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City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

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Here a video introduction to CTTB; runs about 82 minutes:

http://www.cttbusa.org/cttb.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Some more information about this Dharma center near Ukiah, California:

http://www.advite.com/sf/cttb/cttbindex.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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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.
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The day I dropped in to the City of 10,000 Buddhas in 2008.
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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.
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me at CTTB repentance ceremony, their were kind enough to let me wear their robes for the services. Bowing in their style would have been quite difficult otherwise!
me at CTTB repentance ceremony, their were kind enough to let me wear their robes for the services. Bowing in their style would have been quite difficult otherwise!
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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;
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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.
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Spring at CTTB

http://www.cttbusa.org/blossoms/cttb.asp" target="_blank
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Will wrote:Spring at CTTB

http://www.cttbusa.org/blossoms/cttb.asp" target="_blank" target="_blank
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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.
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Master Hua into the stillness event:

http://www.cttbusa.org/parinirvana/parinirvana.htm
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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
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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
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As of 22 Feb. 2018 the CTTB site has been down for a couple of days. Do not know why.

http://www.cttbusa.org
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Now, 23 Feb. the main site is back online.
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Events occurring at CTTB, near Ukiah California for 2018:

http://www.cttbusa.org/news/cttbnews.asp
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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
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Audio talks by Master Hua, Chinese with English translations for some, also mantras & a little Dharma music...

http://www.cttbusa.org/audio.asp#
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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
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A potpourri of writings & videos about CTTB & Master Hua:

http://www.cttbusa.org/cttbarticles/articles.asp
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Pix of Kuan Yin bodhi day at CTTB:

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