We are hosting our first ever Halloween party at the Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale Friday night for our Dharma Youth Group. It'll be a Dharma blast.
Also check out our Facebook group: "Dharma Youth Group"
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Halloween, while associated with ghosts and other monstrous creatures, is also known as "All Saints Day."
Ghosts or saints?
From the Buddhist perspective, ghosts, saints, or humans, are of the same essence. When we cheat and take from others, we become hungry ghosts. When we always try to improve ourselves, we become saints. We become what we do.
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Last year, one of our young Shifus, Jian Nian Shifu, went trick-o-treating in order to learn about American culture.
Parent: Hey, that's a great costume! You look just like a Buddhist monk!
Jian Nian Shifu: I am a Buddhist monk.
Parent: ...!?!
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