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January 02, 2008 - March 31, 2008 will not be open 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.6th & 7th, inclusive, vegetarian lunch will be provided only on Feb 7th at 12pm. Beginning March 31st, we will resume our normal schedule, 9:00am to 5:00pm, all week.
Chuang Yen Monastery
December, 2007
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 visit our web site at www.baus.org
To be sure that the program will be held on a particular Sunday, please call Ven. Sudharma (845) 225-1819 x115, or
visit our web site at www.baus.org
Led By Manikanto Bhikkhu
August 24: Basic Buddhism - I
September 28: Basic Buddhism - II
Meditation: 9:00am -11:00 am
Dharma Talk: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Place: Kuan Yin Hall
Ven. Manikanto was born on May 7, 1965 in Thailand. He became a fully ordained monk on 12/1/87, into the order of Thai Buddhist monks of the Dhammakaya Temple, main branch, in Patumthani, Thailand. The Dhammakaya Temple is the largest Buddhist temple in Thailand, and has many local temples around the world. Ven. Manikanto has both a Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree in Buddhist Philosophy. He has been the Acting Abbot of Dhammakaya Temples in London, UK and Belgium. He presently is the director of Buddhist Educational Programs in New Jersey. For the past year Ven. Manikanto has been residing at The Dhammakaya International Meditation Center, in Fanwood, NJ, where, in addition to managing the educational programs, he offers weekly English Dhamma Talks and Meditation Classes, as well as Dhamma Talks and Meditation Classes in Thai. Also, Ven. Manikanto translates and edits the Lord Buddha's Dhamma in the form of books, case studies on the law of kamma, and many other Dhamma projects.
For information, please contact: Rev. Sudharma (845) 228-4288 x 115 or e-mail: bauscym@aol.com (Attention: Rev. Sudharma)
Sati Meditation incorporates rhythmic bodily movements to cultivate awareness of the body and the mind. This ultimately leads to direct and profound understandings of the origin of and the liberation from suffering in human experiences. Sati Meditation is a form of vipassana (insight) meditation introduced by Luangpor Teean Jittasubho (1911 ¡V 1988) of Thailand. This unique form of meditation is especially suitable for today¡¦s society because experienced practitioners can practice the meditation in their daily life.
Sati Meditation Workshop - 2008
Sati Meditation will be taught by Dr. Dwight Chien. He has more than 10 years of experience in this unique form of meditation. He has practiced under many renowned Sati Meditation masters including: Luangpor Khamkhian, Achan Thong, Achan Da, Achan Maha-Direk, and Achan Khemananda.
The workshop includes Sati Meditation teaching, practice, and a question/answer period. Each workshop is open to public and can be taken separately. The Program starts at 1:00 pm and ends at 2:30 pm in Kuan Yin Hall, and is free of charge. The workshop is held on the second Saturday of each month except November.
The dates are: April 12, May 10, June 14, July 12, August 9, September 13, October 11, and December 13.
For more information, please contact Yen Ming Wang (718)352-2439, Dwight Chien (908)769-0212, or Chuang Yen Monastery (845)225-1819.
Faithfully preserved by generations of monks, the Pali suttas are the closest that we can come to what the Buddha himself actually taught during his teaching career of forty-five years. Though the Pali suttas themselves belong to the Theravāda school, their teachings are not the property of any one school of Buddhism but are common ground, the shared heritage of the entire Buddhist tradition and the source for all the streams of Buddhist thought and practice that were to emerge through the centuries. It is said that to understand any form of Buddhism well, it is necessary to understand the root-teachings transmitted in the Pali suttas.
This course will continue the systematic study of the suttas that began this past autumn, using as a primary textbook Bhikkhu Bodhi’s anthology, In the Buddha’s Words. The course will be suitable both for relative newcomers to Buddhism as well as for more advanced students who wish to study the Dharma in greater depth. Though the course will continue where we left off in the fall, with chapter VI, newcomers will be able to follow the talks and are welcome to attend.
Basic text: Bhikkhu Bodhi, editor: In the Buddha's Words - ITBW (Wisdom Publications). Also recommended: Bhikkhu �ānamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi, translators, The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha (Wisdom Publications).
Recommended (but not required) Rupert Gethin, The Foundations of Buddhism (Oxford University Press)
To register for the class please call:
1. Ven. Sudharma Tel: (845) 225-1819 x 115
2. Alan Mills Tel: (617) 332-1046
Email:alan.mills1@earthlink.net
3. Elaine Heffernan Tel: (914) 276-0548
Email:heffernanjames@earthlink.net
CLASSES IN BUDDHISM
Dharma Training Program
The Program is designed to give the student an in-depth understanding of Buddhism and Buddhist practice in the three major Buddhist traditions - Theravada, Mahayana, and Tantrayana. The first year of the Program provides a broad overview of Buddhism, the second year focuses on Buddhist sutras (writings attributed to the Buddha), the third year focuses on Buddhist philosophy and application such as science, psychology, and psychotherapy. Students who complete the three-year Program receive a Certificate of Buddhist Studies.
Dharma Teachers Program
Students who complete the Dharma Training Program may be invited by Ven. Hoang to enter the one-year Dharma Teacher Training Program to prepare for membership in the Dharma Teachers Order, an order of lay teachers founded by Ven. Hoang to spread the Dharma in the United States. Students who complete the Dharma Teachers Program are ordained by Rev. Hoang, and become members of the Dharma Teachers Order.
Requirements for Each Year of the Program
o Tuition for either Program is a donation of $100 per year made at the beginning of the class year to support the program.
o Attendance at each scheduled class, or a written summary of the week¡¦s text, submitted to Ven. Hoang.
o Retreat attendance at a designated location:
o Three one-day retreats.
o A three-day retreat.
o In addition, students are encouraged to attend other retreats.
o Participation in the 'Dharma Festival' that ends the three-day retreat. (Students answer questions posed by Ven, Hoang about the material covered during the year).
Additional Requirement for Year Two
o A ten-page paper on any subject that includes Buddhist issues.
Our Teacher
Venerable Thich Tri Hoang
The programs are conducted every other Saturday by Ven. Thich Tri Hoang. The Venerable Thich Tri Hoang was ordained in Vietnam at age 24. He has studied Buddhism extensively under many Vietnamese Venerables including Thich Nhat Hanh. He has led Buddhist meditation retreats in Holland, France, and England for many years, and is currently a Dharma Advisor at Chuang Yen Monastery.
For further information please call:
Julie Wagner Tel: (203) 589-1031 email: jwwagner@uchc.edu;
Bill Ford Tel: (914) 438-8178 email: fcanhelp@optonline.net;
Richard Baksa Tel: (727) 947-4081 email: rjbhhh3@mac.com.
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