Every New Year’s Eve, we gather to chant blessings to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. The chanting will start at 11:15 p.m. on December 31 and end at 12:10 a.m. on January 1. Start off the New Year with meritorious deeds by taking part in our Eight Precept observance [...]
Join us on Sunday, January 1, 2023 for a New Year's alms round. We will gather in front of the temple at 10.45 a.m. for the monks to receive alms. After which, you are invited to come inside and help with the food offering. Start your year off with this great merit making opportunity.
You are invited to observe the Eight Precepts at San Fran Dhammaram Temple from Friday, February 17 at 7 a.m. to Monday, February 19 at 7 a.m. Receive the Eight Precepts, participate in daily chanting, listen to sermons, spend time contemplating and learning the Dhamma, and have your questions answered. Participants are allowed to spend [...]
Join us as we commemorate the occasion in which over 2,500 years ago on the night of the full moon of the third lunar month, the Buddha’s first 1,250 enlightened disciples gathered without being summoned and the Buddha delivered the ovada-patimokkha. To honor Magha Puja, this Sunday, March 5, 2023, we still start off with [...]
You are invited to observe the Eight Precepts at San Fran Dhammaram Temple from Friday, April 14 at 7 a.m. to Sunday, April 16 at 7 a.m. Receive the Eight Precepts, participate in daily chanting, listen to sermons, spend time contemplating and learning the Dhamma, and have your questions answered. Participants are allowed to spend [...]
Start off the Thai New Year (Songkran) at San Fran Dhammaram Temple on Sunday, April 16, 2023 by giving alms and participating in the traditional watering ritual in which water is poured on the Buddha's relics, monks, nuns, and elders as a sign of respect and to ask for good luck and prosperity. After the [...]
You are invited to observe the Eight Precepts at San Fran Dhammaram Temple. May 19-21, 2023 Receive the Eight Precepts, participate in daily chanting, listen to sermons, spend time contemplating and learning the Dhamma, and have your questions answered. Participants are allowed to spend the night at the temple (men) or Akaliko (women). Reserve [...]
May 20 is a special day for us, as it marks Venerable Acariya Thoon Khippapañño's birthday, the anniversary of Phra Kru Palat Anandapanyo's ordination, and Mae Chee Neecha's birthday. To commemorate this day, we are holding a fundraiser. The funds raised will be donated to a worthy cause at Phra Kru Palat and Mae Chee [...]
You are invited to observe the Eight Precepts at San Fran Dhammaram Temple June 2-4, 2023 Receive the Eight Precepts, participate in daily chanting, listen to sermons, spend time contemplating and learning the Dhamma, and have your questions answered. Participants are allowed to spend the night at the temple (men) or Akaliko (women). Reserve your [...]
Visakha Puja Day marks three major events in the life of the Buddha: the day he was born, the day he became enlightened, and the day he entered nibbana. These auspicious events miraculously fall on the same month and day–the full moon day of the sixth lunar month. Join us in commemorating Visakha Puja at [...]