Our latest version of the Temple Chant Book is complete! After over a year of reviews and edits, our Second Edition Temple Chant Book is complete and ready to print! Now we need your help to get them printed. Because we are printing these in the U.S., each book costs …
Good news! The Intro to Buddhist Meditation Class starts again on Saturday, February 27, 2021. Master Thích Quang Trí will be leading the class every second and fourth Saturday of the month at 10am. This year’s series will mainly focus on the Anapanasati Sutta (Mindfulness of Breathing), as it is …
Good news! Our Buddhism 101 Class will start back up again (virtually, via ZOOM) on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 6:30-7:30pm. Senior Member Alex Quiros will lead the classes every 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Tuesday of the month. Please be sure to join the Buddhism 101 Facebook Group and also …
Verse for Opening a Sutra The unsurpassed, profound and wonderful Dharma is difficult to encounter in hundreds or millions of eons. I now see and hear it, receive and uphold it, and I vow to fathom the Tathagata’s true meaning. Namo Shakyamuni Buddha (3x)(BELL) Namo Great Assembly of Buddhas and …
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The Four Immeasurables (Brahmavihara) are important virtues Buddhists cultivate, practice, and meditate on. They are also known as the “four immeasurable abodes” and the “four infinite minds.” They are: loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative (or empathetic) joy, and equanimity. Loving-kindnessLoving-kindness (Maitri/Metta) is the altruistic wish that all sentient beings, without any exception, …
Before the Buddha attained enlightenment during his days as an ascetic, he traveled with five companions. They all believed that enlightenment could be attained through extreme self-mortification and deprivation by fasting, sleeping on stones, enduring all weather conditions – doing all this and more in the belief that making themselves …
Ksitigarbha’s name may be translated as “Earth Store,” “Earth Treasury,” or “Earth Womb.” He is usually depicted as a monk with a shaven head, holding a staff in one hand and a Mani jewel in the other. The staff is used to force open the gates of hell and the …
The Noble Eightfold Path (āryāṣṭāṅgamārga) described by the Buddha is the path that leads to the end of suffering. It is a practical guideline for ethical and mental development with the goal of freeing ourselves from the Three Poisons (ignorance, greed, and anger). The Eightfold Path is not a step-by-step …
The Four Noble Truths (catvāri āryasatyāni) is the central doctrine of Buddhism. The Four Truths explain the nature of suffering (dukkha), its causes, its cessation, and the path to its cessation. Our suffering, or unsatisfactoriness, has three main aspects: 1) physical and mental suffering of birth, aging, sickness, and death; …
