reminded him never to look down on somebody unless you are helping him get up.
Being nice to others involves our speech. The Buddha said, "The tongue is like a sharp knife. It can destroy without shedding blood."
It only takes seconds to open profound wounds in others, including those we love. Yet, it takes many years to heal those wounds.
.Always remember that people may forget what you have said or done but never how you made them feel.
Let this be a part of your Practice as you walk the Path of the Buddha.
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