TUONG VAN BUDDHIST TEMPLE INC
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Mission Statement
The Tuong Van Buddhist Temple aspires to serve as a sanctuary where individuals of all ages and backgrounds can come together to explore and embrace the teachings of Buddhist Dharma. Our mission is to help individuals enhance their lives and contribute positively to society by nurturing compassion, fostering insights, and promoting overall well-being.
About This Cause
Current Activities: Daily service: Every morning at 6 AM (except for Monday and Tuesday, although the temple is still open for individual practice) the temple hosts a morning chanting and meditation ceremony led by Tham and Thích Tâm Hỷ. On Wednesday nights, they offer a guided walking meditation followed by a Dharma discussion in English. The discussion topic and reading is sent out in advance via email by Joe Curran, an American volunteer at the temple. This service also has a live streaming component, with cameras set up to accommodate about 40 remote viewers on Facebook and YouTube. Every Saturday, a Youth Group is held in the Temple. This group meeting involves Vietnamese language, Dharma, and social skills classes. These classes are taught by the director, Tham, or the youth group leaders. The Youth Group leaders often are former members of the program who returned to the temple after graduating from high school or college. Language classes are broken into five proficiency levels, each group varies in ages. The temple also holds a Vietnamese Sunday service for adults, from 6:00 AM to 1:00 PM. This service includes chanting, meditation, and a Dharma discussion. On the first Sunday of every month, a full-day retreat is offered from 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Special Programs: Every July, Chùa Tường Vân hosts a meditation retreat for Vietnamese monastics across the country. All of the guests stay in the temple by setting up bunk beds in the Dharma hall and other rooms. They also host a youth retreat to the Blue Cliff Monastery in Upstate New York during the summer. Community: The majority of temple visitors are Vietnamese. However, members of other ethnicities frequent the temple as well. To accommodate for this diversity, programs are led both in English and Vietnamese. One notable aspect of this temple is the well structured youth group, made up of Vietnamese children in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Including youth group leaders and volunteers, there are about 55 people participating in the program. The size of the congregation on major days of prayer differs greatly from that of normal days. In their morning chanting and meditation service the number of attendees varies depending on the day. On holidays like the Lunar New Year, the Buddha’s Birthday, and Parent Appreciation day, the size of temple attendees can grow to 150 to 200 people. Leadership: Venerable Thích Tâm Hỷ is the Abbot Monk in this temple. He founded the temple in 2010, and now leads weekly meditation, chanting, and Dharma services, on top of fulfilling other Monastic duties. The second monastic who resides at the temple is Venerable Thích Phap Hanh. Dr. Tham Tran is the youth group leader of the temple. She leads and organizes weekly services, and creates the curriculum for the Youth Group at Chùa Tường Vân.