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Field Trip: Chuang Yen Monastery

  • August 13, 2016
  • Meeting at Monastery at 10 am sharp

You are invited to come along with the Fellowship’s Senior Teacher, Daishin Senpai, and friends for our 15th annual informal and inspirational field trip to the beautiful Chuang Yen Monastery in Carmel. NY on August 13, 2016.  You don’t have to be a Buddhist or even a supporting member of our Fellowship to participate.  There isn’t any admission fee but the monastery charges $6 per person for lunch. We will meet up in the parking lot at Chuang Yen at 10 am. Buddhist Faith Fellowship of Connecticut

This will be a great opportunity to learn more about the Buddhist teachings, art, history,  and culture, and enjoy a beautiful day with others on the path.  So, bring your family and friends. Chuang Yen Monastery in Carmel, NY (just 20 min from Danbury) has North America’s tallest indoor Buddha statue and more.

To learn more about the monastery by visit http://www.baus.org/en/?cat=14

Itinerary

Travel: It takes 90 min. from Hartford/Middletown to arrive at the monastery, just off I-84 New York.  Visit Google maps, MapQuest or use your GPS. We are organizing a carpool/caravan meetup in front of the College of East Asian Studies (where the BFF of Ct meets) at 8:15 am departing at 8:30 am sharp. If you are interesting in meeting there email us at amida@bffct.org

  • Meeting up at Monastery at 10 a.m. At this point, we’ll stretch our legs and have the restroom break.  Try to arrive a 10 a.m.  so we can meet in the parking lot.  If not, we can meet near the restrooms at the left front side of the Great Buddha Hall.
  • Guided tour begins at 10:30 a.m. (in front of Great Buddha Hall) and will last approx.1 hour.
  • Traditional Chinese vegetarian lunch at 12 noon. (cost $6 per person)
  • Otherwise, after lunch it will be free time. Here are some options:

In the afternoon. Here are some activities you can do after lunch.

1)  Visit the gift shop.

2) Read at the library with thousands of books on Buddhism.

3) Read a book under a tree

4)  Walk beautiful grounds to walk and contemplate

5) Meditate in the various halls.

6)  Run around if you have children.

7) Visit in the Great Buddha Hall; they give out many free Buddhist books of many titles.

8)  Drive to nearby to the little hamlet of Carmel, New York.

9) Attend the 4 pm Lotus Sutra chanting ceremony at the Kuan Yen Hall.

10) You can return home when you like.