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Haiku Party
The “haiku party” facilitated by Ms. Nishida Umejo was a great success and everyone had fun writing and sharing their haikus. Ms. Nishida started by sharing the history, form, and spirit of haiku. This was followed by a twenty-minute session of haiku writing. All the...
Beginner’s Mind Weekend Retreat
On February 2nd - 4th, 2018 Guo Gu led a weekend Beginner's Mind Retreat dedicated in memorial to his teacher, our lineage founder Master Sheng Yen. In between sessions of seated meditation, participants engaged in a variety of different workshops: the Art of...
Memorial Service for Tom McKnight
On Thursday January 19th, the Tallahassee Chan Center held a memorial service in honor of Tom McKnight (September 15, 1957 to January 8, 2018) with Guo Gu presiding. Family and friends shared their thoughts and memories of Tom. The group recited the Heart Sutra and...
5-Day First Intensive Retreat at New Center
On December 26-30th 2017 we held the first intensive meditation retreat at our new center. 25 participants joined the retreat for their choice of 3 days or 5 days. Each evening Guo Gu gave a Dharma talk about different aspects of practice including discomfort and...
Our Volunteer Community
We are grateful for the community of volunteers who support our center. Over the last several weeks we held volunteer days where our many community members came to help get our center ready for our grand opening. At the end of September volunteers cleaned up our...
Grand Opening Celebration
On Saturday, October 14th the Abbot President Venerable Guodong from Dharma Drum Mountain Taiwan performed the consecration Eye Opening Ceremony of the Tallahassee Chan Center. We were also joined by Venerable Changduo, Secretary of the Abbot President, Venerable...
Renovations and Landscape Complete
The majority of the building renovations were compete in July, and over the last two months we have been working on finishing touches inside and outside. Inside the center, Dewaine and Tina have put together custom made bookshelves for our library and interview room....
Special Guests Ven. Guo Guang & Ven. Chang Wu
On Sunday Sept 3rd & Monday Sept 4th we hosted the head nun from our headquarter monastery in Taiwan, Ven. Guo Guang. She was accompanied by another nun, Ven. Chang Wu, who is the director at our Dharma Drum Vancouver chapter. On Sunday Ven. Chang Wu led a one-day...
Open House Social
The open house social on Sunday was a great success. In total over 150 people from the Tallahassee area community enjoyed the event. Wonderful to see such a diverse group enjoying our center and learning more about meditation and practice. Thank you to all who came...
Getting Ready for Open House
On Saturday volunteers met at the center and took to cleaning the building top to bottom to get ready for our open house. All of our volunteers worked diligently to make sure guests could enjoy a spotless presentation in our new space. The Tallahassee Chan Center is...