Updated: March 14, 2003
Dharma Lecture on the Ten Practices Chapter of the Avatamsaka (Flower Garland) Scripture
Presenter: Bhikshu Heng Sure
Live broadcast via Paltalk.com from Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, Berkeley, California, USA.
Day and Time: Every Saturday night, 7:30 to 9:30PM, Pacific Standard Time
Paltalk location: Religious (Category) >> Berkeley Buddhist Monastery (Group). Please read detailed instructions.
Technical requirements:
- PC (sorry no Macintoshes) with internet connection and functional speakers
- Paltalk software
Schedule (PST):
6:30
- 7:30PM |
Evening ceremony (may not be broadcast on time). |
| 7:30
- 7:40PM |
Requesting Dharma. View text for this. |
| Great Compassion Mantra | |
| Disaster Eradicating Auspicious Spirit Mantra | |
| 7:40
- 9:00PM |
Lecture on the Ten Practices Chapter of the Avatamsaka Sutra. View text of the Sutra. |
| 9:00
- 9:30PM |
Storytelling, announcements, and dedication of merit. View text of dedication of merit. |
Profile:
Dharma Master Heng Sure was ordained as a Buddhist monk at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Talmage, California, in 1976. After receiving full ordination he commenced a "three steps, one bow" pilgrimage from South Pasadena to Ukiah, a distance of more than eight hundred miles, over two years and nine months. Rev. Heng Sure currently serves as Director of the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery and has recently completed his dissertation in the Doctorial program at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) in Berkeley, California and has been granted a Doctor of Philosophy in Religion in Buddhist Studies. Rev. Heng Sure is also active in interfaith dialogue and is a Director of the United Religions Initiative.