BUBS Activities Update from
Chooi YenHoe (Mr)
From: Office BUBS
Dear Members and Friends,
BUBS Activities Update from 10 Sept 2019
1. Full Moon Puja on Friday, 13 September 2019
The coming Full Moon Puja falls on Friday, which coincides with the Chanting, Meditation and Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Anan – Live from Wat Marp Jan held every Friday evening. We shall commence the offering of incense, water, light, fruits and flowers at 7:45pm. Thereafter the Emcee will recite the script for offering of lights sponsorship, then we will follow the chanting led by the Venerables from Wat Marp Jan which starts at 8:00pm. You are encouraged to stay on for the Dhamma talk after the chanting. You may bring flowers and fruits for offering.
For further clarification, please contact Bro Peck Hwa (012-3739107) for the new moon offering or Bro Bryan Kok (012-2295583) for the Live Telecast session.
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2. Dhamma Talk by Ven. Ajahn Anan - Live from Wat Marp Jan every Friday evening
Meditation starts at 7.15pm, followed by chanting at 8pm. The Meditation and Chanting will be led by the Venerables at Wat Marp Jan. You are welcome to join the Dhamma talk at 8.30pm if you cannot make it earlier.
There will be a Q and A session after the talk.
For further info, please contact Bro. Bryan Kok: 012-2295583.
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3. Meal Dana for Ayasma Guttacitta on Sat, 14 Sep - Wed, 18 Sep 2019
Members and friends are encouraged to offer meal Dana (non vegetarian) to Ayasma Guttacitta who will be staying in UBV from 14 - 18 Sep, 2019
Breakfast Dana: 7 am
Lunch Dana: 11 am.
On Sunday, 15 Sep, Ayasma Guttacitta will join the Pindacara together with the Sangha.
Please bring your cooked food, dessert and fruits, half an hour (30 Mins) before the designated meal time.
For further info, please contact Bro. Chee Wat: 016-313 3628.
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4. Sunday Dhamma talk by Venerable Buddharakkhita on 15 Sep 2019 at 9 am
In conjunction with this Sunday's Sanghika Dana, we are pleased to inform that Ven. Buddharakkhita will be giving a Dhamma talk before commencement of Pindacara.
The title of the talk is "Mangala Sutta".
"The Maha-Mangala Sutta shows that the Buddha's instructions do not always take negative forms, that they are not always a series of classifications and analysis, or concerned exclusively with monastic morality. Here in this sutta we find family morality expressed in most elegant verses. We can imagine the happy blissful state household life attained as a result of following these injunctions." (From The Ethics of Buddhism by S. Tachibana, Colombo 1943, Bauddha Sahitya Sabha).
For further info, please contact Bro. Danny Liew: 012-2073925.
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5. Dhamma Teachings, Pindacāra and Sanghika Dana at UBV on Sun, 15 Sep 2019
Members and friends are invited to listen to the Dhamma talk by Ven. Buddharakkhita and participate in offering alms food to members of the Sangha and 38 novices who are participating in the Samanera and Sayalay Novitiate Programme, jointly organised by BUBS together with Dhamma Earth Club of Malaysia (DECOM), on Sun, 15 Sep 2019.
The program is as below:-
9.00 am - Dhamma Talk by Ven. Buddharakkhita
10.30 am - Pindacāra
11.30 am- Meal offering (vegetarian)
12 noon - Community Lunch
Please see attached.
Please bring your cooked food (healthy vegetarian), fruits or desserts to LG floor latest by 10 am.
For Dana coordination, please contact Bro.Kuan - 019-2163822.
For further info, please contact Bro. Bryan Kok: 012-2295583.
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6. Courses
6.1 39th Induction Course – 15 September 2019
Date: 15 September 2019 (Sunday)
Time: 3.00 pm – 5.30pm
Venue: UBV, 1st Floor Bhavana Hall
The Induction course will be facilitated by Sis. Siew Swan and Bro. Buck Soon.
See attached flyer for details. All new membership applicants and potential members are encouraged to attend.
Enquiry: Sis. Sook Mooi 019-3625222
Sis. Yong Lily 012-2788988
6.2 Module 1 Buddhism Course
Module 1 of the 3-week Buddhism Course will be held over 3 weekends starting 22 September 2019.
Week 1 (Sun, 22 September 2019)
Course Leader: Datuk Charlie Chia
Topic 1 – A Glimpse of Buddhism
Topic 2 – The Triple Gem
Week 2 (Sun, 29 September 2019)
Course Leader: Bro. Tan Buck Soon
Topic 3 – The Four Noble Truths
Topic 4 – The Noble Eightfold Path
Week 3 (Sun, 6 October 2019)
Course Leader: Bro Benny Liow
Topic 5 – Kamma and Rebirth
Topic 6 – Meritorious Deeds, Service and Contribution
All the courses will be conducted at the following time and venue:
Time: 3.00 - 6.00 p.m.
Venue: UBV, 1st Floor Bhavana Hall
All are encouraged to attend especially new membership applicants.
Please register online at https://bubs.my/courses. We encourage you to reduce carbon footprint by registering online.
For further information, please contact Sis. Sook Mooi: 019-3625222/ Sis. Lily: 012-2788988
or UBV office: 77106010.
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7. Dhamma Leadership Camp (with meditation) by Venerable Buddharakkhita at UBV on Sat, 21 Sep - Sun, 22 Sep 2019 - new
Details as follows: -
Date : Sat, 21 Sep - Sun 22 Sep, 2019
Venue : Uttama Bodhi Vihara, BUBS
Time : 8am - 6pm (Non Stay-In)
Language : English
Food : Vegetarian Lunch will be provided
Registration for this camp is open now. Do not miss this opportunity.
There will be no fee charged but donation to defray the cost of holding the camp is encouraged.
Closing date is on Sunday, 12 noon, 14 Sep 2019 or when optimum number is reached, whichever is earlier.
NOTE: For those who have registered earlier, kindly take note the timing for this camp has been changed to 8am - 6pm.
Please register online http://www.bubs.my
For further info, please contact Bro. Bryan Kok: 012-2295583.
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8. Turn Cancer into Strength Meditation Retreat from Mon, 7 Oct 2019 to Mon, 14 Oct 2019 at Dhamma Earth Semenyih
Specially tailored for cancer patients, this camp aims to support participants to improve their physical and mental wellbeing through healthy diets, exercises, meditation practice and opportunity for accumulation of merits in a peaceful environment.
The camp will be facilitated by Ven. U Buddharakkhita and other medical specialists. Medium of instruction is a mixture of English and Mandarin, depending on the speakers (no translation will be provided). BUBS Cancer Support Group is happy to be able to support this camp and would like to strongly encourage cancer patients who are physically independent to attend this camp.
To participate, kindly please register online by clicking on the link below:-
For further info about this programme, please contact Bro Punṇṇa @ +6012-334 1116 (WhatsApp only)
For further info about BUBS Cancer Support Group, please contact Sis See Tow: 012-3313171.
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9. Introduction to Meditation Course - New
We are pleased to inform that Bro.Tan Buck Soon will be conducting the 3rd “Introduction to Meditation Course" (6 consecutive Thursdays) at UBV starting from 24 Oct 2019 to 28 Nov 2019.
As this is a course, we encourage all who are interested to learn meditation to register online:-http://www.bubs.my
Week 1: Mental Culture (Bhavana) - 24.10.19
Week 2: The Four Foundations of Mindfulness - 31.10.19
Week 3:. The Five Hindrances - 7.11.19
Week 4: Loving Kindness Meditation (Metta Bhavana) - 14.11.19
Week 5: The Five Spiritual Faculties - 21.11.19
Week 6: The Path to Liberation - 28.11.19
For further information, please contact Bro. Danny Liew: 012-2073925
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10. Meditation Retreat with Ven. Ajahn Karuniko at Uttama Bodhi Vihara ( UBV) from Fri, 22 Nov 2019 to Wed, 27 Nov 2019
Registration for this retreat is open. Please see attached. Closing date is on 30 Sept 2019 or upon reaching our optimum numbers.
Please register online http://www.bubs.my or at our UBV Sunday counter.
There is no fee charged for the retreat but donation is encouraged. For further info, please call Bro. Danny Liew : 012-207 3925
Venerable Ajahn Karuniko
Ven. Ajahn Karuniko (Christopher John Woodfine) was born in 1953 near Manchester, England. He graduated from Sheffield University in 1975 with an honours degree in electronics engineering. After graduation, he worked as an engineer in North London.
His first contact with Buddhism was from reading a book in 1976, which made a deep impression on him. Two years later, he had the good fortune to meet Ven Ajahn Sumedho who had recently taken up residence in Hampstead Vihara, North London. He then became an anagarika (novice) in 1982 under the guidance of Ven Ajahn Sumedho at CITTAVIVEKA Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, England. In July 1984, he took the monk’s (bhikkhu) ordination with Ven Ajahn Sumedho.
Tan Ajahn Karuniko had spent most of his monastic life helping to establish monasteries in England and New Zealand. At present, he is the Abbot at CITTAVIVEKA Chithurst Monastery.
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11. A Day Of Peace with Venerable Ajahn Jayanto at UBV on Sun, 1 Dec 2019
Registration for this retreat is open now. Please see attached. Do not miss this opportunity.
There will be no fee charged but donation to defray the cost of holding the retreat is encouraged.
Closing date is on Sunday, 12 noon, 10 Nov 2019 or when optimum number is reached, whichever is earlier.
Please register online http://www.bubs.my or at our UBV Sunday counter.
For further info, please contact Bro. Bryan Kok: 012-2295583 or email to ret...@bubs.my
Venerable Ajahn Jayanto
Born in Boston in 1967, Tan Ajahn Jayanto grew up in Newton and attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, during which time a period of world travel kindled a great interest in the spiritual life.
A meditation class at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center led him to live for a while at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, where he made plans to join the monastic community of Luang Por Sumedho as a postulant at Amaravati Monastery in England in 1989. Taking bhikkhu (monk) ordination at the related Cittaviveka Monastery in 1991, he trained there and at Aruna Ratanagiri Monastery until 1997, at which point he embarked on a period of practice in Thailand and other Asian Buddhist countries.
He returned to the UK in 2006, where he lived at Amaravati until moving to Temple in 2014.
Since 2009 Tan Ajahn Jayanto has helped to lead the efforts to establish a branch monastery in New England, and he now serves as abbot of Temple Forest Monastery.
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12. 9D8N India/Nepal Pilgrimage with Luang Por Thong Daeng, 2 Jan 2020 – 10 Jan 2020 (with Price Revision)
We are pleased to advise that the travel agent has reverted on the ground cost.
The revised price is now only RM4,998. This covers all the 4 main sites: Bodhgaya, Lumbini, Kushinagar and Sarnath, and it comes with 2 domestic flights. The domestic flights are to minimise the time consuming and bus travelling so that pilgrims have more time to take on the uniqueness of each of the holy sites.
Revised Price: RM4,998
Includes hotel accommodation, van and coach transport, 3 meals a day, 2 domestic flights (Gaya – Varanasi, Lumbini – Kathmandu), shared teachers’ cost, entrance fee, tour escort etc.
Excludes International airfare, visa fee and insurance.
Price is subject to change
This pilgrimage is not to be missed as we are indeed blessed to have Luang Por Thong Daeng of the Thai Forest tradition (who took ordination since age 21 and abbot of Doi Phra Chow Dtone Monastery, Chiangmai), guiding us in this spiritual trip with Tan Ajahn Moshe accompanying.
We encourage you to quickly register at https://forms.gle/aNpbcuWjtSMeJxj86 and we will be in touch with you.
For further information, please contact Sis Sharon Soon (012-6985662) or Sis Hoon Eng (017-8827199).
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13. Sharing Your Garden Produce – Every Sunday
If you have excess fresh garden herbs, vegetables, fruits or edible plants in your garden,
Waste Not. Bring them to share with our devotees on every Sunday.
Clean, sort and label them (if needed) and place them at our Sunday Flower Sales Counter between 8.30am and 9.30am for collection (before 11 am) by those who need them.
For herbs which are not so common, it would be much appreciated it if you could write down the name of the herb as well as its usage/benefit.
For further details, please contact Bro. Peck Hwa :012-3739107.
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Our regular activities
1. Chanting class every Tuesday at 8.30 pm led by Bro. Dhammadassi Kho.
2. Birthday blessings every first Tuesday of the month at 8.30 pm.
3. Puja every New Moon and Full Moon at 8.30 p.m. Please bring flowers and fruits for offering. For details, please contact Bro. Peck Hwa: 012-3739107.
4. Meditation practise every Thursday at 8.30 pm to 10.00 pm. For details, please contact Bro. Danny Liew at 012-2073925
5. Metta (Loving- kindness) Meditation every Sunday morning, 11 am at Buddhacetiya Hall. For further details, please contact Uncle Mudita Yew: 012-6275088 or Bro.Danny Liew: 012-2073925
We look forward to your support and participation. Please bring your family and friends.
May the Blessings of the Triple Gem be with you and your family always.
"A family that prays together stays together"
Metta
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