Round Table (Topic of the Week 4/30: Harmless Life)
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Round Table (Topic of the Week 4/30: Harmless Life)

Discussion with tea and snacks. A different topic biweekly. Sharing, inspiring, learning, empathizing, opening minds + sitting meditation.

By Universal Chan International Zen Buddhist Center

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Wednesday, April 30 · 7 - 8:30pm PDT

Location

Universal Chan: International Zen Buddhist Center

445 Colusa Avenue Kensington, CA 94707

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes

Round Table

Topic of the week

April 30: Harmless Life

May 14: Good Manners
May 28: Safety

Format: Sitting meditation, then discussion with tea and snacks.

We will have a new, designated topic for each new Round Table session (held every other week)—participants will go around in a circle and take turns discussing on the pre-selected topic.

Sharing, inspiring, learning, empathizing, and opening minds.

Everyone is welcome.


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Universal Chan International Zen Buddhist Center is a donation-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization derived from the Chinese Chan* Tradition, founded by the Chan Monk Da Xing. Your generosity will help us to continue to serve humanity. Examples of donations: Money, stocks, property, piece of land, very good condition vehicles, property/land to use for free. You may send monetary donations through https://donorbox.org/universalchan or paypal.me/universalchan. For more information, please visit https://www.universalchan.org/support-us

हम बुद्ध के ज्ञान में मूल रूप से बसे हुए हैं और हम उससे विच्युत नहीं होते।

Universal Chan operates mainly in Asia, Europe, and the USA, but we are open to be active in other countries as well. Compared to China or other Asian countries where Buddhism is a prevalent religion, the USA has only been exposed to Buddhism for less than a century. Many active Buddhist schools across the USA are of Hinayana, Vajrayana, Mahayana, Chan, Japanese Zen, and doctrinal studies. All these traditions come from different countries and consequently reflect cultural influences and inflections specific to their place of origin. Although Chinese Chan Tradition is present, we hope we can give our contribution to spread this wonderful teaching. It is a great pity that the vast majority of westerners have not been exposed to Chinese Chan, and even fewer people are able to use Chan Buddhism to improve their lives.

The goal of the organization and of its affiliations is to spread the Chan Teachings to deeply benefit those interested in learning the teachings of the Buddha.

In doing this, we use a modern approach rooted in ancient tradition to expose people to other aspects of ancient Chinese culture connected to this teaching.

*Chan (Japanese: Zen)

“यूनिवर्सल चान" चीन और भारत के आध्यात्मिक परम्पराओं पर आधारित है। चान को भारत से चीन अट्ठाईसवे भारतीय पितृ बोधिधर्म द्वारा लाया गया था। यह मन से मन के संचरण तथा जीवित प्राणियों के मन के सार पर ही केंद्रित है, ना कि शब्दों या सिद्धांतों पर, ताकि सभी सीधे बुद्ध बन सकें। "यूनिवर्सल चान" की बीज और जड़ें भारत में ही हैं। उसही सार को बरकरार रखते हुए चीन मैं उसके विकास, संचालन और पोषण से "एक विशेष स्वाद" की उत्पत्ति हुई, जो "चान" है। यहाँ अमेरिका में भी हम वही तरीके से विभिन्न परिवेश के अनुकूल अपने को ढलते हुए आगे बढ़ रहे हैं।"चान" सभी बुद्धों और सभी जीवों की आत्मा है। हम पहले से ही बुद्ध हैं, परंतु हम सो रहे हैं, केवल जागने की आवश्यकता है। बस यहीं जनाना है ।