 IBMC will be celebrating the Lunar New Year on February 9, 2025. The celebration will begin at our usual time of 11AM and include paritta chanting from the IBMC monks as well as guest monks from other temples in the Los Angeles area. All guests will receive blessings and a small gift from the temple. Dana will be offered to the monks and then everyone can enjoy a lunch of Sri Lankan and Vietnamese food.
This is a wonderful occasion to spend time with the community at IBMC including monks, dharma teachers, and members. Let us celebrate the New Year together!
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 Ullambana, also known as the Gratitude Festival, is a holiday in which many Buddhists pay their respects to their honored loved ones who have passed on. IBMC will be celebrating Ullambana this year on August 18, 2024. Please join us at 11:00 AM for chanting, meditation, aa discussion on the meaning, history, and importance of Ullambana, as well as a vegetarian/non-vegetarian lunch provided by the temple. All attendees will have the opportunity to pay respects to their ancestors and deceased loved ones.
This is a wonderful time to join us in harmonious company. Everyone is welcome!  IBMC will be observing Vesak on May 19, 2024. Vesak is the celebration and remembrance of the Buddha's birth, awakening, and parinibbana, which is believed to have each occurred on a full moon in May.
The celebration will begin at 11:00 AM, our usual start time for our Sunday services, and will take place in our Main Hall. After the service, we will then move to Ananda Hall for a lunch provided by the temple which will include vegetarian and non-vegetarian Sri Lankan and Vietnamese cuisine. Members and guests will be encouraged to participate in the practice of dana, serving food to the monks, before we all then have lunch together buffet-style. This is a very joyous holiday for Buddhists around the world and at IBMC. We have invited guest monks to the celebration and many of our monks, dharma teachers, and members will attend as well. It is a great opportunity for guests to get to know us and share a day of community with us. Everyone is welcome to attend. IBMC will be celebrating the Lunar New Year on February 18, 2024. The celebration will begin at our usual time of 11AM and include paritta chanting from the IBMC monks as well as guest monks from other temples in the Los Angeles area. There will be a memorial service in honor of Ven. Thich Tien-An, Ven. Karuna Dharma, Ven. Dr. Havanpola Ratanasara, and Ven. Nepalaye Vineetha and other departed members of IBMC. Dana will be offered to the monks and then everyone can enjoy a lunch of Sri Lankan and Vietnamese food provided by the temple.
This is a wonderful occasion to spend time with the community at IBMC including monks, dharma teachers, and members. Let us celebrate the New Year together! Beginning January 2024, IBMC will be ending our Zoom meetings for the Sunday service. This was announced a month ago but we are extending to the end of this year to allow people to adjust to the change. We will be continuing the Sunday service in person as well as uploading the services to our YouTube channel that can be found by clicking here.
Thank you to the many people that joined us live on Zoom over these last three years. Being on Zoom meant that people from all over the world were able to attend. We hope that people close to the center will start attending in person again and that people farther away will continue to engage with us on YouTube and email. May you all be well. May you look after yourselves with ease.  Ullambana, also known as the Gratitude Festival, is a holiday in which many Buddhists pay their respects to their honored dead. IBMC will be celebrating Ullambana this year on September 10, 2023. Please join us at 11:00 AM for chanting, meditation, a talk by Sailesh Maharjan on the meaning, history, and importance of Ullambana, as well as a vegetarian lunch provided by the temple. All attendees will have the opportunity to pay respects to their ancestors and deceased loved ones.
This is a wonderful time to join us in harmonious company. Everyone is welcome! Thank you to everyone that contributed to our glorious celebration of the Buddha's life. Anumodana!
 IBMC will be observing Vesak on May 14, 2023. Vesak is the celebration and remembrance of the Buddha's birth, awakening, and parinibbana, which is believed to have each occurred on a full moon in May.
The celebration will begin at 11:00 AM, our usual start time for our Sunday services, and will take place in our Main Hall. After the service, we will then move to Ananda Hall for a lunch provided by the temple which will include vegetarian and non-vegetarian Sri Lankan, Thai, and Vietnamese cuisine. Members and guests will be encouraged to participate in the practice of dana, serving food to the monks, before we all then have lunch together buffet-style. This is a very joyous holiday for Buddhists around the world and at IBMC. We often have guest monks that we invite for the celebration and many of our monks, dharma teachers, and members attend as well. It is a great opportunity for guests to get to know us and share a day of community with us. Everyone is welcome to attend. Today at IBMC we had our regular morning meditation that we hold in the main hall on the first Sunday of the month from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM before our usual Sunday service that begins at 11:00 AM. We began with a short chanting session which included homage to the triple gem, refuge, and the five precepts. We then did a guided loving kindness meditation and then a period of breath meditation. We ended our meditation session with a dedication of merit.
After our meditation, our group had a small discussion where the idea was brought up to begin a monthly daylong retreat on possibly the second Saturday of the month that would be conducted from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. This was brought up by longtime IBMC member, Nam, who remembers such retreats held at IBMC fondly and would like to see them resume. It could very well be the case that we will be able to hold such retreats again soon! Nam also brought some food for us to enjoy after the Sunday service. There were a mix of offerings, but the veggie burgers seemed to be the highlight for those of us who joined in on the meal. Our hearts were warmed by his generosity and thoughtfulness. As is now usual for after the Sunday service, we also enjoyed some tea and cookies as we chatted with the people who came for the dharma talk. While IBMC has been softly open to the members and guests coming to the Sunday services and meditation sessions in person for quite a few months already, it seemed appropriate to make an official announcement here that people are once again allowed inside the zendo and highly encouraged to attend our Sunday services with us.
Zoom sessions will continue, as will our livestreaming of the Sunday service on YouTube, but we would love for people who are willing and able to attend physically to do so. The last few years have shown how important it is to not take community for granted. Let us enjoy each other's company and share in the dharma together. Stay after the Sunday service to enjoy tea, cookies, and wonderful conversation with our monks, dharma teachers, and congregation. See you soon! |
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