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Buddhist News KWAN YIN CHAN LIN ZEN The Heart Sutra Pacifying Ritual BUDDHIST LIBRARY MEDITATION CENTRE is also known as “Nying Dudhog”. This Puja is done by chanting of Robes and Books Offering 2018 One-Day Retreat The Heart Sutra (Prajna Paramita) to help remove the obstacles of the four Maras. It is also believed that by chanting and performing this puja, it can help one to overcome any neg- ativity and harm, and remove obsta- cles like bad dreams and stumbling blocks. The Amitabha Puja The BL will be holding the annual A 1-day retreat was held in conjunc- Robes and Book Offering Ceremo- tion with the overseas 3-day Retreat ny on 21 October 2018. @Muar Kwan Yin Chan Lin Fu Hui Garden Zen Centre Gunung Ledang FAMILY DAY FUNFAIR 2018 Resort, Tangkak in Malaysia on 10 August 2018. Walk Wholeheartedly 2018 The SBSS (Sakya Tenphel Ling) also held the Amitabha Puja on 27 August 2018. This puja was also held in conjunction with “Khentul Rinpoche Oral Transmission of Am- itabha Phowa Transmission and Teaching”, with English translation by Dr. Tenzin Choephak and also An outdoor experiential activity, Chinese translation by Sis Tenzin. titled, “Walk Wholeheartedly” was The Buddhist Library Family Day held on 18 August 2018, 8-10.30am METTA WELFARE Funfair will be held on 18 Novem- at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. ASSOCIATION ber 2018 at the open field in front of It was organised to not only allow Aljunied MRT Station. The annual participants to experience the beau- Metta Charity Run 2018 funfair is one of the most important ty of nature, but to also connect with fund raising events for the BL as all their body and mind, and listen to proceeds will go towards payment of their inner voice. their existing mortgage and operat- ing expenses. For more information Dharma Talk on both events, please visit http:// buddhlib.org.sg. KONG MENG SAN PHOR KARK SEE MONASTERY Ullambana Prayer Ceremony KYCL Zen Meditation Centre (S’pore) held a Dharma Talk by Zen Master De Kwang on 5 September 2018, 7.30-9.30pm titled, “Zen and the Bodhisattva Way”. THE SINGAPORE BUDDHA This year, MWA will hold the an- SASANA SOCIETY nual Metta Charity Run on 29 Sep- (SAKYA TENPHEL LING) tember 2018 with a seried different local-themed categories – truly a The Heart Sutra Pacifying Ritual SINGAPOREAN edition. The funds KMSPKS held the Ullambana raised will be used for development Prayer Ceremony on 25 August and enrichment of Metta’s welfare 2018, 8.30am-9.30pm. This one-day services. These would include the commemoration on the importance training programmes for the numer- of filial piety included the prayer and ous underprivileged and the centres chanting of The Compassionate Sa- (for disability care, medical care, madhi Water Repentance Sutra and children care, special education and the Yogacara Ulka-mukha Dharma alumni care) that currently serve Service (Releasing the Flaming- over 1,200 beneficiaries. Mouths Ritual). PB For You Information 佛友资讯 51 p51 - News-.indd 51 19/9/2018 10:12:09 AM EVENTS ESSENCE OF THE LOTUS SUTRA AND THE SIX PARAMITAS The Institute of Chinese Buddhism (ICBuddhism) held two uniquely designed THE PLACE FOR LEARNING and highly interactive workshops on The Lotus Sutra and The Six Paramitas. AND ENRICHMENT The Institute of Chinese Bud- These workshops, themed “Unleashing Potentials – The Lotus Sutra” and dhism (ICBuddhism) intends “Empowering Life – The Six Paramitas” were held on 18 August 2018, 9.30 to bring Chinese Buddhism to am-4.30pm and 19 August 2018, 9.30am-12.30pm respectively in the Suntec people’s daily life by creating Convention Centre, Room 327. an affordable and accessible platform for English speakers who wish to enrich their daily UNLEASHING POTENTIALS AND EMPOWERING LIFE lives with thoughts and/or prac- Zenon Teh, the Managing Director and Secretary of the ICBuddhism opened tice of Chinese Buddhism. the two-day workshop with an Opening Address to welcome Sangha, the two presenters and participants. Presented and facilitated in English by Professor Wang Ching-Wei and Dr. Chan Kwong Djee, participants were guided in understanding and appreciating the essence of The Lotus Sutra and The Six Paramitas. Also, through the annotated sutras and concise presentations, participants were also given opportunities to share their personal reflections and experiences, which during the process, helped them to discover their inner spiritual orientations. One of the unique features of the workshops was that it was not only highly engaging, but also a participatory experience where participants shared at various junctures, their motivation in attending the workshop, visualisation and walking meditation experiences. 52 For You Information 佛友资讯 53 p52 53 Events- INSTITUTE OF CHINESE BUDDHISM.indd 52 19/9/2018 10:10:17 AM THE LOTUS SUTRA AND THE SIX PARAMITAS in how The Lotus Sutra has helped A highlight during the presentation of “Unleashing Potentials – The Lotus her in different ways and with a firm Sutra” was the sharing of Professor Wang Ching-Wei, a scholar-practitioner belief that everyone can become who specialises in Buddhist sutras and meditative practices and her succinct a Buddha as taught in the Lotus explanations of the chapters in The Lotus Sutra. She shared her experiences Sutra, Prof. Wang drew on the Treatise of the Great Perfection of Wisdom (大智度論) for Buddha’s quality, wisdom, and stories of how Sakayamuni Buddha practised to become a Buddha by practising giving, self-discipline, patience or endurance, diligence, mindfulness, and wisdom. Dr. Chan Kwong Djee, a Senior In Sanskrit, the word “paramita” Lecturer in Medical Education and means “cross over to the other a scholar-practitioner in Life and shore” and in Buddhism, “paramita” Death Studies and Mindfulness, may be referred to as “perfection”, connected the dots of The Six “perfect realisation”, or “reaching Paramitas to explain how they beyond limitations”. Through the can help empower one in life. Dr. Chan drew on his experience as a body- practice of these six paramitas, the psychotherapist to skilfully show that if one can remain mindful of one’s practitioner can cross the sea of negative reactions, acts of endurance can be a torch shinning into one’s suffering (samsara) to the shore of inner shadow and that’s when compassion truly arise. happiness and awakening (nirvana). The two-day workshop garnered very positive feedback. Some of these participants’ sharing include, “(It) had very practical and lively presenta- tion, with good illustrations and ex- amples.” and “It was awesome! The two professors were very engaging and generated a lot of interactions” – “fruitful and reflective” sessions in a “light-hearted and fun” manner. 52 For You Information 佛友资讯 53 p52 53 Events- INSTITUTE OF CHINESE BUDDHISM.indd 53 20/9/2018 10:06:58 AM TEACHINGS TEACHING BY VENERABLE PHRA KHUVA BOONCHUM (MAING PONE SAYADAW) - VENERABLE SACCA & PEMA RINCHEN - In the previous issue of the feature palace to find a solution. And again, after his Enlightenment, he decided article on the Dharma Talk and to teach the Dharma to all; entirely due to his possessing of immeasurable Blessings by Oxford Buddha compassion to alleviate pain and suffering of all beings. As the Buddha Vihara (Singapore)’s spiritual showed us that it is by developing Great Compassion, he was able to awaken teacher, Phrakhuva Boonchum the Thought of Enlightenment, so it is essential for a practitioner to follow the Nyanasamvaro (Venerable Khuva Buddha to possess both qualities. Cultivating mahākaruna and awakening Boonchum) held on 15 July 2018, bodhicitta are in fact supporting one another on the path to Enlightenment. there was a short introduction on the great compassion and bodhicitta, Universal Love and Acceptance as well as developing universal To develop universal love in our heart, between different nationalities, love and acceptance. In this issue, different races, different religions; between different social statuses, different we continue to share Venerable ideologies and different beliefs, we should develop love towards each other. Khuva Boonchum’s teaching in why Why? Because according to the Buddhist belief, we are reborn again and patience is an emotional quality that again – it’s a long cycle of birth and re-birth – and in the course of the cycle Buddhists should have. of life, everyone is related to each other. And for this reason, this is why we should have compassion for all around us. Then, why we need to develop Developing Mahākaruna universal love is because we are all subjected to the same thing; the battery and Bodhicitta of suffering. We will all get sick, old and then die. That’s why we should One of the important aspects of develop universal love for each other and help each other: tolerate each practising Buddhism is to awaken other, not to be violent and not to say anything negative towards each other. the ‘Thought of Enlightenment’ Then, the in terms of approaching different religions, selfish people are in (bodhicitta) within oneself. Although every religion, and people with wrong view(s) are also in every religion. So, found in all three traditions, it is not necessary to point (at another) and say it is a wrong religion – we particularly in Mahayana Buddhism, should not term any religion as any ‘wrong religion’. We have to emphasise bodhicitta is highly emphasised the point that every religion teaches many positive things, such as teaching for it is believed that all beings people to be good and compassionate. And all these (mutual respect and have bodhicitta inherent within acceptance), would be possible only if we develop universal love. themselves; that’s the capacity to attain enlightenment. What is Tolerance and Patience required however is to awaken it Now, what about tolerance and patience? We should, and can develop by cultivating and widening the our tolerance threshold daily.

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