All Welcome to Chinese Lunar New Year Program

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All Welcome to Chinese Lunar New Year Program
"Shining Dharma on the New Year"
Saturday, February 9 th

Please bring your family and friends to join us in our
annual Chinese Lunar New Year program. You are welcome
to come and participate in any part of the program or
in its entirety. In the morning Ven. Jen-chun will
give a New Year talk and we will have a special
devotional service and a candlelight walking
meditation chanting "Guan Yin Pu Sa" (Bodhisattva
Avalokiteshvara) . In the early afternoon, the Three
Refuges and Five Precepts will be administered for
those who would like to take them. Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
will then give the afternoon lecture.

Lunch is usually eaten in silence at the monastery,
but on this occasion we drop the rule of "Noble
Silence" so that we can socialize. Special Chinese New
Year dishes will be served. We also welcome you to
bring a dessert or fruit to supplement the meal, but
it is not necessary! We look forward to seeing you.

IMPORTANT NOTES:
- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. If anyone local is able to
help with preparation of the monastery on Friday,
February 8th or if you would like to help during the
program on Saturday, February 9th, please respond as
soon as possible to: bodhimonastery [at]  gmail.com
<mailto:bodhimonast ery [at] gmailcom> .

- SNOW DATE will be on Saturday, February 16th.
If there is heavy snow predicted on the 9th, please
check your email for the latest update.

PROGRAM:
09:15 am - (Arrival: Please arrive by 9:15 am if you
want to attend the morning lecture)
09:30 am - New Year Talk by Ven. Jen-chun (Lecture
Hall)
10:20 am - Devotional Service and Candlelight
Circumambulation (Buddha Hall)
11:30 pm - Social lunch (Dining Hall)
12:30 pm - Three Refuges and Five Precepts (for those
who want to formally undertake them) (Buddha Hall)
01:15 pm - General Talk by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi (Lecture
Hall)
02:00 pm - End of Program/Clean- up

Winter Dharma Retreat Review

The Yin Shun Foundation sponsored its first Winter
Dharma Retreat over the New Year weekend in response
to having so much enthusiasm and participation at the
Summer Dharma Retreats that they have sponsored since
the year 2000 at Bodhi Monastery. There were over 45
retreatants who attended the English program and over
80 retreatants at the Chinese program. Thank you to
all of our teachers. We appreciate the hard work of
all of the volunteers as well as the very helpful
retreatants.

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi's Majjhima Nikaya Course Completed

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi gave the final lecture of his
Majjhima Nikaya course, "Exploring the Word of the
Buddha," on Tuesday, December 11th. The course took
place at Bodhi Monastery over a five-year span from
January 2003 through December 2007 and consists of a
massive 123 lectures! The effort and thought put into
the design and execution of this course is quite
evident. It has become very popular worldwide through
its availability as audio MP3 files on our website. It
will also be available as a complete set on compact
discs to be produced in early 2008. His students are
deeply indebted to, and appreciative of, their
generous, kind, and wise teacher, Bhante Bodhi, for
his great gift of this Dhamma. Thank you!
Go to:
http://www.bodhimon astery.net/ courses/MN/ MN_course. html

Further Lectures on the Majjhima Nikaya in the Spring

Bhante has offered to continue to lecture on other
suttas from the Majjhima Nikaya beginning in the
Spring. We will keep you informed of the schedule.

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi's Sutta-Nipata Lecture Series Now
Available on Website

This series of lectures was given to the Saturday lay
community at Bodhi Monastery from October 2004 through
February 2007. Bhante plans to eventually add to this
series by lecturing on some remaining suttas from the
Mahavagga and suttas from the Parayanavagga. The
Sutta-Nipata contains some of the oldest discourses in
the Pali Canon. It is a rich source of texts offering
guidance to lay Buddhists and also abounds in suttas
that extol the contemplative ideals of early Buddhism.
Though the Sutta-Nipata as a collection exists only in
the Theravada tradition, some of the individual suttas
are found in other traditions. One whole chapter, the
Atthakavagga, is also found in the Chinese Tripitaka.
Go to:
http://www.bodhimon astery.net/ courses/MN/ MN_course. html

"Great Bodhi Mind" a New Booklet of Essays by Ven.
Jen-chun is Now On-line

A PDF of a new booklet of Shifu's essays "Great Bodhi
Mind" is now posted on the website. This booklet
consists of miscellaneous lectures that had been
translated into English. The actual booklet will be
published early this year. A PDF of his first booklet
of essays, "Gateway to the Dharma" is also now posted
on-line. This booklet consists of talks given by Ven.
Jen-chun as preparation for the study of Ven.
Yin-shun's "The Way to Buddhahood," a monumental
treatise by the foremost Chinese scholar-monk of
modern times.
Go to:
http://www.bodhimon astery.net/ dhamma/jen_ chun.html
<http://www.bodhimon astery.net/ dhamma/jen_ chun.html>

Welcome Back to Venerable Bill

Venerable Bill who had previously resided at Bodhi
Monastery several years ago, returned in November to
reside here again. Originally ordained as a Chinese
Mahayana monk in 1997, Ven. Bill has now practiced in
the Theravada Thai tradition for six years. His
practice is using the Vipassana system, starting with
Gayanupassana- Satipatthana — mindfulness of sitting
rupa, walking rupa and all minor postures, which then
develops into the four foundations of mindfulness.
This method was taught by the late Ajahn Naeb for 40
years in Thailand. Ven. Bill has also translated books
by Ajahn Naeb into Chinese, such as The 15 Principles
of Vipassana, The Sure Way of Practice, Shut Down the
Way to "The Hell", and Conversations Guiding Vipassana
Retreats with Monks & with Lay-people .
Ven. Bill is conducting sutta study of the Dhammapada
on Saturday mornings at 9:50 a.m. and lectures on
Saturday afternoons at 12:40 p.m.

Sunday Group Meditation Now Led by Venerable Bill

Sunday Group Meditation / 9:30 – 10:45 am
Introductory Meditation Class: First Sunday of each
month / 9:00 – 9:30 am

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