YAD December Events!!!

Hohoho people!

Hope your christmas preparations are going well.. :)
2 things!

#1: Badminton for Social Gathering
There is going to be a badminton game this saturday~
Held between the First Division and YAD

It's gonna be on next saturday, 4-6pm.
George Burnel Leisure Centre, Manning Road, Karawara.
It only cost $5 per person for 2 hours.

Do come along to catch up and play some badminton~ :)
And if u usually do play badminton during the weekend, why not just join us for this week?
You are more then welcomed to bring your frens along~

See attached poster for more information.

#2: Christmas Blood Donation Drive next Wednesday~!
As usual, this is going to be at the Red Cross Centre in Wellington sT in the city.
It goes on from 4pm till 7pm.
Drink PLENTY of water before you come!
This is espcially important, as it is close to the festive season.. and the blood bank will need supplies... People may go on breaks, but the red cross still need to operate to save lives~ :)

Otherwise...
2 WEEKS TO CHRISTMAS~!

Hehe~ Can't wait! XD

With loving Kindness,
Ser Ley

Stories of Dharma

Welcome to the inaugural feature of this blog titled: Stories of Dharma

Stories is a wonderful way in which one can convey messages of buddhism. This will be a weekly post.The first story that has been chosen for this week is our one and only Ajahn Brahmavamso from Perth. He currently resides in Serpentine as an Abbot and more information about him and his forest monastery can be found by visiting http://www.bswa.org. I hope you will enjoy 'The Worm'.

With Metta,

7th October 2007

THE WORM
Ajahn Brahmavamso

There is a wonderful little story about two monks who lived together in a monastery for many years; they were great friends. Then they died within a few months of one another. One of them got reborn in the heaven realms, the other monk got reborn as a worm in a dung pile. The one up in the heaven realms was having a wonderful time, enjoying all the heavenly pleasures. But he started thinking about his friend, "I wonder where my old mate has gone?" So he scanned all of the heaven realms, but could not find a trace of his friend. Then he scanned the realm of human beings, but he could not see any trace of his friend there, so he looked in the realm of animals and then of insects. Finally he found him, reborn as a worm in a dung pile... Wow! He thought: "I am going to help my friend. I am going to go down there to that dung pile and take him up to the heavenly realm so he too can enjoy the heavenly pleasures and bliss of living in these wonderful realms."

So he went down to the dung pile and called his mate. And the little worm wriggled out and said: "Who are you?", "I am your friend. We used to be monks together in a past life, and I have come up to take you to the heaven realms where life is wonderful and blissful." But the worm said: "Go away, get lost!" "But I am your friend, and I live in the heaven realms," and he described the heaven realms to him. But the worm said: "No thank you, I am quite happy here in my dung pile. Please go away." Then the heavenly being thought: "Well if I could only just grab hold of him and take him up to the heaven realms, he could see for himself." So he grabbed hold of the worm and started tugging at him; and the harder he tugged, the harder that worm clung to his pile of dung.

Do you get the moral of the story? How many of us are attached to our pile of dung?

Hey ALL~!

SPRING FEAST IS AROUND THE CORNER!
For those of you who are not familiar with Spring Feast,

It is an event held in UWA every year. Diff associations and clubs would come along to sell food.

So you have PLENTY of international food~! YUM~!
And This year, we are setting up a stall as well~! :D


DATE : 4th of October 2007
TIME : 5pm onwards
VENUE : Guild Village UWA

We are gonna make... ICE KACANG!!

WE need volunteers to help us out on the night itself,

and we need help from YOU to prepare the ingredients prior to the night!
:D

We would be preparing the ingredients on Monday and Tuesday Afternoon~!

If you would like to volunteer yourself for the night,
or help us with the preparations prior to the day
CONTACT ME OR JUEN~!

:D

We'd be MORE then happy to hear from you~!

Have a good week people~
And hope to see you there!

With Metta,
Ser Ley

Happy Fathers Day! 父親節快樂

A special dedication to all dad, Thank you for being there for us at all time. With this borrowed clips, may we wish you a Happy Father's Day

借花獻佛，僅以這短片與您結緣，感恩父親對我們為子女的辛勞。父親節快樂~

Youtube Dharma Talk by Ajahn Brahm

Ajahn Brahm talks about different sects of Buddhism, how it all came to be this way and what it means. One of the many post by the Buddhist Society of　W.A.

Sangha Offering Ceremony 22nd July

Hi beautiful people!

There is going to be a Sangha Offering Ceremony on the 22nd of July at
our temple.

280, Guildford Rd,
Maylands

THAT is a ceremony where by we, as the lay people make our offerings
to the Sangha. (Order of the monks, but in our case nuns.) To show
appreciation and gratitude for what they have done for us so far.
There would be a ceremony, with the offerings. And there would be food
and performances.
All participants need to be seated in the Main Shrine of the temple by
10.15am

All members of the public is more then welcomed to participate in/
witness the ceremony.
However, it would be better to keep us informed if you are coming,
(let me know.)
just so the temple would be able to estimate and provide the
appropriate amount of food for the crowd.

The Young Adult division would now be involved by :
- Distributing lunch boxes to the crowd in the main shrine.
It has been decided that lunch would be prepared much earlier in the
day, They would be packed and ready for distribution by 10am in the
morning. But would be stored in foam boxes in the main shrine prior to
distribution.
All lunch boxes would be put in place before the commencement of
ceremony in the morning. (10.20)

Young adult division would also be involved in the Offering Ceremony.
All participants for offering ceremony would be dressed in red top and
blue jeans.

And all volunteers are required to arrive at the temple by 9.15 in the
morning.

thats all for now regarding the Sangha Offering Ceremony!
:D

Have a good week!

With Metta,
S Ley

Various Buddhist Events around Perth

HI All, Just an update on the various Buddhist events going on~!
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The Australia Buddhist Culture Bliss Mission is holding a very auspiciousBuddha's birthday celebration. Kindly share this message and let yourfriends, family members, relatives to come and join them and rejoice withthem.

Date: 27th may,2007
time: commencing at 9.30 am
venue: Australia Buddhist Bliss Culture Mission
21, woodthrope drive, willetton
Tel: 9354 1245Please

Come join us on the 27th of May (Sun) for a very special event –Special Ceremony for Bathing Buddha on Buddha's Birthday and ReverentViewing of Buddha's Relic to commemorate the birth and enlightenment ofSakyamuni Buddha. Attached is the flyer with details.You are very welcome to bring any friends/family who is interested incoming along to join us. See you soon! We will provide the transport to you if you do not have any transport. May you be with Buddha always,

info from: CURTIN BUDDHIST BLISS CULTURE SOCIETY (CurtinBBCS)
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Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre

Vesak Day Celebration - Sunday 3 June 2007

The purpose of Vesak Day: is to celebrate the Birth, Death and Enlightenment of the Buddha.

The event starts from 10am till at night.
Detials regarding the event can be found on http://www.bswa.org/modules/news/

Volunteers are needed on Vesak Day, for various tasks. If you would like to help, please contact John Treasure at events@bswa.org

Vesak Day fund raising:
To help raise funds for our new retreat centre, there will be a 'Head Shaving' sponsoring event. For details please contact Lee, the organizer on 93853239.
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Last but not least, Please check into this website from Singapore which advocates humanitarianaids in Myanmar , sri lanka and as well as local concern.

www.fireflymission.org

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With Metta,
Ser Ley, Lee

Dharma Talk by Ahjan Bram

Hey ppl,

Ahjan Bram is going to give a talk tmr at nollamara.
For those of u who are not familiar with the place, it is in :

The Buddhist Society of WA (Inc), Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre,
18-20 Nanson Way, Nollamara WA 6061

The session starts off at
Chanting 7:00pm - 7:20pm
Followed by Guided Meditation 7:30pm - 8:00pm
Then the Talk. 8.00-9.00pm.

This is something i make an effort to attend on a weekly basis. My dose of dharma to keep me... buddhist... enough.
Ahjan Bramavamso is the abbot of the place, and in my opinion one of the best dharma teachers there is around.
He is born in the UK and trained as a monk in Thailand. Therefore all sessions are in english.
Let me know if u are interested to come. :)

Ehi-passiko, Opanâyiko, Paccattam veditabbo viññuhiti.
Come and see, the path,to be known by the wise, each for himself.

S Ley

Post BBF BBQ!!

Lets just put it this way~

EVERYONE who was anywhere near Supreme Court Garden from the 14-15th of April is invited. :D(And any YAD/UBC members who wants an excuse to chill out despite not being able to make it for the event.)

YES! This includes ALL the volunteers, ANY one who assisted us, PPL who went for the Offering Ceremony, Henna Stall ppl, Everyone and anyone who feels young at heart~ :D

WHERE? Mill Point, the BBQ spot closer to Cocos

WHEN? 25th of April, Anzac day. Wednesday 11am

WHY? Because YOU GUYS worked for it,and you deserve it!

THE CATCH? It cost $4 per person. Caters for vegetarian and non vegetarian. Includes drinks. Some of you make not had the opportunity to know each other better during the event, And MANY of you have not collected your Certificate of Appreciation. (Those who helped at YAD stalls)

IF ANY of you is interested but need transport, don't hesitate to contact me.

PLS RSVP ASAP!

We need to know how many ppl is coming so we can estimate the amount of food to prepare! :) THANKS PPL!

And hopefully, I'll see you next Wednesday!!

Metta!

Ser Ley
YAD President