Posts Categorized: Local

RE-OPENING to In-person Attendance – Sunday, Aug 15

To all Temple friends and members: We are pleased to announce the re-opening of our Temple doors to in-person attendance on Sunday, August 15. As the Alberta government has lifted restrictions on indoor gatherings, we wanted to inform you of how in-person services will proceed,

Sunday Services In-person & Online

We are pleased to announce our Temple doors are open to limited in-person attendance – please ensure you signup and are comfortable with the guidelines below.  In addition, we will continue to hold regular Sunday Services Online from our Facebook group, Calgary Buddhist Temple,

Easy to Do!

Interac e-Transfer is a simple, convenient and secure way to send a donation or pay membership fees directly from your bank account to the Calgary Buddhist Temple. If you wish to use e-Transfer, please use the email address calgarybuddhisttemple@gmail.com Remember to provide text as to

2021 Membership

The 2021 CBT membership form is now available to download. (2021 Membership form) . Please take a moment to read through the form and consider becoming a member. We appreciate all the support that the sangha has provided to the temple throughout the past

Women’s Centre 2020 Toy Drive

The Holiday Season is near and we are all starting to feel the isolation associated with not being able to gather with family and friends in celebrating long standing traditions. In the tradition of helping others, The Calgary Buddhist Temple have once again agreed to

Kaikyoshi Ordination

The Calgary Buddhist Temple would like to congratulate Sensei Robert Gubenco on his achievement of being appointed by the Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha Buddhist organization as a Kaikyoshi minister to Canada on December 01, 2019 AND assignment to the Calgary Buddhist Temple. The certificate of achievement

2020 Obon Schedule

Based on the level of government restrictions, our Obon Schedule is subject to change but let’s stay positive and continue to be safe!  Obon is a time to express our gratitude to loved ones who have passed on before us. Without them, we would not

Temple Open with Limited Attendance

PLEASE NOTE THAT AS OF NOV 25, 2020, THE TEMPLE HAS DECIDED TO SUSPEND IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE FOR SUNDAY SERVICES UNTIL THE NEW YEAR. At this time, a limited number of people can attend a Sunday service in person but you MUST PRE-REGISTER in advance. If interested,

Online Services Survey

Here you will find a link to a very short survey about the Calgary Buddhist Temple’s online Services. We would really appreciate you completing this survey to tell us how to best reach you with our Online Services and Temple News as well as how

Daily Evening Service

Sensei Robert of the Calgary Buddhist Temple will be live streaming a daily evening service starting at 9:00 pm MST each night. The service will consist of reciting the Loving-Kindness Metta Meditation followed by and concluding with the chanting of Juseige. We will alternate between the