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Meet fellow Buddhists near you! Join us for our services and a journey toward an enlightened life. All our services and classes are free and open to all, new and experienced. All are welcome, so come share activities, friendship, and wisdom!
English services are every Sunday at 12:30 pm (unless a special occasion or event is going on). Service includes a short meditation, Dharma talk by Venerable Abbot, Master Thich Phuoc Quang or one of the monastics, and chanting. It may also be helpful to read our FAQs/What to Expect.
Join us for our free classes:
Intro to Buddhist Meditation: Every second and fourth Saturday of the month at 10am. (Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/521372025292274)
Buddhism 101: Every first and third Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm. (Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2394096227583995)
Other services we have, include:
88 Buddhas Repentance and 108 bows: Every first Sunday of the month at 12:30 pm (when announced).
One-Day Meditation Retreat: *When Announced.
One-Day 8 Precepts Retreat (Temporary precepts): *When Announced.
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See all- Ullambana Celebration (Parents/Ancestors Day)/Vu LanPhuoc Hue Buddhist Temple of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Ullamabana is a traditional event dating back to the Buddha’s time to promote filial piety and gratitude to our parents and ancestors. The merits of chanting can be transferred either to our deceased ancestors to alleviate them from the lower realms or to our parents to help them eradicate bad karma so that they may enjoy peace and blessings.
During the service, our Abbot will give a short sermon about the Ullambana holiday in Vietnamese and English, followed by an offering of flower dances, and afterward we will do some short chanting in Vietnamese and English.
We celebrate Ullambana by chanting the Ullambana Sutra and wearing pinned roses representing our parents. Attendees either wear a red, pink, or white rose. Red roses represents both parents are living. Pink roses represents one parent living. And white roses represents both parents deceased. After the service is complete, there will be free vegetarian food for lunch (packed in to-go boxes for safety and convenience).
Please join us in-person and virtual (Facebook Live and YouTube) on Sunday, September 7 at 10am for this beautiful celebration.
Additionally, this year we will also be including Ancestral Tablets (mini "Ancestral Shrines") for our beloved deceased. These mini shrines (pictured below) will include the deceased's name, date of birth, and date of death. You may pledge $10 for each tablet. All names will be included in the prayer and transfer of merit that is chanted by the Venerable Abbot. Please click here.
All tablets will be displayed during the Ullambana ceremony.
On the donation/pledge page, you will be directed to fill out the form with the deceased's information (you may submit four names at a time). Each name will receive their own Ancestral Tablet.
