TU AN ZEN TEMPLE

4310 w. 5th Street, Santa Ana, CA 92703

(between New Hope and Harbor)

Phone: 714-265-2357 

Announcement

about The 2010 Summer Seven Day Zen Retreat at Tu An Zen Temple and The Annual Commemoration to Honor The Memory of Reverend Thich Truyen Man, the Temple’s Second Abbot 

We respectfully make the announcement about and invite you to attend

The 2010 Summer Seven Day Zen Retreat from Sunday June 6 to Saturday June 12

during which the participants practice the Patriarch Zen method taught by the late Zen Master Weili,

and the Annual Commemoration to Honor The Memory of the Temple’s Second Abbot,

Reverend Thich Truyen Man

which will be held at 10am Sunday June 13, 2010 at Tu An Zen Temple, City of Santa Ana.  

A- June 6 - 12 Seven Day Zen Retreat Daily Schedule

Morning:

4:30am: Wake-up gong

5:00am - 7:00am: Sitting meditation and walking meditation

7:00am - 8:00am: Breakfast

8:00 - 9:00: Manual labor. Time for answers to questions about the method, or for explanations on how to meditate for new practitioners of the method (individual/in group session)

9:00am - 12:00am: Sitting meditation and walking meditation

Noon:

12:00pm - 1:00: Lunch

1:00pm - 2:00pm: Noon recess. Time for answers to questions about the method, or for explanations on how to meditate for new practitioners of the method (individual/in group session)

Afternoon & Evening:

2:00am - 5:00pm: Sitting meditation and walking meditation

5:00pm - 7:00pm: Dinner and recess

7:00pm - 8:00pm: Sitting meditation and walking meditation

8:00pm - 10:00pm: Free

10:00pm:  Keeping silence 

B- June 13, 2010 "Annual Commemoration to Honor The Memory Of the Temple’s Second Abbot" Program

8:00am - 9:00am: Gathering of Monks, Nuns and other Buddhists at Tu An Zen Temple

9:00am - 10:00am: Arrangement of offerings on altars10:00am - 12:00pm: Ceremonies              

- Sitting meditation: from 10:00am to 10:40am              

- Walking meditation: from 10:40am to 11:00am              

- Sitting meditation: from 11:00am to 11:30am              

- Making prostrations to the Buddha, the Patriarchs and Masters, Zen Master Weili and Reverend Thich Truyen Man              

- Reciting the Four Great Vows              

- Thanks and end of ceremonies

12:00pm: Lunch 

Respectfully yours,

For the Managing Committee,

Francis Ong, Head