There are 4 things in this newsletter:
1. AGM
2. London Buddhist Vihara: ”Seeing Dependent Origination (Paticcasamuppada)”
3. 1-Day Chanting Session
4. Sabbatical Elections
1. AGM
IC Buddhist Society will be having its Annual General Meeting on 5th March from 1-2pm. We will be electing the committee for academic year 2008/09. Available posts are:
1. President
2. Vice President
3. Secretary
4. Treasurer
5. Webmaster
6. Activity Coordinator(s)
Date: 5 March 2008
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Union Chaplaincy Prayer Room
Map and directions: http://www2.union.ic.ac.uk/scc/buddhist/direction-imperial-college-union/
Please come if you are interested in running for any postitions, and to have a say in the society’s leadership for the next academic year.
2. London Buddhist Vihara: “Seeing Dependent Origination (Paticcasamuppada)”
Lecture at London Buddhist Vihara:
LONDON BUDDHIST VIHARA
Dharmapala Building
The Avenue, Chiswick, London W4 1UD
Tel: 0208 995 9493 Fax: 0208 994 8130
MONTHLY SPECIAL LECTURE
“SEEING DEPENDENT ORIGINATION”
(Paticcasamuppada)
You are cordially invited to attend a special Dhamma talk delivered
By
Dr. Matheesha Gunatilake,
Psychiatrist, Croydon Hospital.
at
the London Buddhist Vihara
on
Saturday 1st March 2008 at 6.00pm.
All are welcome!
3. 1-Day Chanting Session
Dear all,
We will be having a 1-Day Chanting Session (精進佛一) on the 2nd March (Sunday) from 9:30am – 5pm and you are all welcome to attend this session. The format of the session will be relatively simple as the main objective is to focus on the recitation of “Amituofo”. The proposed outline for the 1-Day Chanting session is the same as our usual fortnightly session.
We would like to invite ULUBUDA and ICBS members for the 1-Day chanting session. We will be using Room 3D for chanting and Room 3C for preparation and book distribution (We still have materials at ULU), please note that you are free to join and leave at any time during the session so don’t that you have to be there the whole day. There are more details on the walking meditation that we will do during the events in the files attached. Thank you and look forward to seeing both of you.
Further information on this event can be found on our website, In addition, you are welcome to post any questions or discussions regarding this event in our forum.
Date: Sunday 2nd March 2008
Time: 9:30 – 5:00pm
Venue: Room 3C & 3D, 3/F, ULU, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY
Map & Direction: ULU website
Website: http://amtb.org.uk/
Schedule:
09:30am – 10:00am Introduction
10:00am – 10:30am Praise for the Incense Offering (爐香讚)
The Amitabha Sutra (佛說阿彌陀經)
Pure Land Rebirth Dharani (往生咒).
Amitabha Gatha (讚佛偈)
10:30am – 5:00pm Recitation of Amitabha Buddha’s Name (佛號)
05:00pm Transfer of Merit (迴向)
If you would like to practise at your own time, this is the 晚課 mp3 that we follow during the session.
During the walking meditation (繞佛), we will be chanting the Name of Amitabha Buddha in Mandarin (Amituofo, 阿彌陀佛).
You can also 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.
Namo Amituofo,
Vincent
4. Voting in sabbatical elections
Please vote in the elections as apart from deciding who we’ll be working with in the union next year, you will get to donate 50p to your society of choice (hopefully IC Buddhist Society!).
Thank you!
With metta,
Siew
Secretary
IC Buddhist Society
