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The Brooking Street Bugle
Issue No. 79 (New Series)
ISSN 1321 - 1463
Publication Date: 12 July 2002
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
An Associated Institution of The World Buddhist University
Lifetimes of Learning
and the cultivation of Friendliness, Practicality, Professionalism,
Cultural Adaptability and Scholarship.
Web sites
www.bdcu.org.au
www.bddronline.net.au
www.bdcublessings.net.au
www.bsbonline.com.au
www.companyontheweb.com/buddhatext
www.skybusiness.com/j.d.hughes
www.companyontheweb.com/buddhamap
www.buyresolved.com.au
Editor: John D. Hughes Dip.App.Chem., T.T.T.C., GDAIE
Assistant Editor: Pennie White, B.A., Dip.Ed.
Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Disclaimer
As we, 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 an other source accessed through our web site(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 Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
May You Be Well and Happy.
The Purposes of this Publication
The purposes of this publication are to:
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.
Inform Members and others of coming events.
Report on monitoring of current activities and policies.
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 web site 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. 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. Funds Appeal
16. Photographs
17.
Sharing 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. The Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
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1. Glossary
Kamfatt: gold and prosperity
B.Sc (Eng): Bachelor of Science (Engineering)
MCP: Microsoft Certified Professional
CNA: Certified Novell Administrator
MCSE: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
MCDBA: Microsoft Certified Database Administrator
Savoir faire: skill; dexterity
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2. Sangha News
Australasian Buddhist Convention
The inaugural Australasian Buddhist Convention was held on 22 and 23 June 2002 at Camberwell Civic Centre, Melbourne, Victoria. Australia.
This gathering of eminent and respected Teachers from different Buddhist traditions, and who reside both within Australia and as far abroad as the U.S. and Sri Lanka, was the first such event to be conducted on Australian soil.
Guest speakers spoke on the conference theme of “Buddhism: the Pathway to a Peaceful Mind” at the Convention.
This exceptional international event was an achievement for both the Buddhist community in Australia and the broader Australian community. We thank and congratulate the organisers of this event.
The Convention hosted some international members of the Sangha. Honourable members of Australian federal, state and local governments spoke at the Convention opening.
His Excellency the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Dr. Peter Hollingworth addressed the assembly, officially declared the convention open, and he participated in the lighting of traditional Lamp Ceremony with other Honourable guests.
Venerable Monks delivered messages from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi Mahathero’s address, in their absence.
A pioneer of Buddha Dhamma in Australia, John D. Hughes accompanied by his wife Anita Hughes, attended both days of the Australasian Buddhist Convention as honoured guests.
Before the opening ceremony, John D. Hughes was presented to His Excellency Governor-General of Australia and greeted the Honourable Phillip Ruddock, Federal Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.
Members of our Centre played key roles on the Steering Committee the Convention.
Dr. Ranjith Hettiarachi, a guest on our Buddhist Hour radio program earlier this year, was Convenor of the Australasian Buddhist Convention.
Dr. Guruge, Keynote Speaker and Chairman of the Convention, focussed on how we can apply Buddhist principles to the worldly aspects of our lives as lay practitioners.
The second day of the Australasian Buddhist Convention commenced with an “Introduction to Buddhist Meditation” given by Venerable Pannyavaro.
He described the meditation he taught as a form of Zen. This involves just watching the mind without relaying or commenting on what is found to be arising and falling.
Venerable Brahmavamso spoke on “Traditional Teachings in Non-Traditional Times”.
Venerable Brahmavamso explained how peace of mind is developed through freedom from desires, not freedom of desires.
Discussion Panels were held on both days of the Convention.
For a more detailed report and photographs, refer to our web site at www.bddronline.net.au Vol. 12 No. 2.
Practicing Dana (Generosity)
Everyday, the practice of dana is cultivated at our Centre by offering breakfast, lunch and beverages to Padmasambhava and the Heavenly Sangha Monks.
Examples of our practice of dana (generosity) have been recorded on our LAN2 email system:
On Saturday 15 June 2002, food and Chinese tea was offered to Venerable Narada and his visitors: 157 cups, Venerable Pannaseeha and his visitors: 115 cups.
On Sunday 16 June, Members offered Breakfast to Padmasambhava: tea, two slices of raisin toast, peaches, six cups of tea for retinue and Venerable Narada and Venerable Pannaseeha: coffee, weetbix, peaches, 35 and 20 cups of teas respectively for their retinues.
On Monday 17 June 2002 36 cups of Chinese teas were offered to Venerable Narada and 28 were offered to Venerable Pannaseeha for themselves and their visitors.
The food offered at breakfast was:
For Padmasambhava:
3 Weetbix with warm milk
Croissant with SPC 100% fruit strawberry jam
Hot coffee with milk and sugar
Glass of water (boiled from kettle) with lemon juice.
Venerable Narada and Venerable Pannaseeha:
3 Weetbix with warm milk
Orange sliced into sections with skin removed
English tea with milk and sugar
Glass of water (boiled from kettle).
The food offered at lunch was:
Steamed rice
Spicy beef mince
Dried chilies
Stir fry with bock choi, celery and green beans.
John D. Hughes, Anita Hughes, Pam Adkins, Julian Bamford, Lisa Nelson and Pennie White offered this food.
After lunch, hot infused Chinese teas were then offered to Padmasambhava and the Monks of the Heavenly Sangha and their guests that day.
359 cups of tea were offered to the Venerable Heavenly Monks and their guests.
On 20 June 2002, after food offerings, 8 infused Chinese teas at drinking temperature were offered to Padmasambhava and his guests.
56 cups of tea were offered to Venerable Narada and his guests,
and 26 cups of tea were offered to Venerable Pannaseeha and his guests.
On 2 July 2002, after lunch, one cup of tea was offered to Padmasambhava,
42 cups of Chinese teas were offered to Venerable Narada
and 28 cups of tea were offered to Venerable Pannaseeha.
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3. Coming Events
July 2002
10 July 2002 Buddha Chanting New Moon 6.00am-6.30am
14 July 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
16 July 2002 Abhidhamma Class 4, 7.30pm-8.30pm
17 July 2002 Buddha Chanting First Quarter 6.00am-6.30am
21 July 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
23 July 2002 Abhidhamma Class 5, 7.30pm-8.30pm
24 July 2002 Buddha Chanting Full Moon 6.00am-6.30am
26 July 2002 General Meeting, 8:00pm
27 July 2002 Sumi-e Class taught by Master Andre Sollier 10.00am-3.00pm
28 July 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
28 July 2002 Chan Class taught by Julian Bamford and Jan Bennett under the guidance of Master John D. Hughes 1.00pm-4.00pm
30 July 2002 Abhidhamma Class 6, 7.30pm-8.30pm
August 2002
01 August 2002 Buddha Chanting Last Quarter 6.00am-6.30am
04 August 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
06 August 2002 Abhidhamma Class 7, 7.30pm-8.30pm
09 August 2002 Buddha Chanting New Moon 6.00am-6.30am
11 August 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
12 August 2002 Directors Meeting, 1:00pm.
12 August 2002 Annual General Meeting, 2:00pm.
13 August 2002 Abhidhamma Class 8, 7.30pm-8.30pm
15 August 2002 Buddha Chanting First Quarter 6.00am-6.30am
20 August 2002 Abhidhamma Class 9, 7.30pm-8.30pm
23 August 2002 Buddha Chanting Full Moon 6.00am-6.30am
24 August 2002 Sumi-e Class taught by Master Andre Sollier 10.00am-3.00pm
25 August 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
25 August 2002 Chan Class taught by Julian Bamford and Jan Bennett under the guidance of Master John D. Hughes 1.00pm-4.00pm
27 August 2002 Abhidhamma Class 10, 7.30pm-8.30pm
31 August 2002 Buddha Chanting Last Quarter 6.00am-6.30am
September 2002
01 September 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
03 September 2002 Abhidhamma Class 11, 7.30pm-8.30pm
07 September 2002 Buddha Chanting New Moon 6.00am-6.30am
06 September 2002 Five Day Bhavana Course 1st day All Day
07 September 2002 Five Day Bhavana Course 2nd day All Day
08 September 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
09 September 2002 Founder’s Day All Day
09 September 2002 Five Day Bhavana Course 3rd day All Day
10 September 2002 Five Day Bhavana Course 4th day All Day
10 September 2002 Abhidhamma Class 12, 7.30pm-8.30pm
11 September 2002 Five Day Bhavana Course 5th day All Day
14 September 2002 Buddha Chanting First Quarter 6.00am-6.30am
15 September 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
17 September 2002 Abhidhamma Class 13, 7.30pm-8.30pm
21 September 2002 Buddha Chanting Full Moon 6.00am-6.30am
22 September 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
24 September 2002 Abhidhamma Class 14, 7.30pm-8.30pm
29 September 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
29 September 2002 Chan Class taught by Julian Bamford and Jan Bennett under the guidance of Master John D. Hughes 1.00pm-4.00pm
30 September 2002 Buddha Chanting Last Quarter 6.00am-6.30am
October 2002
01 October 2002 Abhidhamma Class 15, 7.30pm-8.30pm
06 October 2002 Buddha Chanting New Moon 6.00am-6.30am
06 October 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
08 October 2002 Abhidhamma Class 16, 7.30pm-8.30pm
12 October 2002 Sumi-e Class taught by Master Andre Sollier
13 October 2002 Buddha Chanting First Quarter 6.00am-6.30am
13 October 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
15 October 2002 Abhidhamma Class 17, 7.30pm-8.30pm
21 October 2002 Buddha Chanting Full Moon 6.00am-6.30am
22 October 2002 Abhidhamma Class 18, 7.30pm-8.30pm
27 October 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
27 October 2002 Chan Class taught by Julian Bamford and Jan Bennett under the guidance of Master John D. Hughes 1.00pm-4.00pm
29 October 2002 Buddha Chanting Last Quarter 6.00am-6.30am
29 October 2002 Abhidhamma Class 19, 7.30pm-8.30pm
November 2002
03 November 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
05 November 2002 Buddha Chanting New Moon 6.00am-6.30am
05 November 2002 Abhidhamma Class 20, 7.30pm-8.30pm
09 November 2002 Sumi-e Class taught by Master Andre Sollier 10.00am-3.00pm
10 November 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
12 November 2002 Buddha Chanting First Quarter 6.00am-6.30am
12 November 2002 Abhidhamma Class 21, 7.30pm-8.30pm
17 November 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
19 November 2002 Abhidhamma Class 22, 7.30pm-8.30pm
20 November 2002 Buddha Chanting Full Moon 6.00am-6.30am
24 November 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
24 November 2002 Chan Class taught by Julian Bamford and Jan Bennett under the guidance of Master John D. Hughes 1.00pm-4.00pm
26 November 2002 Abhidhamma Class 23, 7.30pm-8.30pm
28 November 2002 Buddha Chanting Last Quarter 6.00am-6.30am
December 2002
01 December 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
03 December 2002 Abhidhamma Class 24, 7.30pm-8.30pm
04 December 2002 Buddha Chanting New Moon 6.00am-6.30am
07 December 2002 Members depart for World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference in Malaysia
08 December 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
09 December 2002 World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference
10 December 2002 Abhidhamma Class 25, 7.30pm-8.30pm
10 December 2002 World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference
11 December 2002 World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference
12 December 2002 World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference
12 December 2002 Buddha Chanting First Quarter 6.00am-6.30am
13 December 2002 World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference
14 December 2002 Members depart from Malaysia
14 December 2002 Sumi-e Class taught by Master Andre Sollier 10.00am-3.00pm
15 December 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
17 December 2002 Abhidhamma Class 26, 7.30pm-8.30pm
20 December 2002 Buddha Chanting Full Moon 6.00am-6.30am
22 December 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
24 December 2002 Abhidhamma Class 27, 7.30pm-8.30pm
27 December 2002 Buddha Chanting Last Quarter 6.00am-6.30am
27 December 2002 Five Day Bhavana Course 1st day All Day
28 December 2002 Five Day Bhavana Course 2nd day All Day
29 December 2002 Five Day Bhavana Course 3rd day All Day
29 December 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
29 December 2002 Chan Class taught by Julian Bamford and Jan Bennett under the guidance of Master John D. Hughes 1.00pm-4.00pm
30 December 2002 Five Day Bhavana Course 4th day All Day
31 December 2002 Abhidhamma Class 28, 7.30pm-8.30pm
31 December 2002 Five Day Bhavana Course 5th day All Day
January 2003
01 January 2003 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 12.00am-1.00am
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4. Company Structure
The Company operates under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s Company Code in accordance with our Articles of Association and Memorandum of Association.
The following persons have been proposed for the election of Office Bearers for the next year are our Annual General meeting.
Nomination forms may be viewed at our Centre.
Members are requested to attend our Annual General Meeting that will be held at 33 Brooking Street, Upwey Victoria on 10 August 2002 at 2pm.
Resident Practitioners
John D. Hughes Dip.App.Chem. T.T.T.C. GDAIE
Anita Hughes R.N.Div.1
Directors of the Centre
Julian Bamford B.A.App.Rec.
Evelin Halls Dip.Foreign Language Correspondence
Peter Boswell CPA
Office Bearers
President Julian Bamford B.A.App.Rec.
Treasurer Pam Adkins B.Bus. Ass.Dip.Bus
Secretary Pennie White B.A. Dip.Ed.
Vice Presidents
International Dhamma Activities
Pennie White B.A. Dip.Ed.
Corporate Governance & Reporting
Evelin Halls Dip.Foreign Language Correspondence
Local Area Planning & Asset Management
Frank Carter B.Ec.
The Directors, Office Bearers and Vice Presidents are responsible to a General Committee comprising all financial Members of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
Chief Information Officer
Leanne Eames B.A. M.A.
Financial Controller
Peter Boswell CPA
Manager Occupational Health & Safety
Anita Hughes R.N.Div1
Frank Carter B.Ec.
Manager Enterprise Technology
Evelin Halls Dip.Foreign Language Correspondence
IT Technical Support
Kamfatt Lin B.Sc (Eng), MCP, CNA, MCSE, MCDBA
IT Development Engineer
John Watson Senior CTS Engineer
Editor Buddha Dhyana Dana Review
John D. Hughes Dip.App.Chem. T.T.T.C. GDAIE
Assistant Editor Buddha Dhyana Dana Review
Pennie White B.A. Dip.Ed.
Executive Producer Buddhist Hour Broadcast
John D. Hughes Dip.App.Chem. T.T.T.C. GDAIE
Editor Brooking Street Bugle
John D. Hughes Dip.App.Chem., T.T.T.C. GDAIE
Assistant Editor Brooking Street Bugle
Pennie White B.A. Dip.Ed.
Editors Longhair Australia News
John D. Hughes Dip.App.Chem. T.T.T.C. GDAIE
Julian Bamford B.A.App.Rec.
Leanne Eames B.A. M.A.
Evelin Halls Dip.Foreign Language Correspondence
Pennie White B.A. Dip.Ed.
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5. Keynote Opportunities
Edutech 11 to 13 August 2002
Anita and John D. Hughes will attend the Edutech Show at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre
on Monday 12 August 2002.
John and Anita will be accompanied by their attendants: Julian Bamford, President; Evelin Halls, Vice President CGR; and Pennie White, Company Secretary.
Edutech is Australia's biggest education and training event, where leading suppliers of learning technology are present at one time.
The Edutech mission is to demonstrate how learning technologies can enhance teaching and learning outcomes in educational curriculums.
Edutech delivers a Professional Development program.
The Victorian Government supports Edutech. Information about Edutech can be found at www.edutech.com or telephone DMG Media (Australia) Pty. Ltd. on 8420 5400.
The registration form for free entry for John D. Hughes, Anita Hughes, Julian Bamford, Evelin Halls and Pennie White has been faxed to DMG Media (Australia) Pty Ltd. at 9421 1388.
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6. Appeals and Special Projects
Meeting of Buddhist Leaders
Three International Buddhist Leaders met on Thursday, 20 June 2002 at the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
Dr Ananda W.P. Guruge and Ms Piyaporn Erbprasartsook met with our Teacher, John D. Hughes to discuss educational links with Thailand.
Dr. Ananda W.P Guruge is a renowned Buddhist Scholar, author of 44 books, past Diplomat, Dean of the Faculty of Buddhist studies at Hsi Lai University, USA and Vice President of the World Fellowship of Buddhists and its former UNESCO Ambassador.
Ms Piyaporn Erbprasartsook from Bangkok, Thailand, is a World Fellowship of Buddhists Head Office Advisor.
The three leaders discussed how Australia and Thailand can develop more joint projects for education for World Peace through exchange of our scholars with the World Fellowship of Buddhists and the World Buddhist University.
Our Buddhist Centre has been working for more closure with their Thai counterparts to help them edit their English publications.
This meeting was reported by two of the local press.
New Life Member
Dr Ananda W.P. Guruge visited our Centre while in Melbourne to talk at International Buddhists Convention.
We presented Dr Ananda W.P. Guruge with a Life Membership in appreciation of the decades of help he has provided our Centre to adjust with international affairs.
He praised our Teacher John D. Hughes on the hard work he has put into our Centre to make it an International organisation.
Dr Guruge’s Speech
Dr Ananda W.P. Guruge's final speech at the Australasian Buddhist Convention was tape recorded.
He has requested a transcript of his speech so that he can edit it for our publication.
During the Australasian Buddhist Convention, Dr. Guruge introduced Pennie White to his nephew Darin Mallawarachchi. Darin requested a copy of Dr. Guruge's Keynote speech we recorded. Pennie White has agreed to make this recording as a CD.
This information has been entered into Personal Contacts List and the Telephone conversation recorded in Incoming Correspondence in the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Database on PC1A.
Pennie White will have this transcript ready to email to Dr Guruge by 13 July 2002. We are grateful for this opportunity to propagate good information by an eminent Buddha Dhamma practitioner.
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7. Current Research and Development Interests
Report on Savoire Faire: Lan 2 file reference I:\medrpt02
The document "Savoir faire developed for increasing the depth of knowledge fields and friendliness on our web sites for the period 2001 to 2002, by John D. Hughes, Anita Hughes, Julian Bamford, Evelin Halls, Amber Svensson and Pennie White”, from PC10 C:\medrpt02 has been saved to LAN2 I:\medrpt02 and has been updated since the file has been copied.
The full text may be read on our web site at www.bddronline.net.au.
Report on Examination of Training Issues at our Centre for the next 9 years : Lan 2 file reference I :\teach02.rtf.
This paper can be read in full on our web site at bddronline.net.au
Report on Winter Five Day Bhavana Course 14 to 18 June 2002, One of the Ten Perfections: “Lending a Helping Hand” Taught by Evelin Halls, Dip. Foreign Language Correspondence and Pennie White, B.A. Dip.Ed. Lan2 file reference I:\5dyrpt.rtf (Work in Progress)
“Lending a helping hand” is one of the Ten Perfections. To help Members access the right minds for considering such subject matter, the Winter Five Day Bhavana Course 2002 provides Members and others with the opportunity to learn what others see as ‘lending a helping hand’.
We requested the Devas and Devatas to help with the running of the Winter Five Day Bhavana Course 2002 in harmony.
Members were requested to bow to Buddha 201 times over the course and take refuge in Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha. That is 67 times 3 bows. The bows had to be finished before the afternoon. By paying respect to Buddha, Members established strong refuge in the Triple Gem.
Flower offerings were practised every day to increase our generosity.
Members were informed that it is important that each individual document what they have done each day of the course and what they have learnt. Members who have LAN2 email were to use this and other Members were to type in a document on LAN1 with file reference or use pen and paper.
Members had the opportunity to help with food and drink preparation. They were instructed to refer to the Winter Five Day Bhavana Course 2002 Folder on the Blue Table in the Reading Room to include themselves in this roster.
Members studied the “Lending a Helping Hand” Winter Five Day Course Paper. LAN 2 File reference I:\hand.rtf
Members analysed four questions to find out for himself or herself the answers to:
1. What is the essence of the value proposition that we offer to our end-customers?
2. What are the most effective, value-adding contributions that we can make and that also reinforce our leadership position?
3. How do we design our b-web as a customer-fulfillment network, in which all participants have the knowledge and the motivation to focus on end-customers?
4. How do we work with suppliers to develop win-win partnerships and improve efficiency and quality?
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8. John D. Hughes News
Offering of Food for Master John D. Hughes and Anita
Need for care in food selection
Due to John D. Hughes developing mature onset diabetes, John D. Hughes is not to be offered chocolate-coated icecream, several slices of bread or potatoes. This food is too high in sugar.
When serving food to Anita and John, make sure plates are clean
and it is served with the WBU inscribed cutlery. Other cutlery
will not be accepted. The exception is knives that are not part of the set.
The cutlery items are:
teaspoon x 2
small fork x 2
desert spoon x 2
fork x 2
The WBU (World Buddhist University) cutlery, a gift to John and Anita, is highly
blessed and must be kept polished. It is stored in the original cardboard packaging
box in which it was received.
The cardboard box containing the cutlery is kept in the bottom drawer of
the kitchen cupboard opposite the wardrobe.
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9. Information Technology News
We continue to develop our skills in this area.
We are educating most Members on the use of our systems.
New Altar for Chief God of Information Technology
We have set up a new altar for the Chief God of Information Technology on the Southern Wall in Suite 2.
Do not make any offerings of water or flowers in water on this shelf at all. This includes water in bottles. This is because our fax machine and power cords are below the shelf.
Training a new Webmaster
We welcome our IT technical Support person Kamfatt Lin B.Sc (Eng.), MCP, CNA, MCSE, MCDBA, who has agreed to learn how to look after our web sites. He is being trained by Vice President CGR Evelin Halls.
Internal Email Use
Our internal email messages provide Members with practical information on our current events and projects and become a valuable written information resource.
The emails also keep the Devas and Devatas and our many benefactors informed of what we are doing and planning, so they can help and advise us.
One example of how our emails are used is in the writing of the Brooking Street Bugle, which is constructed largely by using our Members’ email messages. The Brooking Street Bugle is printed on site for Members and published online at www.bsbonline.com.au for our global audience.
From time to time emails are sent without a subject title, making it difficult for quick searching by title.
It is important that each message have a subject title to save Members time when searching for information for content for the Brooking Street Bugle or other purposes.
Before writing an email message insert:
1. To (JDH: John D. Hughes)
2. Subject title
3. CC (all)
Before sending an email message:
1. Re-read to check the message is written using English as a second language
2. Check the information is current, accurate and that names and titles are spelt correctly and in full
3. Avoid the use of tabs or indents, to avoid extra work when emails are being 'cut and pasted' into the Brooking Street Bugle and web site html documents.
4. Spell check by pressing 'Ctrl-Alt-F12'
5. Re-check that the Subject heading is clear and concise.
What not to do when you have sent an email
When you have composed an email and clicked the send button chose one of the options at the top of the screen: List, Compose or Logout.
Do not click the back button of the Internet Explorer. If you click the back button then the sending page will reload and your message will be sent again.
Saving Digital Images
Saving digital photographs to avoid overwriting same number DCP files, the Kodak DC240 Camera DCP (digital camera photo) numbering system is the same for each camera.
Digital Camera No.1 has reached photo DCP_2967
Digital camera No.2 has reached photo DCP_3058
To avoid downloading a photo from one camera and overwriting a photo with the same DCP number from the second DC240 camera, photos should be downloaded to the appropriate camera folder.
They are:
C:\masterbitmap\digicam1 (for Digital camera No.1)
C:\masterbitmap\digicam2 (for Digital camera No.2 (yellow & red band)
Storage of LAN Cable Crimping Tools
The LAN Cable Crimping Tools and Components are stored in a black vinyl carry case.
The case is labeled: Telecommunications (LAN) cable crimping kit. It can be found in Suite 2A, it contains:
Telecommunications Cabling Handbook
Modular connectors (8 pin)
Crimping tool for 4 pin and 8 pin cables
UTP cables with 8 pin connectors (est. 2 meters) x 2
UTP cable with 8 pin connectors (est. 7 meters) x 2
T Mod Type 3-U5 with 8 pin modular connector
HP JetDirect EX - J2382 unit
100 Emails sent on LAN 2, is a measure of our recent improvement in internal communications
The number of internal emails sent can measure our internal communication between Members to some extent.
LAN 2 email system was operational on 24 April 2002. Now at 17 June 2002 100 emails have been sent.
We are sending and average of over two emails per day.
www.buyresolved.com.au
The Private Museum at Upwey is on this site.
The domain name buyresolved.com.au was registered on 16 February 2001 for two years to 16 Feb 2003.
John D. Hughes and Associates Pty Ltd. own it. A.C.N 005 701 806 ABN 42 661 496 488.
The domain name buyresolved.com.au was re-registered on 16 June 2002 (expiry of first registration) for two years to 16 June 2004.
The name is registered with the Melbourne IT.
The domain name bsbonline.com.au was registered on 14 September 2001 for two years to 14 September 2003. The domain name is registered with the Web Access domain registry.
The domain name is registered with the Internet Names World Wide - a division of Melbourne IT.
www.bddronline.net.au
The domain name bddronline.net.au was registered on 12 June 2001 for two years to 12 June 2003
The name was registered with net.au Registry, and transfer of registry was submitted to Melbourne IT on 1 July 2002
Sitemeter reports to PC1A
All other Sitemeter reports to go PC4A.
The Buyresolved Sitemeter statistics were reset to be emailed to PC4A instead to PC11 because it is more practical to have them all in the same location.
Increasing use of Photographs on our Eight Web sites
We presently have over 1000 photographs on our 8 web sites, with each online edition of the Brooking Street Bugle including around 50 photographs.
This edition of the Brooking Street Bugle No. 79 (New Series) has 206 photographs over 23 pages.
We are taking an increasing number of photographs each week, which need to be saved to CD's as Bitmap masters. Suitable images are then selected and manipulated for loading to our web sites as JPEG files.
We prepare two separate sets of CD backups. One set as JPEG files the other as Bitmaps.
More and more, we can print selected photographs in high definition Bitmap format on A4 photo quality paper.
The key software and hardware resources used for this are the:
Kodak DC240 Digital Camera (we have two of these)
Kodak Picture Easy Software
Irfan View graphics manipulation software
Hewlett Packard Deskjet 840C Colour printer
Iomega Zip Drive
Easy CD Burner and software
HP Scanjet scanner
We currently use our Hewlett Packard Deskjet 840C colour printer (printer B), connected to PC4 to do our colour printing. It is also accessible to PC14 as shared printer. The software is also installed. The software is also loaded on PC5A.
We plan to have two PC's operating for downloading, saving, manipulation and printing of digital photographs. Both will have HP 840C Colour Jet printers, Iomega Zip Drive, Kodak Easy Camera software, Irfanview photo manipulation software as standard.
We also plan to have two web PC for uploading photo's and text to our web sites.
We now download all digital photographs from the Kodak Digital Camera No.2 as Bitmaps.
Each Bitmap requires 3601 kilobytes of space.
All digitised photographs are to be saved onto CD's as Bitmaps, and backed up on a second CD.
On 4 May 2002 we filled and downloaded three Kodak camera cards with over 100 photographs of Anita's 41st Birth Anniversary Celebration and Bell Puja.
It was only possible to save 4 photographs onto the hard drive of PC4 before its capacity was reached. Since then, we have archived much data from PC4’s hard disk to free up space.
On the night of 4 May 2002, Pennie White downloaded and burnt photographs to CD's from the three full picture cards from Digital Camera No.2 off site. The resources were returned to the Centre the next day.
Photographs are sight checked to make sure each photo has been saved, and only then are the Digital Camera cards reformatted. This is our new backup procedure.
Web site www.bdcu.org.au backup
Web site www.bdcu.org.au dated 20 June 2002 has been backed up on five CDs. Four copies are in the store 2A and one is at Pennie White’s house.
Procedure for Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Database
We have a new procedure to back up the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. database.
Please adhere to the following instructions.
Also, the instructions are filed in the CGR Procedure Manual as well as on LAN2 I:/save.doc
1. How to Back up the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Database onto LAN 2
On PC1A, open Windows Explorer, find the file bdcudata.mdb in folder D:\database then copy and paste file bdcudata.mdb into LAN2 I: drive (no folder!)
2. Zip Disk Backup
Copy bdcudata.mdb file from PC1A D:\database and paste onto Zip disk.
(The Zip drive must be connected to PC1A to be able to do this)
Record all backups in PC1A logbook and send a LAN2 email.
Regular backups of our database are essential.
Make daily backups if a lot of data was entered on that day.
Digital cameras ready with 134 digital photos available for taking
The two Kodak DC240 Digital Cameras’ are ready for use.
The three picture cards have been reformatted and have 134 photographs available for taking.
32MB card - 77 photos available
16MB card - 38 photos available
8 MB card - 19 photos available
The two sets of Kodak Longlife rechargeable batteries have been fully charged.
Master bitmaps are burnt to CD-ROM to make 3 copies.
24 digital photos burnt to CD-ROMs x copies have been checked and found to be correctly stored on CDROM. Brendan Halls burned the CDs off-site.
The 24 images stored on PC4 C: Drive have been deleted. The 8MB Kodak Picture card holding the original images has been reformatted.
The 24 bitmaps x 3601KB each, plus one thumbnail Database file take up 84.7 MB of memory.
The three CD-ROMs are stored in Suite 2A.
The images are stored on CD-RW (Compact Re-writable 80min/700MB)
24 digital photos burnt to CD-ROMs x copies have been checked and found to be correctly stored on CDROM. Brendan Halls burned the CDs off-site.
The 24 images stored on PC4 C: Drive have been deleted. The 8MB Kodak Picture card holding the original images has been reformatted.
The 24 bitmaps x 3601KB each, plus one thumbnail Database file take up 84.7 MB of memory.
The three CD-ROMs are stored in Suite 2A
The images are stored on Datastream CD-RW (Compact Re-writable 80min/700MB)
Saving of Photos from Digital Cameras
On 21 June 2002, Julian Bamford telephoned Kodak Customer Support on 1800 147 701 to seek clarification on two points:
1. The format in which the Kodak Digital Camera captures images.
2. The advantages/disadvantages of saving in JPEG and/or Bitmap format and/or other formats such as TIF.
He spoke to James who advised that the Kodak DC240 Camera takes photos in JPEG format.
It is advisable to save masters in this format. They can then be modified for web site application and saved as JPEG with only one degradation of the image.
The degradation occurs every time a JPEG image is opened and edited,
it is recompressed and saved as a compressed JPEG. For details refer
to our copy of 'Multimedia Making It Work’, 4th Edition, Osborne 1998., pp 506-508.
You can then select from the JPEG masters specific photos for printing as either Bitmaps or for higher resolution they can be saved in TIF format.
Our practice of saving as Bitmaps is a good backup strategy for photos, making all photos easily available for printing in high resolution.
He also advised that camera specifications and product help could be found at our Customer reference number for future inquires is V280 9476.
Back-up of Email Account to be set up on PC11.
We will set up our email account on PC11 as a back up to the one set up on PC4. Then if we are using PC4 for other tasks then we can still access and send emails.
Digital Photo's of International Buddhist Leaders Meeting are stored on CDs
214 files and 2 folders (digicam 1 and digicam 2) totaling 398 MB have been burnt to CDROM x 3 copies.
Each photo is in original JPEG format and in Bitmap format. The photo numbers are:
DCP2957 - 3058 International Buddhist Leaders Meeting 20 June 2002
DCP2957 - 2963 International Buddhist Leaders Meeting 20 June 2002
(taken with digicamera 1)
The work was done offsite by Brendan Hall.
They have been checked on each CD, and then the original downloads to PC4 C:Drive Master Bitmap folder have been deleted.
As at 9.34am 23 June 2002, PC4 C:Drive has 425MB of memory available.
The Kodak 32MB picture card has been reformatted. The card has 77 photos available.
Julian Bamford carried out this work.
Downloading Digital Photos for Burning to CD-ROMs
The following 148 digital photographs were each downloaded to PC4, as JPEG originals and saved as BITMAP copies, then transferred to Zip disks.
They were then taken offsite to Brendan Hall to be burnt to CDROM x 3 copies.
Kodak 32 Meg Picture card (101 photos)
DCP2957 - 3058 International Buddhist Leaders Meeting 20 June 2002
(taken with digicamera 2)
Kodak 16 Meg Picture card (11 photos)
DCP2957 - 2963 International Buddhist Leaders Meeting 20 June 2002
(taken with digicamera 1)
DCP2964 Venerable Pannaseeha
DCP2965 - 2967 Chief God of Information Technology - New Altar
DCP3095 - 3151 Australasian Buddhist Convention Conference 22 June 2002
Kodak 8 Meg Picture Card (36 photos)
DCP3059 - 3094 Australasian Buddhist Convention Conference 22 June 2002
Nikon 8MB Compact Flash Card (card loaned by Brendan Halls)(26 photos)
DCP0001 to 0026 Australasian Buddhist Convention Conference 22 June 02
Master Bitmaps Burnt to CDROM
The advantage of bitmaps are they do not pixulate.
40 Digital photos downloaded to PC4 have been zipped then burnt to CDs x 3
copies by Brendan Hall.
The CD-ROMs have been checked with all photos correctly burnt to CD.
DCP_2818 to DCP 2857
Each CDROM has 41 files x 3601KB files using a total of 140MB of memory.
Photographs of Vajrasattva Puja & Offerings to Heavenly Monks on 10 June 2002
The 16MB Kodak Card has been cleared to give 38 photos available for taking photographs.
Burning one session of data to CD-ROMs is allowed only
To safeguard our Buddha Dhamma data we have a policy of only writing data to CD-ROMs in one session and then closing the disk.
We do not re-write to CD-ROMs.
The cost of a CD-ROM is low compared to the value of our data. CD-ROMs are easy to store. It does not matter if a CD-ROM contains less than its capacity.
May we continue to preserve our Buddha Dhamma data warehouse.
As will be seen by the content of this Brooking Street Bugle, more technical information and ‘know how’ is being recorded.
Kodak Rechargeable Longlife Batteries are Used for Digital Cameras.
A set of four Kodak Rechargeable AA Ni-MH Longlife batteries have been purchased for the digital cameras.
The batteries can be recharged and used up to 1000 times. This is our second set of these batteries.
Before first use the batteries were charged fully in the Kodak Recharger in Suite 2.
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10. Occupational Health and Safety News (OH&S)
Non Slip surfaces on rear Stairs
Frank Carter fixed the rear stairs to make them non slippery when in the wet weather.
Chinese cups in new cupboard in kitchen
The Chinese cups in the new cupboard in the kitchen should be stacked in lots of three.
Stacking more than three Chinese cups on top of each other is not best practice in the kitchen, since they topple over and are broken. The broken porcelain may cut persons.
Fire Extinguisher Servicing 2002
The Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. has entered into
a service contract with the Country Fire Authority under
which our onsite fire extinguishers will be serviced on a regular six monthly schedule.
The CFA (Country Fire Authority) Upwey will contact Frank Carter
to make an appointment for these 6 monthly services.
Two officers of the CFA Upwey performed the first service on 5 July 2002.
Our dry powder fire extinguishers need to be replaced
6 years after the date of manufacturer. Eight of our
extinguishers are older than 6 years and will be replaced
over the next 6 months, before the start of the high fire risk season.
Our first 2 replacement units will be delivered week
commencing 8 July 2002 at cost of $28 each.
One will be installed in the Sariputta Room,
and the second one will be installed in Suite 2.
We have 6 extinguishers at the premises,
which are less than the CFA Upwey certified 6 years old and them on 5 July 2002.
The CFA Upwey placed fire extinguisher locating signs above each extinguisher
so they can be quickly found in emergency conditions
Details of the services and equipment updates have been recorded in our Essential Services Inspection System Manual on PC1A
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11. Corporate Government & Reporting (CGR)
Colour Code: Red
CGR Manager: Pennie White
CGR Vice President: Evelin Halls
CGR Task Unit Members: Pam Adkins, Julian Bamford, Peter Boswell, Sharon Carlton, Frank Carter, Leanne Eames, Lenore Hamilton, Isabella Hobbs, Lisa Nelson, Rilla Pargeter, Lainie Smallwood, Anita Hughes.
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;
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.
Notice of General Meeting
Members are requested to attend our General Meeting that will be held at 33 Brooking Street, Upwey, Victoria on 26 July 2002 at 8:00pm.
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Members are requested to attend our Annual General Meeting that will be held at 33 Brooking Street, Upwey Victoria on 10 August 2002 at 2pm.
Our daily rosters.
You are invited to join our daily rosters maintained by Evelin Halls.
Our Teacher and his wife need attendants to greet guests and in the case of any emergency, such as sickness.
There is an attendant at the Centre at all times, on a 24-hour basis. Regular shifts of attendants are needed to service our Centre; some staying overnight.
Twice a day, rostered Members make offerings to the heavenly Mahasangha at our Centre (Dana).
Each day, we need Members to maintain our Temple grounds and help with our building program.
Each day, writing and editing teams compile teaching materials on our computer systems for placements on our web sites.
If you can, please volunteer your time.
Phone: 9754 3334
Contact Person: Evelin Halls
Internal Communication
We are training more Members to record our Company Information.
Not all Members have email access.
Internal Communication Improved 235% in three weeks.
In the month of May 2002 the number of emails sent on LAN 1 was 44.
In the month of May 2002 the number of emails sent on LAN 2 was 18.
The total emails sent for whole of May 2002: 62
The total emails sent 1 to 17 June: 81
Average emails per day in May: 2
Average emails per day 1 to 17 June: 4.7
Our Internal written Communication has improved 235% in just three weeks.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Fee Refund
We welcome ASIC concessions to not for profit organisations.
ASIC has advised us that they have waived a $240 Notification Fee in a letter dated 24 April 2002.
Denise Mclure (Customer Service Officer) also gave verbal confirmation of the waiver to Julian Bamford on 30 April 2002. We are very pleased to receive this concession.
ASIC has sent us a cheque for the amount.
Task List Performance Report - 12 to 19 June 2002
We rate performance as: Tfan (Target Fantastic), Taver (Target Average), Tmin(Target Minimum), Tunsat (Target Unsatisfactory).
These are separated by our one standard deviation.
Out target is to complete 80% of tasks listed under AAAA within
each 7 day period task list period.
For the seven-day period from 12 to 19 June 2002, we completed 32.25%
or 10 of the 31 Tasks listed on the Task List. (Tunsat)
In the AAAA Priorities 36.8% = 7 of 19 tasks completed (Tunsat)
In the AAA Priorities 40% = 2 of 5 tasks completed (Tmin)
In the AA Priorities 50% = 3 of 6 tasks completed (Taver)
In the A Priorities 0% = 1 task not completed (Tsat)
Returning Officer Appointed for the Annual General Meeting 2002
Mr. Julian Bamford B.A.App.Rec. has been appointed Returning Officer for the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Annual General Meeting for 2002.
“That Really Good Florist”
We need many flowers to offer.
Members are eligible for a 5% discount at "That Really Good Florist" and this 5% is then donated to the Centre. The Address of That Really Good Florist is: Shop 1, 79 Glenfern Rd, Ferntree Gully. The name Fussy Flowers features on the shop front.
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12. International Dhamma Activities (IDA)
Colour Code: Yellow
IDA Manager: Evelin Halls
IDA Vice-President: Pennie White
IDA Task Unit Members: John D. Hughes, Pam Adkins, Julian Bamford, Peter Boswell, Leanne Eames, Jocelyn Hughes, Vanessa Macleod, Julie O’Donnell, Rilla Pargeter, Anita Hughes.
IDA Task Unit Responsibilities:
To maintain World Fellowship of Buddhists liaison;
To maintain World Buddhist University liaison;
To arrange Dhamma and 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 Buddha Dhyana Dana Review and Brooking Street Bugle, to write and broadcast "Buddhist Hour" radio scripts;
To organise and teach Chan classes.
Ms Piyaporn Erbprasartsook of World Fellowship of Buddhists Headquarters Visits to Our Centre.
On 17 June 2002, Piayporn Erbprasartsook, Advisor, World Fellowship of Buddhists visited our Centre.
She met with her good friends John D. and Anita Hughes, our President Julian Bamford, Members Lisa Nelson and Pennie White.
Jocelyn Hughes was hosting Piyaporn Erbprasartsook at her home and drove her to the Centre on this occasion.
The John D. Hughes Collection Lending Library
All Members including past Members, are urgently requested to return library books they may have on loan.
Library books are on loan for a fortnight at a time.
There are fourteen books unreturned, taken on loan in 2001and
fourteen books unreturned taken on loan in 2000.
Where to Write Buddhist Hour Broadcasts
We have scheduled various PC’s for different tasks.
The writing of the Buddhist Hour Broadcast is part of Members' practice of scholarship.
Researching, writing and editing the script must be done in the Library where the appropriate Devas and Devatas are resident and can assist with the development of the weekly script.
To save any cueing problems in Suite 2, the Buddhist Hour broadcast file must be saved on LAN2 in rich text format by using PC7A that is in the Library.
ISYS research on PC13A can be used.
Vesak 2002 greeting cards sent to 140 World Fellowship of Buddhists Regional Centres.
The Vesak blessing was printed on site on to the Chan cards by Master John D. Hughes.
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13. Local Area Planning & Asset Management (LAPAM)
Colour Code: Green
LAPAM Manager: Frank Carter
LAPAM Vice President: Frank Carter
LAPAM Task Unit Members: Julian Bamford, Jan Bennett, Frank Carter, Brendan Hall, Lenore Hamilton, Isabelle Hobbs, David Igracki, Leila Igracki, Rodney Johnson, Lisa Nelson, Rilla Pargeter
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.
Storage of Chinese Cups
We have a new timber storage cabinet with two sliding doors in the Kitchen. In it we store our Chinese cups which we have over 150 of.
The dimensions of the cabinet are: 156 cms long x 27cms high x 27cms deep.
The cabinet was previously located in suite 10, and was cleaned prior to installation in the Kitchen by Lainie Smallwood and Pennie White.
It has been fitted to the North wall above head height.
Rodney Johnson carried out the installation work with help from Julian Bamford and Frank Carter.
Relocation of Power Tools and Extension Chords
The power tools and extension cords have been re-located to Suite 10A. They can be found in the new beige filing cabinet next to the dexion shelving unit.
Rodney Johnson donated the filing cabinet.
David Igracki and Rodney Johnson performed the work .
Worktime was 2 hours.
Important Operating Instructions for Lawn Mower
The service bill issued on 20 June 2002 for our lawn mower contained a detailed description of important mower operating instructions:
1.do not tip mower
2.change oil every 25 hours mowing
3.use SAE 30 Weight oil, 600 ml
4.use premium unleaded fuel for best performance
5.clean air filter once a year and re-oil before installing
Rare carved stone Borabadur Buddha Head relocated to Anita Room
Gold leaf, 24 four-carat gold paint and flowers were offered to the rare
Borabadur Buddha image by our Resident Teachers of Buddha Dhamma practices John D. Hughes, Anita and
our President Mr Julian Bamford.
The offerings followed the moving of this rare carved stone Borabadur Buddha image
from the Western Altar (sideboard) in the dining area of Suite 3 to the Anita Room.
The Buddha image now resides upon the eastern column and has been positioned
to face the West.
The hair of this rare Borabadur Buddha has been painted with 24-carat gold paint,
and six pieces of gold leaf have been placed on the forehead.
The top section of the column on which the rare Borabadur Buddha head rests has also been painted with 24-carat gold paint.
Our Teacher John D. Hughes guided Julian Bamford in the correct technique of placing gold leaf onto this rare Borabadur Buddha.
The second column in the Anita Room that Quan Yin resides upon has also had the top section painted in 24-carat gold paint.
Carved Balinese Princess Head relocated to entrance
The carved Balinese Princes image has been relocated from the Column in the Anita Room, to sit upon the air-conditioning unit in the entrance space.
The Devata of the Balinese Princess can now greet everyone as they come into the Temple.
We will be placing some jewels on her as well over the coming days.
Fire Wood
David Igracki will be bringing some firewood. This was organised by Helen Appleyard and her fiancée George.
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14. Members’ News
Lenore Hamilton has completed semester 1 of Year 2 at Swinburne University TAFE : February-May 2002. Topic: Selection Criteria/Induction. Result - 96/100 High Distinction.
Kamfatt Lin plans to study for a CCNA, Certified Cisco Network Administrator next year to become proficient in routers, LAN, WAN and all computer networking.
Pennie White has written an eLearning Planning Guide: Executive Summary that will be uploaded to the Victorian Education Departments website www.sofweb.vic.edu.au as part of their eLearning Planning Guide. This work was done as part of her work for Masters in Education (Information and Communication Technology) at Monash University, Clayton.
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15. Funds Appeal
Chan Painting Raffle Ticket Details
Our Centre is running a Chan Painting Raffle.
The prize is a Chan painting, ‘The Sky is Empty’ painted by Teacher John D. Hughes.
Tickets may be purchased from Julian Bamford on ; 0400 267 330. Tickets are $10 and are available in the Centre’s Library.
The Raffle will be drawn at 3.00pm on 10 August 2002 at 33 Brooking Street, Upwey Victoria 3158.
The winner will be announced in The Australian Newspaper, 14 August 2002 and notified by telephone and post.
'The Sky Is Empty' Chan painting measures
148cm (height) x 56cm (wide)
Donations
To make a donation please complete and return this form to:
The Secretary,
Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.,
33 Brooking Street,
Upwey, Victoria, 3158.
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.
I / We wish to contribute funds as follows: $.......................
Name / Organisation ....................................................................................................
Address ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Receipt Required YES / NO
Gifts are not tax deductible.
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16. Photographs
On 20 June 2002 our Teacher John D. Hughes presented a Life Membership
for the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. to Dr. Ananda W.P. Guruge in appreciation of the
decades of help he has provided our Centre to adjust to international affairs.
Standing near the Buddha Rupa image in our Village Square,
our President Julian Bamford presented flowers to Ms Piyaporn Erbprasartsook
from the World Fellowship of Buddhists, on 11 July 2002
Photographs of the preparations for the Vajrasattva Puja at our Centre
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17. Sharing of Merit
We regularly share merit with the Mahasangha and local deities. They help us on all our projects.
We offer blessed water and food to the NAT House deities.
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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