Calgary Buddhist Temple Blog

Nonviolent Communication Workshop

Thursday, March 14, 2019
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What: We are honoured to offer a workshop in Nonviolent Communication.
Where: The Calgary Buddhist Temple
When: Saturday April 27th 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $40, $45 for non-Temple-members
Who: Open to all, space is limited.


Why: In alignment with our deep value of ‘Right Speech’ from the Buddha’s teaching of the Eightfold Path., this workshop will bring us tools and awareness to enhance our ability to improve our skills in nonviolent communication in our lives.


Contact: Sensei Ken Madden kenmadden@gmail.com to sign up. Fee to be paid on the day of the workshop. (Please respect that if you sign up we need to have your participation or fee covered to offer correct dana to Anne).

Click here for full details regarding the workshop!

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Retirement Party for Sensei James Martin

Tuesday, March 05, 2019
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James Sensei will be retiring at the end of April and the Board would like to invite everyone to a dinner party. We would like to thank him for the years of leading our Sangha and wish him well on his next chapter in life.

  • Retirement Party Date:  May 11, 2019
  • Location:  Calgary Buddhist Temple
  • Time:  6:00 pm
  • Cost:  $20 per person and will be a Chinese buffet dinner

 If interested please contact Lester Ikuta (Ikuta@telus.net) or Cari Vaughan (Carivaughan@shaw.ca) for tickets.

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Spring Ikebana Classes

Saturday, February 09, 2019
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Register for the five classes of Ikebana or Japanese Flower Arrangement offered by Rika Saruwatari from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm:

  • Saturday April 13 & 27
  • Saturday May 11 & 25
  • Saturday June 15

Cost for Temple Members: $45 per class; includes flower material, instruction fee and taxes; 5 classes = $225

Cost for non-Temple Members: $50 per class; includes flower material, instruction fee and taxes; 5 classes = $250

Sorry, no refunds for missed lessons.

Students must supply their own containers (please ask Rika for suitable size and shape), scissors and kenzan (frog). Ask if you need help selecting your items but these are not supplied as part of the lesson. Rika trained under Ms. Takako Yokoyama. In 2012, Rika became a certified shihan (teacher). Please contact Rika at rikaandshiro@gmail.com or call 403-701-0390 if you have any questions.

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Upcoming Fundraising Events (updated Mar 27)

Thursday, January 24, 2019
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  • Garage sale – June TBA – our annual celebration of impermanence. Decluttering? Spring Cleaning? Nudging adult children out of the house? We can help by selling those items that no longer spark joy at the Garage Sale! Watch your email and newsletter for drop off dates and volunteer information. No clothing, books or furniture please.
  • Casino – our biggest fundraiser! We have been assigned our casino dates: Saturday Sept 14 and Sunday Sept 15, at Cash Casino. Volunteer recruitment will start in May.

Please watch your email for links to Signup Genius to volunteer, or contact Jean Masuda at j.masuda95@gmail.com

Many Thanks to those who helped make the Mein magic happen on Friday evening and/or Sunday morning (March 22 and 24) joining the fundraising committee members to make mein. Together we turned 40 kg of flour and other ingredients into approximately 300 baggies of mein for sale, and also can supply mein for temple lunches. It was truly a friends and family affair, as workers visited with old and new acquaintances. The dough was prepared under the expert guidance of Sally Hironaka.

Thanks to CJCA, noodle making and cooking took place in the newly renovated commercial kitchen at the CJCA Nikkei Centre. I’m pretty sure that it was David who suggested that we should refer to our product as “hand crafted artesian noodles” and I know that we all agree! We finished Sunday with lunch provided by Mickey. I am embarrassed to admit, I am not sure which volunteers brought treats, but as usual with Temple events, there are those thoughtful people who bring goodies.

CBT Fundraising Committee.

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2019 Calgary Buddhist Temple Membership

Thursday, January 10, 2019
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Our 2019 Calgary Buddhist Membership form is now available in our membership section and is 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 help support our temple. It also gives us an opportunity to refresh and update our sangha list and allows us to more accurately assess our needs going forward.

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