{"id":3508,"date":"2025-01-28T00:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bliachicago.org\/en-us\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2026-02-19T05:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:06:08","slug":"2025-01-28%e3%80%80%e8%8a%9d%e5%8a%a0%e5%93%a5%e4%bd%9b%e5%85%89%e5%b1%b1%e5%96%9c%e8%bf%8e%e8%be%b2%e6%9b%86%e6%96%b0%e5%b9%b4-%e3%80%80%e6%96%87%e5%8c%96%e8%97%9d%e8%a1%93%e8%88%87%e6%b3%95%e5%96%9c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ibpschicago.org\/en-us\/archives\/3508","title":{"rendered":"Lunar New Year\u3000Reunion &amp; Celebration\u300001\/28\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">As the Lunar New Year approached, Fo Guang Shan Chicago transformed the temple with cultural and artistic decorations, creating a festive atmosphere. The highlights included an exhibition of One-Stroke Calligraphy by the FGS founder, Venerable Master Hsing Yun, allowing visitors to experience the tranquility and joy of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Reunion of Wisdom and Blessings<\/strong> On January 28, Lunar New Year\u2019s Eve, Director Chi-Ying Tsai and Deputy Director Yi-Chen Chen of the Culture Center of TECO in Chicago joined senior volunteers for a traditional reunion hotpot to welcome the new year. Head Priest Venerable Yung Han shared a precious 1952 manuscript by Venerable Master Hsing Yun, in which he expressed his wish to be like starlight in the darkness and admired the effortless ease of &#8220;clouds&#8221;\u2014hence adopting the Dharma name &#8220;Hsing Yun&#8221; (Star and Cloud). The Master lived with a spirit of &#8220;Living to Three Hundred Years,&#8221; cherishing every fragment of time to practice calligraphy, meet guests, teach, or mentor disciples, maintaining this diligent pace for decades without fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Experiencing Cultural Beauty and Praying for Peace<\/strong> Guests visited the &#8220;Life\u2019s Oracle&#8221; booth to draw a Dharma wisdom card. Venerable Yung Han explained that the Master\u2019s &#8220;Life\u2019s Oracle&#8221; does not predict fortune or misfortune; instead, it blends his Buddhist insights and religious wisdom to serve as a life motto, inspiring one&#8217;s path forward. Subsequently, participants filled out prayer cards to hang on the prayer tree, rang the &#8220;Bell of Peace,&#8221; and offered lamps before the Buddha, praying for national prosperity, social harmony, and world peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Propagating the Dharma Sound for a Bright Future<\/strong> After the meal, Venerable Yung Han led the assembly in reciting the <em>Medicine Buddha Dharani<\/em> and &#8220;A Prayer for New Year\u2019s Eve&#8221; by Venerable Master Hsing Yun, sowing seeds of good vows for the coming year. 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