Chan Buddhist Teachers Visit Toronto to Teach Chan
Five-Day Activities to Engage Buddhist Practitioners and DDMBA Members
DDMBA Ontario is delighted to announce that GuoXing Fashi, abbot of Dharma Drum Retreat Centre and ChangWen Fashi are coming to Toronto to give a series of teachings from May 14th to May 18th, 2009, including meditation events, dharma talks, public lecture, sutra chanting, and Q & A sessions.
Summarized below is te schedule of activities. For full schedule of activities and event venue, be sure to check calendars at DDMBA Ontario website. Note that meditation sessions and Buddha’s birthday chanting require pre registration.
Mark your calendars for the events of your choice, and be sure to invite friends and family!
Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn about Chan teachings and Chan practice to enrich your life from the two ordained Chan teachers from Dharma Drum Retreat Center in New York.
Schedule of Activities
Day 1 – May 14, 2009 (Thu)
6am - 7:30am Meditation & Morning Chanting Service
10am - 12pm Dharma Talk – You Too Have Supernatural Power
6pm - 7pm Evening Chanting Service
7pm - 9pm Group Sitting – Guided Meditation
Day 2 – May 15, 2009 (Fri)
6am - 7:30am Meditation & Morning Chanting Service
10am - 2pm Training - Dharma Instrument
7pm - 9pm Lecture – Stress Management – The Chan/Zen Perspective
Day 3 – May 16, 2009 (Sat)
6am - 7am Morning Chanting Service
9:30am –1pm Buddha’s Birthday – Great Compassionate Repentance Ceremony
2pm - 4pm Dharma Lecture Series – Heart Sutra Part I
6pm - 7pm Evening Chanting Service
7pm - 9pm Volunteer Forum - The Practice of Identifying with Others
Day 4 – May 17, 2009 (Sun)
6am - 6:30am Morning Chanting Service
8am - 8pm One-Day Chan Meditation Retreat
Day 5 – May 18, 2009 (Mon)
6am - 7:30am Meditation & Morning Chanting Service
10pm - 12pm Dharma Lecture Series – Heart Sutra Part I
2pm - 4pm Dharma Lecture Series – The Four Great Vows / Offering of Vows
6pm - 7pm Evening Chanting Service
P.S. All activities are organized and supported by DDM volunteers and donors hoping that you also benefit from the wisdom of Chan teachings. We thank you for your contribution to support more events like this to benefit more people around us.
Contact DDMBA
DDMBA Ontario
154 Poyntz Avenue, Toronto ON (south-west of Yonge and Sheppard)
Tel: 416-855-0531 leaving a voice mail
Email: ddmba.toronto@gmail.com
Website: http://www.ddmba-ontario.ca
About the Visiting Teachers
Guo Xing Fashi
One of Chan Master Sheng Yen's Dharma heirs, was born in Taiwan in 1953. After studying yoga and meditation, Guo Xing Fashi began to study Chan under the guidance of Chan Master Sheng Yen in 1984, and became ordained under him two years later, in 1986. After years of service in the Dharma Drum Mountain sangha, he was sent to Thailand in 1991 to enter into solitary retreat, studying Theravadan meditation. Upon returning to DDM, he continued to assist the Master in leading meditation retreats in Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and the United States, for a period of 20 years, totaling over more than 50 retreats, including the first 49-Day retreat at the Dharma Drum Retreat Center in 2000. He previously served for eight years as the counselor for the DDM Chan Meditation Group of Nong Chan Monastery, six years as the guiding instructor for the DDM Sangha University Chan practice curriculum, as well as two years as the director of DDM's Chan Practice Center, the Director of the Chan Hall, as well as the supervisor of the Department of Transmitting the Lamp. Guo Xing Fashi is now a new resident teacher at the Dharma Drum Retreat Center. He speaks Taiwanese, Mandarin, and English.
Chang Wen Fashi
A native New Yorker and resident of the Dharma Drum Retreat Center, Chang Wen Fashi is a western monastic disciple of Chan Master Sheng Yen. For his training, in addition to being of service to the Chan Meditation Center, in Queens, NY, and attending numerous retreats with Master Sheng Yen at DDRC, he also lived in Taiwan, at the Dharma Drum Mountain World Center for Buddhist Education, receiving a monastic education at the Sangha University. After graduating, he received full ordination in 2006, and then continued to serve the Seminary as the counselor for the male students of the Chan Meditation Department. Over this period of training, he attended and assisted with numerous intensive meditation retreats in the Chan Hall and abroad, as well as served as the leader for DDM's International Meditation Group in Taipei. Chang Wen Fashi holds a Bachelor's Degree of Science from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He is fluent in both English and Mandarin.
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