Zen Buddhist Temple-Toronto
86 Vaughan Road M6C 2M1 Toronto, ON, Canada

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Commit to Regular Meditation and Giving: Temple Membership Commit yourself to in order to cultivate a heart of enlightenment for the sake of all beings. Temple offers the members daily and weekly practice opportunities. Membership form and information is found here(http://zenbuddhisttemple.us12.list-manage.com/track/click). You may sign up for an automatic giving plan (http://zenbuddhisttemple.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click)so that temple can benefit from your generosity... every month. Mon. to Fri. 6 to 7:10 am:108 prostrations, meditation & chanting Mon. to Sat. 6:30 to 7:30 pm: meditation & chanting Wednesday 6:30 to 8:45 pm: 3 meditation sittings & chanting See more

Tibetan Breathing Workshop Tibetan Breathing is a healing form of breath meditation taught around the world in many forms. This breathing technique releases tension on all levels by focusing subtle energies to facilitate healing and revitalization of body and mind. It is easily learned, and once mastered, the exercises can be used as one's priorities and situation require. Tibetan Breathing is beneficial for stress and tension, anxiety and depression, joint pain, respirator problems, spinal subluxation, emotional stability, digestive problems etc. Taught by Korim Frederick Prack, Registered Massage Therapist, Certified Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, and Certified Hypnotherapist. Saturday March 25 (1 to 5 pm). $70. Register online: http://zenbuddhisttemple.us12.list-manage.com/track/click

Let's spend a weekend living a wholesome and communal life. Let's spend one or two days to focus on meditation practice to work with our body, breath and mind. Let's rest our body and mind in the nurturing noble silence. Plan to attend our Two-day Retreat February 24-26 (Fri. 10 amSun. 8 am). $60 per day ($50 for members) including meals and overnight accommodation. Register Online now http://zenbuddhisttemple.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click

Hello my Dharma friends: We long to become the bright ones who are well trained in the factors of awakeningmindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration and equanimity. Why not spend this weekend delighting in the renunciation of grasping? Temple will offer a 2-day meditation retreat from this Friday at 10 am to Sunday at 8 am. The day gets longer and the sun shines with more intensity. Time to plant the seeds under the grow light. At the next Sangha Wo...rk Practice (March 4) a new gardening season will take off and beautiful lotus lanterns will be handmade for the Buddha's Birthday (May 6-7). Too busy to come to temple? Here is a teaching I found very helpful, reading about a grandmother. "Even though she worked hard from early morning until late at night, she became a highly realized person by practicing in gaps. Whenever she wasn't talking to somebody, she would relax her mind and be present. Whether she was milking cows, washing dishes, or walking from here to there, she used any opportunity to settle and expand her mind. With every pause, she found outer solitude and thus discovered an inner solitude that was unshakable and profound." Each moment is a precious opportunity to settle and expand our mind. Love and Peace, Sanha

Public Services: Sundays 10 am & 4 pm Dancing with Life gathering: Sundays at noon, January 29 & February 12 Zen to Go gathering: Sundays at noon, February 5 & 19 Lunar New Year's Day Sangha Potluck: Saturday January 28 at 6 pm Children's Service: Sunday January 29 at 10:30 am... Sangha Work Practice: Saturday February 4 from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm Buddhist Studies: 4 Mondays from February 6 at 7 pm, Continuing the Way of the Bodhisattva 2-Day Meditation Retreat: Friday 10 am to Sun 8 am, February 24-26 See more

Dear my Dharma friends: Past few weeks I have been spending a good amount of time doing office work. Bookkeeping to produce an annual financial report; filing away fliers and signup sheets; leafing through membership registrations... Last year we had a good inflow of new or renewed members, but the number of active members remains the same. Our commitment and enthusiasm seems to come and go too easily. Tomorrow we will gather to celebrate the Lunar New Year's Day. Another opp...ortunity to start afresh. We would love to find those who wish to commit once again to regular meditation and giving through temple membership. If you are interested, please come by to have tea with me. Parents with young children (5 to 10) are welcome to attend our monthly Children's Service this Sunday at 10:30 am. Working toward the steady and energetic Sangha, Sanha