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Fanning the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra at the conclusion of the Mountain Seat Ceremonies.
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Read moreSunday 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.
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Download Sutra Book PDF here.
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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 moreSunday 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.
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.
Sunday 4/11
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service
Head Teacher Ejo McMullen
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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!
Sunday, November 7th
10:00am - 11:30am
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The Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts represent our aspiration to live an ethical life, as well as our commitment to the continual inquiry that such a life demands. Join us as several of our friends in the Dharma and members of the Buddha Eye community receive the Bodhisattva Precepts in a special ceremony.
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Sunday 10/24
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service
Abbot Ejo McMullen
Join us this Sunday as Abbot Ejo McMullen retells the origin of Segaki and speaks about the significants of the ritual
Read moreSunday 10/10
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service
Dharma Teacher Myobun Esther Tishman
Join Myobun this Sunday, as she explores this landscape of the awakening heart. Let’s traipse this mountainside together.
Read moreSunday 10/3
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service
Head Monk Genjo Yorke
“Way-Seeking Mind” talks express the core of what sustains a practitioner on the path of awakening.
Read moreSunday 9/26
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service Head Teacher Ejo McMullen
The community's integrity, vibrancy, and generosity have now made it possible for us not only to honor Ejo as the first abbot of Buddha Eye, but to establish the "office of the abbot" through which successive abbots will care for the temple and community for generations to come.
Read moreSunday 9/19
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service
Join us for the official beginning of our Practice Term and the welcoming of Jikie, Reiko, and Ogyoku as Koji Trainees.
Read moreSunday 9/12
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service
Disciple Shin'ei Brown
The finding and telling of our story, seeped within the mystery.
Read moreTuesday, 9/14
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Join Anyu as she leads a “forest bath” on the Ridgeline Trail at Blanton Ridge. Forest Therapy is inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, which translates to “forest bath.”
Sunday 8/29
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service
Head Teacher Ejo McMullen
This Sunday, Ejo will discuss the importance of deliberately turning toward practice and the many opportunities Buddha Eye Temple is offering this fall.
Community Circles are small groups of individuals exploring their lives and experiences through sharing, compassionate listening, and the unfolding of the Dharma. Unlike classes, community circles will focus primarily on the sharing of personal reflection from the participants, facilitated by a senior practitioner or teacher.
Read moreCeremonies mark our lives as gateways. This Fall, Buddha Eye Temple and its community will enact the very important "Mountain Seat" Ceremony, which will include a variety of special events. Known as "Shinzanshiki," the Mountain Seat Ceremony is very unique in the life of a Teacher and a Temple, but it also reminds us of the all-pervasive nature of Awakening.
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Buddha Eye Temple holds a variety of retreats, known as Sesshin throughout the year. Sesshin, which translates to "gathering the mind" is a deep and committed time for Zazen, chanting, working together, and meeting each moment as it arises, all in silence.
Read moreThis page contains resources for Buddha Eye Temple’s Spring 2022 Practice Term.
Read moreSeptember 19th - December 12th, 2021
This Fall and Winter 2021, Buddha Eye Temple will embark on a very special suite of programming surrounding the upcoming "Mountain Seat" Ceremony. Please click here to see a comprehensive guide to our programming.