BUBS Activities Update from 24 Sept 2019
Chooi YenHoe (Mr)
From: Office BUBS
Dear Members and Friends,
BUBS Activities Update from 24 Sept 2019
1. 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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2. Sunday Dhamma talk by Sis. Siew Fong on 29 Sep 2019 at 9 am
We are pleased to inform that Sis.Siew Fong will be giving a Dhamma talk after Sunday Puja.
Title : "Is Buddhism A Religion?"
Time : 9am
For further info, please contact Bro. Danny Liew: 012-2073925.
Sis. Siew Fong
Sis Siew Fong is a lawyer by profession and is listed as a preeminent lawyer in the Doyles Guide for Singapore Family & Divorce from 2016- 2019. Sis Siew Fong was the President of the Singapore Association of Women's Lawyers (SAWL) from 2001 to 2009. Siew Fong's commitment to the community sees her as a member of the Citizenship Committee of Inquiry under the Ministry of Home Affairs and she also sits in the Board of 2 charities. In 2011, the Family and Juvenile Justice Division awarded her the Outstanding Volunteer of the Year in the Advocate and Solicitor Category.
Sis Siew Fong holds a Masters in Buddhist studies and is one of the mentors for the Saturday Meditation Class at Buddhist Library Singapore. She is also a recurring speaker at various Buddhist organizations and at Dot Connections Growth Centre under the “Coping Skills & Resilience” series
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3. Module 1 Buddhism Course
The 2nd session of Module 1 Buddhism Course is this Sunday 29 September 2019.
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 sessions 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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4. Re-registration for Dhamma School 2020
We are pleased to advise that the re-registration of students for Dhamma School for Year 2020 will be held on four (4) Sundays from 29 September to 20 October 2019 from 9.30 am to 11.30 am. All existing students from ages 4 to 17 years old in 2020 who wish to continue to join the Dhamma School MUST re-register.
Those who do not re-register by 20 October 2019 shall be deemed that they are not interested to continue the Dhamma Class. Subsequently if they wish to re-join they are required to adhere to BUBS Dhamma School new intake procedure.
The re-registration fee (inclusive of student materials) is RM70 per student per year.
For your information, the operating expenses of the Dhamma School is approximately RM200 per student per year and we seek your kind support to contribute generously to defray the operating expenses.
(Note : Please e-mail to our Treasurer should you require details of the Dhamma School operating expenses)
Summarised below is the check list to be submitted to the DS Re-registration counter.
1. Completed Re-registration Form (one form per family)
2. Registration fees
3. Donations towards Dhamma School operating expenses
4. Ordinary Membership Fee of RM50/= per calendar year
Thank you and we look forward to your continuous support.
If you have any enquiry, please contact Dhamma School Management Committee:
Sis. Joanne Wong at 012-375 6480
Sis. Chooi Keng at 012-390 8949
Sis. Poh Liew at 016-201 9268
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5. 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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6. Introduction to Meditation Course
We are pleased to inform that Bro.Tan Buck Soon will be conducting the 3rd “Introduction to Meditation Course" (6 consecutive Thursdays) at UBV (8.30 pm - 10 pm) starting from 24 Oct 2019 to 28 Nov 2019. The session is from 8.30 pm - 10 pm.
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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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