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Buddhist Chaplain, MFC @ SFU
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Ch’an & Chat @ SFU |
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[1] Online via Zoom
*** Please note that May 30 session will be held from 8:30 to 9:30 am.***
please note that there will be no in-person session from April to August. Online session will be available.
[Register Online Session via Zoom]
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Let's Meet-up! |
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[1] Online via Zoom
May 30(Sat) at 8:30 to 9:30 am.
* The date and content are subject to change, please contact us for the latest information.
** For individual spiritual guidance, please email [email protected] for an appointment. |
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Buddha's Birthday Celebration Assembly & Open Days 2026 |
To celebrate the Buddha's birthday this year, Tung Lin Kok Yuen, Canada Society is organizing a cerebration assembly and open days in May.
Through the celebration, we pay respect to the Buddha by "bathing" the Buddha while purifying our mind, with an aspiration to follow the teachings of the Buddha, so that his light of compassion will shine through the world. In addition, the Society will also organize open days with guided tours, booth activities, and experiential practice. We hope to celebrate this Buddha's birthday with the public with these religious and cultural activities. Free public event, no registration required.
Open days:
May 23 (Sat), 9:30 A.M – 4 P.M & May 24 (Sun), 1 P.M.– 4 P.M.
Buddha Birthday assembly: May 24 (Sun), 9:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
Location: Tung Lin Kok Yuen, Canada Society
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Co-organize Public Lecture |
Topic: Buddhist Ethics for the Twenty-First Century
Speaker: Ven. Vinaya Master Guo Qing
Time & date: May 9 (Sat), 3 P. M.
Location: Tung Lin Kok Yuen, Canada Society
“The three realms know no peace— all is like a burning house.” In an age of unrest, let morality anchor the self and purify the will. PRACTICE ALL VIRTUE. RECLAIM YOUR INNER BALANCE.
Free public lecture with English interpretation.
Registration online via QR code
Enquiry: Dakinava whatsapp +1 (236) 982-9168 |
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Buddhist Classics through Stories and Dharma |
Buddhist Classics through Stories and Drama: "Buddhism’s Entry into China: Luoyang White Horse Temple" (Cantonese)
Dates: May 2, 9, 16, 23 (Sat); May 24 (Sun)
Time: 1:00–2:30 PM
Language: Cantonese
Location: Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada
Buddhist Stories Children’s Performance Class (Parent-Child, Cantonese)
Dates: July 4, 11, 18, 25 (Sat)
Time: 10:00–11:00 AM
Location: Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada
Little Stories, Big Lessons
Dates: May 3, 10, 17, 31; June 7, 14, 21, 28; July 5, 12, 19, 26; August 2, 9
Time: After Sunday group practice
Location: Grand Buddha Hall, Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada
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Interest Courses |
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Cultivating the Mind through the Arts, Contemplating Life in Stillness.
Upholding its mission to promote culture and Buddhist education, the Society offers a series of arts and mind–body wellness courses. Through diverse forms such as calligraphy, traditional Chinese painting, floral arrangement, handicrafts, and Tai Chi, participants are guided—within the serene setting of the Society—to calm body and mind, refine characters, and embody a Ch'an-inspired living.
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Monthly Meditation Practice |
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The Society hosts a Monthly Meditation Practice, inviting a Dharma master to guide meditation and share essential Buddhist teachings in a clear and accessible way.
In a calm and harmonious setting, participants cultivate mindfulness and concentration, experience the joy of meditation, and integrate the practice into daily life.
Date: (Sat) May 16, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM-12PM
Location: 2495 Victoria Dr. Vancouver, B.C. Canada V5N 4L1 |
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Leadership and Communication Skills Global (LCSG) |
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Tung Lin Kok Yuen, Canada Society and Fa Yue Buddhist Monastery continue Leadership and Communication Skills Global (LCSG) program in North America and Europe 2025-2026, inviting speakers from diverse backgrounds to share their insights, promoting youth self-development, leadership, and communication skills.
This academic year, our theme is “Shifting Perspective”, inspiring Buddhist youth to transform how they see themselves, others, and the world.
Course schedule: Every first Saturday of the month 9:15 to 11:15 a.m.*
* Vancouver time above. |
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Words of Compassion and Wisdom
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The Transmission and Preservation of Buddhism — A Century in Hong Kong” Episode 7: “Cultivating Merit — Lay Practitioners Who Hold Up Half the Sky. |
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Hong Kong’s century-long Buddhist tradition has been shaped not only by monastics but also by devoted lay practitioners. This episode highlights these unsung supporters, showing how, guided by bodhicitta, they sustained the Dharma through times of change—raising funds, advancing education, relieving suffering, and upholding the Three Jewels. |
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2026 Ching Ming Dharma Assembly — Dharma Teaching |
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Emperor Leung, wishing to dedicate merit to his consort Lady Ci, invited Bou Chi Chan Master to guide the practice of repentance, compiling the Compassionate Repentance Liturgy based on the scriptures. Maitreya Bodhisattva (Bodhisattva of Compassion) symbolizes boundless compassion and the aspiration to benefit all beings. The liturgy is arranged in ten scrolls:
Scroll One teaches refuge, resolving doubt, and repentance—encouraging self-reflection, remorse, and true correction, not repeating past wrongs.
Scroll Two focuses on arousing the Bodhi mind, making vows, and dedicating merit for the welfare of all beings. Scrolls Three and Four explain karmic retribution, clarifying the causes behind suffering and obstacles.
Scrolls Five and Six emphasize resolving grievances—with family and all sentient beings—through repentance and dedication. Affinity or aversion in daily life may stem from karmic ties; through practice, one transforms resentment into goodwill, showing the importance of a single thought. The seven-day assembly centers on repentance and dedication for karmic ties of past and present lives.
Scroll Seven expresses gratitude for encountering the Dharma, while Scrolls Eight to Ten extend repentance to all beings in the six realms. Practitioners are encouraged to follow the text with contemplation and engage sincerely in inner transformation.
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Rebirth in the Pure Land |
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The society recently hosted a Treatise on Rebirth course with Venerable Wai Leung, covering the Bodhisattva’s difficult and easy paths—emphasizing wisdom, diligence, Pure Land aspiration, Amitabha’s vows, rebirth causes, and unregressed practice—and the course has now concluded. |
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Monthly Meditation Practice |
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On April 18, the Society held its “Monthly Meditation,” with Venerable Chuen Wai leading a two-hour meditation session. Participants were guided to turn inward, cultivate mindfulness and focus, and bring calm awareness into daily life, fostering a sense of inner stability and harmony. |
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LCSG 26 – Leadership Series Class 1 & 2 |
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In the LCSG, Sessions 2 and 3 were led by Venerables Fa Ren and Ven. Wai Leung , featuring sharing and exchange with participants. Venerable Fa Ren emphasized “transforming the mind” as the foundation of practice, while Venerable Wai Leung, drawing on the Noble Eightfold Path, elaborated on its meaning through Buddhist wisdom, guiding the transformation of afflictions into awareness, nurturing inner stillness and joy, and fostering a calm and composed state of body and mind. |
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SOWING SEEDS IN YOUR MIND 2026 |
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The Society has launched a gardening course, with its first class successfully underway. A farming professional has been invited as the instructor. Participants gained hands-on experience in seedling cultivation while learning about sustainability and ecological conservation. |
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Interest Courses |
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The society offers classes in calligraphy, Chinese painting, floral arrangement, handicrafts, and Taichi. With a refined and restrained spirit, participants are guided in a pure and serene environment to calm the mind and cultivate inner character. Through the flow of brush and ink, and the harmony of movement and stillness, they come to appreciate a sense of ease and composure, gradually settling body and mind into a peaceful, balanced, and harmonious way of life. |
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Ch'an & Chat @ SFU |
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We held the monthly meet-ups for the SFU participants from the university community on April 25 via Zoom..
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Buddhistdoor Global (BDG)
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May there be many more Buddhist books like Priya Kumari’s “My Vesak – Day of Buddha” |
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Priya Kumari brings the joy of Vesak around the world to children in an inspiring volume masterfully illustrated by Urvashi Dubey |
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Buddhistdoor Global (BDG) |
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加拿大東蓮覺苑 Tung Lin Kok Yuen, Canada Society
2495 Victoria Dr. Vancouver, B.C. Canada V5N 4L1
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