Activities

The Activities in 2001

1. New Year	Tuesday 1/23/2001
2. Thuong Nguyen	Sunday 2/11/2001
3. Retreat day I	Saturday 3/33/2001
4. Detachment Day	Sunday 3/04/2001
5. Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva	Sunday 11/3/2001
6. Retreat Day II	Saturday 4/07/2001
7. Sakyamuni 's Birthday	Saturday 5/05/2001
8. Retreat Day III	Saturday 6/30/2001
9. Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva	Sunday 8/05/2001
10. Vu Lan	Sunday 9/02/2001
11. Retreat Day IV	Saturday 9/15/2001
12. Ksitigarbha Maha	Sunday 9/16/2001
13. Mid-Autumn Festival	Saturday 10/06/2001
14. Retreat Day V	Saturday 11/03/2001
15. Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva	Sunday 11/04/2001
16. Ha Nguyen	Sunday 12/02/2001
17. Amitabha Day	Sunday 12/30/2001
18. Enlightenment Day	Sunday 1/20/2002

The Vien Giac Buddhist Temple is open daily form 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM and holds the following services on every Sunday:

- From 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM : Youth Group's services
- From 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM : Buddhist masses (Praying, sermon and memorial services)
- From 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM : Vegetarian Lunch

In addition, the Temple celebrates the following annual special events:

The Recitation of the Five Precepts: On every second Sunday of the month from 9:00 AM.
The Eight Fold Precept Retreat: Every two months.
Tet (Lunar New Year): A Vietnamese New Year tradition starting on the Lunar New Year’s Eve.
Thuong Nguyen: Prayers for a New Year to be blessed with Peace and Tranquility. It takes place around the middle of the first month of the Lunar Year.
Phat Dan (The birthday of Shakyamuni Buddha): The celebration takes place around the middle of the fourth month of the Lunar Year.
Vu Lan: A ceremony to honor ones' Parents and ancestors, which takes place around the middle of the seventh month of the Lunar Year.
Trung Thu (Mid-Autumn Festival): It is a Children’s Festival celebrated around the middle of the eighth month of the Lunar Year.
Quan The Am (The Avalokitiesvara Bodhisattva): Commemorates on or about the nineteenth day of the sixth month of the Lunar Year.
Ha nguyen: Prayers to give thanks for the good grace received prior to the End of the Lunar Year.

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