What is BLIA YAD TORONTO

BLIA YAD TORONTO stands for The Buddha's Light International Association Young Adult Division, Toronto Subdivision. We are a special division catering to the needs of the younger generation.

About BLIA YAD TORONTO

Our first general meeting was in February, 2001, around 40 to 50 people did attend and Venerable Yung-Ku and Venerable Miao-Yu led us through the meeting. We did self-introductions during the meeting and some of us were being voted for the following positions of the BLIA YAD TORONTO. These positions are: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Activity Co-ordinator.

We were being officially established during the World YAD Conference 2001 in Malaysia, four more subdivisions were also being officially established at the same time. Now we have Mississauga Division (18+), Toronto East Division, Waterloo Division, 18 and under Division. We now have around 180 members.

Throughout the year, we are involved with various activities both inside and outside the temple. The major events that we have been involved in the past year were the Buddha's Bathing ceremony, the Cultural and Education fundraising Vegetarian Gala, as well as the "Sounds of Ganges River" - Buddhist musical concert. Besides the special events hosted by the temple, you will find us at the weekly regular service helping with the ceremonies as well as other posts throughout the temple. We are also involved with various charity events such as assisting with the Toronto Street Festival, Yee Hong Walkathon, United way Walkathon and many others.

In addition to the above mentioned events, our members gather every two weeks for a variety of activities such as practising calligraphy, organizing dumpling making contest, Halloween party, costume and pumpkin carving contest, various crafts and games.

We've changed our time schedule since March 2002. Division Four which is for 18 and below would have Dharma Class starting from 4:00pm to 5:00pm and activity time starting from 5:00pm to 6:00pm on every other saturday.

Division One which is for 18 and above would have activity time starting from 4:00pm to 6:00pm every other Saturday.

Due to the size increasing of the group, in order to improve our efficiency, we now have 25 executives in the executive team. including President and Vice-President of each division. (For details please check out our "executives" section)

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email us at info@bliayad.ca or leave us messages in the message board.

If you are interested to be part of the BLIA YAD TORONTO, please fill out the online form and we will contact you shortly afterwards. A-Mi-To-Fo