Calgary Buddhist Temple Blog

Zoom Dharma School

Friday, January 22, 2021
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The Living Dharma Centre has great news!   Under the direction of Mari Cameron in Vernon, the LDC  will be hosting a Zoom Dharma School once a month on the last Saturday of each month from 9:00 to 9:45 am PST.

Zoom Dharma School will follow this format:

  •   20 minute service with everyone,
  •   5-20 minutes of age-appropriate theme based activity or lesson with Dharma school teachers in separate Zoom breakout rooms, and
  •   5 minutes of Closing service and announcements with everyone.

The first Zoom Dharma School Service is next Saturday, January 30th. 9:00 to 9:45 AM PST.   The theme will be The Hidden Buddha In You, with Aoki Socho leading the service.

Would you please forward this information to your Dharma School leaders and to those Temple families who in non-COVID times attend your Dharma School?

On January 27th, we will email a Zoom invitation to the Service and we ask that you please also forward the invitation to your Dharma School leaders and Temple families.

NOTE:  For those Dharma School students who plan to participate on January 30th, and who are up to Grade 7, please have three pieces of fruit that contain seeds and a cutting board ready for the dharma lesson.  The supervising adult will also need a knife to help the student with this activity.

Hope you will be able to join us for the first ever Zoom Dharma School!  I promise it will be FUN!

If you have any questions, please email Mari Cameron.

In gassho,

LDC- JSBTC Zoom Dharma School 

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Resolving Life’s Problems through Buddhism

Tuesday, December 29, 2020
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The Calgary Buddhist Temple Sangha Engagement was truly honored to have Rev. Marvin Harada, the Bishop of the Buddhist Churches of America, share the Dharma with us on Sunday, Feb 7 at 2pm MST.

Buddhism enables us to resolve any of life’s problems that we might face.  In this seminar, Rev. Harada will touch on four major issues in life: 

  1. The matter of life and death
  2. Relationship Issues
  3. Work Issues
  4. Self Esteem issues

“We all face such issues in life, but we may not see how Buddhism enables us to truly resolve any of them.”

The recording of this presentation can be found HERE:  Passcode: c=A5kqTA

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CBT Custom Mask

Tuesday, December 08, 2020
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The Calgary Buddhist Temple has a limited number of custom printed, adjustable twill face masks available. These made in Canada masks are triple layered with two inner natural cotton knits and are available in two colours (black and white) and three sizes (Adult regular, Adult large and Youth). They are $20 each, 3 for $50 or 5 for $80. For more information, contact Doug at doughironaka@gmail.com. 

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In-Person Sunday Services Suspended

Wednesday, November 25, 2020
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After careful consideration, the Calgary Buddhist Temple has decided to discontinue in-person attendance at Sunday morning services due to climbing COVID-19 infection rates. Although our temple attendance procedures since re-opening in July has been rigorous and well within the health measures announced by the Alberta government on Nov 24, we feel that this must be done to reduce risk to all members of our Sangha.

The Temple will re-assess this decision in January, and will resume in-person attendance as soon as this situation is less critical.

Services will continue to be live streamed via the Temple Facebook group, and although we recognize that watching from your home cannot replace attending the service in person, we all must do what we can to slow the spread and help our healthcare workers.

In Gassho,

Jean

On behalf of the Calgary Buddhist Temple Re-launch committee

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Alzheimer’s: Prevention Instead of Life Sentence

Sunday, November 15, 2020
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On Sunday, January 24, 2021, from 1:00 – 2:30 pm MST, register to attend this online workshop that’s open to all!

The threat of developing Alzheimer’s is often one of our greatest fears as we age. While traditional views of Alzheimer’s see it as a disease that can afflict anyone at random, new research is showing us that there are numerous ways to prevent this devastating illness or minimize its impact. In this seminar, we will be exploring some of the major risk factors for Alzheimer’s and the key health practices that can counteract these risks. The focus will be on effective, inexpensive steps that we can take immediately to start creating better health for our future.

The presenter, Trudy Gahlinger, a long-time member of the Calgary Buddhist Temple, is a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach. Unlike conventional medicine which tends to treat symptoms, functional medicine seeks the root cause of symptoms so that better health can be restored. A key feature of functional medicine is its basis in evidence-based research which provides a scientific foundation for health practices and strategies.

Register in advance for this workshop: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvc-Curj8vHtZu5obrovlCS9oxEkYrkGVE

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