Namo the Original Master Sakyamuni Buddhaya

The 2640th Happy Vesak Season - 2016

To dear Monastics, lay Buddhists, and everyone,

We respectfully hear the Elder have taught, "Pay homage to the World-Honored One, who

is the Gentle Father of the three Realms, with his loving-kindness, compassion, and wisdom,

shines all over the directions. We who express our deeply wholehearted hearts take toward

refuge in the Teacher of gods and human beings." Indeed, the Sakyamuni Buddha, the Founder of

Buddhism, the path of enlightenment, loving-kindness, compassion, and peace to the many right

in the present life, has appeared in the world for more than the past twenty centuries.

Wherever Buddhism has been spread, there Monastics, lay Buddhists, and the local people

live more peacefully, gently, and better if they together learn, understand, practice, and apply the

Buddhadharma into their daily lives to contribute to bringing fruits and flowers of peaceful joy

and happiness to living things and living beings all over the planet.

On occasion of the Vesak Season in this year, the Phap Nhan Temple will hold the

Summer Retreat for you near and far under instruction, preaching, and teaching of the

Buddhadharma of the Most Venerable Thich Tri Hoang, the Head of Phap Nguyen Temple,

coming from Houston, along with the presence and attendance of Vietnamese, Thai, Sri Lanka

Monks, Nuns at the Temples in the vicinity of Austin, Texas.

Schedule for this Retreat will take place on Saturday afternoon, May 28, 2016.

05.00 pm: Welcome you to Phap Nhan Temple

06.00 pm Have diner in mindfulness

07.00 pm: Walking meditation

07.30 pm: Dharma talk

08.30 pm: Chanting

Vietnamese American Buddhist Association of Austin, TX

Chùa Pháp Nhãn - Tổ Chức Bất Lợi Nhuận 136 The Ranch Road, Del Valle, TX 78617

Tel: 512-366-2686 Website: www.phapnhan.net / phapnhantemple.com

Email: phapnhantemple@gmail.com

09.00 pm: Relaxing meditation

09.30 pm: Sitting meditation

10.00 pm: lights out.

On Sunday, May 29, 2016

05.00 am: Wake and get up

05.30 am: Do morning exercise

06.00 am Meditation practice

06.30 am: Chanting

07.30 am: Have breakfast in mindfulness

08.00 am: Do personal activities

09.00 am: Learn Buddhist Terms

10.00 am: Dharma talk of the Vesak meanings - Most Venerable Thich Tri Hoang

11.00 am: Perform the Ceremony of bathing the newborn baby Buddha

12.00 am: Make offerings to the Sangha and have lunch in mindfulness

01.00 pm: Take a rest

02.00 pm: Perform the Ceremony and explain the meanings of how to become lay

Buddhists1

03.00 pm: The end

May the Triple Gem bless you all with peace and happiness.

May you all be well, healthy, and happy.

The Abbot of Phap Nhan Temple

Dharm Teacher Thich Trung Sy

1 Please write your full name, DOB, and an ID picture, and then send them soon to the Phap Nhan Temple so that Dharma Master will fill them in the Certificate of Ordination for you.