New Year's Eve 2025

Shao Shan Temple observed the New Year's Eve of 2025 with a full evening of meditation, ceremony, outside fire, refreshments and ringing of bells.

The  New Year's Eve began with meditation, followed by a time for a "personal year review" - reflecting on the past year and what we wish to continue and what we wish to refrain from.  

A vigorous Heart Sutra with drum accompanied people offering incense after which we proceeded to the outside fire circle.  

Celebratory refreshments and social time were enjoyed in the Sangha Hall.

We continued the Shao Shan tradition of 108 minutes of bell ringing. This sound meditation is an often surprising encounter with the changing subjective experience of the length of one minute.

Ending the year of the Dragon and entering the year of the Snake.

Happy New Year 2025!