Imperial College 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!

Dear All,

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

Dear All,

Hope you are not getting too busy with you work, just a quick updates for what we have planned until the end of term.

AGM (Annual General Meeting) - Wednesday 7th March
(Electing the new committee & giving an overview of the year)

1pm - 3pm (might be shorter)

Venue: Meeting room, Imperial College Chaplaincy (next to the prayer room)

It has now been 3 years since ICBS was started with only 3 committee members, I am very happy to see it expand and with everyone’s effect we have achieve much more than we thought is possible, including the talk by Ajahn Khemadhammo when we had virtually no budget from the union. It has been a great experience for me to organise and meet so many people who share the same interest as me. If you like what we do and would like to get involve, it’s time to become a committee member. Note that ULUBUDA will be having their AGM on the same day at night. Read more…

Joint Dinner with ULUBUDA, Queen Mary & King’s Buddhist Soc - Thursday 8th March

6pm - 9pm

Venue: Kiasu, 48 Queensway, Bayswater, W2 3RY

Would be nice to meet others of similar interests from different colleges, also a chance for the newly elected committee to meet everyone. Facebook

Pure Land Chanting Session - Sunday 11th March

2pm - 5pm

Venue: Imperial (room to be confimed)

It would be nice to have a chanting session at IC this time, format will be similar to previous sessions. Read more…

Trip to Amaravati - Saturday 17th March

9pm - 5pm
Sat 17th March

£12 pounds - travelling by coach or minibus depending on the number of people going. We have confimed with Amaravati that we will be visiting on the 17th and they will be giving us a talk and a meditation sessions. We will be collecting money during our upcoming sessions as we have to pay for the booking in advance, please let us know if you are interested.
Facebook | Photos

Thank you for your support to the society and hope to see you all in our upcoming events. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions.

With Metta,
ICBS

Dear All,

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

Dear all,

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

Dear All,

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/

Dear All,

We would like to invite you to our coming up event “Buddhism without Borders” on Wednesday 7th Feb. We are very fortunate that Ajahn Khemadhammo has kindly agree to come to Imperial from Warwick to give us a talk on Suffering and the Stopping of Suffering. Here are the highlights of the event.

Event includes: Talk, Exhibition, Free Distribution and Food

Topic: Suffering and the Stopping of Suffering
Venue: Imperial College London Chemistry Building Common Room
Date: Wednesday 7th Feb
Time: 6:00 - 9:00pm
Speaker: Ajahn Khemadhammo (OBE)

Ajahn Khemadhammo is a is a teacher of Theravada Buddhism, he was a student of Ajahn Chah at Wat Nong Pah Pong. Ajahn Khemadhammo was appointed an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, June 2003 for ’services to prisoners’. Find out more on this wiki article.

More details of the event will be provided next week. This event is free of charge, but if you would like to support us you can kindly join us as a member. We will confirm the venue next week. Please kindly let your friends know about this event or forward this information to your friends who you think might be interested. A more detailed schedule is attached at the bottom for your information. We look forward to seeing you.

With Metta,
ICBS

>> This event on facebook

Sponsors for food:

Veg. Spring Rolls - Magic Wok, 100 Queensway, Bayswater, W2 3RR
Veg. Rice noodle - KIASU, 48 Queensway, Bayswater, W2 3RY
Curry Rice - The Thai Restaurant & Bar, 93 Pelham Street, SW7 2NJ

Schedule

Reception (Exhibition)
5:30pm – 6:00pm

Introduction & presentations by ICBS members
6:00pm – 6:30pm

Talk by Ajahn Khemadhammo
6:30pm – 7:45pm

Q&A
7:45pm – 8:00pm

Refreshment
8:00pm – 9:00pm

Dear All,

We would like to invite you to join us next Monday for our Meditation and Dharma talk session with Ven. Ajahn Sangthong. We are very lucky as we don’t often get to invite monks to come to IC, and we are very happy that Ajahn Santhong will be coming to IC to lead us for a Meditation session followed by a talk. Venerable Phramaha Sangthong Dhammacaro, Dhammaduta Monk and Meditation Master from the Buddhapadipa Temple. He has studied the Buddha’s teachings and has accumulated a wealth of knowledge in both its theories as well as practical practices of calmness and insight meditation. Find out more about Ven. Ahahn Sangthong on this website.

Meditation and Talk by Venerable Ajahn Santhong

Date: Monday 22nd Jan
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Venue: Prayer Room - Chaplaincy (Directions)

Schedule
6:00pm - 7:00pm - Meditation & Introduction to Meditaiton
7:00pm - 7:45pm - Talk
7:45pm - 8:00pm - Q&A

Meditation is bare observation uninfluenced by opinion or expectations. It is awareness of the body and mind as they are experienced in the present moment. This may sound easy but it is actually hard to do: the mind is constantly looking for something to do, something to entertain it or sustain or defend the ego, or what we think of as the self. ~ Excerpt from Meditation Practice by Edna Lake

Please try to be on time and we understand that you might have a lecture until 5:50pm. Don’t worry if the door is close, please come in quietly even if the Meditation session has already started. We look forward to seeing you and please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

With Metta,
ICBS

We would like to invite you to a series of teachings and meditation workshop given by Ven Bhikkhu Dhammadipa this weekend, hosted by the University of London Union Buddhist Association (ULUBUDA) and us (ICBS).

The program for the two days is as follows:

Saturday 13 Jan

10 – 12 am - 覺性的依止 - 三十七道品 (Teachings in Chinese)
2 – 4 pm - Who we are believing in (Teachings in English)

Venue: The Malet Room, ULU Building, London WC1E 7HY*

Sunday 14 Jan

10 – 12 am - 37 Limbs of Awakening (Teachings in English)
2 – 4 pm - Meditation Workshop (English/Chinese)

Venue: Room 3A, 3/F, ULU Building, London WC1E 7HY*

*Click link for Direction to reach ULU Building

It would help us if you could kindly let us know your attendance to any or all the sessions. We look forward to seeing you.

With metta,
ICBS