Objectives: To propagate the Buddha’s teachings and give lay practitioners an opportunity to experience monastic life, advance in both understanding and practice, cultivate concentration and wisdom, nurture pure and wholesome roots, blessings, and virtues, and firmly establish the causes for transcendence and Nirvana.
Features: We have respectfully invited virtuous Precept Masters to transmit the Ten Śrāmaṇera Precepts to male participants, and the Eight Precepts and Fasting to the female participants.
Dates: August 1st to 7th, 2024. Check-in begins on July 31st at 2:00PM.
Venue: Lingyen Mountain Temple (Canada)
Content: Immerse yourself in a structured life of Buddhist practice in the monastery. Recite sutras, study the Precepts, learn about Buddhist chanting and Dharma instruments, and participate in work around the monastery to cultivate blessings. By cultivating amidst a great assembly of practitioners, wash away all secular weariness, nurture your resolve for awakening, adorn your body and mind, and firmly establish the pure causes of world-transcending liberation.
Eligibility: Buddhist disciples with proper faith in the Three Treasures, from the age of 7 to 60. Participants must be in good health, able to bow, kneel, and follow the full schedule. Participants ages 7-13 must be accompanied by a parent.
Registration: Starts now and ends July 1st, 2024. Please download and complete the registration form on the temple’s official website (https://www.lymtcanada.com). Return the completed form to the temple in person or by mail.
Limit of 80 male participants and 120 female participants. Space is limited; registration is open until capacity is reached. Once your registration is received, we will notify you of our decision within three weeks. Incomplete registration forms will not be processed.
Fees: Group photo (optional); laundry costs (for the monastic robes). All other costs will be covered by the temple.
Meal Offering: You are welcome to donate toward the meals provided to the assembly during the retreat, and establish many positive affinities.
Note: On the check-in day, please bring your check-in notice, identification, medical card, black robe (and brown sash, if you have taken the precepts), personal items, sleeping bag, and enough clothing for seven days.
Choose one of the methods below to set up your plaques:
- Download and fill out the form, and send us the filled form by email, text message(SMS), or fax, then call us at 604-271-0009
- Interac e-Transfer
(Please call us at 604-271-0009 before transfer)
- Log in to your online or mobile banking app and look for the option to send an Interac e-transfer.
- You will receive a confirmation email or message from your bank.
- Forward the confirmation message to [email protected], and attach the filled form (PDF or JPG file)
- Go to Online donation page
