The Brooking Street Bugle

Issue No. 114 (New Series)
ISSN 1321 - 1463

Publication Date: 8 September, 2004

Published and Printed by the Chan Academy Australia.
Chan Academy is a registered business name of the
Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
A.C.N. 005 701 806 A.B.N. 42 611 496 488
33 Brooking Street, Upwey, Victoria 3158 Australia
Telephone and Fax: +61 3 9754 3334
E-mail address: wbu@bdcu.org.au
World Fellowship of Buddhists Regional Centre
Associated Institution of the World Buddhist University





Lifetimes of Learning
and the cultivation of Friendliness, Practicality, Professionalism,
Cultural Adaptability and Scholarship

Our websites:

www.bdcu.org.au
www.bddronline.net.au
www.bdcublessings.net.au
www.bsbonline.com.au
www.buyresolved.com.au

Editor: Leanne Eames, B.A., M.A.
Assistant Editor: Anita M. Hughes, RN Div 1

Chan Academy Australia
Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Disclaimer

As we, the Chan Academy Australia, Chan Academy being a registered business name of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd., do not control the actions of our service providers from time to time, make no warranty as to the continuous operation of our web site(s). Also, we make no assertion as to the veracity of any of the information included in any of the links with our web sites, or any other source accessed through our website(s).

Accordingly, we accept no liability to any user or subsequent third party, either expressed or implied, whether or not caused by error or omission on either our part, and member, employee or other person associated with the Chan Academy Australia, Chan Academy being a registered business name of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

May You Be Well and Happy.

The Purposes of this Publication

The purposes of this publication are to:

Inform Members and others of coming events.

Report on monitoring of current activities and policies.

Help Members and friends understand the benefits of using technology in our organisation for Teaching Buddha Dhamma.

Write in a style recognisable by those who use English as a second language.

Provide glossaries and definitions for key terms used for teaching Buddha Dhamma.

Improve, report and develop cash generating activities to promote Buddha Dhamma.

Show examples of Buddha Dhamma education within our five styles of cultivation in action.

Provide timely advice on Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S).

Declare, celebrate and record scheduled Buddhist educational events.

Provide accurate information via our websites on how we educate on Buddha Dhamma legally in Victoria, Australia.

Provide opportunities for Buddha Dhamma activities and ceremonies.

Assist our globalisation of Buddha Dhamma education policy.

Provide text for our online version of the Brooking Street Bugle at www.bsbonline.com.au.

Index

1. Glossary
2. Sangha News
3. Coming Events
4. Company Structure
5. Keynote Opportunities
6. Appeals and Special Projects
7. Current Research and Development Interests
8. Information Technology News
9. Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S)
10. Corporate Governance & Reporting (CGR)
11. International Dhamma Activities (IDA)
12. Local Area Planning & Asset Management (LAPAM)
13. Members' News
14. Funds Appeal
15. Photographs
16. Transferring of Merit

Copyright Provisions

The Brooking Street Bugle is for free distribution. It contains Buddha Dhamma material and is provided for the purposes of research and study. It is also published online with colour photographs at www.bsbonline.com.au. Brooking Street Bugle On Line is a registered Business Name in the state of Victoria. Permission is given to make printouts of this publication for free distribution only with acknowledgements of the source, Australian Company Number ACN, Australian Business Number ABN and publication address. Please keep it in a clean place.

"The gift of Dhamma excels all other gifts".
© 2002, Copyright. Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

1. Glossary

2. Sangha News

Teachings by Monks from Shakyamuni Buddha Vihara

Venerable Vimalananda and Venerable Upatissa from the Shakyamuni Buddha Vihara in Berwick continue to give Dhamma teachings from the Suttas and guide meditation at our Temple every Monday evening from 7.30pm. Please arrive by 7.15pm.

We thank the Venerables from the the Shakyamuni Buddha Vihara for their ongoing teaching program.

3. Coming Events

Chakra Samvara Puja

Master Francisco So Birthday Celebration
Chakra Samvara Puja
Date: 16 October, 2004.
Time: 9.30am - 11.30am and 1.30pm - 4.00pm
Documents: Sukhavati Ritual and Chakra Samvara Tantra.
Suitable offerings are flowers, round fruit, round biscuits and dark grape juice.

Founder's Day Celebration 9 September 2004

06.00 am Buddha Dhamma Chanting
07.00 am Breakfast
09.30 am Arrival of Members of the Sangha and Guests
10:00am Offerings of Gifts to Sangha Members
10:30 am Welcoming note and Request of Members of the Sangha to give Precepts and Triple Gem refuge

Speeches on our five styles:

Julian Bamford: Friendliness
Frank Carter: Practicality
Pennie White: Professionalism
Leanne Eames: Cultural Adaptability
Evelin Halls: Scholarship

The text of the above speeches will be included in the next edition of the BSB.

11:00am Dana Offering of Lunch to Sangha Members in our Hall of Assembly
11:30 am Lunch for Guests served in Dining Hall
12:00 pm Ceremonial procession and blessing for the John D. Hughes image, Circumambulation of Stupa and Founder's Day 2004 Group Photograph
1: 00 pm Freeing of White Pigeons
2:00pm Opening of Chan Art Exhibition

Chan Paintings by Master John D. Hughes
Demonstration of Chan Painting by Melba Nielsen
2:30 pm Auction of Chan Paintings

Chan Paintings by Master John D. Hughes

3:00 pm Rest and Garden Tea Party
6:00 pm Dinner for Guests
8:00 pm Bhavana Meditation

All are welcome.

Buddha Dhamma Teaching Program

We invite Members of the Sangha to come to our Temple to give Dhamma talks on Monday and Friday evenings as part of our Buddha Dhamma Teaching Program for 2004. Classes commence at 7.30pm.

We thank the Venerable Sangha for blessing our Temple, and Members and Friends and accepting our request.

May the Buddha Dhamma be taught at our Temple.

Members and students are welcome to attend and are requested to bring suitable offerings such as flowers, daily necessities and books as dana for the Sangha.

On Friday evenings from 7.30pm teachings are held from the Mahayana tradition. Sessions so far have included the playing of videotaped teachings of the late Master John D. Hughes on the Prajna Paramita (The Perfection of Wisdom) We are currently listening to the CD series "The Diamond Cutter" by Geshe Michael Roach. Please feel free to invite other Buddha Dhamma Teachers in the Mahayana tradition to come and give Teachings on Friday evenings.

Students and Members are invited to bring suitable offerings such as flowers, food, water, paper, and Buddha Dhamma texts as offerings.

We thank Mrs. Anita M. Hughes for initiating this program of Buddha Dhamma teachings at our Temple.

May Anita M. Hughes be well and happy.

Abhidhamma Classes

Abhidhamma classes continue every Tuesday evening at 7.30pm. Chanting takes place in our Hall of Assembly prior to the class at 7.15pm. All Members and Friends are welcome.

Beginning on Tuesday 4 May 2004, we have been studying the correspondence course of "How Karma Works" - Abhidhamma level 1, taught by Geshe Michael Roach.

The course material was downloaded from the Asian Classics Institute website at URL www.world-view.org by Peter Boswell, and Peter and Evelin compiled the material into folders donated by David Igracki. We will do the complete Abhidhamma course Levels 1 and 2 over the coming months. The course also includes readings, homework, quizzes and a final examination.

Classes are free of charge.

Students are requested to bring suitable offerings each week to the Abhidhamma Teachings, including flowers, Basmati rice and two reams of Reflex A4 paper. Recycled paper is not suitable as it jams in our printers.

Coming Events at Other Centres

We have a white folder titled "Coming Events at Other Organisations".

Persons who are interested in these events can find the folder in the Sariputta Room, shelf next to PC1A.

Some coming events at other organisations are also published in the Brooking Street Bugle and uploaded onto our websites.

It is suggested that all Members keep track of what is happening at other organisations so that they know which are the important events to attend.

This will also help us to step up our PR programs. We want continue to provide our Temple for future students so that they can learn the Buddha Dhamma for the next 500 years at least.

Calm Abiding Meditation

Lama Choedak Rinpoche will lead the Eighth Annual Calm Abiding Meditation Retreat from 1-10 October, 2004, at the Virupa Retreat Centre, near Queanbeyan.

For information, call the Tibetan Buddhist Society on Canberra on 02 6238 2088 or 02 6258 0452

Please refer to the white folder labelled "Coming Events at Other Centres" for further details about this and other events.

4. Company Structure

Founder
The late John D. Hughes Dip. App. Chem. T.T.T.C. GDAIE

Resident Practitioner
Anita Hughes R.N.Div1

Abbot
Anita Hughes R.N.Div1

Assistant Abbots
Julie O'Donnell
Evelin Halls B.A.
Peter Boswell C.P.A.

President
Julian Bamford B.A. App. Rec.

Directors of the Centre
Anita M. Hughes
Evelin Halls B.A.
Julie O'Donnell
Secretary
Anita Hughes RN Div 1.

Assistant Secretary
Julie O'Donnell

Treasurer
Peter Boswell CPA

Financial Controller
Peter Boswell CPA

Assistant TreasurerS
Frank Carter B.Ec.
David Igracki

Vice Presidents
Corporate Governance & Reporting
Evelin Halls B.A.
International Dhamma Activities
Pennie White B.A.Dip.Ed.
Local Area Planning & Asset Management
Frank Carter B.Ec.
Assistant Manager
Local Area Planning & Asset Management
Paul Tyrrell

Manager Occupational Health & Safety
Anita Hughes R.N.Div1

Joint Occupation Health & Safety Manager
Frank Carter B.Ec.

Fuel Manager
David Igracki

Catering Manager
Leila Igracki

Chief Information Officer
Leanne Eames B.A. M.A.

Librarian
Anita M. Hughes R.N.Div1

Assistant Librarian
Julie O'Donnell

Editors Buddha Dhyana Dana Review
Julian Bamford B.A. App. Rec.
Evelin Halls B.A.
Pennie White B.A. Dip. Ed.

Editors Longhair Australia News
Julian Bamford B.A. App. Rec.
Leanne Eames B.A. M.A.
Evelin Halls B.A.
Pennie White B.A. Dip. Ed.

Editor Brooking Street Bugle
Leanne Eames B.A. M.A.

Executive Producer Buddhist Hour Broadcast
Pennie White B.A. Dip. Ed.

Producer Buddhist Hour Broadcast
Pennie White B.A. Dip. Ed.

Assistant Producers Buddhist Hour Broadcast
Julian Bamford B.A. App. Rec.
Peter Boswell C.P.A.
Evelin Halls B.A.
Leanne Eames B.A. M.A.
Lainie Smallwood B.A. Business, B.A. Comm.

Director of Abhidhamma Teachings
Evelin Halls B.A.

Assistants of Abhidhamma Teachings
Leanne Eames B.A.M.A.
Pennie White B.A. Dip.Ed

Manager Enterprise Technology
Evelin Halls B.A.

IT Development Engineer
John Watson Senior CTS Engineer

IT Technical Support
Kamfatt Lin B.Sc (Eng),MCP, CNA, MCSE, MCDBA

5. Keynote Opportunities

Teach English to Korean Nuns in Rowville

If you would like to teach English to two Korean Nuns, Dae Wol Sunim and Sang Hoo Sunim, who have recently come to Australia and are currently staying in Rowville, please contact Chung Suk Lee on 9690-3575, or contact the Nuns' residence directly at 9759-5430. The Nuns are currently residing at 179 Karoo Road, Rowville.

BDDR articles

We need to document the following significant events:

Celebrating Parents Day (someone who attended the event and is happy to write it down)
Buddha Dhamma talks given by Venerable Monks and Nuns at our Centre (persons who attend the events)

We need to document Buddha Dhamma events so that we can continue to upload Buddha Dhamma texts onto the Buddha Dhyana Dana Review.

Evelin is happy to help if you have any questions.

Temple Attendance

Evelin Halls is currently attending the Centre every Monday to Friday during the daytime. We thank Evelin for supporting our Temple in this way.

New Food Roster

Instructions from our Chief Deva 20 August 2004:

To prepare a new Food Roster. The new roster is printed and is currently located on the big Dining Hall table.

Our aim is to have dinner ready for Anita and the children EVERY night, and for persons that may come and need to eat and drink.

The Food Roster provides space for Members to insert their names. You can be food supplier and/or cook.

Although at present dinner is the main concern, persons are encouraged to offer breakfast and lunch if they can to help our Teacher Anita and to generate merit, good health and blessings for all beings.

Sumi-e Program 2004

Visiting Master Andre Sollier is teaching the Japanese art of sumi-e at the Chan Academy, 33 Brooking Street, Upwey Vic 3158 Australia.

He is currently teaching students to paint the traditional methods and styles of this ancient art. Dates for the last four classes for the year are:

Saturday 25 September 2004
Saturday 23 October 2004
Saturday 20 November 2004
Saturday 11 December 2004

Each Sumi-e class commences at 10.00am and runs until 3.00pm with a one hour break for lunch. Students are welcome to bring food for lunch and flowers for offering to the Teacher.

Students should arrive at the Centre by 9.30am to be seated in the hall ready for the class to commence at 10.00am.

Student fees are $66 per class (including GST) with all painting materials supplied.

Payments should be made in cash or cheque made payable to Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

For bookings please telephone Mr Julian Bamford on 0400 267 330 or call the Chan Academy Australia on 03 9754 3334.

Chan Painting Teachings

Melba Nielsen is teaching the basics of Chan Painting to those who wish to learn. Class participants are learning to paint the Four Friends - bamboo, chrysanthemum, plum blossom and the orchid.

Please see Frank Carter for further information if you are interested in learning Chan Painting with Melba Nielsen, or telephone the Chan Academy on (03) 9754-3334.

Thangka Painting Classes

Thangka painting classes are being held at our Centre every Saturday evening, commencing at 7.30 pm. The class currently consists of six participants, and subjects include Green Tara, Vajrasattva and Padmasambhava. Members are enjoying learning the techniques of thangka painting, guided by senior Members and referring to some of our library resources on this subject, as well as the joy and the merit of this activity. Please contact Anita M. Hughes for details on 9754-3334.

6. Appeals and Special Projects

Nutrimetics Shower Gel Fundraiser

Our Nutrimetics fund raiser continues.

A box of six Botanicals Refreshing Shower Gels (Can also be used as bubble bath) comes in six different fragrances--Lime Fresh, Blueberry, Melon and Cucumber, Dewberry, Tangerine and Strawberry--and can be purchased for $30 per box or $5.50 per item.

The Nutrimetics boxes are stored in Suite 4, and products are displayed at the Centre entrance.

Chan Academy Winter Raffle

The first prize in the Chan Academy Winter Raffle was delivered on 1 September 2004 to winner Terry of Glen Iris.

Terry was delighted with her prize of a variety of plants to the value of $600.

The second prize of $150 was delivered last week.

Camberwell Market Stall

Thank you to the Chief God of Wealth and all other Devas and Devatas and Members who help us with the Camberwell Market Stall.

This is an important fundraising and PR activity, attracting prospective buyers with the two white tents, colourful blessing flags, flowers, display of Chan prints and gift cards and well presented array of goods for sale.

Thank you to the Chief God of Wealth and all other Devas and Devatas and Members who help us with the Camberwell Market Stall.
The Camberwell Market Stall held on Sunday 29 August 2004 generated the following returns.

Profit $4, Raffle $200, Bangladesh Stand $93.60

We have expressed thanks to Nola Stewart who is a regular supporter and customer of our stall at Camberwell Market. Over the past month Nola has been doing fundraising at her work for the Bangladesh stand we place at the market.

Her last event was a baby photo competition which resulted in a $79 donation this week.

The sales team for the day was David Ley, Julian Bamford, Peter Boswell, and Frank Carter.

The Camberwell Market Stall held on Sunday 5 September 2004 generated the following returns.

Profit $22.10, Raffle $220, Bangladesh Stand $23.40

The sales team for the day was Julian Bamford, Peter Boswell, and Frank Carter.

Thank you to the Chief God of Wealth and all other Devas and Devatas and Members who help us with the Camberwell Market Stall.

Storage of Camberwell Market goods

Thank you to our neighbour Mavis, who has kindly provided storage space for our market stall goods.
Would Members and friends please look for another suitable location to store these goods off site. Please contact Frank Carter.

7. Current Research and Development Interests

8. Information Technology News

Our new IT help desk

Owen Smith (Anita's brother) is happy to be our IT help desk as of 28 August 2004. Owen has extensive knowledge in all Information Technology areas and is a specialist for problem solving.

Also, Owen is happy to help us to move the LAN servers, crimp cables, and advise us for our IT plans.

We would like to thank Owen for offering his expertise, which will be of great benefit to our organisation.

Longhair Australian News Vol. 3 No. 1 Serial Claim

We have received serial claim notices from the State Library of Victoria for Longhair Australian News Vol. 3 No. 1.

Evelin telephoned the State Library on 30 August 2004 to notify them that we will still submit at least one new volume of Longhair this year.

When we submit our new Longhair Issue to the Library, we must enclose the Library's letter.

Our new edition of Longhair is currently about 75% complete. We want to include some data about our Digitisation Project please.

Our file reference is Lan2 i:/longhr3no1.doc

9. Occupational Health and Safety News (OH&S)

Kitchen shelves

As the kitchen shelves have no doors, please take care to cover them when painting or sanding in the Dining Hall to protect their contents.

10. Corporate Governance & Reporting (CGR)

Colour Code: Red
CGR Manager: Pennie White
CGR Vice President: Evelin Halls
CGR Task Unit Members: Julian Bamford, Peter Boswell, Frank Carter, Leanne Eames, Lenore Hamilton, Lisa Nelson, Lainie Smallwood, Anita Hughes, Amber Svensson.

CGR Task Unit Responsibilities: Adhere to legal requirements of corporate affairs; accounts; communicate with Federal, State and Local government departments; organise GST payments; supply Australian Tax Office with Business Activity Statements; provide timely managerial information to ensure profits are made; provide quarterly Profit and Loss Activity Statements; arrange for the audit of accounts at a professional level to meet the Statutory requirements of the Gaming Commission of New South Wales (NSW).; arrange General meetings and maintain statutory minutes for these meetings; monitor and adhere to Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) policy; provide first aid facilities; organise attendants for staffing the Centre; correspondence; schedule events for our Teacher; structure new databases and train persons to maintain them; train personnel to operate CGR functions; refreshment supply; fund and organise Dana for the Sangha visiting the Centre; create goodwill with our neighbours; and with local newspapers to advise the community of upcoming events.

General meetings held last Friday of each Month

The next monthly General Meeting will be held on Friday, September 24, 2004 at 8.00pm. All Members are encouraged to attend.

11. International Dhamma Activities (IDA)

IDA Colour Code: Yellow
IDA Manager: Evelin Halls
IDA Vice-President: Pennie White
IDA Task Unit Members: Anita M. Hughes, Julian Bamford, Peter Boswell, Helen Costas, Leanne Eames, Leila Igracki, Julie O'Donnell, David Ley, Lainie Smallwood, Kamfatt Lin, Amber Svensson, Paul Tyrrell.

IDA Task Unit Responsibilities:

To maintain WFB liaison; to maintain WBU liaison; to arrange Abhidhamma Teachings; chanting, pujas, translations; to maintain and preserve the John D. Hughes Collection; to organise audio and video recordings of teachings and events; to develop and maintain the Centre's IT systems, data warehouse, LAN and web sites; to train Members to become Webmasters; to develop e-commerce; to produce, edit, publish and distribute the BDDR and BSB, to write and broadcast "Buddhist Hour" radio scripts; to organise and teach Chan classes.

JDH Collection Audio Tape Digitisation Project

The John D. Hughes Collection Audio Tape Digitisation Project was initiated to preserve our collection of audio taped Dharma Teachings given by Master John D. Hughes over a 24 year period between 1979 and 2004. Teachings given by other Dharma Teachers will also be preserved.

Audio tapes are subject to deterioration and have a predicted lifespan of between 15 and 25 years approximately depending on the conditions of storage and other factors.

The process chosen to provide long term preservation is digitisation and is used by such organisations as The National Library of Australia and ScreenSound Australia for preservation of their audio recordings collections.

The first step to preserving these precious Teachings for a 500 year period is to create high quality copies of each tape and then copy them onto stable media such as archival quality CD's which have a predicted lifespan of up to 80 years.

The analogue audio recordings are transformed into a digital format which is saved onto a computer hard disc and then burned onto CD for both archival and reproduction purposes.

Expert advice was sought for our project because of the complexities and variables which are found in this field.

Mr. Greg Moss, Electronics Engineer, Preservation & Technical Services Branch of Screen Sound Australia based in Canberra ((02) 6248 2071) has provided a full analysis and set of recommendations for our circumstances. This includes recommendations about the appropriate equipment and process design.

This guidance has been provided free of charge and we express our gratitiude to Greg and ScreenSound Australia for this generous and expert assistance.

The project requires funding in excess of $1000 and any Members who wish to make an offering of money to help please contact Frank Carter or Paul Tyrrell.

Further information about this project can be found at LAN 2 I:/audiodig.rtf

Master E's Ordination

All photographs of Master E's ordination at Yun Yang Temple have now been loaded and captions added and appear in BDDR Volume 14 No. 3. Please take a look at this edition online, at bddronline.com.au to see the story of this event.

Articles for the BDDR

All Members please help us to write articles about Dhamma activities that we can use for the BDDR. If you are worried about grammar or spelling, write anyway and you can give the text to one of our editors at the Centre who are happy to help.

If you come across any material that could be BDDR material, please give it to our webmasters.

Thank you to all who have helped with our websites and please continue to help.

Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu

12. Local Area Planning & Asset Management (LAPAM)

Colour Code: Green
LAPAM Manager: Frank Carter
LAPAM Vice President: Frank Carter
LAPAM Task Unit Members: Julian Bamford, Peter Boswell, Frank Carter, Brendan Hall, Evelin Halls, Lenore Hamilton, David Igracki, David Ley, Brent Kerr, Lisa Nelson, Amber Svensson.

LAPAM Task Unit Responsibilities: To maintain and develop the buildings and gardens of the Centre; to undertake new construction works; to refurbish the Centre buildings; and to look after equipment and supplies.

13. Members' News

Pennie White has nearly completed her Masters Thesis, based on research done in June 2003 during her visit to the World Buddhist University. We congratulate you Pennie on your efforts in scholarship.

14. Funds Appeal

Donations

Donations may be sent to:

The Secretary, Chan Academy Australia,
Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.,
33 Brooking Street, Upwey, Victoria, 3158.

Please state your name/organisation, address and indicate whether or not you require a receipt.

Please make all cheques payable to "Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd."

Thank you for your kind contribution.

The gift of Dhamma excels all others.

May you be Well and Happy.

Gifts are not tax deductible.

15. Photographs

Photographs will be uploaded at a later date.

16. Transferring of Merit

We regularly transfer merit to the Mahasangha and local deities. They help us on all our projects.

We offer blessed water and food to the deities at the NAT House.