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THE BROOKING STREET BUGLE
Issue No. 47 (New Series)
ISSN 1321 -1463

Publication Date: 2 December 2000

Published and Printed by:
The Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
A.C.N. 005 701 806 A.B.N. 42 611 496 488
33 Brooking Street, Upwey, Victoria Australia 3158. Telephone and Fax +61 3 9754 3334
e-mail address wbu@bdcu.org.au
World Fellowship of Buddhists Regional Centre

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

Editor: John D. Hughes Dip.App.Chem.,T.T.T.C., GDAIE
Vice-president, World Fellowship of Buddhists
Assistant Editor: Pennie White BA. Dip Ed

CONTENTS

1.0 Coming Events

2.0 Key Policy Changes

3.0 Sangha News

3.1 A Day of Buddhist Hymns Concert
3.2 The 7^th World Vietnamese Buddhist Order General Conference

4.0 Keynote Opportunities

4.1 Preserving Our Culture during the WFB Conference
4.2 Save our Teacher’s Time by Helping in Filing and Accounting Records
4.3 Fundraising and Special Projects

4.3.1 Renaming of the Internal BDC(U)Ltd. Flower Stall
4.3.2 Dragon King Photo & Dragon King Offering Sphere
4.3.3 Buddha Dhyana Dana Review Dana
4.3.4 BDDR Mailing List Fundraiser
4.3.5 Digital Recording of the Buddhist Hour on Mini Disk Fundraiser
4.3.6 Box Hill Football Club Raffle

4.4 Document Heading in a Standard Form
4.5 Updating Our www.bdcu.org.au Website
4.6 Buddha Dhamma Chanting
4.7 Daily Cleaning ought now include the Sariputta Room and the Store
4.8 Organisational Development Deva Offerings

5.0 OH&S News

5.1 Fire Fighting Team News
5.2 First Aid Training

6.0 JDH Roster News

6.1 Attendant Roster

7.0 JDH NEWS

7.1 JDH Photo Mounted onto the BDC(U)Ltd. Stupa
7.2 JDH New Bedroom Location
7.3 JDH Long Life and Good Health Plan
7.4 Websites for JDH

8.0 Member's News

8.1 Members Do Lists on Email

9.0 Task Units

9.1 Knowledge Management (KM)
9.2 Local Area Planning & Asset Management (LAPAM)
9.3 Corporate Governance & Reporting (CGR)
9.4 International Dhamma Activities (IDA)

10.0 KM News

10.1 Renaming of KNOXFM to Hillside
10.2 Hillside Radio Broadcast News

10.2.1 Referencing for the Radio Scripts
10.2.2 Don't Forget to Include Your Name!
10.2.3 Pre-recording of "The Buddha Hour"

10.3 John D. Hughes Collection

10.3.1 Lending Library Relocation
10.3.2 Going for Gold
10.3.3 Buddha Dhamma Books Donated by Bee-Ling

10.4 Sumi-e
10.5 Ch'an
10.6 IT News

10.6.1 Text of Images for Our Websites

11.0 LAPAM News

11.1 Car Parking on Tuesday Nights
11.2 Reduction of Fire Hazard
11.3 New Humus Heap and Living Fence Line
11.4 New Position for Rottorium

12.0 CGR News

12.1 CGR Procedure Manual
12.2 CGR Documentation and Reporting of Outgoing Correspondance

13.0 IDA News

13.1 WFB 21^st General Conference 2000


THIS IN-HOUSE BULLETIN HAS BEEN COMPILED:

To provide accurate and timely information about current tactical directions that can be useful for promotion of our internal public relations.

1.0 COMING EVENTS

2.0 KEY POLICY CHANGES

JDH will not be teaching at the Centre from 3 December to 11 December 2000.

We wish John D. Hughes and delegates attending the World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference 2000 a safe, happy and meritorious stay in Bangkok, Thailand.

3.0 SANGHA NEWS

3.1 A Day of Buddhist Hymns Concert

Friday 17 November 2000, John D. Hughes, Julie O'Donnell, Julian Bamford, Lenore Hamilton, Wendy Clancy, Rilla Oellien, Pam Adkins, Tim Browning, Pennie White and Lisa Nelsonattended "A Day of Buddhist Hymns" Concert held at the Melbourne Convention Centre in the John Batman Theatre.

The Program for the Concert was as follows:

Scene One: Morning Gong and Evening Drum

1. Awakening signals of the Wooden Board

2. Sound of the Gong

3. Sound of the Dhamma Drum

4. Incense Anthem "Pao Ting"

5. The Great Announcement

6. The Cundi Dharani

7. The Wind of Reminiscence (Flute Solo-Chen Chung-sheng)

Scene Two: A Day of Ch'an

1. Alms Begging

2. Amitabha Music Suite

3. The Ode of Emptiness

4. The Great Compassion Mantra

5. The Vajrasattva Mantra

Scene Three: Heavenly Sounds

1. The Grand Festival (First Percussion: Lee Huei)

2. Let's Take Refuge in the Rocana Buddha on the Platform of One Thousand Lotus Flowers

3. Praise the Seven Tathagatas

4. Pledges of Kuan Yin (Avalokitesvara) Bodhisattva

Scene Four: Praise the Buddhas of All Directions

1. The River of Sadness (Erhu Wang Ming-yu)

2. Lands of All Directions

3. The Six Offerings

4. Praise to the Five Buddhas

All persons that attended had a most enjoyable evening shared with many Dhamma Practitioners from around the Globe.

Thank you to our Dhamma Master John D. Hughes and Julie O'Donnell who made the evening so special and thank-you to Lenore Hamilton for organising this fundraising event.

3.2 The 7th World Vietnamese Buddhist Order General Conference

On Sunday 26 November 2000, Julian Bamford, Clara Iquinato and Lisa Nelson represented our Teacher at The 7th World Vietnamese Buddhist Order General Conference Opening Ceremony. The Opening Ceremony was held at Phat Quang Monastery 40 Edwards Road, Diggers Rest, Victoria 3247. The organising committee presented us with gifts to offer to our Teacher John D. Hughes. We were honoured to meet the Supreme Patriarch of the World Vietnamese Buddhist Order, The Most Venerable Thich Tam Chau and the Executive President of the World Vietnamese Buddhist Order.

4.0 KEYNOTE OPPORTUNITIES

4.1 Preserving our Culture during the WFB Conference

There is only one day until Our Teacher and Key Members depart to attend the World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference held in Bangkok. Therefore Member’s are requested to attend the Centre more regularly during this term. A roster has been established for Member’s to fill in their names and their available days and times to ensure preservation of our Culture.

This document was written by John D. Hughes regarding the last WFB conference held in NSW:

Request for preservation of culture of 33 Brooking Street while John D. Hughes and nine Members are at the WFB Conference at the Nan Tien Temple, Wollongong, from 30 October to 3 November (1998).

A roster has been prepared for persons who will sleep at the Centre over this period, they include Connie Rhodes and Lyne Lehmann. Other Members are needed to attend the Centre day and night.

The Members guarding and caring for the culture of the Centre while their Teacher John D. Hughes attends the WFB play a VITAL ROLE.

All Members must know how we support our Centre for the benefit of themselves and the community. Every time you practice at our Centre or at other Centres you need to raise your awareness. The merit has to come from somewhere.

It is logical that you use your merit at the place where you make your anchorage.

1. The Centre at 33 Brooking Street Upwey is where you discovered everything you know that is real and useful for your lifeplan.

2. It is not a special place?

3. Is it not a place you visit again?

4. Is it not worth looking after?

5. Could you ever find another place like it anywhere in the world that suits your disposition?

6. Isn’t it true that your Teacher has devoted his whole life and wealth to making this Centre suitable for you?

7. The Members who attend the conference are in a strange location to which they must adjust.

8. The Members who stay are in a superior position and do not need adjusting time when they come to look after the place.

9. Need I say more?

Members who are not attending the Conference are responsible for preserving the Culture of our Temple in the Teacher’s absence.

Our Culture (“The way we do things around here”) is well documented.

Members have been taught to be self-possessed about the formation of the prerequisites to obtaining benefits which last five hundred years. To do this, we make the offerings needed to maintain a series of Deva and Devati protectors against fire, wind, water damage and the physical damage on the premises.

Our benefactors include the Dhammapals; the Dragon King, his Retinue and Attendance; the Devas of Work, their Retinue and Attendants; the Devas of Wealth, their Retinue and Attendants; the Devas of Wellness, their Retinue and Attendance; the Devas of Learning, their Retinue and Attendants; and many others.

Altars are provided for each of these beings and their congregations. In all, there are eighty Altars at the Centre and many more maintained by our Teacher in millions of Heaven Worlds.

It may seem an overwhelming task to maintain these things but Members are advised that this is just a small part of the practice of Dana.

PROHIBITION of FIRE OFFERINGS.

Members who stay at the Centre must:

1. Request to be taught on the Perfection of Dana.

2. Make Offerings on the various altars for one hour per day.

***** It is particularly important not to offer incense because if the mind makes an error it donates fire.*****

*****It is particularly important not to offer lighted candles*****

On several occasions, careless Members have left lighted candles on the Altars and have walked away leaving the candle to burn the Altar.

Please make sure flowers are changed each day. Place the water from the flower vases, onto the humus heap NOT onto plants.

Water the Bodhi Tree, Bonsai and Verandah plants when needed so they do not dry out.

Rubbish is to be put out on Monday evenings.

***Do not leave food out for rats***

***Feed Ducks and birds daily***

***Keep the place clean.***

S. Green mentions a study which has identified 164 definitions of culture (1).

“Culture can now be defined as:

(a) a pattern of basic assumptions;

(b) invented, discovered, or developed by a given group;

(c) as it learns to cope with its problems of external adaptation and internal intergration;

(d) that has worked well enough to be considered valid and therefore,

(e) is to be taught to new Members as the

(f) correct way to perceive, think and feel in relation to those problem.”

4.2 Save our Teacher’s Time by Helping in Filing and Accounting Records

See Frank Carter and Julie O’Donnell for what is needed.

4.3 Fundraising and Special Projects

All Task Units are reminded of the urgency to prepare plans for the achievements of our financial objectives for the year 2000-2001.

4.3.1 Renaming of the Internal BDC(U)Ltd. Flower Stall

The Flower Stall next to the Coke (Drinks Vending) machine has been renamed to 'Fragrance Corner' by John D. Hughes. We sell flowers as well as other items. It is a KM task unit project and is run by Julian Bamford and Evelin Halls. The 'Fragrance Corner' Roster is in the library on the DO LIST board. Please have a look at the roster. Our Teacher has put names on the roster and if you cannot make it on the evening you are rostered for, please find someone who can replace you.

We have to fill the roster and NEED THREE MEMBERS PER EVENING to help sell items from the 'Fragrance Corner'. Please put you name in the roster if you can help.

4.3.2 Dragon King Photo and Dragon King Offering Sphere

The International Dhamma Activities Task Unit are responsible for the Dragon King Offering Fundraiser.

Dragon King cards and Dragon King Offering Spheres may be purchased from the merchandise counter at the front entrance. The picture of the Dragon King on the card is connected to the Dragon King Altar in the Sariputta Room.

If you would like to have a Dragon King Altar at home, purchase a Dragon King card and offer one of the Dragon King Offering Spheres on your new altar. Other suitable offerings include the jewel mandala boxes also available at the merchandise counter, flowers which you may purchase from the Fragrance Stand, water, rocks and jewels.(There are many other suitable offerings).

The Dragon King cards are $10, the Dragon King Offering Spheres are $10 and the jewel mandala boxes are $6. Please see Julie, Julian or Evelin if you would like to purchase any of these items. Thank you for your participation.

4.3.3 Buddha Dhyana Dana Review Dana

"The gift of Dhamma excels all other gifts."

The Buddha Dhyana Dana Review Vol.10 No.2 has been uploaded onto the Website, http://www.companyontheweb.com/buddhamap. Persons can view the BDDR if they have PDF software like Acrobat Reader. All the photographs on the Website are in colour. This Website also accomodates the Four Task Unit Annual Reports for 2000 and one of the JDH Discussion Papers for the WFB Conference 2000.

Also, JDH has prepared the first digital editorial of the Buddha Dhyana Dana Review Volume 10 No.3, titled 'First BDDR editorial Online', which was placed on the website, http://www.companyontheweb. com/buddhamap.com/buddhamap

web site, at approximately 0015am 2 December 2000, by Web Master Evelin Halls. This is the first editorial online.

Santi Sukha will be placing this editorial on the www.bdcu.org.au website within the next three days. Please find a copy of the BDDR Editorial Vol. 10 No. 3 attached to this BSB.

First Editorial of the BDDR online

Welcome to this very first online edition of the Buddha Dhyana Dana Review Volume 10. No. 3.

Some difficulties are evident when placing the Buddha Dhamma online. For instance, we do not have control over who downloads the information or where it will go to. The words of Buddha Dhamma are potent. Users who wish to download material from this Website, must store it in a clean place to guard their wealth and health. Believe it or not, putting it in a dirty place will destroy health and wealth. If users are not prepared to do this, we advise that they read this information only.

We are able to make merit in three distinct ways when writing Buddha Dhamma for Dana.

Firstly, our will to begin writing (bhuppa chetana) is kept strong. Secondly, our motivation during the progress of writing (munchana chetana) is also kept strong. Finally, we are determined with our post-intention (aparapara chetana) to distribute the writing and extend our merit to benefit others.

Phra Ajaan Plien Panyapatipo (1991) of Wat Aranyawiwake (Baan Pong) at Chiangmai, Thailand has explained four reasons for error in merit making.

The four errors are:

Performing virtue in the wrong place, performing virtue to the wrong person, performing virtue at the wrong time and performing virtue with no follow-up to one’s virtue.

In the month of November 2000 CE, we placed the full text and picture files of our BDDR Volume 10. No. 2 online. It is currently available at two of our web sites:

www.bdcu.org.au

and

www.companyontheweb.com/buddhamap

We put identical material on two of our web sites as part of our contingency plan, so that if one became unavailable users would still be able to view our BDDR.

These portable document files, known as pdf files, can be downloaded and then unzipped using WinZip; they can be read with a pdf reader such as Adobe Acrobat and can be easily printed.

Our Website policy was needed for the 21st General Conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand in December 2000.

How can an Editor who wishes to practice in accordance with the Dhamma keep writing to reach persons who have minds well developed from western education but uncultivated from the viewpoint of Dhamma?

This Editor began writing professionally over four decades ago in the field of industrial property, including writing and processing patents and trademarks. At this time, this discipline was not taught at any University in Australia.

Many persons helped to guide this editor in developing his writing style, but fundamentally he taught himself.

In those days, from the English language structure viewpoint, there was one style handbook above all others that was consulted regularly - Fowler’s Modern English Usage.

Fowler has been criticized for being too strict, old-fashioned and prescriptive, especially by Jespersen.

Fowler agreed with Swift, who stated that “Proper words in proper places make the true definition of a style”. Fowler, a perfectionist who regarded writing as a craft, aimed for the highest standard choosing precise words in a careful and orderly arrangement that has been criticized for relying too much on Latin grammar for these principles.

In part he admitted the charge. He pointed out that “we English” now recognize that “the iron has entered into our souls” that “our grammatical conscience” has by this time a Latin element inextricably compounded into it, if not predominant.

This Editor still follows Fowler’s style advice, with the exception that at times the need to have all prolixities docked.

This main rule useful for Buddha Dhamma commentary is that a match ought be made for the order of thought and logic of an original text.

For example, some of the Buddhist Canon writing involves high order logic.

This logic has stayed in place even when some could be seen to attack this logic from following current theorists like Derrida, Foucault and their American progeny.

We care for the words that have been written about in many Buddha Dhamma texts.

In particular, words used for classical chanting map into a definite level of sunyata. This fact is known to the clear minds of lineage Masters, such as, for example, those who teach the Gyuto Monks to voice Buddha Dhamma.

Their method of multi-harmonic chanting requires more restraint than a notional commitment to themes of unlimited openness.

Accordingly, our editorial policy takes a firm position against the endless relativity or “freeplay” of meaning, which (according to Derrida’s Yale disciples) exploit the excitements of freeplay - that is supposed to recall the “logocentric” nature of all possible discourse.

Deconstructing the language of symbol is well known by those who attain and use more than a 15th level of sunyata. (Arupa sphere of emptiness).

But, as Christopher Norris (1982) made clear, the case for determinate meaning rests on a philosophy of mind and language totally opposed, but by no means immune, to skeptical reduction.

We do not write for foolish persons, only for those who want to learn.

In Buddha Dhamma words take on special meaning.

What the world conventionally calls “Death” is the termination of a life-time. But according to Abhi-Dhamma there is a strange but true saying that the succession of thoughts that goes on in life is not interrupted by death, and there is no interval between the dying thought (cuti-citta) in this life and the re-birth thought (pati-sandhi-citta) in the next life.

If writing is half done or not completed then it cannot produce good result, like a half-built house cannot produce an income. We need to reference our writing.

For those persons who persist against the four errors in merit making and make the effort to do things straight in the beginning, middle and end of merit making by download, there is the possibility of nibbana access if you practice well.

When access is obtained to this nibbana framework, “the space of a dispersion” collapses sooner rather than later and space ceases to be so troublesome.

The purpose of our online BDDR version is to give methods and purpose to practice that enables a person to resist incorrect notions themselves that tend to disperse his or her thoughts.

We suspect from past experience that we would like to dwell and write in the space where 500 former Arhats dwelt. “Perfuming” of such places by merit means they do not function as a dispersion space. Most persons feel comfortable in such settings.

Although our Australian Temple is not a place where 500 Arhats lived, we do “perfume” it by doing sound and intense practice at the best of times, and, even at the worst of times, remove persons who just want to waste our resources to no purpose and those who persist in making many errors even when admonished .

Although we have our opponents, our Centre is fortunate in that our protectors make it difficult for mischievous persons to arrive on our site. Just as we would not plant rice in sand or on a seashore, so we do not waste our scarce resources on fools or persons opposed to sila (morality).

Our Members increase their Dhamma understanding and practice every year. Because we requested help from our trusted protectors to help create this Volume 10 Number 3 of our enhanced online Buddha Dhyana Dana Review, several good omens were seen at our Temple this month.

Our multiple websites were established with minimum cost. Another good omen was our Teacher received an invitation to join a New South Wales Buddhist Organisation as their Vice-president.

Another good omen was that a “magical” Bodhisattva pigeon appeared and made a nest at our Centre.

To a newcomer to editing Dhamma, the intermittent character of the tasks of an Editor of the Buddha Dhyana Dana Review and other Dhamma publications may appear daunting as the “enigma” of an “old hand” somehow fitting the new matter into the old according to the same etymological plan; in verifications of meanings, new and old, and in the justification for the insertion of references to the literature and to the authorities.

We guard against the law of human liability to error that is especially applicable to the development of writing about Buddha Dhamma in the English language by proof reading again and again.

We want our publication in many media to hold sound Buddha Dhamma instructions.

We are not put off by mistakes.

Sir M. Monier-Williams (1899) made reference to an author of a well-known Dictionary of whom it was said that the number of mistakes which his critics discovered in it were to him a source of satisfaction rather than annoyance.

The larger a work, he affirmed, the more likely it was to include errors; and a hypercritical condemnation of these was often symptomatic of a narrow-mindedness which should not take in the merit of any great performance as a whole. (See BDDR Volume 5 No. 3, 1995).

This issue of BDDR on the Internet is planned to be a much larger publication than our paper version. Our paper version will contain abstracts of the online publication.

More and more we plan with good economic sense so that our Dhamma teaching is delivered by Internet.

We are developing more and more Internet sites so if need be, they can operate under many different censorship regulations. In 1999, the European parliament initialled an amendment to the Copyright Directive that would outlaw random, illegal copying of material on the Internet.

We avoid infringement of copyright by strict guidelines. When we produce original writing we are sure we hold copyright in such material within our organisation. Then, when we place this original material on our web sites, we know we are adhering to copyright regulations worldwide.

Examples of our well researched writing are our radio broadcast scripts created in-house at our Centre every week for more than two years. These can be viewed online on our Website “www.bdcublessings.one.net.au”.

These broadcast scripts are written within our five styles. In time, our broadcast scriptwriters are introduced to the needed technical terms and rigour of Buddha Dhamma methodologies and are swift to use Pali canonical references to support.

The acquisition of literacy skills also requires that the lexical-semantic-syntactic channel be treated differently. In oral communication, words may be used to refer to elements present in the situation and to its participants because the physical and temporal situation is shared by the speaker and the listener.

This type of reference, where a word refers to an element in the context of the situation, is exophoric.

Decades ago, this editor visited one Chinese Mainland Temple having 500 life sized images of the Arhants.

As Tripitaka Master Chen Hwa, Abbot for the Shiang Kwang Vihara in Taipei states in the book The Sacred Virtue of Buddha and Bodhisattva, “In Buddhist books, there is a historical record illustrating “500 bhiksus assembly” in the synod led by Mahakasyapa after Buddha’s entering nirvana.”

There are many more stories about 500 Arhants.

Many famous Temples that worship the image of 500 Arhants can be found in China: Shih Chao Temple in Tien Tai Mountain, Chin Tze Temple in Hangchow, Chin Ka Ming Temple in Kiangyin, Jui Fu Temple in Fuchien, Si Yen Temple in Kinhwa. There is also a 500 Arhants Temple in Tokyo.

In the texts something remains of Arhat virtues.

The images worshipped in those Temples are not there to show the achievements of the Arhants but rather the images are “shown for believers ” respect to Arhat’s dwelling on Buddhadharma and prevailing it”.

It is hoped such an approach be made to our written material.

Because we do not have the restraint of high printing and paper cost and postage costs as in the past, we will arrange for our online BDDR to have more text and photographs than our paper versions.

Our tactic is that future printed BDDR paper editions will be have abstracts of the web versions we publish on our two Websites. By such a method, we can contain our print and postage costs. We hope our readers approve of our making the change from economic necessity. Advantages follow.

We can give more text and have the site machine searchable as a further index service.

We try to avoid our version of cultural decadence which can take the form of an obsessive pre-occupation with scientific fact. European scholastic discipline insists that there be substantial evidence for some of the assertions made by early Buddhist Scholars of different nationalities and different disciplines.

We can judge insight consistency by comparison methods.

Buddhist myths and legends have a much stronger foundation than some of the Western academic communities would credit them.

The richness and originality of Australian Buddhist myths and legends that are maintained and evolve here has rarely been documented in western scholarship to date.

In a multicultural Australia, Buddhist festivals are taking on a hybrid form of expression not seen elsewhere where three concentric elements: the festival, the site and the myth are forming useful teachings.

Our Centre has video recorded many of those over the last two decades and will endeavor to put these rare sources onto our Websites.

The Bodhisattva as an artist requires a different method of analysis to get definite viewpoints about Dhamma meaning and there is much scholar’s work to be done to get this understanding into western culture wording.

We intend that our successors will explore this great task over the next 70 years.

May all readers of this Website be well and happy.

References:

Johansson, Rune E A, Pali Buddhist Texts, 1973, Curzon Press Ltd, London and Malmo

Fowler, H W, Fowler’s Modern English Usage, 1965 (2nd Ed), Oxford University Press

Phra Ajaan Plien Panyapatipo, How to Get Good Results from Doing Merit, 1991, W.A.V.E.

Attisani, Antonio, “A Proposal for Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Study of A ce lha mo”, The Tibet Journal Vol. xxv, No. 2, 2000, A publication for the study of Tibet

Wall, Stephen, Essays in Criticism Vol. xxxii No. 1, “Christopher Norris on After the New Criticism by Frank Lentricchia, 1982, Oxford

Robertson, Alec, “The Buddha’s Concept of Reality”, Suhrullekha Dharma Quarterly Journal Vol. II Issue 3, 2000, India

Master Chen Hwa, The Sacred Virtue of Buddha and Bodhisattva, China Cosmos Publishing House, Taiwan, Republic of China

4.3.4 BDDR Mailing List Fundraiser

Julian Bamford has commenced organising a fundraiser for the Knowledge Management Task Unit where he, and Members who wish to help will contact persons on the Australian BDDR mail list to ascertain firstly, if they would like to continue to receive the BDDR and secondly, if they would like to donate money towards any of our projects.

4.3.5 Digital Recording of the Buddhist Hour on Mini Disc Fundraiser

The Buddhist Hour radio program is now being stored digitally on mini discs. These are excellent for preserving Dhamma because they are very long lasting. Mini Discs do not take up much storage space and the recordings are of good quality.

In addition, the radio shows stored on mini discs can be broadcasted via the Internet in the future. Please see Lenore if you would like to donate money.

4.3.6 Box Hill Football Club Car Raffle

Thank you to all the Members and friends who sold Box Hill Football Club raffle tickets. This was a Knowledge Management Task Unit fundraiser. We will email and publish in the next BSB how much money we raised through this fundraising event.

4.4 Document Heading in a Standard Form

The standard form of document heading is as follows:

1. Put the PC number on which the document was created in the header

2. Put ‘Created’ followed by the date

3. Put ‘Our Ref’ and the pathway

4. Put which of the four task units are responsible for the document and the project.

For example, the last radio broadcast’s heading was:

PC3A Created 20 September 2000

Our Ref: I:\km\radio\radio104

A KM Task Unit Project - to be staffed and funded by KM Members

4.5 Updating Our www.bdcu.org.au Website

Evelin now has access to update our original internet website at www.bdcu.org.au. This will allow us to:

1. Update details of our Executive Members;

2. Add chapters from 'The Library you are looking for' which has been printed in the BDDR; and

3. Add 2,000 new book titles to the Library Index. This site is linked to Australian libraries gateway on www.nla.gov.au/libraries .

We would like to thank Gary (McKiernan) for his co-operation in running this site from his server. We have to find a new web server as soon as possible and then Gary (McKiernan) does not have to run the site.

4.6 Buddha Dhamma Chanting

Morning Chanting Sessions are held in the Hall of Assembly from 6.30am to 7.00am. Julian Bamford is organising these sessions for Knowledge Management.

All Members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Other chanting dates from now until the end of this year are: Mon 4 Dec, Mon 11 Dec, Mon 18 Dec, and Tues 26 Dec. While JDH and delegates are at the WFB Conference Lisa Nelson will organise these sessions.

4.7 Daily Cleaning ought now include the Sariputta Room and the Store

Members are requested to help in the area of maintaining a high standard of cleanliness. We must preserve our Centre as a suitable location for the Buddha Dhamma to be taught. A list of tasks is available in the Roster Folder 2000. Please see Lisa Nelson, Isabella Hobbs or Anita Svensson.

4.8 Organisational Development Deva Offerings

Please do not offer water or flowers to the CGR Devas on top of the grey shelving unit in the CGR Office. We request this because we have important information on the shelves below and do not wish to destroy our documents, books and equipment.

An alternative is to offer the water or flowers and then remove them from the shelf. The flowers can be left without water and removed when they wilt. Or you may do mental offerings.

5.0 OH&S NEWS

5.1 Fire Fighting Team News

For any persons in attendance at the B.D.C.(U) Ltd. at the time of a “Fire Alert”. Do not rush or panic.

The fire plan is triggered when the centre is put on “Fire Alert”. This is a state of readiness to fight a fire. It is declared by John D. Hughes or, if John is not in attendance at the Centre, it is declared by the Abbot in attendance at the Centre at the time.

A special contact list is kept on the wall in the CGR office giving the home, work and mobile phone numbers of the Fire Fighting Team Members.

Once the Centre is put on “Fire Alert” you telephone all these Members. If any of these Members is uncontactable try to leave a message(s) for them.

Write down the name of any Member who you contact who says they cannot attend the Centre to fight the fire. You are to use their Protective Clothing Kit yourself.

If there are other Members of the Fire Fighting Team who are not able to attend the Centre their Protective Clothing Kit (s) can be allocated to someone else. Allocate it to the most suitable person(s) at the Centre to help you carry out these Fire Instructions.

Inform any persons at the Centre who do not have a Protective Clothing Kit to leave the Centre immediately provided it is definitely safe to do so. If a protective clothing kit is available for someone however they do not want to be at the Centre during a bushfire they must leave the Centre immediately provided it is safe to do so.

There is a safe community Fire Refuge located at RECREATION RESERVE, ALEXANDER AVE (OFF DARLING AVE), UPWEY or UPWEY COMMUNITY HALL, 1440 BURWOOD HIGHWAY.

* Start drinking water regularly. The CFA says drink 1 litre of water per hour.

* Take the Fire Fighting Kits which are located in the outside storage cupboard on the back verandah (first door on your right after exiting the house) Members can quickly pick up their protective clothing kits as they arrive.

* Put on your overalls from your own kit or from the kit which you have allocated to yourself. Put on the full kit as conditions require.

* There are also some spare protective clothing items located in the Amenities block shelving unit which are to be given to Julie if she is at the Centre. If Julie is not in attendance these items can be allocated to someone else.

* Plastic drink bottles, spare torch batteries, and the First Aid Kit are all located in the Amenities Block shelving unit.

* Fill the drink bottles. Have them ready to give to the other Members as they arrive.

* Get out spare batteries for the torches and the First Aid Kit. Place these things together on the table in the kitchen.

* Get the torches and fire extinguishers from around the Centre and place them on the Kitchen table.

* Inside the house close all the windows.

* Get out the tools - mops and rakes - put them on the grass behind the back verandah ready for use. Five mops are kept above the toilets in the Amenities Block.

* Make sure there are plenty of buckets placed near the water drums.

* Fill any water drums and buckets which aren’t full using mains water.

Once all these steps above are complete the Fire Fighting Team Members who arrive can take over.

If you are not a Member of the Fire Fighting Team you can leave the Centre now provided it is definitely safe to do so. There is a safe community Fire Refuge located at RECREATION RESERVE, ALEXANDER AVE (OFF DARLING AVE), UPWEY or UPWEY COMMUNITY HALL, 1440 BURWOOD HIGHWAY.

If you wish to stay you may be asked to help the Fire Fighting Team. DO NOT help the Fire Fighting Team unless asked to do so.

Either Anita, Julie, Lisa, Rilla or Isabella is now to be JDH's attendant.

Anita and Isabella are also on call as our First Aid person throughout the day.

Keep drinking water regularly. Check 3LO radio station for fire information. Information likely to be 60 minutes old.

Ring Lilydale CFA on 9735 0511 or Upwey CFA on 9754 3788 for information about local fire conditions. CFA advise that in an emergency you probably won’t be able to get through to either number.

5.2 FIRST AID TRAINING

Anita Svensson is able to give First Aid training on Saturday afternoons. Please see Anita to book in.

6.0 JDH ROSTER NEWS

6.1 Attendant Roster

The Roster 2000 folder is kept in the “Work In Progress” tray located on the brown storage unit in the CGR office. Members attending the Centre during the day are requested to place their names on the Roster.

7.0 JDH NEWS

7.1 JDH Photo Mounted onto the BDC(U)Ltd Stupa

A Photo of JDH coming out of Retreat (Water Blessing Ceremony) was mounted to the front of the Stupa in a protective house. The Photograph was presented to JDH by Julian Bamford in a Gold Frame.

7.2 JDH New Bedroom Location

On Tuesday 21 November 2000 JDH moved into his new bedroom in the Sariputta Room. Members are allowed in by request only.

7.3 JDH Long Life and Good Health Plan

This plan was written in the last week of December 1999. JDH has reviewed this plan because it was evident that his blood pressure and general health was likely to deteriorate.

He must be fit for the WFB in the first week of December 2000.

The following tactics will result in an increase in health by one coefficient of fitness unit per day. This will bring his fitness coefficient which was 280 on the 2nd October 2000 to greater than or equal to 320 by the 30 November 2000.

Tactics:

1. JDH will wear clean white clothes every day when at home

2. JDH will not deal with heavy or ‘near death’ persons

3. Members are requested to keep JDH offices in order and his filing up to date

4. JDH to eat 2 meals a day: breakfast and lunch

5. Arrange visit to the Nobbies regularly with suitable attendants

6. Arrange visit to Tasmania in March (?) 2001 with suitable attendants

7. JDH to practise Long Life Fun with suitable companions

8. JDH to transform more of his merit towards his Long Life and Good Health

9. Do not offer high calorie content drinks or food drinks unless requested.

7.4 Websites for JDH

The Website www.geologicalmuseumatupwey.org.au is up and running! The site is at the new American server which has a storage capacity of one Gigabyte

Thank you to Santi Sukha, who has been setting up this site. Santi is uploading the first simple version of the Geological Museum Website today.

The web addresses for JDH and the BDC(U)Ltd. are:

1. www.johnhughes.citysearch.com.au

2. www.skybusiness.com/j.d.hughes

3. www.bdcublessings.one.net.au

4. www.bdcu.org.au

5. www.nla.gov.au/libraries

6. www.companyontheweb.com/buddhamap

7. www.geologicalmuseumatupwey.org.au

8. www.companyontheweb.com/buddhatext

Furthermore thirty 'Nobbies' photos were uploaded onto the website http://www.skybusiness.com/j.d.hughes. The photos show John D. Hughes painting in Ch'an mind and some beautiful landscape.

Thank you to Vanessa Macleod, who took the photos with a digital camera during our Teacher's recent trip to the Nobbies in October 2000, and thank you to Leanne Eames, who gave the digital camera to our Teacher. The photos were prepared for the web and uploaded by Evelin Halls.

8.0 MEMBER’S NEWS

8.1 Members To Do Lists On Email

To help our Teacher and aid the smooth running of all Centre projects, Members are requested to lend a helping by putting their To Do List on an email message and sending it to their Teacher and all other Members. Please make sure you identify who is currently assisting you and invite other Members to assist you. Then print a copy of your Do List and place it on the Do List Board.

The Do List Board has been created for Members to communicate their Do-Lists. The Do List Board is located in the JDH Collection (Buddhist Texts) Library on the back wall. When Members place their Do-Lists on the board please use the supplied Blue Tack. Do Not use Drawing Pins. It is requested that all Members place their Do Lists on the Do List Board.

9.0 TASK UNITS

Members names are deleted if it appears unlikely they can give active input to the Centre during November or December 2000.

9.1 Knowledge Management (KM)

Colour Code: Blue. Julian Bamford is KM Manager Julian Bamford, Tim Browning, Vince Cavuoto, Leanne Eames, Evelin Halls, John D. Hughes, Jocelyn Hughes, Isabella Hobbs, David Igracki, Clara Iaquinto, Peter Jackson, Rodney Johnson, Vanessa Macleod, Lisa Nelson, Santi Sukha, Anita Svensson and Pennie White.

ALL MEMBERS PLEASE CHECK YOUR Email.

9.2 Local Area Planning & Asset Management (LAPAM)

Colour Code: Green. Frank Carter is LAPAM Manager. Julian Bamford, Stuart Amoore, Jan Bennett, Tim Browning, Frank Carter, Brendan Hall, Lenore Hamilton, Isabella Hobbs, David Igracki, Leila Lamers, Lyne Lehmann, Lisa Nelson and Pennie White.

9.3 Corporate Governance & Reporting (CGR)

Colour Code: Red. Anita Svensson is CGR Manager. Pam Adkins, Lenore Hamilton, Rilla Oellien, Amber Svensson, Isabella Hobbs, Lisa Nelson, Anita Svensson, Evelin Halls, Rodney Johnson, Clara Iaquinto, Lainie Smallwood and Santi Sukha.

9.4 International Dhamma Activities (IDA)

Colour Code: Yellow. John D. Hughes is IDA Manager. Leanne Eames, Julian Bamford, Vince Cavuoto, John D. Hughes, Vanessa Macleod, Anita Svensson, Jocelyn Hughes, Santi Sukha, Thong Huynh, Maria Pannozzo, Evelin Halls, Pennie White and Julie O'Donnell.

10.0 KM NEWS

(Knowledge Management includes all Dhamma and Prajna Paramitta Teachings, Chanting and Bell Pujas, Translations, John D. Hughes Collection, Audio and Video Recording, IT systems including our seven Websites, e-commerce, Data Warehouse and the LAN, BDDR, BSB and other Publications, Hillside Broadcast and Ch’an & Sumi-e classes.)

10.1 Renaming of KNOXFM to Hillside Radio

Knox FM Radio was renamed and is now officially called Hillside Radio. Therefore, the Buddhist Hour is now at Hillside Radio 87.6 FM & 88.O FM.

10.2 Hillside Radio Broadcast News

Our radio talks text can be found on our website at the Internet address www.bdcublessings.one.net.au

Please study these important teachings produced by our “A” Team. We have advised the WFB of the fact that our weekly radio talks are available on Internet.

10.2.1 Referencing for the Radio Scripts

If you directly quote phrases or sentences from any other source, this must be shown with quotation marks. The original source has to be stated and must include the author's name and year of publication.

If you summarise a text, you must also state the original source. In the bibliography, you have to include ALL sources. This must be done to practice scholarship, and to avoid plagiarism.

IF YOU ARE UNSURE, PLEASE REFER TO ANY RECENT BDDR ISSUE, UNDER GLOSSARY. THIS LISTS REFERENCES USED TO WRITE THE GLOSSARY. THIS IS THE WAY WE REFERENCE AROUND HERE.

FOR EXAMPLE,

1. Ambedkar, Dr. B. R., The Buddha and his Dhamma, Buddha Bhoomi Publication, Taiwan, 1997, pp. 454-455.

If you are writing on a script, please do not leave the task of referencing to other people, because it is often difficult for the other editors to trace back what sources had actually been used in the script.

10.2.2 Don’t Forget to Include your Name!

Radio Script writers make much merit in contributing to script writing. It is important that you include your name in the writer and editors list at the end of the script so the devas know that your contributions are valid and are to be preserved.

10.2.3 Pre-recording of “The Buddhist Hour”

Because Members of the radio team are attending the WFB in December 2000, we have pre-recorded two Buddhist Hour radio scripts including the chanting, as requested by our Teacher. Thank you to Brendan Grainger from Hillside radio station who is happy to make merit by letting us pre-record the two shows.

Script 114 was pre-recorded on Sunday 19 November and will be broadcast on Sunday 3 December. Script 115 was pre-recorded on Sunday 26 November and will be broadcast on Sunday 10 December.

10.3 John D. Hughes Collection

10.3.1 Lending Library relocation

On Saturday 25 November 2000, Lisa Nelson and Julie O'Donnell relocated the Lending Library from Suite 11 to the Library area next to the CGR office. A copy of all BDDR and BSB Issues will be made available for persons to lend and can be found in the white folders in Wall Unit 13.

10.3.2 Going for Gold

From 15 - 17 November 2000, Vanessa Macleod undertook a 3-day cataloguing marathon. Throughout those three days Vanessa and other helpful Members catalogued over 300 books. Well Done Vanessa. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu.

10.3.3 Buddha Dhamma Books donated by Bee-Ling

Our friend in Malaysia, Bee-Ling Khor, sent us another shipment of books. 28 titles, were donated including: "The Four Sublime States" by Nyanaponika Thera, "Pamsukula" by Phra Vichian Chakharadhammo, "Dhamma Ratana" by Sayadaw U Kundalabhivamsa and "A General Explanation of the Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra" by Tripitaka Master Hua.

There was a total of 166 books in English (many titles were in multiple copies) plus two books in Chinese.

10.4 Sumi-e

This year, Andre Sollier is teaching the 10 Ox Herding pictures at our Centre. The series of images represents the process of taming the mind.

The date of the final class for Sumi-e for this year is:

Summer:

Saturday 9 December

Class runs from 10am to 3pm.

There are a number of places available for each scheduled class. If you would like to register please see Julian.

Julian Bamford prepares the Hall for Saturdays teachings on Friday evening. Members are welcome to assist with setting up, cleaning and offering lunch to Master Sollier and Students on the Saturday.

For further information, referrals to potential new students and to book, please contact Julian Bamford on 9754 3334.

10.5 Ch’an classes taught by John D. Hughes

Ch’an classes are held on the last Sunday of the month. The next Ch’an class is on Sunday 26 November 2000. John had empowered Julian Bamford and Jan Bennett to run these classes. For further information, referrals to potential new students and to book, please contact Julian Bamford on 9754 3334.

10.6 IT NEWS

10.6.1 Text or Images for our Web-Sites

If you want to e-mail documents to Evelin (evelinsila@one.net.au) to be uploaded on either the Blessings website or the new American website, please save them as Rich Text Format (rtf) before sending.

Photos for the websites may also be e-mailed, preferably in jpg format. All copies must be approved by the editor John D. Hughes before posting.

11.0 LAPAM NEWS

11.1 Carparking on Tuesday Nights

Members and friends are requested to park their cars in the DRCCC lower carpark for the Prajna Paramita Teachings on Tuesday evenings. To keep good relations with our neighbours, it would be appreciated if all Members and friends used this carpark.

11.2 Reduction of Fire Hazard

Members need to be reducing the fire hazard around the Centre. Members who can help put your name on the DO LIST BOARD IN THE LIBRARY and cross out the item when complete. Fill in LAPAM database report.

DO LIST HAS ONLY A PRIORITIES:

1. Fire Bar pine safety fence located in front of Suite 1 (east wall)

2. Move bamboo on Western fence-make into fence and fire bar

3. Move 80% of humus heap at rear of Suite 10 to new humus heap

4. Move plastic pots on Western fence to metal lined cabinet at Suite 10

5. Construct metal store for plastic chairs

6. Trim side branches of trees in front of Suite 11

7. Weed front island gardens

8. Move paint from tool trailer into metal explosion proof drums

9. Move redgum posts from driveway to under Suite 11

10. Clear inflammables from under Suite 11

11. Arrange water pipe over Suite 4 roof

12. Remove inflammables from smokers corner

13. Move the cabinets from below verandah inside

14. Move the filing cabinet inside Padmasambhava to safe location

15. Walk around and fill buckets and drums with tank water

16. Read your fire drills

17. Cut plants in front of Quan Yin to half present heights

18. Couple short hose to Tank 5 and place in Quan Yin pond

19. Store spare hose into Suite 4 so it does not melt in fire

20. Keep all hoses untangled. Do not role in circle.

21. Double your own awareness of fire risks and act to reduce

11.3 New Humus Heap and Living Fence Line

We have a new humus heap where the old wood heap used to be. A new living wall will be planted on the north-eastern fence line of 33 Brooking Street.

11.4 New position for Rottorium

The new rottatorium has been installed in the woodshed closest to the footpath. It is a crate-like structure inside the woodshed.

12.0 CGR NEWS

(Includes all administration the legal requirements of corporate affairs, Keeping Minutes, Keeping accounts, Dealing with the Office of Fair Trading and Business Affairs for Fundraising permits, running General Meetings, Organising Task Unit meetings, Dealing with Australian Securities & Investments Commission, Dealing with the Australian Taxation Office, Payment of Accounts, Scheduling the Timing of Happenings at the Centre, Conflict Resolution, OH&S, Publication of BSB, Providing Attendants for the Teacher, Filing and Archiving of Documents, Maintenance of Data Bases including List of Members and Correspondence In and Out, Maintenance of Office Furniture & Office Supplies, Supply of Food and Heating.)

12.1 CGR Procedure Manual

CGR have started documenting procedures for the benefit of all Members. The CGR Procedure manual is located on PC1A desk.

12.2 CGR Documentation and Reporting of Outgoing Correspondence

CGR will now be keeping Members of the BDC(U)Ltd informed regarding outgoing correspondence.

We will be documenting and reporting, through internal email and on the BSB every fortnight, how many emails, letters and faxes are sent out during a two week period.

CGR have counted the outgoing correspondence for each quarter of the year 2000.

Year 2000 figures for outgoing correspondence are as follows:

1st quarter: No. letters=62, No. faxes=49, No. emails=1

2nd quarter: No. letters=63, No. faxes=4, No. emails=11

3rd quarter: No. letters=10, No. faxes=0, No. emails=5

Total for 2000 stands at: No. letters=135, No. faxes=53, No. emails=17.

13.0 IDA NEWS

13.1 WFB 21st General Conference 2000

The following Members will be attending the WFB Conference from 5 December to 10 December in Bangkok, Thailand: John D. Hughes, Vince Cavuoto, Julian Bamford, Jocelyn Hughes, Vanessa Macleod, Julie O’Donnell and Anita Svensson.

Our Teacher and Members will travel with Thai Airlines. Flight details are:

Melbourne to Bangkok - Flight TG994 with Thai Airlines leaving Melbourne on Sunday 3 December at 1.30am and arriving in Bangkok on Sunday 3 December at 6.40am.

Bangkok to Melbourne - Flight TG993 with Thai Airlines leaving Bangkok on Monday 11 December at 8.05am and arriving in Melbourne on Tuesday 12 December at 12.10am (this is at ten minutes past midnight).

Airfares will cost $1144 for the return flight if paying by cash or cheque and $1244 if paying by credit card. There are no requirements for a visa. Travel insurance will be arranged through the travel agent and payment for the tickets will be announced early October. Members who would like to assist with purchasing these tickets, please leave a donation in the dana box.

Vanessa and Jocelyn will depart Melbourne on 28 November with Thai Airlines to assist with the preparations for the Conference.

The drivers to take John and the WFB 2000 delegates to the airport to connect with flight TG 994 departing 1.30am on Sunday 3 December 2000 are Brendan Hall, Rilla Oellien and Peter Jackson.

Departure from 33 Brooking Street is 9.30pm on Saturday 2 December 2000. Drivers to be at the Centre 30 minutes prior to departure.

If you wish to be a reserve driver please contact Peter and/or Rilla. Large cars preferred.

A tentative Program for the conference has been received by us.

Day One - (Tuesday 5 December) will include arrival, registration and WFB Executive Council and Board Meetings.

Day Two - (Wednesday 6 December) features the Opening Ceremony commencing with the Chairperson lighting incense and making offering to the Triple Gem, followed by a welcome address from the President of WFB, Mr Phan Wannamethee. The address will be accompanied by a slide ‘multivision’ presentation of 50 Years of the WFB. The evening shall involve the Opening Ceremony of ‘The Exhibition on the WFB Golden Jubilee’, followed by a reception and cultural performances.

Day Three - (Thursday 7 December) features a key note address on ‘Buddhism and Globalisation’ by Venerable Sumedhajaraya (the Venerable is from England). The evening dinner will be hosted by H.E. the Prime Minister of Thailand at Government House.

Day Four - (Friday 8 December) is a succession of Standing Committee meetings and the WFB General Conference, Second Plenary Session.

Day Five - (Saturday 9 December) is the main day which brings together all the WFB Delegates, and the Observers and Members of the Council of the World Buddhist University. The program includes: addresses by the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, The Minister of Education, The Rector of Mahamakut Buddhist University, The Rector of Mahachula Buddhist University, and Venerable Jayasaro, who is Lord Abbot of Wat Pah Nanachat (International Forest Monastery).

Our Teacher, Mr. John D. Hughes will then give the WBU Networking address.

The day continues with the WFB Symposium on ‘Main Concepts and Roles of the World Buddhist University’. Running concurrently with the main symposium will be the WFBY Leadership Training Program. On that evening will be the Closing Ceremony and a farewell dinner.

Day Six - (Sunday 10 December) is a free day during which the Leadership Training Program will continue.

Day Seven - (Monday 11 December) sees all delegates depart from the conference.

The Centre will continue to operate while our Teacher and Members attend the WFB General Conference. Please find attached the BDC(U)Ltd. Roster for Members attendance during this term. Please write your name on the roster for the times you can attend the Centre. Lisa Nelson is to be Abbot while JDH is in Bangkok. We are in need of a backup person to be Abbot.

MAY ALL BEINGS BE WELL AND HAPPY

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