Toronto Buddhist Church

Kids Sangha & Dharma School – English
2025-01-12 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-01-19 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-01-26 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Toronto)
The Kids Service begins each Sunday morning from 10:30-10:50 am. Please arrive a few minutes early to get settled.
Following the service, the children go downstairs with their teacher to participate in the classroom program.
Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you each week!
January’s Theme: SHINRAN SHONIN’S MEMORIAL DAY – “HO-ONKO”. This special observance marked the death of Shinran Shonin, the founder of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism.

Regular Service – In Person and Zoom – English
2025-01-12 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-26 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-02-09 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-02-16 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-02-23 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-09 11:00 - 12:00
If you are interested in joining the service virtually. Please email the TBC office (tbc@tbc.on.ca) for the service Zoom link.

Ho-onko Eve – Vegetarian Potluck
2025-01-18 17:00 - 18:15
Ho onko is the most important service in the Jodo Shinshu calendar. In Japan it is the week long memorial for Shinran Shonin. The TBC will be holding an Ho onko Eve service on Sat., Jan. 18th at 6:30 pm and will also be having a vegetarian potluck. The main memorial service will be held on Sun., Jan. 19th at 11am.
Please join us.
If you are interested in joining the service virtually. Please email the TBC office (tbc@tbc.on.ca) for the service Zoom link.

Ho-onko Eve – In Person and Zoom – English
2025-01-18 18:30 - 19:30

Ho-onko Service – In Person and Zoom – English & Japanese
2025-01-19 11:00 - 12:00

Kids Sangha & Dharma School – English
2025-02-02 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-02-09 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-02-16 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-02-23 10:30 - 12:00
The Kids Service begins each Sunday morning from 10:30-10:50 am. Please arrive a few minutes early to get settled.
Following the service, the children go downstairs with their teacher to participate in the classroom program.
Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you each week!
February’s Theme: PEACE….NIRVANA DAY……BUDDHA’S PARINIRVANA
Sakyamuni awakened to Truth and became a Buddha at the age of 35. After sharing the Dharma for the next forty five years, he attained perfect enlightenment or “parinirvana”, with his death at 80. Nirvana day is one of the three observance’s commemorating Sakyamuni, the other two being his birthday on April 8 and his awakening on December 8.

Shotsuki Service – In Person and Zoom – English
2025-02-02 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-02 11:00 - 12:00

Shotsuki Service – In Person and Zoom – Japanese
2025-02-02 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-02 13:00 - 14:00

Estate and Legacy Planning Presentation w/ TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. and Sunlife Insurance Specialists
2025-02-09 13:00 - 14:00
Join us for an informative presentation on Estate and Legacy planning hosted by Marco Marin and Wayne Bryson of TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. and Pryanka Chugh of Sunlife Insurance.
They will answer your questions about estate and legacy planning that you may have or wondered about.
Light refreshments will be served.

Bochi Bochi Family Event - English & Japanese
2025-02-14 11:30 - 14:00
Come with the family to participate in a family yoga session, valentines day crafts, story telling and more!

RESCHEDULED to Feb 23 Sangha Day
2025-02-16 12:00 - 14:30
Free luncheon – door prizes and Bingo donations welcome and appreciated.

**DUE TO THE POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS, SANGHA DAY HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO NEXT SUNDAY.**

Sangha Day
2025-02-23 12:00 - 14:30
Please join us for a complimentary lunch following Nirvana Day service; both a regular and vegan menu will be available.
For over 70 years, the TBC Sangha volunteer group has had the privilege of providing volunteer support and hosting events at our Temple. Each year we host events such as Sangha Day, Hanamatsuri Family Banquet, Pancake Lunch and Mochi Tsuki. We have also undertaken projects such as video broadcasting services for our Temple.
Our aim is to host events and sponsor projects which honour the history of our Temple, allow families to spend time together and make it attractive for familiar to attend our temple. Is you have attended and enjoyed any of our services or events in the past, please consider volunteering so that we may continue to host these and other events and services in the future.
In Gasho,
Cary Kataoka, President, TBC Sangha

JSBTC AGM Bake Sale Fundraiser
2025-03-02 10:00 - 12:30
Donations of baked goods welcome and appreciated

Kids Sangha & Dharma School – English
2025-03-02 10:30 - 12:00
The Kids Service begins each Sunday morning from 10:30-10:50 am. Please arrive a few minutes early to get settled.
Following the service, the children go downstairs with their teacher to participate in the classroom program.
Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you each week!

Kids Sangha & Dharma School – English
2025-03-09 10:30 - 12:00
The Kids Service begins each Sunday morning from 10:30-10:50 am. Please arrive a few minutes early to get settled.
Following the service, the children go downstairs with their teacher to participate in the classroom program.
Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you each week!
March Theme: Balance – Spring Ohigan
Hashimoto Sensei once said, “It’s okay to be worried, sad, angry; it’s okay to be super happy and free of care. What’s important is not to have too much of one or the other. It’s easy to understand it’s not helpful to be sad or angry all the time. What happens to you and what happens to the people around you if you’re always angry?”
Think of this…if we get used to one scoop of ice cream, we might start wanting two scoops. We would just want more and more and we would never get enough. It would become harder and harder to get what we need to make us happy.

FREE Movie Screening: 花束 "Bouquet" directed by Sahel Rose
2025-03-09 15:00 - 18:00
Join us at the Temple on March 9th for a free screening of ‘Bouquet’, directed by Sahel Rose. What do the eight boys and girls who grew up in an orphanage say? They express their own memories. This experimental film combines documentary and non-fiction. GANBARE & YOJI is hosting this free screening in the hopes of delivering the soulful message of director Sahel Rose to as many people as possible.
To learn more, click here.

Mindfulness Meditation Session (Online)
2025-03-13 19:00 - 20:30
Are you suffering from stress? Are you considering if meditation and living your life more mindfully could make a difference? Then you may want to attend our meditation sessions.
Ray Nakano has been leading meditation sessions at the Toronto Buddhist Church since October, 2015. Since the COVID pandemic, they have been meeting online every Thursday evening from 7 to 8:30 pm.
Denise Crofton has been teaching Hatha and Yin yoga for 14 years, and is passionate about both mindful meditation and yoga.
The 1 and 1/2 hour session includes:

Guided/Silent Sitting Meditation
Introductions
Dharma Talk, Reading, or Video based on the Buddhist teachings
Sharing within the Sangha (the group of practitioners that evening)

Practices may include recitation of the 5 Mindfulness Trainings, Beginning Anew, Touching the Earth, etc.
If you would like to join our meditation sessions, or have any questions, please send an email to Ray or Denise at mindfulnesspracticesangha@hotmail.com.

Caregiver Support Meeting with Yuka Okada, Geriatric Nurse at Momiji
2025-03-14 19:00 - 20:00
Yuka Okada, a geriatric nurse at Momiji will talk about dementia with a Q&A.
To register, email projectdana25@gmail.com
