The Capital Campaign for our new temple was launched with a presentation by board member, Jackie Robb, and Renovation committee chair, Laura Sugimoto, at the Lethbridge Hanamaturi service on April 6, and we are off to a great start! Our goal is to raise $1
BIG EVENTS at the Calgary Buddhist Temple in the next coming weeks, important enough to ask you to read this.
Saturday, JUNE 7 – 49 Day Service for SK Ikuta Sensei at the Calgary Buddhist Temple
An opportunity to pay your respects in town,
Our Honoured Seniors 2014
Keirokai – to honour our Senior members.
Who would our Temple be without our Senior Members?
There was no official Service at the Temple this Sunday, but we will return to normal for next week.
Location:
Calgary Nikkei Cultural &
World Buddhist Women’s Convention – Calgary May 2015
Keynote Speakers – Rev. Usuki and Rev. Yanase
We are extremely honored to have Reverend Patricia Kanaya Usuki as the Keynote Speaker in English and Reverend Nana Yanase as the Keynote Speaker in Japanese.
Rev. Patricia Kanaya
From Thursday evening, April 24th:
“With great sadness in my heart I would like the CBT board to know of the passing of Ikuta Sensei tonight.
He passed peacefully in Lethbridge. I will keep everyone posted on further details as soon as possible.
I’m sure
Make a Joyful Noise!Earth Day @containR in Sunnyside April 22, 4-7PM
Music by Vocal Latitudes World Music Choir, Mood Indigo Jazz Combo
Marz Pineo | Spoken Word by Weyman Chan, Mark S Pineo, Sheri-D WilsonMural Artists Daniel J Kirk and Fairstyle | Dance by W&M
Hana Matsuri means ‘flower festival’ and in Jodo Shinshu is celebrated as the Birthday of the Buddha.
Each sangha member attending will have an opportunity to bathe the Buddha statue in sweet tea and offer a flower.
We will next be in week 3 of our Thursday evenings examining/exploring/discussing the 6 Paramitas or 6 Perfections at the normal 7:30PM Temple Service. Here are the readings that we will start with so you can read them in advance if you like.
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