If you have not meditated before at Lotus Zen Temple, please take a few minutes to review zazen, kinhin as well as Zendo Etiquette by going to the Zen Training tab on this web site. Then, for the first time, please arrive 15 minutes earlier. You must receive sufficient orientation in order to participate at meditation.
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Meditation Schedule from January 23 to 29, 2011
SUNDAY
10:30 AM Meditation. Buddhist Service with Dharma talk
MONDAY
5:15 PM Meditation gatha* and brief Dharma reading
TUESDAY
No meditation at Lotus Temple. If you like to meditate today, please join another group meeting on Tuesday. For information, please click on the Area Meditation Groups tab on the left.
WEDNESDAY
5:15 PM Meditation gatha* and brief Dharma reading
THURSDAY
No meditation at Lotus Temple. If you like to meditate today, please join another group meeting on Thursday. For information, please click on the Area Meditation Groups tab on the left.
FRIDAY
Most Fridays at 5:30 PM Buddhist Inquiry Class at Spirit Wind Healing Arts School, 48th & St. Paul Sts. -- Due to the winter season, there are some irregularities. Please contact yindan@lotustemple.usfor more details.
SATURDAY
(closed)
*pronounced: gaatah Newsletter
The Winter 2010 edition has been published and will be available in print at the temple and online (below). Help yourself.
Memorial Service for Yin Hao (Ellen Kamil)
There will also be an official Buddhist Memorial Service on Saturday, March 12, 2011, 4 PM, held at SWHA (48th & St. Paul Ave.). Please mark your Calendar.
Unit III Training
There will be Unit III Zen training on February 4, 4-6 PM. Anyone who has taken Units I and/or II, or if you like a refresher, please feel welcomed to register. The curriculum for this unit is posted on the Members Area page. Please register at fajian@lotustemple.us
Other Items
In Memory of Yin Hao (Ellen Kamil)
We are deeply saddened upon hearing of Yin Hao’s death at the turn of the new year. We mourn the loss of a highly valued sangha member, dedicated temple board member, friend to so many people in the community and Bodhisattva role model to many sangha members. Ellen joined meditation in summer of 2009, became an avid meditant and received additional Zen training during fall of that year. In February of 2010, she took the Precepts and was given the Dharma name Yin Hao (good-hearted seal). Later on in spring she graciously offered her time and talents by joining the Temple Council (Board of Directors) in the position of treasurer. Her death is a great loss to so many people, including our community. Words cannot adequately express how much she is missed by her family, friends and all of us here at Lotus Zen Temple.
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