Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston

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 – 1^st 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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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.

Chung Tai International Retreat Center

『Buddhist New Year Retreat 』

Photo Collection

On February 12^th 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.

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.

Photo Collections:

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