Thursday, January 31, 2013

Viewings of the Winter Training 2013 Sermon

by HH Keishu Shinso (delivered on January 27 at the Ogen Center in Japan)
 

 

White Plains

Sat Feb 2:    12:30pm
Sun Feb 3:   11am
              Mon Feb 4: after sesshin
              Sat Feb 9:    after sesshin
 

MTC

Sat Feb 2:    2pm
Wed Feb 6: 7pm


For viewings in areas other than NY, please consult your local meeting coordinator.

Opening of the Outside Venue of Sesshin in Austin, Texas

Under the compassionate heart of Her Holiness Shinnyo Keishu, we are going to hold the opening ceremony of the outside venue for sesshin in Austin, Texas on February 23rd, 2013.  This represents another new phase of Shinnyo Teaching development in the state of Texas.  We would like to invite you all to attend this event.

The event will take place in the “Bluebonnet conference room” at

Austin Marriott South Hotel
4415 S. IH-35 | Austin, Texas 78744
1-512-441-7900

Following is the event content on Feb 23rd:

1:00 to 1:30 PM – Preparation of the hotel conference room for service and reception for sesshin training application.
1:30 to 2:30 PM – Purification rite conducted by Head Reverend Hideo Kurihara, short talk by Rev Kurihara and Teaching by the Founder or Her Holiness Shinnyo Keishu by video.
2:30 to 2:45 PM – Sesshin Training Explanation Video (15 minutes)
2:45 to 4:00 PM – Kojo Sesshin training

The Kojo sesshin application will occur before the service begin at 1:30 PM.  The offering for the kojo sesshin training is $5.00 for the members who are 19 years old and older, and $3.00 for the members who are 10 to 18 years old.

We apologize that no food will be provided at the conference room before the service.  We encourage the members to have lunch before coming to the service.  However, water will be provided.

Parking at the hotel is free.  If there is no more parking space on the ground level parking lot, there is a multi-level underground parking garage available.  Please check the link www.marriott.com/ausap for more information about the hotel.

Please let other members in your district know about this event and encourage them to make effort to attend.

If you have any further questions, please contact the temple office staff.

Thank you very much.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

WT 2013 videos in English

link to WT 2013 videos in English!

Some of the Winter Training 2013 videos are now available from the above link

Please note that the videos are temporarily hosted by a French site for French practitioners. In order to view the videos, you need to login using the same username that you use for the https://www.oyasono.org site.  You do not need to type in anything for password.


Paying Homage in front of the Sacred Busts み像参拝について

As previously mentioned, we will be welcoming the sacred busts of the Shinnyo Parents and Two Dojis (that have been enshrined at Shinchoji Temple in the sacred site of Oyasono) to the United States.  The scheduled dates for paying homage is as follows:
以前にも発表いたしましたが、真如双親様・両童子様のみ像参拝の尊い機会をアメリカにて頂戴いたしました。各依処での参拝日は以下の予定でございます:

Hawaii                                   April 20 – May 12
Los Angeles                          May 25 – June 16
USA Head Temple              June 22 – July 14
Seattle                                   July 20 – August 11
Chicago                                 August 24 – September 15
New York                              September 21 – October 14, 2013

September 2013: Special Events in NY 2013年9月NYでの特別行事について


 
 

HH Keishu Shinso has announced during her Winter Training sermon (delivered at Ogen Center on Jan 27) that the Autumn Higan Service will be held at a church in NY, and the Lantern Floating Ceremony will take place in NY’s Central Park this September.  Viewings of this sermon will be made available both at the NY temple and MTC, as well as in local meeting areas throughout the East Coast. 
今年の寒修行ご瑞教(1月27日応現院)にて継主様より、9月の彼岸会はNYの教会にて、そして同月に灯籠流しがセントラルパークにて行われるとのご発表がございました。尚、このご瑞教の拝聴はNY精舎・MTCにて、また各地の合同集会場所でも予定しております。

Friday, January 25, 2013

The 2013 Winter Training Cards

Please find English and Chinese translations of the message cards from Her Holiness Keishu Shinso given to all those who attend Winter Training 2013

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Winter Training Website!

We have updated our Winter Training website with info such as:
-Host locations list
-"One Heart Series" events in the Middle Period
-special video posted on the Sacred Busts tour available for view

www.nywintertraining.com