Chung Tai International Retreat Center 中台國際禪修中心

Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat
2025-08-17 09:30 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States
Dear diligent meditation retreat participants,
“Calm the Mind to Find Our Intrinsic Freedom”
When Was the Last Time You Stilled Your Mind?
Amid life’s busyness, have you paused to see things clearly? Meditation helps calm the mind, find stability, and awaken inner clarity, leading us back to our pure, unobstructed true nature.
Join our One-Day Meditation Retreat—a chance to reset, reflect, and rediscover the peace within.
Welcome to register for the Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat on Sunday.
To register, please click on the link: https://forms.gle/wkoSbGf17gh1zMWN7
Date: 8/17 (Sunday), (2025 One-Day Meditation Retreat, Next event date: 9/28, 10/19, 12/21)
Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Venue: Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery
⎈ To join the meditation retreat, turn off cellphone, and be on time.
⎈ Everyone is encouraged to attend the entire retreat; however, you can also choose to participate in a half-day morning or afternoon session.

2025 Tour of Bodhi Mind – Pilgrimage Trip to Chung Tai, Taiwan
2025-08-20 - 2025-09-02 | TX
Please ask Shifu for details.

2nd Session Meditation Class (Term B) begins 9/10 (Wed) and 9/13 (Sat)
2025-09-10 14:30 - 2025-09-17 16:30 | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States

Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat
2025-09-14 09:30 - 16:30 | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States
Dear diligent meditation retreat participants,
“Calm the Mind to Find Our Intrinsic Freedom”
When Was the Last Time You Stilled Your Mind?
Amid life’s busyness, have you paused to see things clearly? Meditation helps calm the mind, find stability, and awaken inner clarity, leading us back to our pure, unobstructed true nature.
Join our One-Day Meditation Retreat—a chance to reset, reflect, and rediscover the peace within.
Welcome to register for the Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat on Sunday.
To register, please click on the link: https://forms.gle/wkoSbGf17gh1zMWN7
Date: 9/14 (Sunday)
Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Venue: Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery
⎈ To join the meditation retreat, turn off cellphone, and be on time.
⎈ Everyone is encouraged to attend the entire retreat; however, you can also choose to participate in a half-day morning or afternoon session.

15th Anniversary of Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery, Diamond Sutra Blessing & Memorial Ceremony & Certificate Conferral Ceremony to the Dharma Support Association
2025-10-05 09:30 - 15:00 | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States
🤗 Join Us for the 15th Anniversary of Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery
🗓 Sunday, October 5, 2025 | 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM
You and Your Family Are Cordially Invited – 15th Anniversary Dharma Assembly & Dharma Supporters Certification Ceremony
Since its consecration in 2010, the Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery has been a place of refuge and practice. This year, we joyfully celebrate our 15th Anniversary.
We warmly invite you and your family to join us on Sunday, October 5, 2025, from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM, for the 15th Anniversary Dharma Assembly, featuring:

Diamond Sutra Chanting & Blessing Ceremony
Grand Offering and Dharma Supporters Certification
Vegetarian Lunch
Memorial Ceremony

Let us gather in practice and dedicate merits for world peace, harmony, and the well-being of all beings.
👉 Please register in advance to help us prepare meals and arrangements:
https://forms.gle/kyrV9PFGnwSsDJHLA
Respectfully,
Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery

Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat
2025-11-02 09:30 - 16:30 | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States
Dear diligent meditation retreat participants,
“Calm the Mind to Find Our Intrinsic Freedom”
When Was the Last Time You Stilled Your Mind?
Amid life’s busyness, have you paused to see things clearly? Meditation helps calm the mind, find stability, and awaken inner clarity, leading us back to our pure, unobstructed true nature.
Join our One-Day Meditation Retreat—a chance to reset, reflect, and rediscover the peace within.
Welcome to register for the Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat on Sunday.
To register, please click on the link: https://forms.gle/wkoSbGf17gh1zMWN7
Date: 11/02 (Sunday)
Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Venue: Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery
⎈ To join the meditation retreat, turn off cellphone, and be on time.
⎈ Everyone is encouraged to attend the entire retreat; however, you can also choose to participate in a half-day morning or afternoon session.

Thanksgiving Field Trip & Veggie BBQ
2025-11-22 11:00 - 15:00, 2026-11-21 11:00 - 15:00 | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States

Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat
2025-12-21 09:30 - 16:30 | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States
Dear diligent meditation retreat participants,
“Calm the Mind to Find Our Intrinsic Freedom”
When Was the Last Time You Stilled Your Mind?
Amid life’s busyness, have you paused to see things clearly? Meditation helps calm the mind, find stability, and awaken inner clarity, leading us back to our pure, unobstructed true nature.
Join our One-Day Meditation Retreat—a chance to reset, reflect, and rediscover the peace within.
Welcome to register for the Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat on Sunday.
To register, please click on the link: https://forms.gle/wkoSbGf17gh1zMWN7
Date: 12/21 (Sunday)
Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Venue: Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery
⎈ To join the meditation retreat, turn off cellphone, and be on time.
⎈ Everyone is encouraged to attend the entire retreat; however, you can also choose to participate in a half-day morning or afternoon session.

New Year Lamp Offering and Blessing Ceremony
2026-01-04 09:30 - 13:30 | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States
🙂 As the New Year approaches, you are warmly invited to join the 2026 New Year Lamp Offering & Blessing Ceremony at Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery, and to register for the 2026 Annual Lamp Offering to dedicate blessings for yourself, your family, and friends, and to dedicate the merits to world peace and social harmony.
📜 Program includes: Lamp offering, chanting the Diamond Sutra, seated meditation with Dharma talk, Sangha offering, auspicious bell ringing, and a vegetarian hot pot gathering.
👉 Please register early to help us arrange seating and meals:
Ceremony registration: https://forms.gle/N5NdMQ2U5Gpung5JA
Annual Lamp Offering: https://forms.gle/gpo6kjwkeerDYoxG9

Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat
2026-02-08 09:30 - 16:30, 2026-04-19 09:30 - 16:30, 2026-05-17 09:30 - 16:30, 2026-06-21 09:30 - 16:30, 2026-07-19 09:30 - 16:30, 2026-08-09 09:30 - 16:30, 2026-10-11 09:30 - 16:30, 2026-11-08 09:30 - 16:30 and 1 more date | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States
🧘 One-Day Meditation Retreat – “Peaceful Mind for World Peace”
Through a structured day of guided meditation and Dharma reflection, participants will learn to settle the body, calm the mind, and reconnect with their inherent awareness in a peaceful and supportive environment.
When the mind is peaceful, the world becomes peaceful.
By cultivating inner stillness and clarity, we are not only benefiting ourselves, but also contributing to harmony in our families, communities, and ultimately — World Peace. This retreat is a meaningful step in practicing “Peaceful Mind for World Peace.”
🔗 Registration: https://forms.gle/puPDcdRzPLeaaV5u5

Pagoda Qingming Earth Treasure Bodhisattva Memorial and Gratitude Ceremony
2026-03-29 09:30 - 16:00 | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States
Welcome to Register for the Texas Pagoda Qing Ming Earth Treasure Bodhisattva Memorial Ceremony
“As we drink water, we remember its source. With gratitude, we honor our ancestors. Through cultivating blessings and wisdom, we dedicate merit for the benefit of both the living and the deceased.”
In the spirit of the Buddha’s compassion to benefit all beings and upholding the virtues of filial piety and remembrance of our ancestors, Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery, affiliated with Chung Tai Shan, will hold the Qing Ming Earth Treasure Bodhisattva Memorial and Gratitude Ceremony on Sunday, March 29, from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM at the Chung Tai International Retreat Center · Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery.
Through the compassionate blessings of the Three Jewels—Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha—along with the collective recitation of The Sutra of the Original Vow of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, repentance, and sincere vows, we dedicate the merits for the cessation of disasters, the liberation of ancestors and departed souls to the Pure Land, the increase of blessings and wisdom for the living, social harmony, and world peace.

Pilgrimage to Chung Tai — 10th Anniversary Memorial Ceremony of the Founding Patriarch
2026-04-03 - 2026-04-11 | TX

Memorial Ceremony in Honor of the Founding Patriarch
2026-04-07 07:30 - 21:30 | TX

Independence Day Field Trip & Veggie BBQ
2026-07-04 11:00 - 15:00 | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States

2026 Tour of Bodhi Mind –Pilgrimage Trip to Chung Tai, Taiwan
2026-08-14 - 2026-08-26 | TX

Diamond Sutra Blessing & Memorial Ceremony & Certificate Conferral Ceremony to the Dharma Support Association
2026-09-06 09:30 - 15:30 | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States
