{"id":24,"date":"2024-03-01T21:52:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T21:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmcsangha.com\/?p=24"},"modified":"2024-03-05T03:47:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T03:47:18","slug":"hello-and-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bmcsangha.com\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"Hello and Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/bmcsangha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25\" style=\"width:339px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bmcsangha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image003.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bmcsangha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image003-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello, my name is Th\u1ea7y Ch\u00fac \u0110\u1ed9 and I am the senior monk at the&nbsp;<strong>Buddha Mountain Center&nbsp;<\/strong>in Roanoke, Va<strong>.<\/strong>&nbsp; The Buddha Mountain Center has provided Buddhist services in Vietnamese for the past six years.&nbsp; I am happy to announce that beginning&nbsp;<strong>April 14, 2024<\/strong>&nbsp;we will begin providing Buddhist services in English.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our new Buddhist services in English will consist of sitting meditation, chanting, a spiritual message and an open discussion.&nbsp; We will meet on Sundays from 8.30 AM to 9.30 AM beginning April 14, 2024.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our Temple is located at&nbsp; 5535 Florist Rd, Roanoke, VA, 24012.&nbsp; &nbsp;We also plan to add Buddhist education classes later in the year. &nbsp;I hope you will consider visiting our temple and becoming part of our community. &nbsp;&nbsp;All are welcome.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong>&nbsp;Mission<\/strong>&nbsp;of the Buddha Mountain Center is to the present the teaching of the Buddha to all people.&nbsp; The Buddha Mountain Center is a religious institution dedicated to serving followers in the Mahayana tradition of Zen Buddhism.&nbsp; We follow the dharma-teaching tradition of previous patriarchs and generations of great masters of our Buddhist sect from our homeland of Vietnam.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions please contact me either via email at <a href=\"mailto:bmcsangha@gmail.com\">bmcsangha@gmail.com<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;you can call&nbsp;me directly at (540) 999-5353.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buddha Mountain Center Website (English):&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/bmcsangha.com\">&nbsp;www.bmcsangha.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook Page (Mixed Vietnamese and English:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/buddhamountaincenter\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/buddhamountaincenter\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Meta,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th\u1ea7y Ch\u00fac \u0110\u1ed9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cell: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(540) 999-5353<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:chuaphatson@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chuaphatson@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, my name is Th\u1ea7y Ch\u00fac \u0110\u1ed9 and I am the senior monk at the&nbsp;Buddha Mountain Center&nbsp;in Roanoke, Va.&nbsp; 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