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Spring Fundraising Events!

1. Reverse Garage Sale Spring cleaning? Support your Temple while decluttering your home.How: Hold a garage sale, sell your unwanted items on Facebook Marketplace, or do a bottle drive on your own time. Then donate the proceeds to the Temple.When: On your own time during

The War Between Us

The Calgary Buddhist Temple is honored to present a special screening of The War Between Us, a thought-provoking film that follows the journey of a Japanese-Canadian family who are forcibly displaced and interned as enemy aliens in British Columbia during World War II.  Movie starts at

Summer Ikebana Class

May 24, June 7 and 21, July 5 and 26 || 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm at the Calgary Buddhist Temple. The 5 classes are a series and the total cost including flower material and instruction, is $250 for Temple members and $300 for non-members.

Gyoza Making / Fundraiser

Our first fundraising event of 2025 will be on Saturday, May 3rd from 8:30am-12:30pm at the Temple. Please join us for a morning of laughter, stories and dumpling folding at our annual gyoza making event. Together, we finely chop and create delicious gyoza to sell

Road Closure

1 Avenue at 6 Street NE – road running along the front of the Temple (from the city of Calgary website).  FROM: Monday, March 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM TO: Sunday, May 8, 2025 at 0:00 am (updated May 5) 1 AV NE closed between Edmonton

Hamamatsuri – Sunday, April 6

According to our tradition, the historical Buddha, Sakyamuni, was born in Lumbini Garden in Nepal on April 8, 566 B.C. He was born the son of King Suddohana and Queen Maya. There are many flowery descriptions of the scene at his birth, including celestial birds

April Lecture Series – Moral Conduct

We are grateful to have Robert Sensei lead a lecture series in April: Exploring the Buddhist view of Moral Conduct by referencing Right Speech, Right Action, and Right Livelihood from the Eightfold Path as a guide. This will be held on Tuesdays: April 8, 15, 22

Meditation Retreat

This half-day meditation retreat will be at the temple on Saturday, March 8th from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm with the doors to the temple opening at 8:40 am.   There is no cost to the Half-Day Retreat but a small donation is always appreciated to

Spring Ikebana Class

March 8, 22, April 5 and 19, May 3 || 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm The 5 classes are a series and the cost is $250 total including flower material and instruction for Temple members or $300 for non-members. No refunds for missed classes. Students