Support Us

Donate

We welcome your generous support to Buddha Mind Monastery. Your contributions will go 100% towards the essential programs and daily operating costs, and help build future Zen centers across the United States. We cordially invite you to become a regular supporter or patron by making a monthly contribution of any amount. Donations to Buddha Mind Monastery, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization, are tax deductible. 

Mail Donations (Personal Check):

*Please make checks payable to “Buddha Mind Monastery” and postal-mail it to Buddha Mind at: 

5800 S. Anderson Rd., Oklahoma City, OK 73150

Zelle:

Online banking recipient: buddhamindokc@gmail.com 

Once you have completed the Zelle donation, please email us for further contact and receipt emailing etc.

 

Electronic Payment via Your Bank’s Online Bill Pay System:

A convenient way to make donations is by using your bank’s online banking “Bill Pay” service. Add “Buddha Mind Monastery” as a payee, enter the aforementioned mailing address, and schedule the payment. You can set up an automatic recurring payment plan or one-time only. Include a note/memo where possible that this is a donation.

Online Bill Pay is usually free to the bank’s customers and also free to the recipient of the funds. This means Buddha Mind Monastery will receive 100% of the amount you donate without handling fees.

A receipt will be mailed or handed to you promptly

Food Donations

We welcome donations of food items. Please be aware that certain items should not be brought to the monastery. Those items include any foods containing: alcohol, meat of any kind (including seafood), eggs, most types of cheese since they are made using rennet, gelatin and jellies (since they contain animal products), garlic, onion, green onion, shallots, leeks and coriander (these five pungent foods are known to induce anger or desire in our body).
Milk products without rennet are allowed.

As Chan Buddhists, we strive to avoid killing any beings and minimize exposure to impure stimulants. Avoiding the above listed food items not only helps to maintain the purity of the monastery but also helps all of us in our resolve to be compassionate.

Thank you for following these guidelines!

Lamp Offering

A lamp offering may be made at any time you wish. It is a way to honor the Buddha while awakening our intrinsic wisdom. Just as the light of the lamp dispels darkness, wisdom dispels ignorance. Just as a single candle may light many other candles, we may then dedicate merits from this offering to those close to us and to all humanity.

According to Buddhist scriptures, one can obtain many benefits by making a lamp offering to the Three Jewels:
1. Good Health
2. Clarity of Vision
3. Purity of Mind
4. Freedom from Fear and Worries
5. Patience and Gentleness
6. Extinction of Ignorance
7. Attainment of Wisdom
8. Supreme Enlightenment

Yearly Lamp Offering

In addition to the above, you are invited to make a Yearly Lamp Offering prior to each New Year. The offering is for January 1 to December 31 and is a wonderful way to start your year.