HI All, Just an update on the various Buddhist events going on~! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Last but not least, Please check into this website from Singapore which advocates humanitarianaids in Myanmar , sri lanka and as well as local concern.
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.
EVERYONEwho 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!
Hello Everyone!! Its Vic here 2 tell u some great news!! the yad2 is having its first event!! please come and support the event and join the fun :D
When: 21st October 2006 Where : Lords Subiaco What : social and friendly basketball game for youths Why : To have fun and meet heaps of people!TIme: 2pm to 4pm Cost : ~$5 pp
Please let either me or Lay Yoke know if you're able 2 make it
PLease RSVP to Victor at (speed_sprinter@hotmail.com) or sms/call (0401406417). Alternatively you can contact Lay yoke at karope34@hotmail.com or 0422 574 624
SPRING is coming and its time for the everyone to come in to actions!
so what is spring feast? FOOD FOODFOODFOOD FUNFUNFUN!
When? 5th October 2006 [Thursday]
Where? Guild Village UWA
Time? 6pm- 9pm
For? UBC havent join Spring feast before and Ser Ley decided to give it a try this year So is mainly to create bonding with the rest of the clubs in UWA, raise fund for YAD (if we profit), to gain experience and basically is for us to have FUN FUN FUN!!
What are UBC up to? Thanks to Esther's Mum, We are borrowing her "Ice-Kacang" machine to sell ICE KACANG & JELLY DRINKS
$$$$? Ice Kacang - $3.50 Jelly Drink- $ 3.00
Helpers are needed, please contact EJ on eejuen_leong@yahoo.com or 0423059862
We've got a few upcoming events - come along or volunteer to help - we'd love to see you there! [BLIA YAD]
Father's Day A celebration of Father's Day. Bring your family and friends along (and of course - your dad!).
What: Dinner, Performances and Games Date: 1st Sep 06 Time: 6:30pm - 10pm Place: FGS Temple, 280 Guildford Rd, Maylands Cost: Free! RSVP: Ga Vin at gavin@mosaic.net.au / 041 326 3366 (Three) to let us know who is coming so that we can make sure we have enough food
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Multifaith Community Service Working together with Muslim, Christian and Buddhist groups, Multifaith Community Service events are held as joint events between a number of religious organisations to promote interfatih dialoge. This time, we're clearning bush near a mosque and helping out at a Catholic primary school if you have time to come along and help.
What: Interfaith community work to build meaningful dialogue Date: 2nd Sep 06 Time: 8:30am - 3pm Place: Hepburn Mosque, Padbury (64 Walter Padbury Blvd) and Padbury Catholic Primary Cost: Free RSVP: Carl Ong at ong.carl@gmail.com / 0433 207 025 (Three) to arrange transport
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Wedding Renewal Ceremony If you have some time on the 9th of September, we'd love to help from you. We're looking for volunteers to help out at the BLIA wedding renewal ceremony. Volunteers for this event are needed between 1-4pm to help run some stations.
What: Volunteer work helping out at a Buddhist Wedding Renewal Ceremony Date: 9th Sep 06 Time: 1-4pm Place: FGS Temple, 280 Guildford Rd, Maylands Register: Please contact Ga Vin if you're free to help! (gavin@mosaic.net.au / 0413263355)
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Charity Dinner As part of the wedding renewal event, there will be a charity dinner on the evening of the 9th of Sep to raise funds for the BLIA Love and Care group. Proceeds go to a number of charity organisations and activities. In the past this has ranged from the Salvation Army and Mission Australia, to aged care homes. What: Volunteer work helping decorate the dinner venue, and performing various tasks on the night Date: 9th Sep Time: 9am - 12pm / 6pm till late Place: Perth Town Hall Register: Please contact Ga Vin if you're free to help! (gavin@mosaic.net.au / 0413263355)
For more information, visit: http://bliawayad.blogspot.com/ Or Contact Ga Vin Lee, contact details as above.
This is the link to my blog that I put the clips for my dad's birthday, I'll use it for the Fathers Day presentation too, but with a bit more modification.
Regards, Carl
There's an Interfaith Community Service Event again on this coming 2nd Of Sept. Please read the details from the poster, or contact either Gavin or Me (Carl) if you can make it.
On the evening of the 19th of August, the Love & Care Group and YAD joined forces to raise funds for the homeless, through Mission Australia’s Winter Appeal.
The Mission Australia Winter Sleepout is a yearly event held to raise funds for Mission Australia’s Winter Appeal. Each participant raises money by asking sponsors to donate some money for them to sleep outdoors in the cold.
This year we were almost rained out by the heavy storms that rolled in across Perth. With the rain stretching through the day, we were almost at the point where we decided to go indoors for shelter. With masking tape, canvas and cardboard boxes though, we managed to set up a shelter (with only a few holes!) that would keep us warm through the night.
Together, we shared food, made a candlelight offering and prayer, and kept each other warm through ghost stories and discussions. Even with a cold, rainy and dark evening, our warm hearts were bright enough to light up the night!
For more information, or to make a donation to the Mission Australia Winter Appeal, please contact Ga Vin Lee, YAD President at gavin@mosaic.net.au / 041 326 3355.
The following article comes from Sports Illustrated and is by Rick Reilly.
Please read the story first and then view the video clip to see images of the father and son in action.
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I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay for their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots.
But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck.
Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars -- all in the same day.
Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. on a bike. Makes taking your son bowling look a little lame, right?
And what has Rick done for his father? Not much -- except save his life.
This love story began in Winchester, Mass., 43 years ago, when Rick was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs.
"He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life," Dick says doctors told him and his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. "Put him in an institution."
But the Hoyts weren't buying it. They noticed the way Rick's eyes followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was anything to help the boy communicate. "No way," Dick says he was told. "There's nothing going on in his brain."
"Tell him a joke," Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed. Turns out a lot was going on in his brain.
Rigged up with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? "Go Bruins!" And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the school organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, "Dad, I want to do that."
Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described "porker" who never ran more than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he tried. "Then it was me who was handicapped," Dick says. "I was sore for two weeks."
That day changed Rick's life. "Dad," he typed, "when we were running, it felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!"
And that sentence changed Dick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon.
"No way," Dick was told by a race official. The Hoyts weren't quite a single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair competitor. For a few years Dick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway, then they found a way to get into the race officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the qualifying time for Boston the following year.
Then somebody said, "Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon?"
How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden a bike since he was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon? Still, Dick tried.
Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii. It must be a buzzkill to be a 25-year-old stud getting passed by an old guy towing a grown man in a dinghy, don't you think?
Hey, Dick, why not see how you'd do on your own? "No way," he says. Dick does it purely for "the awesome feeling" he gets seeing Rick with a cantaloupe smile as they run, swim and ride together.
This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992 -- only 35 minutes off the world record, which, in case you don't keep track of these things, happens to be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the time.
"No question about it," Rick types. "My dad is the Father of the Century."
And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a mild heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries was 95% clogged. "If you hadn't been in such great shape," one doctor told him, "you probably would've died 15 years ago."
So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other's life.
Rick, who has his own apartment (he gets home care) and works in Boston, and Dick, retired from the military and living in Holland, Mass., always find ways to be together. They give speeches around the country and compete in some backbreaking race every weekend, including this Father's Day.
That night, Rick will buy his dad dinner, but the thing he really wants to give him is a gift he can never buy.
"The thing I'd most like," Rick types, "is that my dad sit in the chair and I push him once."
On the 1st of September, we're going to be having a Father's Day Celebration at the Maylands FGS temple. One and all welcome! (Bring your family and especially your dad)
The night will include dinner, presentations/entertainment, games and prizes and it's all for free!
If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis; would you recommend that she have an abortion?
Read the next question before scrolling down to the answer of this one.
Question 2:
It is time to elect a new world leader, and your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates:
Candidate A: Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.
Candidate B: He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.
Candidate C: He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and hasn't had any extramarital affairs.
Which of these candidates would be your choice?
Decide first, no peeking, then turn next page for the answer.
Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt Candidate B is Winston Churchill Candidate C is Adolph Hitler
And by the way, the answer to the abortion question: If you said yes, you just killed Beethoven.
Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging someone. Remember amateurs built the ark - Professionals built the Titanic.
One of the Buddhist Temples in ancient China was very small, but there were a lot of lay followers coming into make offerings, to listen to Dharma lectures, and to perform religious rituals. The Temple needed financial support from the villagers for expansion. One day, a lay follower brought in a bag of 50 gold coins and gave it to the Buddhist Monk in charge, theVenerable Shing Chu. The Monk took the money and, without saying anything, attended to other matters. The donor was very unhappy, because in ancient China, 50 gold coins were a lot of money, enough to support n ordinary family for several years - and the Buddhist monk simply took the donation without saying anything, not even a "thank you". So he followed the monk and said, "Your venerable, there are 50 gold coins in the bag which I have just donated to the temple. "Yes, I know," replied the Monk, "you have just told me earlier." The lay follower could not stand any longer. "But, I am donating 50 gold coins today, " he raised his voice and said loudly. "It is a large sum of money. How come you don't even acknowledge my donation nor even say,'thank you'?" By this time, both of them were walking pass by the Main Buddha Statue in the temple. The Monk replied,"You donate money to the Buddha, why do I have to say "thank you"? You make donations to create good merits r yourself and to make yourself happy. If you consider such donation as a business transaction, then I will give you a 'thank you' note on behave of the Buddha so that you can take it home with you.
Ajahn Brahmali gave a fascinating talk last Friday night at Nollamara Buddhist Centre. He spoke about the history of Buddhism, both Mahayana and Theravada traditions, as well as about identifying the actual words of the Buddha through the comparisons of sutras from both traditions.
One of the insights that came from this talk was the idea that the teachings of the Buddha are essentially a personal hypothesis. Through your own practice, you can test each Buddhist concept yourself and come to your own realisation.
For those of you who couldn't make it, you can download the talk here at the BSWA web site.
A long time ago, there was an Emperor who told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and cover as much land area as he likes, then the Emperor would give him the area of land he has covered.
Sure enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and rode as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He kept on riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. When he was hungry or tired, he did not stop because he wanted to cover as much area as possible.
Came to a point when he had covered a substantial area and he was exhausted and was dying. Then he asked himself, "Why did I push myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only need a very small area to bury myself."
The above story is similar with the journey of our Life. We push very hard everyday to make more money, to gain power and recognition. We neglect our health , time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love.
One day when we look back , we will realize that we don't really need that much, but then we cannot turn back time for what we have missed.
Life is not about making money, acquiring power or recognition . Life is definitely not about work! Work is only necessary to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life. Life is a balance of Work and Play, Family and Personal time. You have to decide how you want to balance your Life. Define your priorities, realize what you are able to compromise but always let some of your decisions be based on your instincts. Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of Life, the whole aim of human existence.
So, take it easy, do what you want to do and appreciate nature. Lifeis fragile, Life is short. Do not take Life for granted. Live a balanced lifestyle and enjoy Life!
now that i have my email up and running at work, i can down to doing some REAL work, like sending out important emails like this.
This week we will travel down to nollamara temple (the "home" of ajahn brahm) and attend their dharma talk.
Details as follows 30th june Friday @ The Buddhist Society of WA (Inc) Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre 18-20 Nanson Way Nollamara WA 6061 meet there at 7.15
If you need a lift, or ANYTHING at all im here to help email or call 0421 605 422
-peace out, love and all that stuff nam
having trouble comparing yourself to everything? - "Hell was OK, until some wise guy went to heaven and came back"
The 24th of June marked a Multifaith Community Event which brought together youth groups from 3 separate religious faiths to build dialogue and cooperation between them.
Building Bridges: A Multi-Faith Community Service Event was organized by the Religious Youth Service, Australian Islamic Council, Carmelite Monastery, the Loreto Sisters, and Fo Guang Shan Temple.
The Event was opened by the Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Interests, the Hon. Tony McRae MLA, who gave a very positive message of togetherness.
This was followed by interfaith prayers delivered by Imam Jalil of the Rivervale Mosque, Reverend Sanderson Austin of the Maylands Spiritualist Church, and Reverend Yao of Fo Guang Shan Temple. Reverend Rick McInerheney, the Chairman of the Universal Peace Federation Australia, chaired the opening ceremony.
Attendees of the event included Mr Rahim Ghowry, the President of the Australian Islamic Federation and Mr Angelo Natanni, the WA State Director of the Family Federation for World Peace.
The aim of Building Bridges was to encourage and promote meaningful dialogue between people of various religious and cultural backgrounds through working side by side in community service.
During the day, participants worked together to clean up an extension building for the Rivervale Mosque, pulling weeds, cleaning walls, and mopping floors to work together for a common cause. The hard work was followed with a Halal lunch at the Mosque for all participants, and a talk by Imam Jalil to provide a better understanding of Islam.
The Muslim, Christian and Buddhist participants later visited the Carmelite Monastery to speak with the cloistered nuns within its walls. This was followed by a visit to Loreto Convent, with a tour by the Loreto Sisters. Participants ended the day at Fo Guang Shan Temple, taking part in a Buddhist prayer and a question and answer session.
Religious Youth Service was a project developed at the 1985 Assembly of World Religions to foster respect, cooperation and understanding among religions. The project has been organizing community service with members of all faiths for over 20 years, involving over 5000 volunteers in more than 37 countries.
...On a field trip with the students, I listened to a professional trainer describe how he had taught African crested cranes to stop landing on his head and shoulders. He did this by training the leggy birds to land on mats on the ground. This, he explained, is what is called an "incompatible behavior," a simple but brilliant concept.
Rather than teach the cranes to stop landing on him, the trainer taught the birds something else, a behavior that would make the undesirable behavior impossible. The birds couldn't alight on the mats and his head simultaneously.
At home, I came up with incompatible behaviors for Scott to keep him from crowding me while I cooked. To lure him away from the stove, I piled up parsley for him to chop or cheese for him to grate at the other end of the kitchen island. Or I'd set out a bowl of chips and salsa across the room. Soon I'd done it: no more Scott hovering around me while I cooked.
I followed the students to SeaWorld San Diego, where a dolphin trainer introduced me to least reinforcing syndrome (L. R. S.). When a dolphin does something wrong, the trainer doesn't respond in any way. He stands still for a few beats, careful not to look at the dolphin, and then returns to work. The idea is that any response, positive or negative, fuels a behavior. If a behavior provokes no response, it typically dies away.
In the margins of my notes I wrote, "Try on Scott!"
It was only a matter of time before he was again tearing around the house searching for his keys, at which point I said nothing and kept at what I was doing. It took a lot of discipline to maintain my calm, but results were immediate and stunning. His temper fell far shy of its usual pitch and then waned like a fast-moving storm. I felt as if I should throw him a mackerel...
BLIA-YAD, WA is the abbreviated form of the Buddha's Light International Association - Young Adult Division of Western Australia, and we are part of a greater global Buddhist organization called Buddha's Light International Association (BLIA).
BLIA-YAD, WA is a group of youth who are not necessarily Buddhists, but have an interest in learning more about Buddhism and life. Through organizing various activities and events, BLIA-YAD, WA is actively involved in both promoting the teachings of Buddha and the fellowship among young people of today.
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