“Buddhism in the Bay” Tour
A Buddhist Temple of Southern Alberta (BTSA) committee from Lethbridge, AB have organized an exciting, customized tour of the San Francisco Bay area from June 17-24, 2017. More Information
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Bodhi Day – Dec 11
A reminder that the 2016 Bodhi Day service will be on Sunday, December 11 at 10 am. On this day, we commemorate the attainment of Enlightenment of Prince Gautama Siddhartha to become Shakyamuni Buddha. Open to the public and a light lunch will follow the service.
If you would like to bring a potluck item for the lunch to share, please sign up. If all the basic potluck items are covered, please feel free to bring an item of your choice.
The draw date for the “WestJet tickets for 2 anywhere WestJet flies” raffle is also on December 11 so ensure you have your ticket(s) for a chance to win! Tickets are $20 each or 3 for $50, and will be available after service until the draw.
Grey Cup Party at the Temple
What an exciting game!
On Sunday, twenty-two of us gathered in the temple basement to watch the game on the big projector screen. First half was underwhelming and although second half was better, with two minutes to go, I started cleaning up, assuming that Burris and his mates had it in the bag. But what a come back! Although in the end the Stamps fell short, it was a very exciting game to watch. With chilidogs and other party fare that everyone brought to share, we were well fed and watered, and the company was great! Thanks to all of you who came out and lets do it again next year!
Congratulations to Yuri Delisle, who won the reverse final score, and Dan Ichii, who won the half time score. As there were no other winners, we will be putting everyone’s names in a pot and drawing three names. So keep your fingers crossed –you still might be a winner!
Mickey Ikuta
Chow Mein Supper is this Saturday, October 22!
We still have a few tickets left. For purchase please contact Dan at 403-239-8655 or dan37mcc@gmail.com
Frozen gyozas and mochi for sale
Name your price Japanese items table
Virtual Book Club this Fall – details
The LDC (Living Dharma Centre) is starting a Virtual Book Club this fall.
We invite interested people to read a specific book chosen every three months and sign up for email participation and discussion.
For our first selection of our new book club, we have chosen two titles.
Both are excellent introductions to Shin Buddhism and are easily understandable.
These books are available through Chapters Indigo and Amazon.
To start up our Virtual Book Club, our first titles for the month of September, October and November are:
1) River of Fire, River of Water By Taitetsu Unno
Published in 1998 and speaks for itself as being a classic in Shin Buddhism literature. Written by the wonderful teacher and Shin Scholar, Tai Unno, if you have not already read it, we encourage you to!
2) Call of the Infinite By John Paraskevopoulos
A rare and lovely thing: a succinct treatment in 96 pages of the major concerns of Shin faith and life which manages to be compelling for all its brevity. Author John Paraskevopoulos is an Australian convert who is also a Shin priest.
He has the marvellous ability to anticipate a reader’s questions and answer them in straightforward fashion in a clear, lively prose.
Published in 2009 and the following are a few comments made by people who have read it:
Call of the Infinite is “I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend CALL OF THE INFINITE to one who has no previous background in Shin Buddhism. I feel confident that such a reader could then go on to the more fully-orbed works of such established writers as Alfred Bloom, Dennis Hirota, Kenneth Tanaka, and Taitetsu Unno. “-Peter M. Schogol
“This is a deeply thoughtful work and is a mature and useful guide for the spiritually hungry or perplexed. It is brief, but not epigramic; each paragraph gives the reader plenty to contemplate, but the meaning is always clear. The book is written in beautifully constructed English – not something one can take for granted in any published work. It is also cleverly and clearly structured.”- M.F. Healsmith
Gyoza Making On Saturday, Sept 19 at the Temple – pics!
On Saturday, 19 of us got together to make gyozas.
In just three hours we chopped, mixed, and folded 1008 gyozas (84 dozen)!
We will be selling them at the Chow Mein supper on Saturday, October 22, which is taking place at the temple.
With so many volunteers, not only did we get it done fast, we all had fun visiting with each other.
I made some as soon as I got home and got rave reviews from my family.
Thanks Jackie and Yuko for coordinating, and thank you volunteers for coming out!
Mickey Ikuta
Actual pics of Gyoza made and cooked (webmaster: nummy!):
