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January 02,2010 - March 31, 2010
will not be opened to visitors
Chuang Yen Monastery is located in a rural area of Putnam County, New York off Route 301, between Carmel and Cold Spring. The winter weather is always cold and often icy, so the roads become too treacherous to drive on. Visitors have often had accidents, although fortunately, no one has been seriously hurt. We, at the Monastery, wish to avoid any further accidents or injuries that may occur, so we have made this decision.
We wish visitors would not come to CYM when the weather makes the roads too dangerous. If any accident occurs we cannot take responsibility for it.
However, we will be opened for Chinese New Year Eve and New Year, feb.14th & 15th, inclusive. Beginning April 1st, we will resume our normal schedule, 9:00am to 5:00pm, all week.
Meditation: 9:00am ~ 10:00am
Dharma Talk: 10:00am ~ 11:00am
Place: Kuan-Yin Hall
Book Discussion: 11am ~ noon
Place: Xu-Yun Memorial Hall
(Great Buddha Hall Ground Floor)
There is no fee for this program.
To be sure that the program will be held on a particular Sunday, please call: Kaity Hsiu at (845) 225-1819, ext 104, or visit our web site at www.baus.org
The Majjhima Nikaya, the Middle Length Discourses, is one of the oldest collections of the Buddhaˇ¦s original teachings. The Majjhima Nikaya has been described as the Buddhist scripture that combines the richest variety of scenarios with the deepest and most wide-ranging selection of teachings. The suttasˇXfull of drama, reasoned arguments, and brilliant parablesˇXbring the Buddha to life in the full glory of his resplendent wisdom and compassionate humanity. This course will offer the opportunity to study the Majjhima Nikaya with one of the co-translators of the popular and influential English translation, The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha. In this first part of the course, we will examine a selection from the first fifty suttas, which cover topics ranging from the Buddhaˇ¦s life, to instructions in basic ethics, to guidelines on meditation and early Buddhist philosophy. Each class will begin with a half-hour of guided meditation, followed by lecture and discussion of the sutta and ending with a ˇ§sharing of meritsˇ¨ recitation.
Basic textbook: Bhikkhu Ñānamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi, translators, The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha (Wisdom Publications).
Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Noble Eightfold Path (free copy available from Chuang Yen Monastery)
To register for the class please call:
Kaity Hsiu Tel: (845) 225-1819 x 104
Date: Every Wednesday (Sunday) 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Place: West 25 43rd Street, Rm# 1000, 10/F., (between 5th Ave & 6th Ave), Manhattan, NY
"The path of purification" (Visuddhimagga) is regarded as a best detailed manual for meditators. It systematically summarizes and interprets the teaching of the Buddha and meditation methods contained in the Pali Tipitaka. This manual comprises the Buddhist essential Threefold Training in Sīla (discipline), Samādhi (meditation) and Paññā (wisdom). For the first time perhaps in the history of America, we are reading this leading Theravadin treatise in English under the guidance of Ven. Dhammadipa (Fa Yao). The readings and discussions will not only be focused on the structural and practical perspective, but also draw on the information from the early Buddhist texts (Āgama/Nikāya). The aim of this discussion is to clarify the very pragmatic concepts of practices systematically, in return it will be valuable help to study concentration and insight meditation in any Buddhist tradition. The discussions are welcome for all levels of participants who humbly join in the open discussion without premeditated and sectarian thoughts.
For Further Information, please contact Ann Chow, achow1225@yahoo.com
CLASSES IN BUDDHISM
Dharma Training Program
The Dharma Training Program is a three-year curriculum of Buddhist studies designed to give students an in-depth understanding of Buddhism and Buddhist practice in the three major traditions--Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. The first year of the program provides a broad overview of Buddhism. The second year focuses on Buddhist sutras. The third year focuses on Buddhist philosophy and applications such as science, psychology, and psychotherapy. New students may enter the program in any of the three years and, having completed all three years in any order, are awarded a certificate. An optional fourth year (by invitation of the teacher) prepares students to become lay Dharma teachers. Those who complete the fourth year satisfactorily may be ordained in the Dharma Teacher Order. DTO members have started sanghas, created a correspondence course for prison inmates, taken monastic ordination, and found many creative ways to use their training in service to the Dharma.
you can also contact:
Julie Wagner Tel: (203) 589-1031 email: juwagner@uchc.edu;
Bill Ford Tel: (914) 438-8178 email: fcanhelp@optonline.net;
Jennifer Wheeler email: jennifer@cloudbanner.com
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