TRUC LAM MONASTERY 

NEW YEAR’S PROGRAM – YEAR OF THE DRAGON 2012

 

*MINDFULNESS DAY (Vietnamese)

Saturday January 7, 2012

 

*BUDDHA’S ENLIGHTENMENT CEREMONY

Sunday January 8, 2012

10:30 AM –Ceremony –Dharma talk

*MINDFULNESS DAY (English Speaking)

Saturday January 14, 2012 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

 *ANCESTOR MEMORIAL & YEAR’S END CEREMONY

Sunday January 15, 2012

10:30 am      – Service – Dharma Talk – Ancestor offering

*NEW YEAR MARKET

Saturday January 21, 2012 from 10:00 am. to 10:00 pm.

(selling vegetarian and flowers)

 

*NEW YEAR’S EVE CEREMONY

Sunday January 22, 2012

10:30 am –Service  -Dharma talk – Lunch – Entertainment

06:00 pm – Beginning Anew Ceremony

07:00 pm – Refreshment and Entertainment

10:00 pm – New Year’s Eve Ceremony

* THE FIRST 3 DAYS OF THE NEW YEAR

January 23-25, 2012

10:30 am      – New Year’s Prayer -  Ancestor offering

07:30 pm     – Chanting Medicine Sutra

(from January 23 to March 11, 2012 there will be Medicine Buddha Chanting every day at 7:30 pm.

Sundays at 2:00 pm)

* FIRST FULL MOON CEREMONY

Sunday February 5, 2012

10:30 am      – Blessing ceremony – Dharma talk – Ancestor offering

02:00 pm     – Medicine Buddha chanting

* QUAN YIN CEREMONY

Sunday March 11, 2012

10:30 am      – Quan-Yin Boddhisattva’s ceremony

02:00 pm     – Ending Medicine Buddha Chanting

*RETREAT at WESTLOCK MEDITATION CENTRE

From April 6-8 (Vietnamese Sangha)

We would like to invite you all to particpate these important events during our Lunar New Year.  For more information please contact us at (780) 471-1093.