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    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.