Announcement from Chiryugakuin School (as of Dec.2011)

For those who are interested in entering the Chiryu Gakuin
Please attend the explanation meeting to receive the application form and submit it to the temple office by February 5th.
智流学院に入行を希望される方
入行説明会に参加し、申請願書を受取ってください。締切りは２月５日必着です。

For Chiryu Gakuin Student (Primary, Intermediate & Advanced)
Please submit the practice report to the temple office by February 5th. Those who are not able to fulfill the requirements should also submit.
院生（修養科、本科、研究科）
「実績調査票」を事務局カウンターでお受け取りください。実績の満たない方も提出する必要があります。
締切りは２月５日必着です。

For Associate Dharma Teachers who meet the requirements to request for the appointment of dharma teacher
Please pick up the "Request for the appointment of dharma teacher" and submit it by March 15th.
教師補の方
教師になる資格の整っている方は「教師任命願い」を事務局カウンターでお受け取りください。
締切りは３月１５日必着です。

For Dharma Teachers who have not yet completed the ordination held in Japan
The Ordination is scheduled in Ogen Center on May 19th. All dharma teachers who have not yet completed the ordination are eligible to attend this time.
For those who are eligible (including those who attended such meeting in the past), please attend the explanation meetings held in January 2012.
教師の方
得度受戒が２０１２年５月１９日に予定されています。教師で得度を頂いていない方は資格があります。
資格のある方は１月の得度受法者会合に出席してください。（過去に説明会に参加したことのある方も再度出席する必要があります）

New look temple schedule with updates (JAN 2012)

pre-WT 2012 guidance by Keishu-sama NOW online in various languages

 You can now access the URL below and listen to the pre-Winter Training 2012 guidance by Shinnyo Keishu-sama in the following languages:

ENGLISH  JAPANESE CANTONESE  MANDARIN

URL: http://video.shinnyo.net/

Please contact your lineage parent, area coordinator or temple staff for log-in info.

Christmas Block Party wrap-up

"Universal Beat Band & Community Outreach team joined the annual NYPD "Christmas Block Party in East Village" on 12/17!! Hundreds of children and the parents stood on the line for hours to receive gifts from Santa. Community Outreach team gave out gloves/mittens, scarves and hats that were donated at the temple and MTC to the deserving children while Universal Beat Band played exciting and fun Christmas music!

SPRING 2012 Eza Schedule Announcement!

Receiving the great compassion of the Shinnyo Parents, the Two Dojis and Shinnyo Keishu Sama, and as we prepare to welcome the centennial year of Shojushinin Sama, we would like to announce the eza schedules for Daijo, Kangi, Daikangi and Reino Bodai eza at the NY temple:

3/17 (SAT)
10AM: DAIJO-Eza
2PM: KANGI-Eza
3/18 (SUN)
10AM: DAIKANGI-Eza
2PM: REINO BODAI-E / SPECIAL BODAI-E

The eza sign-up forms will be available at the temple/training centers. Sign-up can be made by  February 5. 

HOMA SERVICE AT SHINCHOJI INNER SANCTUM 真澄寺奥の院護摩供

As Shinnyo Keishu Sama announced at the November Kyoen-kai, next year on February 8th
she will conduct a Homa ritual inside the Shinchoji inner sanctum to mark the new beginning of our
sangha. The purpose of this Homa is for us all to succeed to the wish of Kyodoin Sama, who laid the
spiritual foundation of Shinchoji, and the wish of Shindoin Sama, whose spiritual faculty
expressed the spirit of immovability of Achala. The Homa is also for extending Saisho, Shoju, and
Bakku-daiju, the spiritual liberation that the Ever-Present Shinnyo Parents and the Two Dojis,
expand far and wide. The name of the service will be: “Shojushinin Centennial Year: Homa at
the Shinchoji Inner Sanctum to Mark the Founding of the Shinnyo Path”. Shinnyo Keishu
Sama said in the Kyoen-kai that this Homa will mark the beginning of a new era for our sangha.
Let us unite in our sincere efforts so that the Homa will be held successfully.
11月の教苑会において真如継主さまより発表がございましたように、明年2月8日『立教記念』の日
に、真如教主様『衆生救わでやまず』のみ心と、真澄寺の礎となられた教導院様、本尊加持の霊能を持たれた真導院様の求願を継承、更には済摂•摂受•抜苦代受、真如双親様、両童子様の常住の救いを世界にと拡げていく『新たな立教の護摩』を、根本堂宇•真澄寺奥の院にて厳修していただくこととなりました。　法要名は『霊祖生誕百年真如立教記念•真澄寺奥の院護摩供』と頂戴しております。真如継主様からも「新たな立教の護摩です。　全教徒のまことを結集し、厳修していきたい。」とお言葉を頂戴しております。

Homa requests forms are now available at the temple and will be collected thru February 8th.

"Christmas Block Party in East Village"

Community Outreach team and Universal Beat Band will be participating in "Christmas Block Party in East Village", an event that NYPD organizes every year. NYPD gives out donated Christmas gifts to children in the area on this day. Many children and parents will stand on a line for hours to get these free gifts.

What we can do FOR 12/17 :

Collect or donate NEW gloves/mittens, scarves, hats or even jackets that keep them warm.

What we can do ON 12/17 :

With the music of the Universal Beat Band in the background, we will give out gloves/mittens, scarves or jackets to deserving children as if you're Santa!

Give out hot chocolate or candies with big smiles to the children while they're waiting in line.

Where : In front of the 9th Precinct at 321 E. 5th St. btw 1st & 2nd Ave.

Time : 9am~2pm

Please join us for this event!  It will be so nice  to see all those happy children and it will warm your heart!  Please contact us with any questions.

Community Outreach Team

shinnyo.outreach@gmail.com

You can also check this website for more info on this event:

http://www.rubiroy.com/merrychristmas/

pre-WT 2012 guidance by Keishu-sama video NOW at NY temple!

We wanted to let you know that starting today (Dec 14), the pre-WT 2012 guidance by Keishu-sama is now available for view at the temple.

We will be showing it at many of the upcoming services, but we will also be showing it upon request on days that we are open at the temple/training centers.

2012 Winter Training Shinnyo-en New York Art Day

2012 Winter training will begin on Friday, January 20, 2012. As a sangha preparing ourselves toward wintering training, two winter training art days are scheduled as follows:

When: First Art Day- December 18 2011 Sunday after year end all member gohoshi
Proposed second Art Day- January 8, 2012 Sunday after service

Where: WPT Harmony Room

What: Artwork based on the theme “Believe, Share, Transcend”

Who: Members of the sangha at all ages

How: We provide scissors, glue and letter sized paper as well as donated magazines
You can also bring in your own art supplies for the event
You can do the art work at home

Artwork Requirement:
Artwork on letter sized paper

Deadline: January 8, 2012 at WPT
January 7, 2012 at MTC

Goal: To be used for decoration during winter training

Regarding: the teaching by Shinnyo Keishu Sama towards the winter training

Under the compassion of Keishu Sama, the teaching by Shinnyo Keishu Sama towards the winter training will be shown at the head and branch temples throughout the nation.  In addition to that, the teaching can be also viewed through the internet.  (This should be viewed in the same manner as you receive the teaching at a sanctuary.)  We would like to encourage that everyone utilize this opportunity according to the circumstances you are in and grasp the heart of Keishu Sama deeply towards the winter training held in the centennial of the birth of our Spiritual Source.

Who can view:       Any Shinnyo-en member

                             *This is not made to be applicable to non-members.

Viewing time:         December 8, 2011 to January 19, 2012 

How to access:      Please contact the temple (or your lineage parent/area coordinator) for the URL to get the online video link

Please note the following points for viewing the teaching by Shinnyo Keishu Sama.

·        You can listen to the teaching at the winter training preparation meetings as well as at regular home meetings.

·        There are no restrictions of time and place for you to listen to the teaching, but please show consideration to people who are around you when listening.

·        Please refrain from saving the teaching to any devices such as hard discs, memory chips and DVDs even temporarily.

·        Please refrain from sharing the web address, user name and password by writing in the social network service (SNS) 

Viewing the teaching is available only from personal computers and smartphones but not from regular mobile phones.

NY January Schedule 2012 as of 12-06-2011

Upcoming Robe Wearing Dates: Star Ritual 12/22, First Merit Transfer Service of Year 1/4

Taiwanese news reports on the SAISHO HOMA !

There were a couple of reports made on the SAISHO HOMA service by the local TAIWANESE new media, after the ceremony which took place on Nov 27.

Below are the links for them (note: they are all in Mandarin)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxxDQGuWp1o&sns=fb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCn6OrPwCt8

We can all look forward to viewing the entire service at the NY temple this SAT DEC 3 at 11am!  Hope to see many of you then!!!

Thailand's Newspaper article

Here is the link to the article in a Thai paper on Shinnyo-en making a donation to Wat Paaknam.

The link is all in Thai, but some members were kind enough to translate into English. Please see the English translation as follows.

http://www.thairath.co.th/content/edu/214177

Famous Temple in Japan Donates Two Million Bath to Help Thai Flood Victims.

A monk from Wat Paknum receives 5 million yen from the Shinnyo-en Temple in Japan to help the flood victims in Thailand.

On November 4th the Shinnyo-en temple of Japan, which has more than one million members around the world, donated 5 million Yen (2 million Thai Baht) to Somdej Pramaharatchamungkarajarn, Archilmandrite of Wat Paknum Paseajareun. The 5 million yen donation was handed to the monk personally by Keishu sama, head of the Shinnyo-en temple, Japan to help the temple and the flood victims in Thailand.
Somdej Pramaharatchamungkarajarn remarked, “Wat Paknum and the Shinnyo-en temple have had a good relationship for 50 years. I am thankful for being allowed to visit the Shinnyo-en temple, and I appreciate that Keishu sama has donated money to support the flood victims. This donation reflects the sincerity of all of their Buddhists. Many people have had to leave their homes since they are under the water. I believe that when the Thai people receive this help from the Shinnyo-en temple, it will relieve some of their suffering. As a representative of the Thai people, I would like to thank the Japanese people who have demonstrated great generosity to the Thai people on during this crisis.”
Keishu sama said, “The Shinnyo-en temple has heard the news from media that Thailand was experiencing a flood disaster. We thought that we should donate money to help the victims by giving this amount to Somdej Pramaharatchmungkarajarn. He will manage this money for helping the temple and people.”

December Schedule as of 11-8-2011

December Schedule as of 11-8-2011

Updates: MTC Service on November 9th, 2011

There will be Sesshin Training (upto Kojo Sesshin) after the Replay of Festival of Oneness on November 9th , 2011, 7:00 PM.

December Schedule as of 11-4-2011

Change of Chiryu Gakuin Schedule in November 2011／智流学院講義の変更

Due to weather, Chiryu Gakuin lectures on 10/29 & 30 have been re-scheduled to the following dates.

Saturday, October 29th à  Saturday, November 26^th, 4:30 PM

            Sunday, October 30^th    à  Sunday, November 27^th, 10AM

10月29日の降雪によりキャンセルされた講義を以下のように変更します。

　　10月29日(土)キャンセル分 → 11月26日(土) 4:30pm

　　10月30日(日)キャンセル分 → 11月27日(日) 10am

Festival of Oneness, November 6th, 2011 11:00AM

Performance by Shinnyo Taiko New York starts@10:50AM

Festival of Oneness Service followed by
-candlelight offerings by those who have been spiritually elevated this year
-Taiko drum
-Chorus

After Service
-Pizza Party ($3 donation if joining)
-Mini Bazaar (accepting only new items for sale)

Oct 30 service related

Hope everyone is doing okay.  Looks like a lot of people may be experiencing power outages.   For your information, the service at 1pm is as scheduled, but please take it safe!  If gohoshi persons are unable to make it, we will try to coordinate with the available members at the temple :)


We are also getting word that the Metro North trains may not be running on schedule, so please check ahead with MTA for more info.


Thank you!

Cancellation of Chiryu Gakuin Lectures today (10/29) and tomorrow (10/30) at NY Temple

With safety as our primary focus, all Chiryu Gakuin (Dharma School) lectures for Saturday, 10/29, and Sunday, 10/30 are cancelled at the NY Temple due to the winter storm weather in the Westchester area and Northeast region.

We appreciate your cooperation in being safe in your travel decisions during this weekend.

At this time, the service scheduled for Sunday, 10/30, at 1pm remains as scheduled.

Any questions, please call us at the NY Temple (914) 421-1111.

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Oct 29 special lecture and video showing

There will be a special lecture with visiting Reverend Tomita this coming Saturday on the following topics:


"Founder Shinnyo Kyoshu-sama," and "How to deal with difficult people"
Sat Oct 29 (1pm)
Shinnyo-en NY
370 North Street
White Plains, NY 10605


The lecture will be open to members as well as non-members.


After the lecture, there will be a showing of the highlights from the Oct 15 Inspiriting of the Nirvana Buddha Image.

Article on the Inspiriting Ceremony on the HUFFINGTON POST!

 You may already have seen it, but an article with many photos has been published in the HUFFINGTON POST website.  Below is the link to the article:

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/18/shinnyo-en-buddhist-eye-opening-ceremony_n_1018542.html#s418436&title=Shinso_Ito

Central Park Cleaning Gohoshi Updates

Hello Everyone! This coming Saturday Oct. 22nd we will be doing a Gohoshi cleaning in Manhattan's Central Park. There is a wonderful vibe at this Gohoshi so please come if you have time. Everyone is welcome followers and non-followers, all ages EXCEPT children (sorry!). There is still plenty of space, please email dmmclean@gmail.com if you would like to come. We will be meeting at East 97th St and Fifth Avenue at 9:30 am Saturday morning. We will head into the park together. If you have difficulties or arrive late, please call David McLean at 917-514-4806. This will be a weeding project in an area that is extremely overgrown. Please dress appropriately for getting dirty. Closed toe shoes are a must. We recommend long sleeve shirt and long pants. The Conservancy will provide the gloves and tools needed as well as water for everyone. The cleaning will be from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm. See you there!

Directions from the Consercancy to get to work site (although we will meet together beforehand!). Please enter the Park at Fifth Avenue and 97th Street. Take the pedestrian pathway straight to the east drive (top of short set of stairs). Cross the east drive at the traffic light and take either the pedestrian pathway or the bridle path on your left up the hill. At the top of the hill, look to you right and you will see the white Consercancy van.
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david mclean dmmclean@gmail.com +1.917.514.4806

November Schedule as of 10-08-2011

Additions: Lineage Gohoshi Assignment
Please note that those who will be attending the New York Main Eza Sitting will not be able to attend Shoza/Shojin-eza held in New York in the same month of November.
DCTC service on 27th will be at 11 AM

reminders for those going to Japan for the OCT 15 service at Ogen Center!

Hello everyone:

We received a reminder from IAD regarding those who are attending 10/15/2011 11AM service at Ogen'in.
 
THOSE WHO SIGNED UP SHOULD REPORT TO THE OGEN CENTER "Training Hall" (Jpn: SHUGYO-TO) 1ST FLOOR CHIRYU GAKUIN COUNTER by 9am.
 
We are being informed that if you get there late, there may be situations where your seating area may not have English (or other language) translation..

Looks like it will be very crowded. Hope you can all get there safely!


国際部から１０月１５日の午前中の法要に申込みされた方々へのリマインダーを頂きましたのでご連絡させて頂きます。
 
集合：午前９時までに修行棟の１階の智流学院カウンター
　　（遅れてしまうと場合によっては通訳が無い席しか残っていない、となってしまう可能性が高いそうです）
 
かなり混雑されることかと思いますの。皆様が無事集合して参集できることを祈らせていただきます。

Regarding the Oct 25 evening service at MTC

We actually will plan to have the HIGHLIGHTS from the Re-inspiriting of the Parinirvana Image that day, and not the full version.  Instead, we will also make time for a live dharma talk from visiting Reverend Tomita from Japan on the theme, "EVER-PRESENT."  Hope to see many of you there!

November Schedule as of 10-05-2011

Central Park Cleaning October 22, 10am~1pm

Hello Everyone!


We have a new date for the Central Park Cleaninig Gohoshi, Saturday October 22nd, 10am~1pm. The Central Park conservancy will provide tools, gloves, and water. Unfortunately they ask that we do not bring children to this gohoshi for safety reasons. Please dress appropriately for garden work, preferably in long pants. If you would like to com, please sign up (even if you signed up for the last cancelled gohoshi) because space is limited. there is a sign up sheet downstairs at the temple counter, please include your email address, or you can email dmmclean@gmail.com and tell us you want to come. Neddie Harnandez and her team at the Central Park conservancy are a lot of fun to work with. Please come and join our gohoshi, the vibe at this gohoshi is always very inspiring and our work helps the park look beautiful for so many others. Thank you very much.

Community Outreach Team

guidelines for attending the Oct 15 service in JAPAN

For those who have signed up to attend the Oct 15 Third Inspiriting Ceremony in Japan for the 11am service:

-Please gather at the Ogen Center Training Hall CG counter (first floor as you enter past the shoebox) at 9am.

Attendance at Oyasono will be only by representative members who have been given seating in advance.  

Note: There will not be any visits possible to Oyasono from Oct 14-16.

(if anyone is planning to attend any of the video replays while in Japan, please sign up in advance)

Words by Keishu-sama for the 10th Anniversary of 9.11 UP!

The recent words given by Keishu-sama on the 10th anniversary of 9.11 has been posted on the official Shinnyo-en website!

http://www.shinnyoen.org/news-events.html

October Schedule as of 9-21-2011

Changes at Washington DC Training Center:

10/22 @10:00 am Sesshin by Reservation (Sodan and above)

10/22 @1:oo pm Prayer Gathering

Changes at Manhattan Training Center:

10/25 @7pm Prayer Gathering is changed to [Replay] Service to Re-enshrine the Parinirvana Image

report on the 9.11 peace ceremony

With everyone's support, prayers and participation, we were able to have a very solemn 9.11 peace ceremony at our Manhattan center.  Thanks from the bottom of our hearts for joining us in person or in spirit!  127 persons joined the ceremony.  Here are a few pics from the event.
beautiful sky overlooking the White Plains temple on the morning of 9.11

priests await to greet guests in front of MTC.

participants of the "light offering" stand by.

 

the "Shomyo" (buddhist choir) performing during the Peace Ceremony.

Hand in Hand NY event held on Sept 10

The city of New York put together an event called "Hand in Hand NY," where people joined hands at the time of the first airplane striking the WTC tower on 9/11, and prayed for those who perished.  A couple of Shinnyo-en members also participated.  (Thx Junko and Robert!)

visit to Ground Zero Sept 7

A small group of Shinnyo-en members and friends gathered to offer prayers near Ground Zero on the evening of September 7th.  Here are some pics from the gathering.  Thank you to those who joined us.  Thank you also for those who extended your prayers!

the new WTC 1 tower.

   bronze memorial near Ground Zero.

   we offered the "goreiju" and "sandai" from the WFC 2 lobby.

    ... and as we ended, the time was exactly 7:19pm!

    entrance to the 9/11 preview site on 20 Vessey St.

9.11 ceremony UPDATE!!!

1.  we are now expecting to receive a message from Keishu-sama for this occassion that marks the 10th anniversary of 9.11!!!!  No details on how the message will come to us (video, audio, script...)

 

2. the flow of the ceremony will be as follows:

 

 -intro comments by MC,

-chanting (with recitation of the Nirvana Sutra: Chapter on the virtue of the name by Founder Kyoshu-sama included)  approx 30 min. 

 -the Shomyo choir performance, together with the video montage revisiting 9.11.01 and the light offering (by representative members)  approx 15 min.

  -closing comment, followed by the offering of flowers (by everyone who wants to)   approx 10 min.

 

3. we are calling out to find persons interested in participating in the "light offering" during the Shomyo performace.  This will be open to all, including non-members.  To sign up, please contact one of the temple staff (by phone, email, in person).  Emiko will be communicating with the participants with details to follow.

 

 

4. For those interested, we will have a

group visit to Ground Zero prior to 9.11

to extend our prayers near the site. 

The meeting place and time will be:

Wed Sept 7 (6:30pm)

in front of "Century 21" on Church street near Ground Zero.

 

We will take a walk from there around the site and offer prayers overlooking Ground Zero.  We expect this to end before 7:30pm.  No signup is needed, you can just show up at the meeting place.

 

October Schedule as of 9-3-2011