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A zazenkai (座禅会), literally meaning "to come together for meditation" is a Zen Buddhist retreat that is usually less intensive and of shorter duration than sesshin.It may comprise a short meeting, without liturgical service, headed by a monastic, or by a group of practitioners without the presence of a teacher.
Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery opened the Buddhist College of Singapore on 13 September 2006. [25] As the country's Buddhist college, it offers a four-year bachelor's degree in Buddhism. [25] Lessons were held on temple grounds until a new S$35 million five-storey building is completed.
Wat Ananda, prominent Thai Buddhist temple in Singapore Modern architecture of the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum in Singapore Main article: Buddhism in Singapore This is a list of Buddhist temples , monasteries , stupas , centres and pagodas in Singapore for which there are Wikipedia articles.
In modern Soto and Rinzai, monasteries serve as training facilities to educate Zen priests, most of whom move on to run their own temple. [1] [2] Japanese laity has been allowed to participate in Zen training only since the Meiji Restoration. Japanese Soto and Rinzai are organized in a system of head-temples and sub-temples.
Poceski, Mario (2007), Ordinary Mind as the Way: the Hongzhou School and the Growth of Chan Buddhism, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-531996-5; Schlütter, Morten (2008), How Zen became Zen. The Dispute over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-Dynasty China, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, ISBN 978-0-8248-3508-8
Before and after his ordination, he earned degrees in various fields of study. He has a diploma in biotechnology from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore. [6] He also earned his degree in Buddhist philosophy from Fu Yan Buddhist Institute, Taiwan, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from Monash University, Australia, and Master of Buddhist Studies from University of Sydney, Australia.
Cheng Beng Buddhist Society was founded as Singapore Buddhist Youth Group in 1961 by Wen Ming Hu and other lay Buddhists, and was renamed under its present name in 1962 when it was also relocated at an address offered by Chen Lu Niang.
In Zen Buddhism, it is the job of the jikidō (直堂) to run the zendo according to the rules prescribed by the teacher, and maintain the zendo's schedule. The jikido makes a commitment to run every regularly scheduled sitting and each monthly sesshin.