Calgary Buddhist Temple Blog

Call for Recipes – Temple Cookbook

Thursday, October 31, 2019
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To our cooks, foodies, and friends,

You may have heard that we are launching a Calgary Buddhist Temple Cookbook to compile and share our Sangha’s best-loved recipes that bring joy to our family and friends.

If you have some favourite recipes to donate, we would love to hear from you!  Here is the template to use to submit recipes – .doc  or .pdf

We will collect them at Temple or by email at cbtcookbook@gmail.com. Please include your name and, if possible, a short description of how your recipe is special to you.

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Volunteers Needed

Thursday, October 31, 2019
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The Temple depends on the generous time and commitment of the Sangha/Community.  Please consider the role of Newsletter Editor or Cleaning Toban Leader as these are currently vacant. Below is information on each:

Newsletter Editor: Because our previous editor extraordinaire, Danielle, needs to focus on two little ones plus a job, the Temple is looking for a volunteer to edit the newsletter, which comes out once per month. The editor is responsible for organizing and formatting information and material which are provided by Sensei, the Board and committee leads. If you know something about desktop publishing or would like a chance to learn, please email Laura at laura.a.sugimoto@gmail.com.

Cleaning Toban Leader: After several years of coordinating the cleaning toban, Tracee has taken a break. The Temple needs someone to take over scheduling and coordinating periodic “deep cleans” in conjunction with our regular monthly paid cleaning services. The toban leader and Sensei will determine how often these cleaning sessions will occur, e.g., quarterly, semiannually, etc. There is also an outside clean in April in conjunction with Earth Day. The toban leader will check and replenish cleaning supplies as needed.

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Annual Chow Mein Dinner

Wednesday, September 18, 2019
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The Calgary Buddhist Temple will be holding our annual Chow Mein Supper on Saturday, October 19, 2019 from 4:30 to 8:00 PM at the temple (658 1st Ave NE). Tickets are $20 (you can either eat-in or take out). We will  also be selling raffle tickets. All proceeds from the dinner will go towards the CBT Capital Campaign. For tickets, please contact Dan at dan37mcc@gmail.com or Mickey at mhkuta@outlook.com. Tickets will also be available at the temple (Sundays services) leading up to the event. 

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Cooking/Food Demo

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
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(Pre-registration Required!) The ladies of the Calgary Buddhist Temple are coordinating another wonderful Cooking/Food Demo to be held at the Temple on Sunday, Sept 15 at 11:30am.

The Nabe or Hotpot is a simple but delicious and comforting meal with vegetables, tofu, noodles, seafood, meat, poultry – whatever suits your taste. We will take a look at several different types of broth, and prepare the nabe to enjoy a delicious lunch!

This demo is open to ALL the members of the Sangha (men, women, and children). Cost is $5/adult and children (12 and under) are free.

Please sign-up by Sept 12 using SignUpGenius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0849A5A82FA3F49-cookingfood OR email jsbtcwf.shuntley@gmail.com.

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Register for Ikebana Classes

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
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Japanese Flower Arrangement (Ikebana) Classes will be held on Saturday mornings at The Calgary Buddhist Temple from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm on:

Sep 14, 28, Oct 12, 26 and Nov 16   

The 5 classes are a series and cost is $225 total ($45 per class) including flower material and instruction for Temple members or $250 for non-members ($50 per class). No refunds for missed classes.

Students must supply their own containers (please ask Rika for suitable size and shape), scissors and kenzan (frog). Contact Rika if you need help selecting your items but these are not supplied as part of the lesson.

Rika Saruwatari trained under Ms. Takako Yokoyama, and became a certified Shihan (teacher) in 2012. 

Rika’s contact info: rikaandshiro@gmail.com or call 403-701-0390

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