Meditation Class (Every Saturday)
2024-11-16 14:30 - 16:30, 2024-11-23 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States
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Meditation Class (Every Wednesday)
2024-11-20 14:30 - 16:30 | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States

Thanksgiving Veggie Potluck & Walking Meditation
2024-11-23 11:00 - 14:00 | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States
As Thanksgiving approaches, Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery warmly invites you to join us for a Thanksgiving Veggie Potluck and a Forest Trail Walking Meditation to celebrate this season of gratitude together.
Feel free to invite your family and friends to come together. 🙏🏻
⎈ Activity date: November 23 (Sat), 11:00 am ~ 2:00pm
⎈ Location: Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery (425 Blackberry Lane, Shepherd, TX 77371)
⎈ There will be a delicious vegetarian meal for everyone at noon.
Please click the link below to register:👉 Registration Form (https://forms.gle/EGphhKLgJRWnuYsU7)
We look forward to seeing you! 🙏

Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat
2024-12-22 09:30 - 16:30 | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States
“Calm the Mind to Find Our Intrinsic Freedom”
Welcome to register for the Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat on 12/22 (Sunday). To register, please click on the link: https://forms.gle/ptzkA4dyHssfQya48
Date: December 22nd, 2024 (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. ⎈ Limited seats available. Admission will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are unable to participate after registering, please inform us in advance so that we can arrange for alternate candidates.

Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston’s Winter Zen-7 Retreat
2024-12-26 - 2025-01-02 | TX
“Calm the Mind to Find Our Intrinsic Freedom”
Welcome to register for the Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat on 8/11 (Sunday). To register, please click on the link: https://forms.gle/ptzkA4dyHssfQya48
Date: August 11th, 2024 (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.
⎈ Limited seats available. Admission will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are unable to participate after registering, please inform us in advance so that we can arrange for alternate candidates.

Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat
2025-02-16 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: 2/16 (Sunday), (2025 One-Day Meditation Retreat, Next event date: 4/20, 5/18, 6/15, 7/20, 8/17, 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.

Pilgrimage Trip to the Founding Patriarch Memorial Service, Taiwan
2025-04-03 - 2025-04-10 | TX

Memorial Ceremony in Honor of the Founding Patriarch
2025-04-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States

Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat
2025-04-27 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: 4/27 (Sunday), (2025 One-Day Meditation Retreat, Next event date: 5/18, 6/15, 7/20, 8/17, 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.

In Person 10 Week Mindfulness & Meditation classes begin May 3rd (Saturdays)
2025-05-03 09:30 - 11:30 | Chung Tai International Retreat Center, 425 Blackberry Ln, Shepherd, TX, 77371, United States
🧘🏻‍♀️ Free Meditation classes guided by ordained masters are held in the Texas pagoda.
“Calm the Mind to Find Our Intrinsic Freedom”
Saturdays from 9:30 – 11:30am CST
🤗 We welcome you if you have never meditated before and if you have meditated in the past and want to come back and if you meditate now and want to grow your practice and meet a community of likeminded practitioners.
⎈ Systematic teaching of meditation, with classes lasting 10 weeks per semester.
⎈ Saturday: 5/03, 5/10, 5/17, 5/31, 6/7, 6/14, 6/28, 7/05, 7/12, 7/19.
👉 English Meditation Class Registration Form: https://forms.gle/cMTPGiW4WHt592N28

Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat
2025-05-25 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: 5/25 (Sunday), (2025 One-Day Meditation Retreat, Next event date: 6/15, 7/20, 8/17, 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.

Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat
2025-06-22 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: 6/22 (Sunday), (2025 One-Day Meditation Retreat, Next event date: 7/27, 8/17, 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.

CTCM Summer Chan-7 Retreat, Taiwan
2025-06-29 - 2025-07-06 | TX
Please ask Shifu for details.

CTCM Little Stars Children's Summer Camp, Taiwan
2025-07-18 - 2025-07-20 | TX

Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat
2025-07-27 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: 7/27 (Sunday), (2025 One-Day Meditation Retreat, Next event date: 8/17, 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.

Texas Pagoda One-Day Meditation Retreat
2025-08-17 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: 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

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 | 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 | 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
