The Brooking Street Bugle

Issue No. 115 (New Series)
ISSN 1321 - 1463

Publication Date: 13 October, 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.

Chinese Medicine Classes with Dr. Jane Zhang

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Jane Zhang will teach Chinese medicine at our Centre. The first class will be held on Sunday 21 November 6.00pm, beginning with dinner and informal questions and answers. The content will cover a broad range of subject matter.

We are most grateful to Dr. Jane.

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 who wish to do so will do an Abhidharma Exam during our December Bhavana Class on Tuesday evening 28 December 2004.

The Exam will be on "How Karma Works", Level 1 on Abhidharma (Higher Knowledge), as prepared by Geshe Michael Roach.

We are currently revising this course.

We will proceed to Abhidharma Level 2 titled "Death and the Realms of Existence" starting the first Tuesday evening in January 2005.

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.

White Tara Meditation Retreat with Lama Choedak Rinpoche

The Annual White Tara Meditation Retreat with Lama Choedak Rinpoche will be held in Canberra from 25-30 January 2005.

White Tara represents the feminine energy of the Buddhas. She is said to have originated from the tears of the deity Avalokiteshvara, when he wept about the extent and intensity of the suffering experienced by all beings. Students who receive the empowerment and undertake the practice of White Tara will increase their spiritual vitality, intensify their capacity for compassion, and overcome fears including the fear of death.

For information, call the Tibetan Buddhist Society of 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

Our Company Office Bearers and Management Team
(as of 7 August 2004)

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

Buddha Dhyana Dana Review articles

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 day time. We thank Evelin for supporting our Temple in this way.

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 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.

On 3 October 2004 Melba Nielsen will give a Chan Painting Class at our Centre. The class will run from 2pm to 4pm.

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

Life Story of Master Andre Sollier

Over the past few months, Master Andre Sollier has detailed the story of his life, through one to one meetings at his home and Satsuma Dojo in Mitcham, Victoria.

This special project was intitiated by a request which Master Sollier kindly gave his permission for us to write about his memories of his time with John D. Hughes and the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

Master Sollier kindly extended the project to include his life story. He talked about his childhood in France during the years of the second world war, his work as an illustrator and painter in Denmark and Sweden, travels to the East and his years in Japan.

He has told of his years in Japan during which time Master Sollier studied Sumi-e, Karate, Archery and Ikebana, and of his move to Australia where he met our late Teacher John D. Hughes, teaching Sumi-e at the Chan Academy Australia for almost two decades.

The final draft of Master Andre Sollier's life story is at the editing stage. When completed the life story will be published with photographs in our online journal the Buddha Dhyana Dana Review at www.bddronline.net.au

Knox Interfaith Group

Phil from the Knox Interfaith Group has requested we send two representatives to give a Buddha Dhamma discourse, Monday 6 December 2004 at 7.30pm. Phil's contact number is 9887 0619.

We can use slides, handouts if we like.

May all beings realise Buddha Dhamma.

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.

Sausage sizzle and plant stall

Thank you to our Members who helped organise and run the sausage sizzle held on 9 October 2004.

Our profit for the day was $560.20 which was comprised of $86 from sale of raffle tickets, $333.20 from the sale of sausages, cakes and plants and $141 donation of costs by Anita Hughes and $70 donation of costs by Julie O'Donnell.

The event was supported by many Members who helped cook cakes or helped the stall on the day and it is a fun way to make money for our Temple. Thank you to Anita Hughes for suggesting this opportunity and managing the food preparation and handling.

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 19 September 2004 generated the following returns.

Profit $56.60, Raffle $134, Bangladesh Stand $1.20

The sales team for the day was David Ley, Xiao Yen, Kate Ryan and Frank Carter.

The Camberwell Market Stall held on Sunday 3 October 2004 generated the following returns.

Profit $155, Raffle $80, Bangladesh Stand $6.65

The sales team for the day was David Ley, Xiao Yen, Julian Bamford, Julie O'Donnell and Frank Carter.

The Camberwell Market Stall held on Sunday 10 October 2004 generated the following returns.

Profit $58, Raffle $96, Bangladesh Stand $35.50 (combined with sausage sizzle)

The sales team for the day was Julian Bamford, Julie O'Donnell 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

New zip drives

We have two new Zip Drives that were donated by Master E. One new Zip drive is now located on top of PC15A, and the other new Zip Drive is stored on the IT shelf in the Sariputta Room.

Thank you Master E.

Our old Zip Drive is currently in Evelin's house and is used to back up our websites.

Website backup

All of our websites were saved onto PC5A today. They are on the D:/ drive in the folder called Website.

The websites are ready to be burned onto Cds.

The way we did it: Evelin saved all websites from the PC in her house via FTP onto Zip disks and then copied the websites from the zip disks onto PC5A in the Library.

LAN1 on 10 zip disks

All LAN1 files were successfully copied onto 10 Zip disks.

10 Zip disks equal approximately 680 floppy disks. The size of LAN1 is about 980 Megabytes, that is nearly 1 Gigabyte.

LAN1 is mainly text based and contains a few digital images.

LAN2 Server Capacity

The downloading of all LAN1 data onto LAN2 has resulted in taking up all LAN2 capacity.

John Watson has advised (8 October telephone call) that, instead off increasing the gigabyte capacity of LAN2 with a bigger hard drive, that we add a third server to LAN2 to hold all LAN1 data.

Currently LAN2 has a two server configuration. John has advised that going to a three server configuration will provide greater flexibility and redundancy.

Increasing capacity on LAN2 to hold all LAN2 & LAN1 data would be a lower flexibility option having a level of risk for data loss and reduced access where system goes down.

John will visit the Centre early next week to review the present LAN2 systems. He will telephone Evelin to arrange suitable day and time.

He has advised that if we can supply the hardware, at say a 3 gigabyte HD, he will build and test the server offsite as was the case with original LAn2 server.

LAN2 Server moved to Sariputta Room

On 10 October 2004 our LAN2 server was successfully moved to the Sariputta Room. Thank you to Anita Hughes, Julian Bamford, Frank Carter, Vladimir and Evelin Halls who have helped. We would also like to thank the Devas and Devatas who have helped us. Sadhu sadhu sadhu.

PC1A in the Sariputta Room is the first machine reconnected to LAN2. The other PCs will soon follow.

LAN1 Server moved John D. Hughes Reading Room

On 10 October, 2004, the LAN1 server was successfully moved to the John D. Hughes Reading Room. Thank you to the Devas and Devatas, and to Anita Hughes, Julian Bamford, Frank Carter, Vladimir, and Evelin Halls.

LAN1 is accessible via PC13A in the John D. Hughes Meditation Hall.

Please note: You can use LAN1, but should you create any new LAN1 files, please save them onto floppy disks. The reason is that LAN1 is now mainly used for research and to preserve the Buddha Dhamma data. We will primarily work from LAN2.

Our IT specialist John Watson has agreed to come as soon as possible to increase LAN2 disk space so that we can fit all LAN1 data onto it.

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 General Meeting will be held on October 29, 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.

Founder's Day 2004 photos

128 Founder's Day photos are uploaded on the Buddha Dhyana Dana Review Online, Vol. 14 No. 5.

JDH Collection Audio Tape Digitisation Project

Further preparations for the digitization of our John D. Hughes audio tape collection were undertaken on the 27 & 28 September 2004.

A suitable area in the library was chosen to locate the new digitization equipment and a storage shelf and table were found in Suite 4 and Suite 10 for the project.

The Tibetan Altar was relocated from the Library area to the Anita Room by Anita Hughes, Leila Igracki, Frank Carter and Helen Appleyard to provide the space for the equipment and furniture.

Julian Bamford and Frank Carter sorted the audio tape collection into those recordings of John D. Hughes, the Radio Broadcast recordings and other recordings. It is planned that the recordings of John Hughes will be digitized first along with a few very old tapes of Buddhist Monks and Buddhist Ceremonies.

There are approximately 500 cassettes of John Hughes Teachings, and about 400 - 450 of other cassette tapes in the collection.

The main file containing the plans and technical details for the project is LAN 2 I:/audiodig.rtf

The purchase of equipment for our audio tape digitization project includes:

Nakamichi cassette tape player $180
Manual for Nakamichi $20
PIII 800 computer $150
External soundcard and digital converter $249
Steinberg Clean Software $110
Windows 2000 Professional Nil
USB 2 PCI card $40 approx
Headphones - Nil
120 - 200 Mb Hard disc $100 - $150
Plextor CD Burner $165
Standard 52X CD Rom $40 approx

All this equipment has now been purchased or ordered. The final item was purchased on 14 September 2004 which was the PIII 800 computer.

Any members wishing to contribute money to the purchase of these items please contact Frank Carter or Paul Tyrrell.

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.

New Studio and Bedrooms

Our Landlord Anita Hughes informs us that the building of the new Studio and Bedrooms (Suite 14) will commence not later than January 2005.

The building plans as prepared by David Ley and Helen and George Costas will be printed and brought up to the Centre by Helen this Friday.

Anita will apply for a planning permit next week.

Ground preparation for the new building will start in November 2004.

13. Members' News

Teaching English to Korean Nuns

Lisa Nelson is currently teaching 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 see Lisa if you would like to assist.

One-week retreat with Venerable Mahinda

Lisa Nelson attended a one-week retreat with Venerable Mahinda at the Aloka Meditation Centre at Peats Ridge, NSW, from September 25 to October 2, 2004.

We congratulate Lisa on her efforts.

Chi Gong seminar

Members Evelin Halls and Leanne Eames attended a one-day chi-gong seminar with Dr. Jane Yang on Sunday, October 3.

May all beings have good health.

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.