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New Year's Eve New Year's Eve ChantingShifu lead the candle walk Candle walkingChinese New Year's Dharma AssemblyShifu gave Dharma TalkShifu chants the food reflection before meal.
New Year's Eve & Feb 10 Chinese New Year Blessing Ceremony
Precepts Ceremony March 28
Venerable Kongzheng taught Hien to put on the Manyi.Practicing putting on the Haiqin and Manyi before the ceremony. Mdm. Mun Yip from San Francisco. Clare from San Francisco, Judy, Mdm. Ping, and Mdm. Hsia from New York, preparing the fruits for lunch. Sam Kahm sliced the cakes.Sam Kham Sammy.Mimi.Getting ready for the Five Precepts Ceremony.Pay respect to the Buddha.Respectfully waiting for Shifu to enter the hall.The monastics enter the hall.Shifu enter the hall.Three Refuges and Five Precepts Ceremony begins.Xiankuan Don t took the Precepts Certificates from Shifu to give out to those taking Thre Refuges and Five Precepts. Sheri receiving her Five Precepts' Certificate from Xiankuan Don.Matt.Elizabeth.Chris.Shifu re-enter the hall to perform the Bodhisattva's Vows Ceremony. Bodhisattva's Vows Ceremony begins. Shifu explaining the Bodhisattva's vows. Ven. Kongye.
Qingming Festival (Memorial Blessing Ceremony) at Dizang Hall April 5
Amitabha Chanting Day October 3
Guanyin Blessing Ceremony October 25