Hello Friends!

April showers bring May flowers and spring has most definitely sprung! Everybody is hard at work, with the Master planting in the garden, Venerable Kong Yan is still in school, and she also managing the DBS Program plus IBFA Sunday program, Venerable Zhao Zhan tending to the chickens and roosters and Venerable Kong Shi is working with Grace on the E-news! Read more to find our upcoming events and see what we've been up to! If you missed any Sunday Dharma talks, no problem, visit our YouTube to see what you missed.

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Sunday Morning at MABA schedule:

9:30 - Silent Meditation

10:10 - Dharma Talk by Master Ji Ru (if there is no dharma talk, then we will continue silent meditation)

10:45 - Chanting

11:10 - group discussion at the Manjushri Hall

11:45 - Vegetarian Lunch at Blue Lotus House

Event Calendar

Buddhist Teaching of the Month

The wise are controlled in bodily action, controlled in speech and controlled in thought.

They are truly well-controlled.

-Dhp 234 Kodhavagga: Anger by

Acharya Buddharakkhita

The spring season is here! Our monastery is happy to receive any help in cleaning the Chan Hall, yard work and gardening. Join us on Saturdays, with vegetarian lunch provided. Please let us know if you are willing to come and help.

Upcoming Events!

MABA is still in deep reflection, so events will be fewer and far between, if you would like to see us before then visit us on Sundays or volunteer on Saturday

June 9th

• Vesak day at

Fo Guang Shan St. Louis Buddhist Center

Organized by the Buddhist Council of Greater St. Louis, MO

Master Ji Ru's Upcoming Teaching Events

5/19/24-Vesak Day at IBFA Chicago

https://www.ibfachicagotemple.org/events

6/2-23/24 -Sundays ONLY - Dharma Teaching at IBFA Chicago (in Chinese)

https://www.ibfachicagotemple.org/events

9/15/24 -Teaching at BAUS, New York, in Memory of Dr. CT Shen

https://www.baus.org/en/activities/chuang-yen-monastery activities/diamond-sutra-study-retreat-series-2-ven-ji-ru-9-15-9am-3pm/

10/16 /24- 11/13/24 - Teachings in Malaysia

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Monastic "Deep Reflection" Retreat

This year from October 2023 till September 2024 MABA monastic community will take time to have a deep reflection retreat, dedicated to studying Samyutta Nikaya and Samyukta Agama. During that time few changes will happen, including:

• MABA is open to the public on Sundays only.
• Events that MABA will organize during this period are Sunday Mornings, Qingming Blessing and Dizang Blessing. New events and retreats after October will be announced later.
• MABA will begin accepting overnights requests on October 1, 2024.

From October 2023 till September 2024 MABA monastic community will be in a deep reflection retreat dedicated to studying Samyutta Nikaya and Samyukta Agama. During that time MABA will not accept applications for the monastic training program. But if you are interested to know more about this program and would like to apply later, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Dana

is the virtue of giving. Monastic community is fully dependent on the lay community support. As for now MABA almost fully relies on the support of traditional Asian community. It is very important for us to help Western community to develop six paramitas (perfection), first of which is the virtue of giving. The importance of practicing Dana is known through it's benefit for overcoming lower fetters, such as greed and ignorance, and the way to accumulate merits, that will support the practice of meditation. Without preliminary effort to establish virtuous actions, the practice of meditation often become fruitless. Do not hesitate and seize any opportunity to develop this virtue.

Thank you for your outgoing support!

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Video of the Month

MABA Documentary for 23rd Anniversary Celebration

MABA celebrates it's 23 anniversary with a documentary all about the beginning of MABA

Interfaith

MABA accepts invitations from schools, educational institutes and other religious organizations to introduce Buddhism and mindfulness practice, as well as to join interfaith dialogues that promote mutual understanding between practices. 

Lanterns

For our Dharma friends and supporters who wish to make a dedicated lantern offering, we will engrave a tablet in your name (or any name you wish) and place it at the pavilion.

Funeral services

Reservation of the niches, ordering the urns, placing the urns, relocating the urns, chanting service for transference of merits, funeral services, placement of name tablet of ancestors, and visiting dying patients.