All too often, our approach to understanding is to move toward. We step in the direction of what we see as a teaching or a problem to illuminate and transform. But stepping back and receiving is equally, if not more, important. It takes a special kind of discipline to listen deeply.
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Tuesday Evening Classes
On Tuesday evenings, we offer a variety of Dharma classes led by senior students and elder practitioners. These classes will cover a variety of topics over the course of the Practice Term. Joining a class is a great way to deepen our understanding of the Dharma, and build community with our fellow travelers on the Path.
Read moreImagining Awakening
What is it like to be firmly rooted upon the vehicle of Buddha’s great awakening? What is a step on that path? What twists, turns, and transformations meet us as we are walking, waking? Join us this Sunday as we explore Lotus Sutra’s core vision of liberation.
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Centering Fire
This week our Abbot Ejo McMullen will discuss the vital role that spiritual fire has to play on the path and how what can burn can also warm, shed light, and center our being.
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Parinirvana and Term Opening
"Prajnaparamita: Mother of the Buddha, Part 5"
"Prajnaparamita: Mother of the Buddha, Part 4"
"Thich Nhat Hanh (1926 - 2022)"
Sunday 1/23
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Ceremony
Abbot Ejo McMullen
On January 22nd in Huế, Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, Vietnam, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh passed away peacefully. This Sunday, January 23rd, at 10:00am, Buddha Eye Temple will hold a special ceremony to mark his passing and celebrate his life.
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"Prajnaparamita: Mother of the Buddha, Part 3"
Listening Session for Kid's Sangha
Wednesdays 1/19, 1/26, 2/2
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Led by Koji Reiko Rain Rue
(Attend on-line only)
Join any or all of these three listening sessions to collectively envision welcoming kids and families back to the temple for our Kids Sangha, after this long hiatus since March 2020. These listening sessions are for all Buddha Eye community members who have an interest in exploring what we have to offer kids through the rich diversity of generations, and how we can support each other to live out the dharma together throughout space and time here and now.
Read more"Prajnaparamita: Mother of the Buddha, Part 2"
"Prajnaparamita: Mother of the Buddha
Sunday 1/2
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service
Abbot Ejo McMullen
Prajnaparamita, the Mother of the Buddhas, is not only a body of ancient, philosophical texts: she is the embodiment of the womb of the Tatagathas. We pay special reverence to her at Buddha Eye Temple, especially during the New Year season. Join us as Ejo explores the deep significance of Prajnaparamita in all her many dimensions.
(Attend in-person or online)
Download Sutra Book PDF here.
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New Year's Day Celebration - 2022
Saturday January 1st, 2022
12:00pm
Join us for a special New Year's Day Ceremony and Celebration!
Every year at Buddha Eye Temple we ring in the New Year with a simple but important ceremony, in which the Prajnaparamita Sutra books are energetically fanned.
You can attend either in person or online via zoom. Just click here at 12pm to join
Read more"Question & Response
This Sunday: "Question & Response"
Sunday 12/26
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service
Abbot Ejo McMullen
Question & Response is a lively encounter, in which the hall is opened for the community to bring forward their questions in zen, practice, and life. It is the sincere questions from the assembly that become the Dharma talk!
(Attend in-person or online)
Download Sutra Book PDF here.
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Year-End Appeal 2021
Fanning the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra at the conclusion of the Mountain Seat Ceremonies.
As we near the end of this incredible year of progress and investment, please help us continue the vitality of our temple into 2022 and beyond by contributing toward our $50,000 year-end appeal goal. Click here to donate.
Read more"Return of The Light"
Sunday 12/5
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service
Abbot Ejo McMullen
As we approach the winter solstice, a significant time across cultural and religious traditions, Abbot Ejo McMullen will speak on the return of the light in ones own heart-mind.
(Attend in-person or online)
Download Sutra Book PDF here.
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Giving Tuesday
Tuesday 11/30
Everyone has something to give and every act of generosity counts. Be a part of the global generosity movement and join us on Giving Tuesday to celebrate all acts of giving.
Read moreRoots of the Tradition
Sunday 11/21
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service
Abbot Ejo McMullen
Buddhist practice is not abstract. That is easy for us to realize as we gather at Buddha Eye to share in the tradition, but it can also be difficult for us to see how that same tradition has arrived to us through space and time.
Introduction to "Jodo-e"
Sunday 11/28
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service
Abbot Ejo McMullen
Jodo-e is very important ceremony where we come together as a community in commemoration and veneration of the Buddha's enlightenment by offering incense, chanting special sutras, and making prostrations together.
"Question and Response"
Sunday 4/11
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service
Head Teacher Ejo McMullen
(Attend in-person or online)
Question & Response is a lively encounter, in which the hall is opened for the community to bring forward their questions in zen, practice, and life. It is the sincere questions from the assembly that become the Dharma talk!