*One-Day Amitabha Chanting Retreat - "Passing on the Lamp of Wisdom": Gratitude for the Teachings of Master Sheng Yen* Dear Friends, Dharma Drum Mountain - Michigan Chapter, and Lansing Buddhist Association are holding a commemorative event in honor of the late teacher, Venerable Master Sheng Yen, a renowned Buddhist Ch'an Master on Saturday, 2/1, from 10AM - 4 PM at Amitabha Village Retreat Center. We will also dedicate the merits to Anna Kong in hope of her getting some relief from the pain and discomfort. Program includes: - Amitabha chanting, walking meditation, and prostration. - Playing DVD of Master Sheng Yen and Dharma Drum Mountain during lunch time - Enjoying vegetarian lunch (for celebrating Chinese New Year) - Distributing Master Sheng Yen's book "Zen & Inner Peace" for free (limited quantity). Event is free and opens to all. Hope to see you there. Joy and Peace, Dharma Drum Mountain - Michigan Chapter, and Lansing Buddhist Association Amitabha Village Retreat Center: 14796 Beardslee Rd., Perry, Michigan 48872 *Introduction to Venerable Master Sheng-yen* (http://www.chan1.org/shifu.html) The late Venerable Sheng-yen taught Buddhism in the West for over thirty years. His footprints have spread all across the United States, in various provinces in China, as well as Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, Russia, the United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, Belgium, Italy, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Argentina, Costa Rica, Brazil, and other countries. In 2000, he was one of the keynote speakers in the Millennium Religious Summit held in the United Nations. He wrote more than seventy books in Chinese and more than a dozen books in English. Many of his books have been translated into Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Finnish, German, French, Spanish, Polish, Dutch, Russian, Vietnamese, and Indonesian, among other languages. To learn more about Master Sheng Yen and his books, please visit the following websites: * Who is Master Sheng Yen? http://chancenter.org/cmc/bios-2/ * Foundation of Master Sheng Yen http://www.shengyen.org/ * Books in English http://chancenter.org/cmc/publications/ddp/ ================================================================ To Subscribe or Unsubscribe CSSAMSU mailing list, please go to: http://list.msu.edu/archives/cssamsu.html Click "Join or leave the list". For further assistance, please contact Jerry McAllister [log in to unmask] ================================================================