Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston

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Welcome to Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston
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New Series of Classes Starting May 9, 2011

• English Beginner(A)- Wednesday Evening 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Starting May 9
• English Beginner
(B)- Saturday Morning 10:00 am - noon, Starting  May 12
• English Intermediate – Saturday Afternoon 1:30 pm – 3:30pm, Starting May 12
• English Sutra Study – Thursday Evening 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Starting May 10

• English Youth Meditation Class – Friday Evening 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Starting May 11
• Chinese Language Classes (Beginner/Intermediate) – Saturday Afternoon 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, Starting May 12

• Half-day Retreat – 1st Sunday Morning 9 am to Noon
• Monthly Blessing & Repentance Ceremony – Last Sunday 9:30 am to 2:30 pm

For details, please see Meditation Classes

For upcoming events, please see Events & Activities

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CURRENT EVENT

Location

Date

Activity

Time

Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston

4/28 (Sat)

3039th Buddha’s Birthday Ceremony & Medicine Buddha Blessing Ceremony

9:30 am - 2:30 pm 

5/6 (Sun)

Half-Day Retreat

9 am - noon

5/7 (Mon)

Summer Classes Begin

5/13 (Sun)

Veggie Cooking Demonstration

(Cancelled)

10 am - noon

5/27 (Sun)

Medicine Buddha Blessing Ceremony

9:30 am - 2:20 pm 

6/3 (Sun)

Half-Day Retreat

9 am - noon

6/24 (Sun)

88 Buddhas Repentance Ceremony

9:30 am -2:20 pm 

7/1 (Sun)

Half-Day Retreat

9 am - noon

7/22 (Sun)

Medicine Buddha Blessing Ceremony / Three Refuges Ceremony

9:30 am -2:20 pm

3 pm - 3:40 pm 

8/59/2 (Sun)

Half-Day Retreat

9 am - noon

9/3 (Mon)

Fall Classes Begin

9/30 (Sun)

88 Buddhas Repentance Ceremony & Dharma Support Association

Certificate Conferring

9:30 am - 3 pm 

10/26-10/27

10th Anniversary Celebration of Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston & Blessing Ceremony

Chung Tai International Retreat Center

5/28 (Mon)

Memorial Day Ceremony /

Open House

2 pm - 3 pm

10 am - 3 pm

8/11 (Sat)

Repentance & Blessing Ceremony

10 am - 3 pm

11/18 (Sun)

Thanksgiving Blessing Ceremony & Potluck

3 pm - 5 pm

Every Saturday

Zen Teaching & Meditation 

2:30 pm - 5 pm

Every 2nd Sunday

Working Meditation 

10 am - 3 pm

Chung Tai Chan Monastery - Taiwan

8/17 (Fri)-

8/30 (Thu)

Pilgrimage Trip to Chung Tai

 
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Lamp Offering

Lighting the Unperished Lamp of Luminance

As an Offering to the Buddhas of the Ten Directions

This Removes Misfortune and Increases Our Merits and Wisdom

Thus Preserving the Perpetual Flow of Our Merits and Life

The lamps will be offered at the Grand Illuminating Hall of the Center

The sutra says that offering a lamp of light to the Buddha has boundless virtue. We will have magnificent appearances in future lifetimes and always have a joyous mind. We will be free from illness and live long, have great wisdom, and attain nirvana.

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Chung Tai International Retreat Center

Buddhist New Year Retreat

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On February 12th Chung Tai International Retreat Center, located at 425 Blackberry Lane, Shepherd, Texas 77371, held a special one-day retreat to embrace the spring.  The day started with a Tai Chi practice which was guided by Ven. Master Jian Xin, a Wu Su master from Chung Tai Chan Monastery, Taiwan.  A session of sitting meditation followed that was guided by Ven. Master Jian Zong, the Abbot of the Retreat Center.

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2010 Winter Intensive Chan-7/Chan-3 Retrerat (12/27/2010 to 1/3/2011)

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Grand Master Wei Chueh Visited Houston in October

Grand Master Wei Chueh came to Houston on October 6th.  On Friday, October 8th at 7 pm Grand Master transmitted Three Refuges and Five Precepts and gave a Dharma lecture at Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston.  On Saturday, October 9th at 10 am he conducted Opening Purification and Consecration Ceremony for Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery at Chung Tai International Retreat Center in Shepherd, Texas.

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A Journey from "Zero" to "One"

Grand Master arrived Houston - October 6

Dinner with Houston practitioners - October 7

Dinner with practitioners from out-of-town centers - October 8

Three Refuges and Five Precepts - October 8

Texas Pagoda Monastery Grand Opening Ceremony - October 9

Post event dinner at the Zen Center of Houston - October 9

 
  • Blessing Ceremony - Last Sunday of each month from 9:30 am to noon.  Call to check the latest month schedule or come in to register.
  • Summer Classes All new meditation classes will start on May 9.  Come in to register or click here for information.

  • Half-day Meditation Retreat - First Sunday of each month from 9 am till noon.  Call for the latest month schedule or come in to register.

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Sweet Dew of Dharma

“With a mind at peace, the thatched hut is safe. With a serene nature, the vegetable roots are fragrant.”If you can harness your ever-clinging mind, abide in the original mind, the original nature, then your mind will naturally be peaceful and serene.

-- Grand Master Wei Chueh