In honor of the state
of our dirt roads this time of year, this month's family program had the theme of "mud." Children and teens explored the various ways as
humans that we get "stuck in ruts" and form habits, as well as ways
to break free of those habits as best we can. They looked at optical illusions that
can be seen in multiple ways and Scribbles (drawing different abstract shapes and exploring various things we
can see in them/add to them) and a meditation experiment on seeing things
freshly. Also they made "ublec" as a mud substitute and had mud-like soymilk chocolate pudding for snack.
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Wagesa Sewing Day
Wagesa Sewing Day
The first step commitment available at Shao Shan Temple is receiving the first five precepts. With this step, a person receives a wagesa - a minature Buddha's robe. This year, participants are sewing their own Wagesas, putting in a prayer ("Namu Kie Butsu") with each stitch. Five sangha members began this process today in preparation for the July 2nd ceremony.
Special thanks again
to our sewing teachers:
Donna, Judy and Kathleen!
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