Earth Store Dharma Assembly
Earth Store Sutra – a text that gives us an understanding of the causes and effects we create Why is the Bodhisattva called “Earth Store”? …
Category: Special Events
Transmission of the 3 Refuges and 5 Precepts
July 3 (Sunday) – Transmission of the 3 Refuges and 5 Precepts – 1:00pm Universal Bowing will take place at 12:30pm Taking refuge: going through …
Emperor Liang’s Jewelled Repentance
Bowing this “Compassionate Way-Place Repentance Dharma” brings powerful purification of our karma. May all living beings enter the door of compassion, may their bodhi grow …
Avatamsaka Sutra Recitation Session
The Avatamsaka Sutra: A Wholesome Dharma Bringing One Riches and Honour It is both vast and subtle. Let it go and it fills the whole universe. Roll …
Six-Syllable Mantra Dharma Assembly
Venerable Master Hsuan Hua: “OM MA NI PAD ME HUM” – these six syllables together make up the Six-Syllable Great Bright Mantra; each one individually …
2017 Chinese New Year Festivities
Jan 15 (Sun) 1:00-3:00pm – Couplet Writing Jan 22 (Sun) 1:00-3:00pm – Copying Sutras Jan 27 (Fri) 8:00pm – Lamp Lighting & Bell Ringing Ceremony …
Amitabha Buddha Recitation Session
From December 25-31 8:30am-5:00pm, Gold Buddha Monastery will host an Amitabha Buddha Recitation Session. The dharma door of reciting the Buddha’s name will be explained …
2016 Year End Dharma Feast
Year End Dharma Feast Sutra Lectures & Buddha Recitation Dharma Assemblies On December 19-24 from 7:30-9:00pm, Gold Buddha Monastery has invited senior Bhikshuni Heng Chih …
Special Event During Emperor Liang’s Repentance 2016
Lectures on Repentance and Chan Meditation Q&A “Only through repenting and reforming we can eliminate all enmity and resentment.” We have invited special guests: Dharma …
Avatamsaka Sutra Session & the 21st Anniversary of VM’s Entering Nirvana
Commemoration and Gratitude The Venerable Master Hua had visions as vast as the Dharma Realm. He had endeavored himself through various levels of communities, trying …