Yearly Archives: 2018

Calgary Buddhist Temple AGM

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held following the regular service on Sunday, April 15. It is important that you join us in supporting the current board and adding your voice to the business of operating the temple! Our success depends on having an

Casino Update

Thank you to all the casino volunteers on March 4 & 5, 2018 – you help make great things happen! This year, every volunteer not only worked long hours, sometimes past 3 am, taking precious time out of their weekend and evenings, and many also

Columbarium

At long last we have completed the temple columbarium previously announced as part of our building renovation plans. The columbarium room is located to the right of the naijin area. We have a couple of niche options available. The standard niche is designed for the

Gyoza Making

Hello Temple Friends! We’ll be making Gyoza dumplings on Saturday, March 17th at 9:30 am at the Temple. Hope you can join us. Beginners welcome! SIGN UP In Gassho, CBT Fundraising Committee

Buddhist Practices Circuit & Lunch

inside temple pic On Sunday March 11 from 10am-1pm, our service will take a slightly different format. If you had a question about the significance of the items on our naijin (alter), curious to hear about the history of our Shinran Shonin statue, or learn something about chanting

2018 CBT Membership

Our 2018 Calgary Buddhist Membership form is now available in our membership section and will soon be available in print at the temple. Memberships are $100 per person with students (under 18) and seniors (65 & over) complimentary. Please consider taking out a membership to

Nirvana Day Service

A special Nirvana Day Service will be held on Sunday, February 11 marks our traditional Parinirvana Day Service (Buddha’s passing) and this year we will have guests from many of the other schools of Buddhism participating in our service. As a founding member of the

Ikebana

or Japanese Flower Arrangement classes are being offered by Rika Saruwatari, who trained under Ms.Takato Yokoyama. Rika became a certified Shihan (teacher) in 2012. Five classes will be held Saturday mornings 10:00am – 12:30pm on April 14, May 12 and 26, June 16 and 30