Lecture on the Surangama Sutra, 12/7, DDMBA Chicago
Lecture on the Surangama Sutra by Venerable Guo Xing (at UChicago Campus)
When: D ecember 7, 2018 @ 02:30 PM – 04:00 PM
Where: University of Chicago, Swift Hall (Divinity school), Room 106 (1st floor)
The event will be held at the Divinity school at University of Chicago (Hyde Park), in Room #106. This event is planned to be held mainly in English. Chinese parts will be translated. Event will be free (donationswelcome).
An afternoon lecture and Q&A on the Surangama Sutra with Venerable Guo Xing.
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Chan (Zen) Buddhist Practice in Everyday Life: An evening lecture with Venerable Guo Xing
When: December 7, 2018 @ 06:00 PM – 08:00 PM
Where:University of Chicago, Swift Lecture Hall (Divinity school), 3rd Floor
An evening lecture on Chan (Zen) Buddhist Practice in Everyday Life with Venerable Guo Xing. The event will be held at the Divinity school at University of Chicago (Hyde Park), in the Swift Lecture Hall (3rd floor).
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Venerable Guo-Xing
Venerable Guo-Xing, heir of Master Sheng Yen’s Dharma, is currently head of the Chan Department in the headquarters of DDM in Taiwan. He was ordained under Chan Master Sheng Yen in 1986 and assisted the Master between 1987 and 2007, during which time he led meditation retreats in Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and the United States.
Formerly serving 8 years as the abbot of Chan Meditation Center and Dharma Drum Retreat Center in New York, Venerable Guo-Xing served as counselor for DDM’s Chan Meditation Group. His specialty is in meditation and the Surangama Sutra. This sutra contains a great deal of meditation related contents which enable practitioners to better cultivate themselves, work on precepts, stabilization and wisdom.