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Chan Buddhist Teachers Visit Toronto to Teach Chan Meditation
Six-Day Activities to Engage Buddhist Practitioners and DDMBA Members
DDMBA Ontario is delighted to announce that two ordained Chan teachers, GuoXing Fahshi and Chang Wen Fashi, will be coming to Toronto for a 6-day visit, to lead meditation classes, sitting and moving meditation, sutra chanting, public speech and Q & A sessions.
Don’t miss this great opportunity to understand the right way to practice Chan meditation under two ordained teachers from Dharma Drum Retreat Centre in New York.
Mark your calendars for the events of your choice, and be sure to invite friends and family!
For full schedule of activities, be sure to click on “My News” at our website,
P.S. All activities are free. Most of the activities are held at DDMBA Ontario, 154 Poyntz Avenue, Toronto ON (south-west of Yonge and Sheppard). Donations are welcome!
Schedule of Activities
Day 1 - Feb 26, 2009 (Thu.)
6am - 7:30am Sitting Meditation & Chanting Service
10am - 12pm Training - Introduction to the 8 Form Moving Exercises
6pm - 7pm Evening Service & Meditation
7pm - 9pm Dharma Discussion (The Three Dharma Seals as concepts and methods of contemplation)
Day 2 – Feb 27, 2009 (Fri.)
6am - 7:30am Sitting Meditation & Chanting Service
10am - 2pm Training - Dharma Instrument
6pm - 7pm Evening Service & Meditation
7pm - 9pm Supporting Members / Volunteers Q&A
Day 3 – Feb 28, 2009 (Sat.)
6am - 6:30am Chanting Service
9am - 11:30am Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan Buddhism: Concepts, Attitudes, and Methods- English/Chinese (Where: Members Lounge, North York Civic Center)
1:30pm - 2pm Going Green
2pm - 4pm A Forum on Family Life the Chan Way
6pm - 7pm Evening Service & Meditation
Day 4 – Mar 1, 2009 (Sun.)
6am - 6:30am Chanting Service
8am - 8pm Full-Day Chan Meditation Retreat
Day 5 – Mar 2, 2009 (Mon.)
6am - 7:30am Sitting Meditation & Chanting Service
9am - 11:30am Training - Meditation Teachers
Day 6 – Mar 3, 2009 (Tue.)
6am - 7:30am Sitting Meditation & Chanting Service
10am - 12pm Buddha Recitation Chan
2pm - 5pm Beginner's Meditation Class (Mandarin)
6pm - 7:30pm Evening Meditation & Chanting
7:30pm - 9pm Dharma Discussion (The Three Dharma Seals as concepts and methods of contemplation)
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.
Contact Us
DDMBA Ontario
154 Poyntz Avenue, Toronto ON (south-west of Yonge and Sheppard)
Tel: 416-855-0531
Email: contact©ddmba-ontario.ca
Website: http://www.ddmba-ontario.ca
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