English Saturday Service

The regular English Saturday Service was held on 23 January under the guidance of Venerable Miao Yu. Twelve members practiced Tai Chi across the field of merit. The temple was celebrating The Buddha’s Enlightenment day giving out free vegetarian congee to the public from 22 to 24 January, Venerable Miao Yu led the members to the dining hall to do an “eating meditation”. She explained the significance of the “five contemplations” which allows one to practice gratitude in taking meals. Venerable Miao Yu guided the members to concentrate on their eating and practice gratitude by not wasting any food.
After enjoying the porridge, they went to the meditation hall for sitting meditation followed by a group sharing. They were very grateful to be able to be part of the Buddha’s Enlightenment day event and through mindfulness during meal they were able to taste the “real taste” of the food. They were now aware that eating is part of the meditation practice.