Summer Camps…Etc
In the summer camp of <YEAR>, kids were separated into teams based on these five virtues.
Propriety, Wisdom, Righteous, Benevolence, Faith
In winter of 2023 he made his retirement super obvious to us all.
Paul Duncan
The three patriarchs of the White Yang Period
Jin Gong Zhu Shi, Shi Zun, Shi Mu
Anyone who enters or leaves a typical holy house must do this many bows.
Six
(Nuance: could be more if in Center Temple, a Master’s house, etc.)
This was the man who started it all!
Siddartha Gautama
The year and season that the first “Nurture the Sprout” took place.
Summer of 2023
This couple gave everyone jars of a locally-grown sweet treat.
Juan-Carlos and Gaby Parano
In this year they arrived from Taiwan to establish a Temple in Miami.
1995
During a full or new moon ceremony, instead of one hundred bows we say “one thousand bows”, translated into Mandarin.
Qian kou shou （千扣首）
This is the Heavenly Mother.
Ming Ming Shang Di/God/Creator
In Summer 2023 two individuals magically appeared on the front gate.
Master Hou and Tara
THERE ARE THREE, MAYBE EVEN FOUR, OF THESE GUYS
KEVIN
Pioneers came from Taiwan to propagate Dao in Miami. This many families originally lived in the early Center Temple building.
What is Six?
(Hou, Lee, Betties, Cindys, Jiang, Pang)
<LAMPS HAVE TO BE LIT, THEN PUT OUT, IN WHAT ORDER?>
PLACEHOLDER
In Summer 2023 these two Buddhas magically appeared on the font gate of Temple
Buddhas Guanyin and Matreiyah
Youth and Adults alike enjoy this beverage while setting up camps, as an almost unofficial tradition
Boba
Up until recently, this faithful and dedicated man would bike to Center every Sunday to do yardwork all by himself.
Louis (zhang-ba)
Master Hou last lived in this city in Taiwan
Bonus: Master Hou was BORN in this city.
What is Taipei
Bonus: What is Jia yi
When did Lao Qian Ren attended the opening ceremony of the first temple in the United States?
1988
This Buddha reincarnated into Qian Ren
Wen Shu Pu Sa (Bodhisattva Manjushri)
2010, Georgia
In 1980 after arriving on a boat in Miami this young boy went to Treasure Island Elementary not knowing that the real treasure island was 14,000 miles away.
Gilbert
HOW MANY KIDS HAVE BEEN BORN AMONG THE FLORIDA TEMPLE GROUP SINCE 2015
PLACEHOLDER
The year when Qian Ren entered heaven
2015
This Buddha is in charge of the Heavenly Pan (the universe) during the white yang period
Mi Le (Miller) Buddha