2022 Korean Buddhist Culture Week
Presented by Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism and supported by Korean Cultural Center New York
Dates: Saturday, August 27th~ Monday, 29th, 2022
Venues:
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (61 W 62nd St, New York, NY 10023)
Wonkaksa Temple (260 Clove Rd, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577)
Oiji Mi (17 W, 19th St., New York, NY 10011)
The Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism with support of Korean Cultural Center New York present “An Encounter with Korean Traditional Buddhist Culture,” its fifth such event in New York since the first one in 2010. We have been sharing various aspects and celebrated features of Korean Buddhist culture through our Templestay program and Korean temple food events.
Through Templestay, guests can experience the daily lives of practitioners in mountain temples that still preserve the vitality of Korean Buddhism’s 1,700 years of history and its culture. Guests can also taste the flavors and wisdom of Korean temple food that have been passed down over a millennium.
Please check out the variety of events below and experience Korean Buddhist culture.
Event 1: The 5th Encounter with Korean Traditional Buddhist Culture in NY
Date: August 27~28, 2022
Place: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (61 W 62nd St, New York, NY 10023)
Experience traditional Korean Buddhist culture by participating in diverse activities, including sutra copying and making paper lotus flowers. Create your own beautiful memories through programs guided by monastic and lay Buddhists from diverse Korean temples in the New York area and from the Korean Templestay Information Center in Seoul.
PROGRAMS: Buddhist cultural experience, sutra copying, making paper lotus flowers, etc.
Program schedules & Registrations: Click (https://kbcw.us/#01_encounter)
Event 2: Templestay for college students
Date: August 28, 2022
Place: Wonkaksa Temple (260 Clove Rd, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577)
Templestay is a traditional culture experience program presenting the opportunity to live the daily life of a practitioner in a mountain temple where the 1,700-year-old history and culture of Korean Buddhism are alive.
Programs: Korean traditional temple experience, Zen meditation, BaruGongyang (Lunch), Yoga, Buddhist practice experience, Teatime with monks, and etc.
Program schedules & Registrations: click (https://kbcw.us/#02_templestay)
Event 3: Pop-Up Restaurant (Korean Temple Food)
Date: August 29, 2022
Place: Oiji Mi (17 W, 19th St., New York, NY 10011)
Session 1 for General Public (40 seats available)
Led by a culinary team from BalwooGongyang (temple food specialty restaurant in Seoul)
Reservations: click (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/korean-temple-food-pop-up-restaurant-tickets-408042675627)