Zen Buddhist Ceremony - Mindful Chanting (Chinese/English)

Dharma Jewel Monastery will hold a Chinese Buddhist Ceremony monthly on Sunday morning: April 21, May 12, June 16, and July 21, 2024, from 9:15 am to 12 pm. This Zen Buddhism Sunday service reminds us to purify our mind and thus deepen our compassion and wisdom within. We sincerely invite everyone to attend this bilingual event - chanting is in Mandarin, with English transliteration and translation. You can think of it as mindful recitation meditation, or just come enjoy the fascinating experience and positive healing energy.

More about Chinese Buddhist ceremonies here:
https://dharmajewel.us/ceremony-introduction/

Schedule:
9:15am: Seating
9:30am: Ceremony begins; Lamp Offering
9:50am: Chanting the Sutra (Buddhist teaching): Compassionate Samadhi (Mindfulness) Water Repentance ( text available here http://sunnyvale.ctzen.org/wiki/dharma-gems/sutras-and-gathas/)
10:50am: Dharma Talk (Bilingual English/Chinese)
11:30am: Grand Meal Offering before the Buddhas / Blessing & Memorial Service
12pm: Vegetarian Lunch
Buddhist Ceremony Schedule: April 21, May 12, June 16, July 21, 2024 at Dharma Jewel Monastery, Chinese Buddhist temple in Atlanta and Zen Meditation Center

Also at Dharma Jewel:

--> Beginner's Meditation Class - Wednesdays at 7pm starting April 17, 2024, weekly for four months! Free course with both guided meditation as well as lecture and discussion on fundamentals of Buddhist philosophy. Come learn about Zen meditation! Missed the first week? No worries, you can still join!

--> Children's Meditation Classes on Sundays at 10am, great for kids & parents and families.

--> Guided meditation session, drop in any week, newcomers welcome, Sundays at 10am (except on ceremony days)

--> Vegetarian cooking classes, sign up with the temple directly.

--> Dharma Jewel Veggie Festival TBD
--> 1, 2, and 7 day Zen Meditation Retreats (only open to meditation class participants)
--> Zen Martial Arts & Kung Fu (only open to meditation class students)

All events are offered at no charge.
Dharma Jewel Monastery
2550 Henderson Mill Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30345.
Phone: 770-939-5008
http://www.dharmajewel.us
Atlanta branch of Chung Tai Chan Monastery in Taiwan
More Information about the Diamond Sutra (Buddhist text)
"All conditioned phenomena
Are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow,
Like dew or a flash of lightning;
Thus we shall perceive them."
The Diamond Sutra is a teaching pointing at the wisdom of understanding ultimate reality. Buddhism is rooted in cause and effect, and thus is ultimately very methodical in understanding suffering and how to alleviate it. You can find talks on Mahayana Buddhist texts from Buddhist Text Translation Society at:
http://www.buddhisttexts.org
and
http://www.cttbusa.org/

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