1979 Summer Study and Meditation

DHARMA REALM BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY'S summer session will begin in late May and continue to the end of August. Important dates are shown below:

registration;              May 30,31
Recitation Session;        June 1-8
*Ch'ieh Lan Bodhisattva's                     birthday:                  June 7
classes commence:          June 9
*Wei T'ou Bodhisattva's
birthday:                  June 26
Independence day (special July 4 ceremonies to help foster peace among nations and protection for all beings from natural disasters and man made calamities). Celebration of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva's accomplishment of the way: July 8
*Kuan Yin Bodhisattva accomplishes the way                        July 12
Ch'an session              August 24-31
Summer semester ends:      August 31

*Morning ceremonies honoring these special days are open to the public.

 

Offered annually since 1971, the summer sessions provide beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of Buddhism the rare chance to concentrate their energies on gaining a clear understanding of the Buddha's teachings and on deepening their skills in meditation.

Full room and board provided. Daycare is available. All meals provided are vegetarian.

The summer sessions will be offered concurrently at Gold Mountain Monastery (for men students only).

For registration and further information write Dharma Realm Buddhist University Summer Session, Box 217, Talmage, Ca. 95481 or call: (707-462-0939) or (415) 621-5202.


BUDDHIST TEXT TRANSLATION SOCIETY SPRING PUBLICATIONS

WONDERFUL DHARMA LOTUS FLOWER SUTRA VOLUME III, Chapter 2, Expedients.

SURANGAMA SUTRA, the Ten Aspects of Perception and Individual and Collective Karma.

WITH ONE HEART BOWING TO THE CITY OF TEN THOUSAND BUDDHAS, second in series of daily records of Bhiksu Heng Sure and Sramanera Heng Ch’au.

OPEN YOUR EYES, TAKE A LOOK AT THE WORLD, records of Dharma Masters Heng Sure, Heng Ch’au, and Heng Tao during the 1978 Asia-Region Delegation Dharma Propagation Tour.

SUMMER BILINGUAL PUBLICATIONS

FLOWER ADORNMENT SUTRA PREFACE, verses by National Master Ch’ing Liang and commentary by Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua.

PRAJNA PARAMITA HEART SUTRA WITH STANDLESS VERSE COMMENTARY. The Sutra text and verse commentary are accompanied by the interlinear explanation of Master Hua.