class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide # Buddhist Organizations in NC ### Owen Henry ### 11/16/2021 --- class: inverse ## Cape Fear Tibetan Buddhist Study Group <img src="images/cftbsglocation.png" width="80%" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> .center[.hand[Wilmington, NC]] --- ## Cape Fear Tibetan Buddhist Study Group #### Facts - Established 2000 - Tibetan Buddhism - Especially Nyingma and Kagyu - Resident Director: Randolph E. Clayton (Orgyen Sherab) --- ## Cape Fear Tibetan Buddhist Study Group #### Lineage - Tibetan Buddhism developed out of Vajrayāna traditions - Taught by the Buddha and bodhisattva Vajrapāni - Padmasambhāva and Śāntarakṣita were invited by Tibetan King - Nyingma - Developed from the 8th century onwards in Tibet - The oldest Tibetan Buddhist tradition - Kagyu - A newer tradition, founded 11th century - Marpa, Milarepa, Rechungpa, and Gampopa were influential in founding --- ## Cape Fear Tibetan Buddhist Study Group #### Practice - Services held Sundays and Wednesdays - Prostrations - Meditation - Discussions - Organized trips to temples in state and region - Included trips to triangle and to Florida - Were attempting to build a library of Dharma books --- class: inverse ## Southern Dharma Retreat Center <img src="images/sdrclocation.png" width="80%" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> .center[.hand[Hot Springs, NC]] --- ## Southern Dharma Retreat Center #### Facts - Established in 1978 - Non-Sectarian - Sonia Marcus is executive director - Board of Directors Chairman: David Heckel - Pfieffer University - Executive Director: Sonia Marcus - Jewish Buddhist --- ## Southern Dharma Retreat Center #### Practice - Offer meditation retreats - Intended to offer psychological benefits to attendees - Led by teachers from varying backgrounds - Some retreats require more experience - Schedule - Many are over an extended weekend, some are week-long - Both at home and on-site retreats - Retreat days - Sitting, working, walking meditation, yoga - Noble Silence & Five Precepts - Residency - 6 to 8 weeks - Engage in practice & volunteer around the site --- ## Southern Dharma Retreat Center <img src="images/sdrc.jpg" width="80%" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- class: inverse ## Chapel Hill Zen Center <img src="images/chzclocation.png" width="80%" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> .center[.hand[Chapel Hill, NC]] --- ## Chapel Hill Zen Center #### Facts - Established 1981 - Group of friends meditating in homes - Several members practiced at San Francisco Zen Center - Sōtō Zen - Abbess: Josho Pat Phelan - 450 ppl in 2006 --- ## Chapel Hill Zen Center #### From the Buddha to Sōtō Zen - Bodhidharma was the 28th Patriarch of Buddhism - Line of descent from Gautama Buddha - Six Chinese Patriarchs (or Ancestors) - Principle teachers of the Chan, succesors of Bodhidharma - Shítóu Xīqiān - Direct successor to Six Chinese Patriarchs - Caodong Buddhism - Founded by Dongshan Liangjie - Sōtō Zen was established by Dōgen Zenji in 13th century - Studied Caodong Buddhism in China - Emphasized zazen and koan tradition in his teachings --- ## Chapel Hill Zen Center #### Sōtō Zen's Spread to the West - Shunryū Suzuki Rōshi was trained in Japanese Sōtō Zen monasteries - Learned to teach Zen meditation and English lecturing - Sent to minister Japanese-American immigrants, taught converts -- #### Lineage of Josho Pat Phelan - Ordained in 1977 by Zentatsu Richard Baker - Shunryū Suzuki Rōshi's successor - Hoitsu Suzuki was also a predecessor - Ordained by Sojun Mel Weitsman, who was also ordained by Shunryū Suzuki Rōshi --- ## Chapel Hill Zen Center #### Practice - Meditation schedule - Weekday & Sunday mornings - Tuesday, Thursday evenings - Zazen, Kinhin (walking meditation), Sutra Chanting Service - In-person and online - Lectures on Sundays --- ## Chapel Hill Zen Center #### Practice - Other Offerings - Recovery group - Study group - PoC meditation group - Eco-Dharma group - Children's program - The Bodhisattva Ceremony - Renewal of vows and precepts with roots in ancient India - Suggested readings list - Chinese Calligraphy & Brush Painting --- ## Chapel Hill Zen Center <img src="images/chzc.jpg" width="60%" style="display: block; margin: auto;" />