The Vietnamese American Buddhist Association of Austin, TX is holding a Thanksgiving Retreat on November 25, 2017 at Phap Nhan Temple. The retreat will include morning exercises, meditation, chanting, a Dharma talk about the meaning of gratitude, and a ceremony to take refuge in the Triple Gem. Attendees are invited to spend time at the temple for the Thanksgiving ceremony and are asked to submit their name and photo for an ordination certificate. The goal is to foster gratitude to various figures through Buddhist teachings and practices.
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The Invitation Letter of Attending Thanksgiving Retreat 2017
The Vietnamese American Buddhist Association of Austin, TX is holding a Thanksgiving Retreat on November 25, 2017 at Phap Nhan Temple. The retreat will include morning exercises, meditation, chanting, a Dharma talk about the meaning of gratitude, and a ceremony to take refuge in the Triple Gem. Attendees are invited to spend time at the temple for the Thanksgiving ceremony and are asked to submit their name and photo for an ordination certificate. The goal is to foster gratitude to various figures through Buddhist teachings and practices.
The Vietnamese American Buddhist Association of Austin, TX is holding a Thanksgiving Retreat on November 25, 2017 at Phap Nhan Temple. The retreat will include morning exercises, meditation, chanting, a Dharma talk about the meaning of gratitude, and a ceremony to take refuge in the Triple Gem. Attendees are invited to spend time at the temple for the Thanksgiving ceremony and are asked to submit their name and photo for an ordination certificate. The goal is to foster gratitude to various figures through Buddhist teachings and practices.
Vietnamese American Buddhist Association of Austin, TX
Phap Nhan Temple - A nonprofit Organization
136 The Ranch Road, Del Valle, TX 78617 Tel: 512-366-2686 www.phapnhan.net/ www.phapnhantemple.com Email: phapnhantemple@gmail.com
The Invitation Letter of Attending Thanksgiving Retreat 2017
We know Thanksgiving, first of all, is a proper chance for us to have free time to turn back to reunite and pay a visit to families. In Buddhism, the Thanksgiving has come from the Buddha time. Indeed, when mentioning the Thanksgiving, we immediately think about duties and responsibilities for Gratitude Gratefulness, or Thankfulness between this generation and previous generation, between living people and dead people, between givers and receivers, between transmitters and connectors, etc. In Buddhism, the path of peace, enlightenment, and awakening, Gratitude has many different ways as follows: 1/ Gratitude to grandparents and parents for their nourishment and giving birth to us. 2/ Gratitude to the Buddha, the wonderful Dharma, and the Sangha. 3/ Gratitude to secular and spiritual teachers for their education. 4/ Gratitude to friends and intellectuals. 5/a. Gratitude to national heroes for their responsibilities to have founded and defended the country from ancient time until now; b. Gratitude to nations where we were born, have grown up, cultivated, learnt, lived, and worked. 6/ Gratitude to disciples, Monastics, and lay people for their duties to learn, understand, spread, protect the Dharma, and shine up the light of Dharma in the present and in the future right in the world. And 6/ Gratitude to children and grandchildren for their ability to maintain the continuity of a family line, blood and spiritual families. With the above specific meanings, in this year the Phap Nhan Temple will hold Thanksgiving Retreat on Saturday, November 25, 2017. Please see and read the following schedule happily. 05:00 am: Wake up 05:30am: Morning exercises 06:00 am Meditation practice 06:30 am: Chanting and praying 07:30 am: Having breakfast 08:00 am: Doing personal activities 09:00 am: Welcome everyone to Phap Nhan Temple 09:30 am The Course of Thanksgiving Chanting 10:00 am: Dharma Talk about the meanings of Thanksgiving 11:30 am: Singing meditation songs 12:00 am: Making offerings to the Sangha and having mindfulness lunch 01:00 pm: Rest 02:00 pm: Tea Meditation and Dharma discussion 03:00pm: Performing the Ceremony of Taking Refuge in the Triple Gem and transmitting the five Ethical Trainings1 04:00 pm: The close of activities. You are cordially invited to spend your appropriate time coming to the Temple to attend the Thanksgiving Ceremony. May you and your loved ones be well, happy, and peaceful in the Dharma. The Abbot of Phap Nhan Temple Dharma Teacher Thch Trng S
1 Please write your full name, DOB, and an ID picture, and then send them soon to the Phap Nhan Temple so that Dharma Master will fill them in the Certificate of Ordination for you.