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City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:57 pm
by Nicholas Weeks
Here a video introduction to CTTB; runs about 82 minutes:

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Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:36 pm
by Nicholas Weeks
Some more information about this Dharma center near Ukiah, California:

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Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:18 pm
by Yudron
I dropped in, one rainy day. They really took on a big project when they bought a huge campus with many old buildings on it. Delightfully, they have renamed the many streets with Buddhist names, I don't remember exactly, but like "compassion way" or similar. They occupy some of the buildings, and others are waiting for attention.

I attended one of their ceremonies in the main hall, run mostly by nuns, then went on down the road.

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:50 am
by JKhedrup
me at a CTTB repentance ceremony, they were kind enough to let me wear their robes for the services. Bowing in their style would have been quite difficult otherwise!
The ritual involves bowing to the names of 10,000 different Buddhas in an ancient sutra. There are lovely tunes sung by the resident bhikshunis. It is a very demanding ritual both physically and mentally, but I really felt as if I moved some karma after completing it.
If anyone ever has the chance to participate in the 10,000 Buddhas repentance (usually takes place in the summer) I highly recommend it. For Westerners there is Pinyin to chant along with as well as a partial translation available of the the names of the 10,000 deities. Usually a fair number of people participate and there is a lovely group energy.

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:01 am
by Nicholas Weeks
JK: So you had no robes or your Tibetan style robes were not acceptable?

Also, they are now giving and archiving videos of events: http://www.drba.org/live" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:33 am
by JKhedrup
the robes i had made the bowing very difficult in the chinese style, they started to gradually slide down and maybe would have made for an embarrassing incident, so I asked to please wear theirs during ceremonies and they were kind enough to allow it.

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:37 pm
by Nicholas Weeks
Spring at CTTB

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Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:40 pm
by Yudron
Will wrote:Spring at CTTB

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Beautiful!

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:00 am
by Silent Bob
The City Of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah, CA was the hospital for the criminally insane until then-governor Ronald Reagan de-funded all the state's mental health facilities.

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 2:56 pm
by Nicholas Weeks
Master Hua into the stillness event:

http://www.cttbusa.org/parinirvana/parinirvana.htm

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 4:42 pm
by Nicholas Weeks
A new Ksitigarbha Hall and statue project are underway, not sure when the Hall will be completed. Here is the new statue and under the picture is a link for more info on the project:

http://www.drba.org/news-and-events/the ... odhisattva

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 5:16 am
by Nicholas Weeks
Update - construction on the Ksitigarbha Hall will begin in May 2018 and hope to be finished by May or June of 2019.

Donations are welcome; make check out to DRBA & put in the Memo space (lower left), Earth Store Project.

Please mail your check to:

CTTB
2001 Talmage Road
Ukiah, CA 95482
Attn: Priscilla Yeh

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:38 pm
by Nicholas Weeks
As of 22 Feb. 2018 the CTTB site has been down for a couple of days. Do not know why.

http://www.cttbusa.org

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 5:54 pm
by Nicholas Weeks
Now, 23 Feb. the main site is back online.

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 6:45 pm
by Nicholas Weeks
Events occurring at CTTB, near Ukiah California for 2018:

http://www.cttbusa.org/news/cttbnews.asp

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 8:33 pm
by Nicholas Weeks
Several talks given at CTTB. The one on the Old Veteran shows the power of Kuan Yin bodhisattva, even when one has only a slight connection.

http://www.cttbusa.org/talks/talks_contents.asp

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 5:26 pm
by Nicholas Weeks
Audio talks by Master Hua, Chinese with English translations for some, also mantras & a little Dharma music...

http://www.cttbusa.org/audio.asp#

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 6:29 pm
by Nicholas Weeks
A Dharma play about Bodhisattva Hsuan Tsang put on by youngsters at the City of 10000 Buddhas. It has music (with lyrics visible), dialogue & narration:

http://www.cttbusa.org/3cart_patriarch/ ... _play.html

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 8:16 pm
by Nicholas Weeks
A potpourri of writings & videos about CTTB & Master Hua:

http://www.cttbusa.org/cttbarticles/articles.asp

Re: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 4:01 pm
by Nicholas Weeks
Pix of Kuan Yin bodhi day at CTTB:

http://www.cttbusa.org/gwanyin2018july/cttb.asp