Time : 2 pm
Venue : Divinity Faculty, University of Cambridge [Map]

From
Committee

Details are: Date: 11 April 2008
Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Imperial College Chemical Engineering Dept. (ACEX Building)
Map: [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/pls/portallive/docs/1/32853696.PDF]
Time: 7-9pm

A brief itinery:

6:30 pm : Arrival of guests

7:00 pm : Starting of the talk on “Paradox and Buddhism”

8:35 pm : Question and Answer Session

8:55 pm : Transfer of Merits ( it would be nice if we could have a merits transfer at the end to sign off the event )

9:00 pm : Light refreshment

Additional information:

(i) Ajahn Munindo:- [http://www.forestsangha.org/munindo4.htm]
(ii)Ajahn Munindo’s excellent book ( a collection of talks): ‘Unexpected Freedom’ [http://www.ratanagiri.org.uk/Book/Unexpected%20Freedom.pdf]
(iii) Theravada Buddhism [http://www.dharmanet.org/lctheravadastudy.htm] [http://www.buddhanet.net/ebooks_s.htm]

Buddhism Without Borders Poster 2008

We will be having our annual major event- Buddhism Without Borders on 22nd February this year. There will be a talk by on human relations, though a title for the talk has not been decided on. At the event we will also have an exhibition and free distribution, and the refreshments will be provided. It will take place in the Sir Alexander Fleming Building (SAF), the medics building basically.

The talk will be given by Venerable Ajahn Khemadhammo, more information of Venerable can be found by googling his name.

This event will be open to invited members of the public, such as our friends from University of London Union Buddhist Association(ULUBUDA), other Buddhist organisations in universities in and outside London, and also public Buddhist associations. We are expecting about 80 people attenting the event.

Last year the event was a successful one, and this year we’re starting to prepare for the event now. We need to know if any of you would like to help to prepare for the event. The areas that you can help in are:

1) Exhibition and distribution – Preparation of exhibition materials (before the day), explanation of materials, and handling free distribution materials (on the day itself)

2) Venue and logistics – Setting up the venue (on the day itself)

3) Publicity – Distribution of publicity materials such as posting posters around college (before the day)

4) Food and sponsorship – Obtain food sponsorship from restaurants (before the day), collecting the food from the restaurants to college (on the day itself), or preparation of food (on the day itself).

It would be great if many of you can help, in one or more of the areas above. It will take only perhaps a couple of hours in one day.

If you would like to help out, please reply this email with your name, contact details and which area(s) you want to help in. Thanks!

With metta,
Siew
Secretary
IC Buddhist Society

Welcome to the IC Buddhist Society mailing list, and we wish you an enriching experience with us ahead.

Our first event of the academic year, the Welcome Tea is coming up this Friday, 5 Oct. It will be a great opportunity for you to get to know the other members of the society, and Buddhism. Don’t worry if you’re totally new to Buddhism, as our invited speaker, Mr Richard Jones will give an introductory talk on Buddhism. If you would like to know more, feel free to ask any questions during the Q&A session at end of the talk. There will also be refreshments and free distribution at the end of the event.

Again, the details of the event:

Date: 5 Oct 2007
Time: 6:00-8:30pm
Venue: Rm 120 Sir Alexander Fleming Building (map)

If you like, you could also register with the society during the event.

Any questions regarding the Welcome Tea, please use our contact form.

We look forward to seeing you there!

With metta,

Siew Ping
Secretary
IC Buddhist Society

Date: 23rd April
Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm
Room 3E, 3/f, ulu

Venerable Ajahn Brahmavamso Mahathera (known to most as Ajahn Brahm) was born Peter Betts in London, United Kingdom on August 7, 1951. Currently Ajahn Brahm is the Abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery, in Serpentine, Western Australia, the Spiritual Director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia, Spiritual Adviser to the Buddhist Society of Victoria, Spiritual Adviser to the Buddhist Society of South Australia, Spiritual Patron of the Buddhist Fellowship in Singapore, and Spiritual Patron of the Bodhikusuma Centre in Sydney.

For more information, see Wikipedia: Ajahn Brahm

A few facts:

• Ajahn Brahm has played a very important role in creating an order of nuns in the Theravada tradition
  Ajahn Brahm has also been influential in establishing Dhammasara Nuns’ Monastery at Gidgegannup in the hills north-east of Perth to be a wholly independent monastery, where the Sri Lankan trained, Australian nun Ajahn Sr. Vayama is currently abbot.
• His books: Ajahn Brahm is the author of Opening the Door of Your Heart: And Other Buddhist Tales of Happiness (later published as Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung?: Inspiring Stories for Welcoming Life’s Difficulties) and Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator’s Handbook.

In shourt, Ajahn Brahm is a very attained and renowned Theravada monk. This is an event that we all should not miss. His Pod-Casts are very well-received and his Dharma talks and activities have touched and helped the lives of many people and will continue. This is a very rare opportunity that we have the pleasure to have him visit ULU.With Metta,

Benson Hoi and the ICBS committee

University of London Buddhist Association (ULUBUDA), Imperial College Buddhist Society (ICBS), Queen Mary Buddhist soc and Kings Buddhist soc are going to organise a day trip (temple visit) to the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery at Hemel Hempstead. It is very nice monastery and normally we need to take the tube to Euston, then take a train to Berkhamsted station and finally taking a taxi to the temple. This usually will cost around 20 pounds per person if you are travelling in groups. We will like to make it easier for you by renting a coach for 50 people which will take us from Central London to Amaravati directly. If we go by coach, it will only cost us

£12 per person
Money will be collected during any of our meetings before the trip

Sat 17th March

If the response is good, we will donate the extra money collected to Amaravati. It took us a while to decide the date and I picked Sat 17th March at the end as it’s the end of term for most of us. Hope you can make it, please feel free to ask any questions about the trip.

Schedule of the trip

9.00 Meet outside V&A Museum, South Kensington
9.15 Coach leaves for Amaravati (1 hour journey)
10.30 Arrive at Amaravati
10.50 Meal Offering to the monks and nuns
11.30 Lunch
12.30 Dhamma talk by Venerable Ajahn Sumedho
13.30 Free time
14.00 Meditation workshop led by Nick Caroll
16.00 End of meditation workshop
16.15 Leave Amaravati
17.30 Arrive back in London at ULU, Russell Square

Event on Facebook! | Photos

Seats are limited, contact us to reserve your seat!

We have confirmed the room for our chanting session at Imperial College Union this Sunday

Date: Sunday 11th March
Time: 2pm – 4:15pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3

Imperial College Union
Beit Quad
Prince Consort Road
London
SW7 2BB

Schedule:
2pm – 2:15pm -> Introduction and discussion on Pure Land Teaching
2:15pm – 4:15pm -> You may do the whole 2 hours and leave any time during the chanting.
4:15pm onwards -> Discussion

We will be chanting the Name Amitabha Buddha in Chinese (Amituofo, 阿彌陀佛).

You can find out more about Pure Land Buddhism at the following pages:

Wiki Pure Land Page
Buddhism of Wisdom & Faith: Pure Land Principles and Practice

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

With Metta,
ICBS

About our AGM (Annual General Meeting) first, where we will be electing our new committee for next year. I previously mentioned that it will the coming Wednesday, but I’m sorry we will have to postpone it for one week. Details as follow:

>> AGM (Annual General Meeting) next Wednesday <<

Date: 7th March

Time:
1pm – 3pm (AGM – might not last this long, will start travelling to the restaurant as soon as we finish)
Venue:
The AGM will take place in IC and the dinner will be at Kiasu, Bayswater (the restaurant who sponsored us free food for “Buddhism without Borders”).

More info on: http://www.ulubuda.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=253.html

>> Joint Dinner with other Buddhist Socities <<

Dinner with members from ULUBUDA, ICBS, King’s Buddhist soc, Queen Mary Buddhist soc

Date: Thur 8th March

Time:
6pm – 9pmVenue:
At Kiasu, Bayswater (the restaurant who sponsored us free food for “Buddhism without Borders”).
>> Talk This Friday by Zen master on ‘The Human Condition according to Buddhism’ <<

‘The Human Condition According to Buddhism’- Zen Master Taiun J-P Faure

Date: 2nd March 2007 (Friday)
Time: 7:30-9:30pm
Venue: Room 3B, ULU, Malet Street (for directions)

More info on: http://www.ulubuda.org.uk/forum/index.php/topic,254.0.html

>> Trip to Amaravati – 24th March <<

As you might already know that Amaravati Buddhist Monastery is a very nice temple at Hemel Hempstead, but quite difficult to get to. Normally we will need to take the train from Euston and then a taxi to the Monastery, we would like to make it easier for you by renting a coach for 50 people which will take us from Central London to Amaravati directly. If we go by coach, it will only cost us

£12 per person
Money will be collected during any of our meetings before the trip

If the response is good, we will donate the extra money collected to Amaravati. It took us a while to decide the date and I picked Sat 24th March at the end as it’s the end of term for most of us. Hope you can make it, please feel free to ask any questions about the trip.

Date: 24th March (Sat)
Time: 9am – 4pm

More info: Face book, Forum, Amaravati Offical site, More photos

We look forward to seeing you in our events, if you have any enquires please feel free to contact us.

With Metta,
ICBS

We are lucky enough tomorrow to invite Joona, a speaker from the Jamyang Tibetan Buddhist Centre to give us a talk
on ‘Entering the Mahayana Path’ with focus on the cultivating of bodhicitta, the mind uniting wisdom and compassion.

This is a fantastic opportunity for us to find out more about the basic tenets of Mahayana Buddhism and how we can enter
a practice within this tradition.

For more information on Jamyang here is their website!

For more information on Mahayana Buddhism and frequently asked questions on Tibetan Buddhism check out
http://www.fpmt.org/faq/faq.asp#btradn.

Entering the Mahayana Path
Date:Wednesday 21/02/07
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: Room 2B, ULU, Malet Street (Directions & Map)

Drinks and refreshments will be provided, all welcome as always!

See you soon,
Al

Thank you for everyone who help and came last night for the event “Buddhism without Borders”. I hope all of you enjoyed it and find it meaningful. There are many things that we can improve on and will try to do better next time. The turnout last night was really good, I think there were about 50-60 of us. We have receive many positive comments and we have received a total donation of £75 pounds. We promise this will be put in good use and we will let you know how we are going to use this money. Most likely we are going to cover the cost of the event which is very minimal as we try to get everything for free, the rest should go to Ajahn Khemadhammo’s Forest Hermitage. Although it’s not a lot of money but it’s a sign of support from us.

We would like to thank Ajahn Khemadhammo and the representive from the Warwick Buddhis society to travel all the way from Warwick. The talk was great and many feedbacks say the level of difficulty is just right for the audience. Many thanks to Ajahn Khemadhammo and we will try to make this an annual event if possible.

Here are some previews of the photos

If you have any suggestions or feedback to the event, you are very welcome to comment on this post or email us. Thank you.

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Special thanks to ULUBUDA who help us a lot.
Thanks to the ICBS committee who have worked really hard for this event.
Thanks to the 3 restaurants who sponsored us.

And lastly thanks to Jac who help us take many nice photos last night where you can find them on: http://husky.zoto.com/galleries/icbs/