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INDEX

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

WE WISH OUR READERS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

1. GLOSSARY

I.T.: Information Technology
CD ROM: Compact Disc Read Only Memory

Vice Presidents

John D. Hughes Dip.App.Chem.T.T.T.C. GDAIE - International Dhamma Activities
Rilla Oellien - Corporate Governance & Reporting
Frank Carter B.Ec. - Local Area Planning & Asset Management

Joint Vice Presidents

Julian Bamford, B.A. App.Rec - International Dhamma Activities
Lisa Nelson - Corporate Governance & Reporting

Special Positions

John D. Hughes Dip.App.Chem.T.T.T.C. GDAIE
Teacher of Buddha Dhamma Practices
Editor Buddha Dhyana Dana Review
Editor Brooking Street Bugle
Executive Producer Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast

Pennie White B.A. Dip.Ed.
Assistant Editor Buddha Dhyana Dana Review
Assistant Editor Brooking Street Bugle (new series)

Lisa Nelson
Assistant Secretary Corporate Governance & Reporting

Evelin Halls
Manager Enterprise Technology and Webmaster

Vanessa Macleod B.A.M.A.
International Liaison Officer
Information Officer

Anita Svensson, R.N.Div1
Manager Occupational Health & Safety

Frank Carter, B.Ec.
Joint Manager Occupational Health & Safety

Peter Boswell, CPA
Financial Controller

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3. COMING EVENTS

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4. SANGHA NEWS

The Larger Sukhavati-Vyuha Description of Sukhavati, The Land of Bliss

Francisco So visited the Centre on Tuesday 1 January 2002 to conduct The Larger Sukhavati-Vyuha Description of Sukhavati, The Land of Bliss.

Members present at the 9.30am and 1.30pm sessions of the puja were; Pam Adkins, Lenore Hamilton, Isabella Hobbs, Lisa Nelson, Julie O'Donnell and Rilla Oellien.

The puja involved chanting from the The Sukhavati-Vyuha Sutra Puja Prayer Ritual and reading The Larger Sukhavati-Vyuha, description of Sukhavati, the Land of Bliss.

Thank you Julie O'Donnell and Lenore Hamilton for providing and cooking lunch.

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5. KEYNOTE OPPORTUNITIES

Organisational Human Resource Management Classes

You can develop valuable HRM skills, at no charge, by joining us on Friday evenings.

Prajna Paramitta Teachings Conclusion Date

The Prajna Paramitta Teachings with Master John D. Hughes conclude on Tuesday 21 May 2002.

Buddha Dhamma Teachings on Tuesday Evenings

You can join us for Dhamma Teachings with Master John D. Hughes each Tuesday evening from 28 May 2002 in addition to the Monday evening teaching from 7:30pm to 8:30pm.

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6. APPEALS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS

Buddha Rupa Surround on the Golden Pavilion

We have replaced the temporary structure made of canvas.

The construction and painting of the new Buddha Rupa glass surround took 165 hours work between 20 November and 16 December 2001.

Curved railing has been attached to the main wooden upright members to improve the chi.

Items needed to complete this project include the assembly of a new pavilion railing at the rear of the Buddha Rupa.

Further curved railing is planned to be added. We invite Members or friends to contribute these materials.

Gift and Flower Stall - Christmas Day 25 December 2001

The profit from our Gift and Flower stall sales was $1061.55. This is a 20% improvement on last year. Thank you to all the Members who contributed to this successful fundraising project.

Film Night 6 January 2002

The next fundraising film night is on Sunday 6 January 2002.

The movie is The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

Supper will be served after the film.

Persons are welcome to provide food or drinks for the supper (preferably homemade). Contact Pam Adkins if you are interested.

Please note this important event in your diary and notify Pam Adkins to purchase your movie tickets. A movie ticket is an excellent gift.

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7. CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTERESTS

Longhair Australia News

Our new publication is called Longhair Australia News. Our Theme for Issue Number 1 is “Lending a helping hand”. The following text has been abstracted from the introduction of our first issue:

Welcome!

We dedicate this publication to our women Members who handle the loading of data to our websites. At present, we have seven female webmasters: Evelin Halls, Lisa Nelson, Rilla Oellien, Vanessa Macleod, Leanne Eames and Pennie White; and one male webmaster: Julian Bamford.

Sad to say, our male webmaster at our Centre is bald. The seven female webmasters have longhair. Since it is mainly our female ‘longhairs’ who attend to our websites we sought a title to reflect this fact. The initials from it read ‘LAN’ that generally stands for Local Area Network.

In the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, ‘longhair’ means a person or animal with longer hair than usual; a clever person, an aesthete, an intellectual; a devotee of classical (as opposed to popular) music; later it became to mean a hippy, a beatnik.

We discount this latter meaning.

This LAN publication is dedicated to persons who will come and help us in the future with information technology.

In their operations, our webmasters gather much information each for himself or herself and need to communicate this information between themselves. At the same time, we guess that the information we gather could be valuable to other persons who are confronted with the day-by-day running of websites.

Many of our websites operate from different servers, hence, there are variations of technique of loading information. Rather than tie one Member to one specialised website, we have in mind to skill all our webmasters for operations on all sites.

As a not-for-profit organisation, our dominant culture has not only been self-government but also internal development by volunteers as modes of preparation of task implementation.

The first office of any administration must be order and our Members are taught the art of orderly and continuous industry. For those who measure duty by dollars spent we point out that our systems have paid back a thousand fold all the effort we put into the propagation of Buddha Dhamma from our websites.

We base our calculations of the savings on our printing and postage costs.

The global spread we offer Members and clients is simple and straight forward.

We believe in the frank acceptance of existing facts about rising publication and postage costs and dealing with them as they are and not on a theory of what they might or ought to be. Our paper printing and postage costs rose to $15,000 per year when we were printing an 80-page version of our flagship publication, Buddha Dhyana Dana Review. We have to meet the new costing demands of our living present supply chains.

The foundation of our publications is to retain copyright for our organisation so we can have the ability to donate information free of charge to those who wish to use it rightfully and legally.

Shohei Ichimura states in his book Buddhist Critical Spirituality (2001, pp. 148-150). In the Buddhist world, the Theravadin and Mahayana traditions have continued to uphold somewhat different ways to link the spiritual and secular domain, but with a growing awareness of the forces of change, leaders in both traditions, whether professional monks or lay devotees, have found it necessary to review old forms of expression and seek new approaches so as to accommodate on-going change with a new set of appropriate meanings and directives. We are able to renew a long overdue critical examination of the existing forms of linkage between the spiritual and the secular, whereby to advance a step toward the reform that is necessary to the future growth of Buddhism and a step toward the unification of the two traditions through the creation of a viable avenue of communication and mutual cooperation.

Moreover, the task has grown today because of the physical presence of the Buddhist tradition expanding globally, moving beyond the geographical confines of the past, and reaching to all parts of the world. In the recent decades, Buddhist tradition has acquired increasing respect as an equal among the other religious traditions of the West. If the Buddhist tradition as a whole, Theravadin and Mahayana, can hope to offer a service to humanity on global terms, it will do so through examination and assessment of this issue of the linkage between spiritual transcendence and secular engagement by introducing new directions and new forms of expression for the period to come.

Our publications stimulate the energy, enterprise and intellect of persons, and quicken human genius. Comparison of IT ideas is educational and this present LAN publication is designed for the common glory of Members’ training since we plan to put this information on one of our websites for ease of access. It may even become an international asset to others who need to learn.

In addition, we need a record of the new data loaded onto each of our websites week by week and perhaps print site maps of our websites from time to time.

This publication, Longhair Australian News, will be loaded onto the Buddha Dhyana Dana Review online website as well as onto bdcu.org.au website.

We like the adventure of seeing thousands of visitors come to our sites.

We encourage each webmaster to send an internal email on our LAN giving information of what data was loaded and when. These emails are then copied and pasted into our Longhair Australian News.

The following Article is an example of an e-mail suitable for the Longhair Australia News publication.

A Longhair Project: Buddhist Hour Broadcast 1 preserved on Compact Disc

On 1 January 2001, a CD-ROM version of our very first Buddhist Hour broadcast was prepared by Pennie White.

The first Buddhist Hour program was broadcast on 22 February 1998 and is titled: “The anthems and fanfares you may be looking for”.

Master John D. Hughes wrote, produced and presented Buddha Dhamma live for this broadcast.

Members Anita Svensson, Julie O'Donnell and Lyn Lehmann chanted the Vandana for Buddha and Triple Gem in Pali, and the Dedication of the Merits and blessings in English.

The variations on the Vandana for Buddha, Buddhist Fanfare composed by Bob Venier, The Australian National Anthem and the World Fellowship of Buddhist theme song were broadcast on this occasion.

Master John D. Hughes also discussed the origin and meanings of the Buddhist chanting and fanfares.

This is the second Buddhist Hour Radio program to be reproduced as a CD-ROM from audio cassette tape. The first one was the 200th program.

Two master copies have been produced, one for Master John D. Hughes and one copy as a back-up is stored at Pennie White's home.

We intend to preserve all the Buddha Dhamma Teachings on audio cassette by reproducing them as CD-ROM's.

Members interested in assisting with this meritorious activity please speak with Pennie White.

Soon we will provide these CD’s for commercial sale to raise funds for our Centre.

We will continue to preserve our Buddha Dhamma Teachings.

Professional Practice

It is our policy of professional practice to use full names of persons and organisations in our publications to benefit from the search facilities we have on our LAN and websites.

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8. JOHN D. HUGHES’ NEWS

John D. Hughes will attend the International Conference on “Buddhism and World Peace “ 9 - 10 February 2002 in Bangkok, Thailand, with his wife Anita. The World Buddhist University’s Council Meeting will take place on 9 February 2002, and the International Conference will be held on 10 February 2002 and John is invited to be a panelist in the afternoon panel discussion session on “Buddhism and World Peace”.

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9. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Coming Events 18 December 2001 to 4 January 2002

Tuesday 25 December 2001 Lisa Nelson uploaded the current coming events to www.bdcu.org.au, www.companyontheweb.com/buddhamap and www.companyontheweb.com/buddhatext

Evelin Halls loaded the coming events to www.bdcublessings.net.au

Exhibition photos uploaded to our Internet site.

Evelin Halls and Leanne Eames have uploaded the photos from the Young Leaves exhibition and the Countless Silks and Threads Chinese embroidery exhibition to BDDR Vol. 11, No. 2. at website addresses www.bddronline.net.au and www.bdcu.org.au

Titles of Digital Images in folders

The following folders of Photo Images stored on PC5A were backed up on CD-ROM by Pennie White on 24 December 2001:

bsbweb - contains images prepared for the Brooking Street Bugle Online, so far it contains one folder called Bsb72 which contains 48 images that were uploaded with Brooking Street Bugle Issue 72. This helps our image editors and webmasters preparing our publications.

ChinaExp - Photographs Master John D. Hughes and Julian Bamford at calligraphy and painting exhibition in Melbourne 12 May 2001.

Digiphoto1 - Images taken with Kodak 240 digital camera one.

Digiphoto2 - Images taken with Kodak digital camera two.

exhibits - Young Leaves exhibition and Countless Silk Threads Chinese Embroidery that are online at www.bddronline.net.au and www.bdcu.org.au

Founders Day - Scanned images of historical Founder’s Days photographs.

P01400 - Scanned images from our photo albums.

This CD ROM in kept in the I.T. Store (Suite 2A).

Members' Information Technology Equipment

John D. Hughes has asked that a register of Member’s I.T. equipment be started.

This may provide us with knowledge of equipment we did not know Members had and may also be useful for back up work if our own equipment is being used or is broken.

A survey form was created for this purpose which has been given to Members for completion. The following Members are requested to fill out this survey form and return it to Frank Carter by the end of the five day Meditation Course.

Should Members require help in filling out this survey please ask Frank Carter for assistance.

How to insert bookmarks into HTML documents

How to insert bookmarks (anchors) into HTML documents using Star Office
1. Place cursor before destination.
2. Go to "Insert" on the toolbar, and select "Bookmark", from the drop-down menu.
3. Type in an easy-to-remember name for your bookmark.
4. Click OK. (N.B. There will be no indication, such as highlighting, that your bookmark is in place).
5. Go to the text which you want to link to your bookmark and highlight.
6. Go to "Insert" on the toolbar, and select "Hyperlink", from the drop-down menu.
7. Type your easy-to- remember bookmark name in the Centre box entitled "Target in Document".
8. Click "Apply" at the bottom left-hand corner of the box.
9. Test your hyperlink.

*This documentation is also stored on the LAN at i:/ida/bookmark.rtf

Rich Text Format (rtf)

When creating new documents using Lotus Word Pro, please do not save them as the default Lotus files (lwp) format.

Please go to the drop down box in Lotus and manually chose to save as Rich Text Format.

This helps to save persons' time because they don't have to convert the Lotus files into Rich Text for documents that will go onto the websites.

Also, ISYS presently does not search Lotus files.

Please remember to check in which format you are saving a document before clicking the SAVE button.

Blessings on Founder's Day video cover

A paper copy of the Blessings on Founder's Day video cover has been filed in the CGR office and a digital copy of the Microsoft Word file saved at I:/common/videolab.doc

The Australian Gateways Library

The information on John D. Hughes Collection Library on the The Australian Gateways Library website at www.nla.gov.au/libraries will be updated by Pennie White and Evelin Halls.

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10. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY NEWS (OH&S)

Fire Prevention

Preserving the Quail's Protection Mantra

The Quail’s Protection blessing is a part of the Buddha Tipitaka.

The preserve this blessing the Quail's Protection scribed by Melva Fitzallen was scanned on 24 December 2001 by Pennie White. This is stored on PC5A C:\deskscan\quails and on CD-ROM in the I.T. Store.

This was best printed in black and white with the print properties set to graphics none.

Some printouts are filed in the Administration Office One, Filing Cabinet 5 Draw One under “QUAIL’S PROTECTION”.

During the Five Day Bhavana course Leanne Eames typed the Quail’s Protection Mantra in Pali with the English translation. This is stored on the LAN at I:\cgr\oh&s\quailt.rtf and and I:cgr\quailt.rtf

Vattakaparitta

The Quail’s Protection

Chanting Quail’s Protection

Members chanted the Quails Protection three times on the 30 December 2001 at approximately 8.30pm. John D. Hughes used the Protector Gong whilst members chanted the Paritta in both the Pali language and English.

Members who participated were: John D. Hughes, Anita Svensson, Julian Bamford, Peter Boswell, Isabella Hobbs and Frank Carter.

Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Fire Protection Manual 2002

Editor Pennie White B.A. Dip Ed.

Compiled by John D. Hughes, Julian Bamford and Pennie White on 24 December 2001

This manual is dedicated to the countless persons who protect other beings from fire in the past and present by prevention, hazard reduction and extinguishing; and to the countless persons who will continue this important practice in the future.

Hazard Reduction for Inflammable Materials

We keep our inflammable liquids in explosion proof drums.

We have masks to be worn in the case of fire to prevent breathing in toxic fumes generated by burning chemicals.

Five copies of the BDC(U) Ltd. Fire Prevention Manual are located in the Library in Wall Unit 7, on the fourth shelf from the top. These Manuals have been catalogued in the JDH Collection.

This file is on the LAN at I:\cgr\fireprev2.rtf

Fire Fighting Drill

All Members of the fire fighting team are requested to attend the Fire Drill that is being held on Saturday 5 January 2002 at 2.00 pm.

Fire Fighting Do List

The Fire Fighting Team will produce a Fire Hazard Reduction Do List every 2 weeks during the summer months.

This list is for all Members to act on during the hire fire risk period. All Members are responsible for the reduction of fire hazards. Your participation in completing tasks on the list is essential to ensure we reduce the risk of fire.

Reduction of Fire Hazards

The North West corner area behind Suite 10 has been cleared of flammable objects.

One wooden storage rack was deconstructed and two wooden crates were relocated to the wood storage area in North East corner of property.

The materials have been sorted into four groups. 1. metals to be kept on site, 2. timber placed on wood heap, 3. resources for off site (at Rodney Johnson’s and Julian Bamford's) and 4. rubbish.

Some of the metals have been stored for easy access in the sheet metal storage crate behind Suite 10. Other metals have been located along the South side of the driveway for future storage.

As part of the fire prevention activities Members also pruned and weeded the garden in this area.

New garden bed at rear of Suite 10

21 rose bushes and about 10 geraniums have been planted in the cleared area behind Suite 10.

An altar was set and offerings of water and flowers were made for the protectors of the new garden area.

The project commenced on Saturday 29 December 2001 at 10.00am and was completed on Sunday 30 December 2001 at 3.00pm. Members worked for 68 hours to complete this project. They were: John D. Hughes, Rilla Oellien, Frank Carter, Rodney Johnson, Julian Bamford, Anita Svensson, Julie O'Donnell, Pam Adkins and Peter Boswell.

Procedure for switching mains power on

Our mains power switchboard is located on the wall above the telephone in Suite 1.

The switchboard has overload switches fitted. If the load on our circuits becomes too high or if there is substantial power surge the mains power switch will turn off and the Centre will be without power.

To turn the power back on use the following procedure.

On the switchboard is one large blue switch on the left hand side and 11 smaller black switches in a row.

First turn all the black switches to the off position (down). Then push the blue switch to the on position (up).

Then push each black switch to the on position (up) one at a time. This means the power load is applied gradually to the mains switch.

Once all switches are in the on position the computer server will also have to be rebooted. The procedure for this is written in the computer log book kept next to PC4.

First Aid Kit Changes

Members please note that medicines are no longer kept in the First Aid Kit as per current occupational health and safety standards.

The first aid kit is for emergencies only and is a temporary measure before attending the hospital or medical practitioner.

No medication will be given out to any persons at the Centre unless they bring their own.

11. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & REPORTING (CGR)

Colour Code: Red
CGR Manager: Rilla Oellien
CGR Task Unit Members: Pam Adkins, Julian Bamford, Frank Carter, Leanne Eames, Evelin Halls, Lenore Hamilton, Isabella Hobbs, Lisa Nelson, Rilla Oellien, Lainie Smallwood.

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 N.S.W.; 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; liaise with neighbours to create goodwill and to liaise with local newspapers to advise of upcoming events.

Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme

We have a copy of the Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme CD-ROM filed in Suite 2A..

The documents contained in the folder "2001-09-27-VC13" on this CD ROM comprise a copy of the Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme incorporating amendments up to and including Amendment VC13, in operation from 27 September 2001.

The documents on this CD ROM require Adobe Acrobat Reader (supplied), MS Word 97 and software which will read JPEG files. The maps are large and will require 20Mb of free memory to view.

Growing Victoria Together

We have 2 copies of the Growing Victoria Together published by the Victorian Government November 2002.

One copy is in the library and one copy has been put in the CGR incoming correspondence.

We have sent away to be on the Information Victoria mailing list.

Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC)

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) information printed from their website is in the CGR incoming correspondence tray for filing. This includes information on e-registering, contact information, guide to fill out your 370 form, 304 form, 370 form.

We have sent a form 304, Corporations Act 2001, 205B & 601CV(1) Notification of change to officeholders, to advise of Change of name or address of officeholder.

Minutes of the General Meeting of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

MEMBERS PRESENT: John D. Hughes, Anita Svensson, Pam Adkins, Julian Bamford, Peter Boswell, Frank Carter, Evelin Halls, Lenore Hamilton, Isabella Hobbs, Vanessa Macleod, Lisa Nelson, Rilla Oellien

OBSERVER: Robbie Wesley

MINUTES SECRETARY: Rilla Oellien

MEETING OPENED: 8.29pm

CHAIRPERSON: Julian Bamford

APOLOGIES: Kate Ryan and Pennie White

1. MOTION: That the Minutes of the General Meeting held on 14 December 2001 as read be confirmed.

MOVED: Pam Adkins SECONDED: Lisa Nelson CARRIED

2. MOTION: That the letter of resignation by Anita Svensson from the position of Director of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. as tabled be accepted.

MOVED: Anita Svensson SECONDED: Evelin Halls CARRIED

3. MOTION: That the letter of resignation by Anita Svensson from the position of Company Secretary of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. as tabled be accepted.

MOVED: Anita Svensson SECONDED: Pam Adkins CARRIED

4. MOTION: That the letter of resignation by Anita Svensson from the position of Vice-President Corporate Governance and Reporting of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. as tabled be accepted.

MOVED: Anita Svensson SECONDED: Peter Boswell CARRIED

5. MOTION: That Rilla Oellien be elected as a Director of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

MOVED: Anita Svensson SECONDED: Vanessa Macleod CARRIED

6. MOTION: That Rilla Oellien be elected as Company Secretary of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

MOVED: Anita Svensson SECONDED: Evelin Halls CARRIED

7. MOTION: That Rilla Oellien be elected as Vice-President Corporate Governance and Reporting.

MOVED: Anita Svensson SECONDED: Pam Adkins CARRIED

8. MOTION: That the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. President, Mr Julian Bamford, shall hold the position of Chairman for all General Meetings, Special Meetings and Annual General Meetings, unless another person has been appointed in his place.

MOVED: Peter Boswell SECONDED: Pam Adkins CARRIED

9. MOTION: That the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Financial Projections for Income, Expenditure and Surplus for 2002 to 2006 inclusive as tabled be accepted.

MOVED: Peter Boswell SECONDED: Evelin Halls CARRIED

10. MOTION: That the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. will run a gift and flower stall fundraising project Easter Sunday 2002.

MOVED: Peter Boswell SECONDED: Pam Adkins CARRIED

11. MOTION: That the next General Meeting be held on 25 January 2002 at 8.30pm at the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd., 33 Brooking Street,Upwey, Victoria, 3158.

MOVED: Pam Adkins SECONDED: Frank Carter CARRIED

MEETING CLOSED: 9.17pm

Roster

There are 18 items listed in the roster. These are:

1. Meals and Maintaining stocks of victuals managed by Rilla Oellien, Pennie White and Pam Adkins
2. John D. Hughes & Anita Svensson’s attendants managed by Julian Bamford
3. Offerings on Altars managed by various persons.
4. Cleaning managed by Isabella Hobbs
5. President’s roster managed by John D. Hughes and Julian Bamford
6. Administration duties managed by Rilla Oellien
7. Chanting managed by Evelin Halls and Lenore Hamilton
8. Library cataloguing managed by Vanessa Macleod
9. Fire prevention managed by a team headed by Frank Carter
10. Finances managed by Pam Adkins, Julian Bamford, Peter Boswell
11. Production of The Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast managed by Pennie White
12. Audio visual recording of Teachings & key events managed by Julian Bamford, Pennie White and Vanessa Macleod
13. Garden development & maintenance managed by John D. Hughes and Julian Bamford
14. Buildings development & maintenance managed by Frank Carter
15. Websites development & maintenance managed by Evelin Halls, Julian Bamford, Pennie White, Leanne Eames, Lisa Nelson, Rilla Oellien and Vanessa Macleod
16. Occupational health & safety program managed by Anita Svensson, Frank Carter
17. Digital Photographs managed by Julian Bamford, Pennie White and Brendan Hall
18. Publications managed by John D. Hughes

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12. INTERNATIONAL DHAMMA ACTIVITIES (IDA)

Colour Code: Yellow
IDA Manager: John D. Hughes
IDA Vice-President: John D. Hughes,
IDA Joint Vice President: Julian Bamford
IDA Task Unit Members: Pam Adkins, Leanne Eames, Evelin Halls, Jocelyn Hughes, Vanessa Macleod, Rilla Oellien and Anita Svensson.

IDA Task Unit Responsibilities: To maintain WFB liaison; to arrange Dhamma and Prajna Paramita 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 websites; 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” Hillside radio scripts; to organise and teach Ch’an classes.

Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast

The weekly “Buddhist Hour” radio broadcasts can be heard at 11.00am to 12midday each Sunday on Hillside Radio 87.6FM and 88.0FM in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

To view previous Buddhist Hour radio scripts please visit our website at www.bdcublessings.net.au/archive.html.

Recent Buddhist Hour Radio Scripts include:

Buddhist Hour Guest Speaker Program

Dr. Hetterachi has accepted our invitation to be a guest speaker on the Buddhist Hour Program 21 January 2002.

John D. Hughes Collection

On 27 December 2001, the number of entries in the John D. Hughes Collection reached 4002. Five copies of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Fire Prevention Manual were added to the Collection thus pushing the number of entries over the 4000 mark.

Handcrafted Wooden Step Ladder

A beautiful handcrafted wooden step ladder has been donated to the John D. Hughes Collection Library by Trent White on the 24 December 2001.

Trent White, handcrafted this beautiful polished wood three step ladder at Box Hill Tafe as part of Certificate 1 Building and Construction. Trent will complete his Certificate 3 in Building and Construction in 2004.

Trent White has completed first year of his carpentry apprenticeship. Trent will complete his apprenticeship with Jardein and Baker.

Ch’an Academy - New Times for 2002

Ch’an and Sumi-e classes will recommence in 2002.

Because weekends are so busy and Jan Bennet is unwell, class times will be altered to the first and third Tuesday of each month.

Please contact Julian Bamford on 0400-267-330 for further information or to make a booking for all Ch’an Academy classes.

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13. LOCAL AREA PLANNING & ASSET MANAGEMENT (LAPAM)

Colour Code: Green
LAPAM Manager: Frank Carter
LAPAM Task Unit Members: Julian Bamford, Jan Bennett, Frank Carter, Brendan Hall, Lenore Hamilton, Isabella Hobbs, David Igracki, Rodney Johnson, Leila Lamers, Lisa Nelson and Rilla Oellien.

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

Buddha Rupa Surround and Bodhi Tree-Rounded Facings fitted

New rounded facings were fitted on the front of the Buddha Rupa Surround and Bodhi Tree Surround on 28 December 2001 by Julian Bamford, Frank Carter and Rodney Johnson.

John D. Hughes requested the rounded facing be fitted to the surrounds to improve the flow of chi. The new facings also enhanced the beautiful appearance of the front of these two structures.

Water Tanks - Auxiliary Water Supply

The capacity of the six water storage tanks at the Centre are as follows:
Tank 1 4000 Gallons - currently at 80% of capacity
Tank 2 2000 Gallons - currently at 60% of capacity
Tank 2A 1500 Gallons - currently at 100% of capacity
Tank 3 1500 Gallons - currently at 15% of capacity
Tank 4 1500 Gallons - currently at 60% of capacity
Tank 5 500 Gallons - currently at 100% of capacity
Total Water Tank Storage Capacity 11,000 Gallons.

Gong used for summoning the Heavenly Protectors that help fight fires

Frank Carter, Peter Boswell and Julian Bamford prepared a suitable steel frame to support for our Centre's Gong. The frame has been cleaned, sanded and painted with Fire Truck Red acrylic paint.

This gong has a deep note lower than that of the Dragon Gong.

It is placed on the Padmasambhava Altar.

Enhancing off site storage

Rodney Johnson has dismantled a store shed donated by Pam Adkins and reassembled it at his house. Rodney Johnson will provide us with a list of items stored at his house.

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14. MEMBERS’ NEWS

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15. SHARING OF MERIT

We regularly share merit with the local deities. They help us on all our projects.

Diffusion of Metta or Loving Kindness:

Sabbe Satta;
(May all sentient beings),

Avera Hontu;
(Be free from enmity),

Abyapajjha hontu;
(Be free from ill will),

Anigha hontu;
(Be free from suffering),

Sukhi attanam pariharantu;
(Live a happy life).

MAY ALL BEINGS BE WELL AND HAPPY

Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu

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16. FUNDS APPEAL

Gifts are not tax deductible.

WE WISH OUR READERS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

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17. PHOTOGRAPHS

Please enjoy these beautiful photographs taken in the Ch'an Garden at our Centre
25 December 2001 to 30 December 2001

Our Heavenly Ch'an Garden viewed from the east; On the left, the Bodhi Tree,
in the centre the Buddha Rupa,
and far right Master John D. Hughes and Anita Svensson enjoying the mild Summer day on 30 December 2001.

The Buddha Rupa image is now housed in a glass surround

The newly completed Buddha Rupa House in the Heavenly Garden

Our garden pictured from the top of the Bodhi Tree surround in the east; The Buddha Rupa in the centre

Photograph taken of the newly completed Buddha Rupa House, Padmasambhava altar and the entrance to the Western Pureland from the top of the Bodhi Tree surround

Photograph taken of the newly completed Buddha Rupa House from the top of the Bodhi Tree surround

Photograph taken of the completed Buddha Rupa House on the Golden Pavilion from the top of the Bodhi Tree surround

Prajna Paramita image with four faces, four arms and jewels under the Bodhi Tree in the east of our garden.

Our Centre has several Bodhi Trees

Reclining Buddha image in our Garden and Master John D. Hughes and Anita Svensson sitting in the Garden

The Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Resident Teacher, Master John D. Hughes and his wife Anita Svensson

The Quan Yin image surrounded by Ginger Plants and above a pond. Lotus flowers occasionally blossom in the pond. This image holds the Prajna Paramita text in one hand.

Master John D. Hughes and Anita Svensson

Master John D. Hughes and Anita Svensson

Members reduced Fire Hazard from the Northern fence line over the Five Day December Bhavana Course 2001

One of the large Protectors we have in the Garden

Members reduced Fire Hazard along the Western Fence on the Five Day December Bhavana Course 2001

Reduced Fire Hazard in the Western corner of the Centre during the Five Day December Bhavana Course 2001

After the Fire Hazard was reduced an altar was set up and flowers were planted in the Western corner of the Centre

A picture of the Garden after Members reduced the Fire Hazard over the Five Day December Bhavana Course 2001

Members reduced the Fire Hazard throughout the Five Day December Bhavana Course 2001. This is a picture taken of the Western Fence line after Members weeded the area.

A picture of a the Sariputta Room and a large Protector in the Eastern Garden

A photograph of our Centre's Southern entrance

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