Please follow a vegetarian diet for at least three days before the service and for the entire seven days of the service.

1. Due to the extended length of the Main Altar sessions, and to maintain the rigor and solemnity of the rituals, please wear loose-fitting short-sleeved tops and long pants. As a gesture of respect, please wear a black robe before lining up for the session.

2. Before entering the Main Altar, participants must put on a black robe (no brown sash needed), and socks. Please stay in the spot assigned to you while participating in the Main Altar service. If you have any questions, please ask the guides at the entrance areas.

3. All Main Altar participants must wear their nametag in order to enter and exit the Hall. Please obtain your nametag from the Service Desk. Those who are not participants of the Main Altar service will not be allowed to enter the Hall , but are welcome to participate in the Pure Land Altar sessions.

Please line up according to your benefactor category 15 minutes before the first session of each day. Participants will enter the Main Altar together. Please do not be late. First Hall (Main Buddha Hall) participants: in front of the Main Buddha Hall stairs. Directly enter the Main Altar session together. Second Hall (Dining Hall) participants: on the asphalt path to the north. Enter the Main Altar session together through the Gate of Liberation. Third Hall (Courtyard) participants: on the asphalt path to the north. Enter the Main Altar session together through the Gate of Liberation.

First Rest Area (Benefactor of Accomplishment and above): Conference Room.
Second Rest Area (Benefactor of Blessings and Wisdom): Grassy area to the north (near the Service Desk).
Third Rest Area (Benefactors of Longevity, Auspiciousness, Fulfillment and Pure Land Altar Participants): Grassy area to the north (near the Eightfold Path Garden).

1. During rest periods of the service, please recite the Buddha’s name at least 2000 times each day.

2. Those carrying their cell phones must turn them off before entering the Main Altar (it is not sufficient to put them on silent or vibrate mode). This is to avoid interference with the wireless microphones, producing noise that will impede the progress of the service and disturb other participants’ practice. All photography, video and sound recording are prohibited in the Main Altar.

3. Please do not talk in the Main Altar. If you must talk, please step outside and speak briefly and quietly.

4. Please hold the liturgy with both hands. Do not lick your fingers to flip the page. Do not fold or write on the pages. Do not take the books out of the Hall. Cherish and treat them with respect. At the end of each session, stack them neatly in their place. Before exiting the Hall, please straighten the cushions.

5. If you need to exit the Main Altar before the end of the session (to use the washroom or attend to other matters), please hand your liturgy to the guides at the door. Try to go through the door that least interferes with other people’s line of sight. Please do the same when re-entering the Main Altar.

6. Please do not enter the Main Altar when there are no services going on, unless you have relevant duties as part of the staff.

7. During Main Altar rest periods, please participate in the Pure Land Altar sessions. Do not chat outside. During the service, all unnecessary noise will be prohibited. Do not let your children play, run and make noise around the temple.

The Main Altar longevity and memorial plaques, and Pure Land Altar plaques, are set up along east and west hallway outside of the Recitation Hall. Those who wish to offer incense may do so outside of the Recitation Hall or at the Guan Yin Gazebo. If you have any questions about your plaque, please ask at the Information Center.

Please shower and change your clothes every day. Please do not bring any valuables or identification documents. If you do, please keep them with you at all times, as the temple will remain open to the public during the entire week.