Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston

New Series of Classes Starting Jan. 9, 2011

• English Beginner（A）- Wednesday Evening 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Starting Jan. 11
• English Beginner（B）- Saturday Morning 10:00 am - noon, Starting  Jan. 14
• English Intermediate – Saturday Afternoon 1:30 pm – 3:30pm, Starting Jan. 14
• English Sutra Study – Thursday Evening 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Starting Jan. 12

• English Youth Meditation Class – Friday Evening 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Starting Jan. 13
• Chinese Language Classes (Beginner/Intermediate) – Saturday Afternoon 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, Starting Jan. 14

• Tai-Chi – Saturday Afternoon 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Starting Jan. 14
• 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

Registration Form Download

CURRENT EVENT 

2011 Winter 7- & 3-Day Chan Meditation Retreat

Download Registration Form Here

Subject: Registration for the Seven-Day and Three-Day Chan Meditation Retreat.

Description:

1. To encourage practitioners to practice Buddhist meditation diligently, Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston will hold 2011 Seven-Day and Three-Day Chan Meditation Retreat.
2. Date:
   1. Seven-Day: December 25, 2011 (Sunday) to January 1, 2012 (Sunday)
   2. Three-Day: December 30, 2011 (Friday) to January 1, 2012 (Friday)
3. Place: Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston
4. Qualification: Participants should have experience in Buddhist meditation, healthy, aged 18 or above and less than 65, and approved by the Center (People of pregnancy or with physical limitation are not recommended to attend the three-day retreat).
5. Registration date: Starting from today.
6. Registration deadline: December 10, 2011 (In case registered participants reach limitation; the deadline will be moved forward).
7. How to register: Applicants should fill out the registration form (also available online: www.cthouston.org) and send it in person or by mail, fax (281-568-1569) or email ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) to Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston. After review and approval of the registration form; a notification letter will be sent to the applicants who meet the criteria. Accepted participants are required to bring the notification letter when checking in for the three-day retreat.
8. If you have any questions, please contact Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston:

Address: 12129 Bellaire Blvd., Houston, Texas 77072

Tel: (281)568-1568

Volunteers: Urgently needed during the Chan retreat period. Please fill out in advance the “Chan Retreat Volunteer Registration Form” (volunteer qualifications: aged between 15 and 65, not pregnant and physically and mentally healthy

Chung Tai "Zen Delight" Retreat Programs

These two new weekend programs focus on establishing correct meditation methods and mind-set and start with Breath Counting Method and Mindfulness of Breath.  Every retreat participant will leave the retreat with a set of personalized schedule for daily practice according to his or her level of experience.  If followed strictly, this daily practice schedule will prepare a participant for later joining the intensive retreats that lead eventually to the ultimate Middle Way Reality Method.  In addition to our regular retreat programs, we can also work with an organization to custom design a program which fulfils unique needs that an individual organization may have.

We look forward to providing you as well as your organization with an unforgettable and beneficial Zen meditation retreat experience.  Please inquire the detail program information by contacting either one of our two centers listed below.

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)

(Click on Photo to see Album)

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