THE
BROOKING STREET BUGLE
Issue No. 80 (New
Series)
ISSN 1321 - 1463
Publication Date: 2 October 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
Associated Institute 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.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:
Inform Members and
others of coming events.
Report on monitoring of current
activities and policies.
Help Members and friends understand
the benefits of using technology in our organisation for Teaching
Buddha Dhamma.
Write in a style recognisable by those who use
English as a second language.
Provide glossaries and
definitions for key terms used for teaching Buddha Dhamma.
Improve,
report and develop cash generating activities to promote Buddha
Dhamma.
Show examples of Buddha Dhamma education within our
five styles of cultivation in action.
Provide timely advice
on Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S).
Declare,
celebrate and record scheduled Buddhist educational events.
Provide
accurate information via our 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
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
Founder’s Day
Member’s celebrated Founder's Day at the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. on 9 September 2002. Founder's Day marks the birth anniversary of our Founder and Resident Practitioner John D. Hughes and the inception of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
Anita and John D. Hughes' Civil Marriage
By the power of the people, Devas and Devatas Anita and John D. Hughes' married in a civil ceremony in the city registry office on the auspicious day 9 September 2002.
May they be well and happy for the rest of their lives.
Photographs of this wedding may be viewed with the online issue of this Brooking Street Bugle at www.bsbonline.com.au and at www.bddronline.net.au
"Canvassing The Four Seasons" Chan Painting Exhibition and Auction
The "Canvassing the Four Seasons" Exhibition and Auction of Paintings by Master John D. Hughes was held 9 September 2002 at 2:00pm.
The "Canvassing the Four Seasons" Exhibition of Paintings can be viewed online at the website www.buyresolved.com.au
Photographs of this auction may be viewed with this issue of the Brooking Street Bugle Online Version at www.bsbonline.com.au
Of the sixteen paintings available ten were sold on the day of the auction. Total receipts for the ten paintings sold was $9500 with a 15% commission of $1425 going to the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
Paintings not sold at auction may be purchased privately by appointment with our President Julian Bamford. Julian may be contacted on 9754 3334.
Abhidhamma Classes
On 25 June 2002 our teacher commenced teaching Abhidhamma each week on Tuesday evenings at 7 pm.
Classes will run for 9 years.
There are 41 000 slokas of Abhidhamma in the Pali Tipitika and this makes it the largest section of the 3 baskets.
In Myanamar the Venerable Bhaddanta Narada Mahathera (Aggamahapandita) was well known as the original Patthana master.
Sao Htun Hmat Win M.A., A.M., S.R.F., Maha Saddhamma jotikadhaja, Adviser to the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Union of Myanamar, studied in 1952 under the Venerable Bhaddanta Narada Mahathera (Aggamahapandita).
Sao Htun Hmat Win and Professor Thein Nyunt commenced translating the Venerable Narada’s writings on Abhidhamma. These were not completed.
The Venerable Narada prophesied that “an able scholar will emerge to accomplish the noble task of presenting Abhidhamma in English to the world.”
The novel and authentic treatise entitled “The Essence of Buddha Abhidhamma” by Dr. Mehm Tin Mon resulted.
Dr. Tin Mon received a masters and doctorate degree in chemistry and then served his country for several years as a Professor of Chemistry. His approach to Abhidhamma is very scientific as well as artistic.
His courses on Abhidhamma drew large crowds as he had the ability to compare Abhidhamma with science as well as with western philosophy making the subject interesting and stimulating.
He emphasised that the teachings of Lord Buddha in Abhidhamma are very scientific.
Abhidhamma or ultimate science surpasses all other historical, philosophical and religious science.
This treatise is really a new version of the Compendium of Buddhist Philosophy after the design of the well-known book entitled “The Abhidhammattha Sangaha - The Compendium of Buddhist Philosophy” written by U Shwe Zan Aung and published by the London Pali Text society in 1910.
Class 1, in this series copies the ‘Table of Content’ of “The Essence of Buddha Abhidhamma” to allow students to become familiar with the Pali words.
The introduction states: “ What is known as Abhidhamma is not the province nor the sphere of a disciple; it is the province, the sphere of the Buddhas (Omniscient Ones).”
Class 2 on 2 July 2002 put forth arguments to dispel the views 1. that the Abhidhamma was not expounded by the Buddha 2. that it was a later edition and 3. It was non-existent during the time of the Buddha.
Although Abhidhamma has been flourishing in Burma for a long time, very few were interested in Patthana because there were no easy methods available for its understanding. In fact Patthana was almost lost into oblivion.
May all our readers, after having made a proper study of Patthana overcome greed, hate and ignorance to understand what is path to fruition.
Class 3 on 9 July 2002 drew attention to the congregation of over 38,000 Devas and Devattas from the Heaven of the Thirty -Three whom had come to hear these teachings, to the human Members of our Centre.
The paper “Examination of Training Issues at our Centre for the next 9 years was studied and Members were advised to study the 100 classifications of the Dewy Decimal system. The study of this paper was extended into the next Class, No 4 on 16 July 2002. This paper can be accessed Volume 12 No 2 at www.bddronline.net.au
Class 5 on 23 July 2002 studied two papers : “Preparation and review of merit needed by participants for Abhidhamma Teachings at our Centre 2002 to 2011 CE.” and “ Tactics for making persons aware of kammic debt’ both papers are available on Volume 12 No. 2 at www.bddronline.net.au
Class 6 on 30 July 2002 gave a description of the Maha-kusala cittas available in this issue (Volume 12 No. 4). This issue also includes the papers for Class 7 to Class 11.
We will continue to document weekly lessons for the next nine years providing a systematised approach to Abhidhamma.
We invite our readers to contribute to these writings and we will publish their writings on our Buddha Dhyana Dana Review on line newsletter.
Our students are enjoying these classes and maturing under these teachings.
May all beings be well and happy.
Surangama Puja
Francisco So will conduct a Surangama Puja on Tuesday 5 November 2002 (Melbourne Cup Day) at the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd., 33 Brooking Street, Upwey, Victoria, 3158, Australia.
Members attending this Puja are requested to bring flowers, round fruit, round cakes and biscuits as offerings.
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3. Coming Events
Please Note: Buddha Dhamma Chanting in Pali and English is held at our Centre every morning at 6:30am and evening at 8:30pm.
October 2002
01 October 2002 Abhidhamma Class 15, 7.30pm-8.30pm
06 October 2002 Buddha Chanting New Moon
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
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 Anita Hughes under the guidance of Master John D. Hughes 1.00pm-4.00pm
29 October 2002 Buddha Chanting Last Quarter
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
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
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
24 November 2002 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
24 November 2002 Chan Class taught by Anita Hughes 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
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
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
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
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
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 Anita Hughes 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 elected as Office Bearers for the next year at our Annual General meeting held 10 August 2002.
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.F.L.C.
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.
Joint Librarians John D. Hughes and Anita Hughes.
Assistant Librarian Julie O’Donnell
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.F.L.C.
IT Technical Support
Kamfatt Lin B.Sc (Eng), MCP, CNA, MCSE, MCDBA
IT Development Engineer
John Watson Senior CTS Engineer
Programmer
IT Software Developer
Arthur Lipscombe
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
Pennie White B.A. Dip.Ed.
Program Producer/Presenter Buddhist Hour Broadcast
Julian Bamford
Editor Brooking Street Bugle
John D. Hughes Dip.App.Chem., T.T.T.C. GDAIE and Anita Hughes Reg. Nurse Div 1.
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.F.L.C.
Pennie White B.A. Dip.Ed.
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5. Keynote
Opportunities
Edutech 11 to 13 August 2002
Evelin
Halls and Pennie White attended the Edutech Show at the Melbourne
Exhibition Centre on Monday 12 August 2002.
Edutech is Australia's largest education and training event, where leading suppliers of learning technology are present at one time.
Resources received from these leading companies are available at our Centre.
At the Edutech Conference Evelin Halls and Pennie White on behalf of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. submitted an application for a book covering machine to preserve our library texts.
Circumambulation track around the Stupa
On
3 September 2002, Anita Hughes and Peter Boswell cleared the path and
planted flowers in the northern garden near the Stupa.
The
Stupa can now be circumambulated by two paths. One leads just behind
the Stupa and the second leads around the small pond near the wood
pile.
Members and friends are encouraged to circumambulate
the Stupa carrying offerings.
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6. Appeals and
Special Projects
Camberwell Market Stall
The
Camberwell Market Stall has been operating for 10 weeks starting 21
July 2002.
Total funds raised for the Centre to date are
$2771.55 which is an average of $277 per week.
The profit
performance of the Camberwell Market Stall is improving over time.
The average profit for the first four weeks was $223 per week. The
average profit for the second four week period was $357 per week.
Our new performance target is $1000 profit per week.
An
article has been submitted to the Free Press to appear in the next
issue which carries an appeal to the public to donate suitable goods
to the Centre for our market stall.
The article asks members
of the public who want to donate goods to contact Frank Carter. Frank
Carter's phone details were provided however should members of the
public contact the Centre please write down their phone numbers and
pass this information onto Frank.
Recent Camberwell Market Stalls
The
Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. managed a Cash Generation
stall at the Camberwell Market on Sunday 22 September 2002.
We
thank the God of Wealth for his benevolent assistance.
The
stall raised $604.50 profit for the Centre and $14.70 for
Dhammarajika Orphanage. This is a record profit for the Cash
Generation Stalls and exceeded our target for this stall.
Thank
you to every one who participated in the stall and / or donated
saleable items to the stall. Well done! Well done! Well done!
Sharon Carlton, Frank Carter, Lenore Hamilton and Rilla
Pargeter are the sales team for the stall.
We urgently need
your donations for our Camberwell Market Cash Generation Stall.
Please ask your family, friends and work colleagues to donate items.
Suggest to your family and friends that they visit our stall at the
Camberwell Market.
We are seeking to build up a store of good
items for sale, particularly in the $20 to $50 price range. Our next
sales target for is $750 profit.
We are submitting an article
and photographs to The Free Press this week publicising our cash
generation activity and requesting donations for our stall.
The
next stall will be held Sunday 29 September 2002.
The type of
items which have been identified as 'good sellers', and in demand
are:
1. Collectables, ornaments, period items, such as
statues, art deco light fittings, orange coloured glass, chandeliers
and light fittings.
2.
Select furniture (not junk) i.e. chest of drawers, small tables
3.
Small handbags
4. Sporting gear i.e. tennis rackets, crickets
bats, balls
memorabilia and houseware - from around the 1950's to
1980's
5. Old bracelets and jewellery (not junk)
6. Vases
7.
Curtains (i.e. velvet, shantung)
8. Playing cards
9. Musical
instruments(i.e. recorders, guitars)
10. Playing cards
11.
Lamps (excluding wiring) base and shade
12. Quirky things such as
hand massagers
13. Bells, wind chimes
14. Garden implement
and tools
15. Picture frames and pictures (in good condition, no
broken glass)
16. Toys
Please see Lenore Hamilton on
Tuesday evening, or telephone her, to check on items not on this list
which may be saleable, and to arrange delivery and storage of items
for the stall
Just look for our white tent and colourful prayer flags.
Our Members are there to welcome you.
Buddhist Blessing Flags and gift cards are for sale.
Our Centre is a charitable organisation, so if you have some gifts you would like to donate to help our Temple, please telephone Frank Carter at our Centre on 9754 3334 and we will arrange for collection.
New Dining Room and kitchen
Construction
work on the New Kitchen and Dining Room was done on Saturday 28
September 2002 by Jason Glasson and on Monday 30 September by Frank
Carter.
Two more stump holes were completed on these days
although rain on Saturday limited the time which could be spent
digging.
There are now nine stump holes completed of a total
of 48 which are required for the building.
Members are
requested to help dig stump holes.
Work can be done at any
time as there are marks put on the ground to indicate where stump
holes are to be dug. Stump holes are to be 300mm square and 700 mm
deep. Stump holes are to be covered by suitable pieces of wood so
that persons cannot accidentally fall into them.
Making the causes for students to learn Abhidhamma
To be literate for the rest of this life and next life is essential.
What causes must we make now to have the conditions for education and learning to arise in future lives (over the next 10 years)?
In our Abhidhamma study we will use vast amounts of merit in education processes.
To be able to generate sufficient merit for the next nine years (your future life) to receive Abhidhamma education you ought to:
Offer A4 paper to the Centre
Pay for ink cartridges
Offer printed material to the Centre
Offer printed material from our websites and photographs to fellow Members
Our computers depreciate and are upgraded every 2 to 3 months. We use one cartridge every 3 weeks (4000 sheets per cartridge) at a commercial rate of approximately $55 per cartridge. Our operators’ time in writing, producing and publishing weekly Abhidhamma lessons is within a 24 hour period. The usual office overhead costs apply (heat, light, gas, and power).
Our Abhidhamma writers have literacy skill levels between 4 and 5 (higher order information processing skills). We assume our present writers in education will be able to make sufficient merit in educational processes to continue to write.
We ought to support our present writers to stay at literacy levels 4 and 5 by:
Creating, maintaining a fine environment for Members to read, write, research and learn within by upgrading our library.
Support the production of fine food for all Members.
Maintain a suitable chi flow in all areas by maintaining cleanliness of the air, not cluttering the areas and providing sufficient flower and water offerings to our two resident Practitioners, Devas and Devatas.
Financing and supporting the means of production of our educational materials. We cannot use other materials for our websites because of copyright and we cannot afford to pay royalties to authors and publishers.
We give access to our educational products on Internet at no charge, except your own equipment and printing expenses. For example, we estimate one of our average colour photographs printed on “coated high-resolution” paper from a Bitmap images costs about $8 to $10. At present we cannot afford to give too many copies of our in-house produced photographs.
It is imperative that students of Abhidhamma print and download key photographs from our website at their own expense and distribute them to others as Dana.
This will provide a sound basis for future access to such photographs for the next nine years. This is one factor needed to working towards continuity of attendance at Abhidhamma classes.
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7. Current
Research and Development Interests
Library - John D. Hughes Collection
The John D. Hughes Collection is our multilingual reference library that provides a comprehensive resource for Buddhist study and research.
Our two new librarians, Anita and John D. Hughes have commenced their work as Joint Librarians of the John D. Hughes Collection and over the next nine years they will order, catalogue and write abstracts of all the texts in the John D. Hughes Collection.
To make it easier for them we are cleaning and refurbishing the existing library over the coming weeks.
Offerings are being made to the God of the Library, to Sarasvatti the Goddess of Learning and the Chief Deva of Information Technology over the course.
Some of the tasks being carried by our Members include:
Constructing a refurbished altar for the God of the Library and a refurbished altar is to be provided to Sarasvatti The Goddess of Learning and doing offerings regularly.
Moving our PC3A accounts computer and work station to suite 10A
Cleaning each book, checking for and removing any silverfish
Replacing our Library computer PC5A with a much faster machine.
Transferring some recent entries of our library catalogue to our Internet Library records
The fire rating of the Library is to be upgraded with the fitting of sisalation and plasterboard on the south wall.
If you would like to help with any of these tasks or to assist our Joint Librarians, John and Anita Hughes please telephone our Centre on 9754 3334.
You may read about our Library, and the John D. Hughes Collection and view our library catalogue online at www.bdcu.org.au.
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8. John D. Hughes
News
Philip Island Visit
John and Anita Hughes visited Philip Island on 11 September 2002 and stayed for two days.
At present John Hughes is resting everyday after spending 3 days in hospital with pneumonia. He is now home convalescing under the care of his wife Anita who is a trained nurse and slowly recovering.
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9. Information
Technology News
Uninterruptable Power Supply
A new UPS has been installed on PC4.
On 30 July 2002 Frank Carter purchased and delivered a new Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) for PC4 to our Center. The UPS brand is Upsonic. The model is a Power Guardian 500. The cost of the unit was $159.50. The unit was purchased from Upsonic Power Pty Ltd., 9 Nicole Way, Dandenong South.
The
output from this unit is connected to a 4 outlets power board. Please
do not use any of these outlets as the UPS is only configured for
PC4A itself. Any additional usage of the power source will only
defeats the sole purpose of this unit.
The UPS was tested
after a period of 36 hours of charging its battery. The main power
supply to the UPS was switched off. The intention is to find out how
long can the UPS provide power supply to its source before shutting
itself off completely. Results are as follows :-
* When the
main power supply to the UPS is switched off, the voltage supply is
automatically dropped to 175 Volts. This is the minimum voltage level
that the Computer require.
*
From 0 to 10 minutes, the UPS will beep ONCE every 3 seconds.
*
From 10 to 13 minutes, the UPS will beep ONCE every 1 second
*
After that time, 13 minutes, the UPS shuts itself down completely.
Please Note :- The UPS is designed to maintain the power
supply for 15 minutes. But, the UPS shuts itself earlier to prevent
the battery from draining itself totally thus, damaging the whole
UPS.
It is believed that 13 minutes is sufficient to save works done on PC4A where a power blackout occurs.
LAN 2 back on line
Please
be informed that LAN 2 is now back on line. The past 2 power outages
did not cause any major damage to the DNS Server and we were very
lucky indeed! Also found that the mapping process have been changed
or deleted thus preventing User from logging into the systems.
Thank you to All IT Devas and Devatas.
New LAN 2 email user. Frank Carter now has a LAN2 email address. His user name is ftcarter.
Discontinued website addresses
We received free USA web space for two sites from a company who has now closed. We no longer have the following website addresses:
www.companyontheweb.com/buddhatext
www.companyontheweb.com/buddhamap
www.skybusiness.com/j.d.hughes
This
is due to the Skybusiness webhost who discontinued their web hosting
services.
We have, however, not lost any data.
Contents
from the buddhatext website are online as a Special Edition of the
BDDR Online Vol. 12 No.3.
Buddhamap website data is uploaded
on the BSB Online.
The Skybusiness John D. Hughes website is
uploaded on the Buyresolved website at www.buyresolved.com.au and can
be found by clicking the link "John D. Hughes".
Please
make sure we no longer distribute these discontinued website
addresses.
Hyperlinks on our websites are currently being
adjusted by Evelin.
Photographs Brooking Street Bugle 80
The
following series of photographs were loaded onto the Brooking Street
Bugle 80 Online by Julian Bamford and Evelin Halls:
Medicine
Buddha Puja
John and Anita's Wedding Preparation
Site
Excavation for new Kitchen
The photos of the 241st Buddhist
Hour radio broadcast are online at the blessings website, including a
new photo of the radio team on the front page.
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10. Occupational
Health and Safety News (OH&S)
Sensor light outside Suite 10A
An sensor light has been outside suite 10A to illuminate the stairs. An outside electrician specialist completed the installation under Frank Carter’s supervision.
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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, 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 (NSW).; arrange General meetings and maintain statutory minutes for these meetings; monitor and adhere to Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) policy; provide first aid facilities; organise attendants for staffing the Centre; correspondence; schedule events for our Teacher; structure new databases and train persons to maintain them; train personnel to operate CGR functions; refreshment supply; fund and organise Dana for the Sangha visiting the Centre; liaise with neighbours to create goodwill and to liaise with local newspapers to advise of upcoming events.
Maxi Foods Shopping
Each Friday evening Julian Bamford and Frank Carter shop on behalf of our Members for our groceries at Maxi Foods in Fern Tree Gully.
Goods are paid for on our Company credit card paid for by general funds so that the merit is shared for all Members. This includes food, refreshments.
Maxi Foods kindly give a 5% discount to our Centre on goods purchased at their store.
Members are also eligible for this discount so they may donate the 5% they save to our Centre.
Regulations for conducting Raffles in Victoria
The
regulations for conducting a raffle with a total prize value of $5000
or less include:
(a) Tickets may be sold for a maximum period
of 3 months prior to the drawing of the raffle
(b) The value of
the total number of tickets available for sale must not be greater
than 6 times and not less than twice the value of all prizes
(c)
A person who sells tickets must be authorised by the responsible
person to do so
(d) The following must be printed on each ticket:
(i)
the name of the community or charitable organisation to
benefit
from the raffle
(ii) the ticket price
(iii) a description of
each prize and its value
(iv) when and where the raffle will be
drawn
(v) the method of notification of results
(e) The
responsible person conducting the raffle must ensure accurate records
are kept for a period of three years of:
(i) the disposition of
funds after the finalisation of the raffle
(ii) all tickets which
have been printed
(iii) the distribution of prizes
(iv)
banking statements clearly identifying all the transactions
related
to the conduct of the raffle.
(f) A person conducting a raffle
must keep and maintain a single account at a financial institution in
Victoria for use for all transactions relating to the conduct of the
raffle.
Information from Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC)
On 10 September 2002, a 304 form was lodged with ASIC to notify the change of address of Secretary, Pennie White.
General Meeting Minutes
namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammasambuddhassa
Minutes of the General Meeting of the
Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
A.C.N. 005 701 806 A.B.N. 42 611 496 488
held at 33 Brooking Street, Upwey, Victoria 3158, Australia
on 30 August 2002 at 8:00pm
Members Present: Julian Bamford, Lenore Hamilton, Pennie White, Evelin Halls, Rilla Pargeter, Pam Adkins, Frank Carter.
Minute Secretary: Pennie White
Meeting Opened: 8:00 pm
Chairperson: Julian Bamford
Apologies: Leanne Eames, John D. Hughes, Anita Hughes.
1. Motion: That the Minutes of the General Meeting of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. held on 26 July 2002 as read be accepted.
Moved: Frank Carter
Seconded:Evelin Halls
Carried
Peter Boswell entered at 8:05pm.
2. Motion: That the Profit & Loss Previous Year Comparison for July 2002 for the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. as tabled be accepted. (Pam has done)
Moved: Pam Adkins
Seconded: Rilla Pargeter
Carried
3. Motion: That the Incoming Correspondence Report July 2002 based on data entered in the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Database as tabled be accepted.
Moved: Pennie White
Seconded: Peter Boswell
Carried
4. Motion: That the Outgoing Correspondence Report for July 2002 based on data entered in the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Database as tabled be accepted.
Moved: Peter Boswell
Seconded: Lenore Hamilton
Carried
5. Motion: That the Members of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. express their gratitude towards John D. Hughes for establishing the Buddhist Hour broadcast, leading it as Executive Producer Buddhist Hour Broadcast for 240 broadcasts and training the Buddhist Hour broadcast radio team.
Moved: Lenore Hamilton
Seconded: Evelin Halls
Carried
6. Motion: That Anita Hughes, R.N.Div1. and John D. Hughes, Dip.App.Chem. T.T.T.C, GDAIE be appointed Joint Librarians of the John D. Hughes Collection as of 13 September 2002 for the next nine years.
Moved: Evelin Halls
Seconded: Rilla Pargeter
Carried
7. Motion: That Pennie White, B.A. Dip.Ed be appointed Executive Producer Buddhist Hour Broadcast as of 1 September 2002 for the next 240 broadcasts.
Moved: Evelin Halls
Seconded: Lenore Hamilton
Carried
8. Motion: That the next General Meeting of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. be held at 33 Brooking Street, Upwey 3158 Victoria, at 8.00pm on 27 September 2002.
Moved: Frank Carter
Seconded: Peter Boswell
Carried
Meeting Closed: 8:24 pm
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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, Julie O’Donnell, Rilla Pargeter, Anita Hughes.
IDA Task Unit Responsibilities: To maintain WFB liaison; to maintain WBU 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 web sites; to train Members to become Webmasters; to develop e-commerce; to produce, edit, publish and distribute the BDDR and BSB, to write and broadcast "Buddhist Hour" radio scripts; to organise and teach Chan classes.
Past Buddhist Hour radio broadcast scripts
John
D. Hughes Copies of Buddhist Hour Scripts are up to date. John D.
Hughes copies are stored in folders on a shelf in the Sariputta room
store.
May we preserve our Buddha Dhamma Heritage.
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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, Frank Carter, Brendan Hall, Lenore Hamilton, David Igracki, Leila Igracki, Rodney Johnson, Lisa Nelson, Rilla Pargeter, Jean-Louis Gatton
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.
Rock from Western Australia
On
28 September Members Rodney Johnson, Jason Glasson, Frank Carter,
Brendan Halls and Peter Boswell moved the Rhyolite Rock recently
arrived from Western Australia to it's position in front of the
Buddha Rupa Image.
Anita Hughes took the pictures of the
operation and the actual picture sent to John Emmott was snapped by
the Deva assisting Anita.
The rock is from Turee Creek
Station, south of Newman in the Pilbera Region of northern Western
Australia. It was collected by and sent to us from John Emmott in
Mandurah, south of Perth.
May all Beings be Well and Happy
Also
helping with the positioning of the rock were Julian Bamford, and Max
Svensson, who protected Anita from the rain, while she photographed.
The task took approximately 30 minutes to complete.
The
photographs will be loaded to the Brooking Street Bugle online
website.
Wall
to wall carpet donated to the Centre was laid in Suite 1 on 21
September 2002 by Brent Kerr, Frank Carter and Ron Mallon.
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14. Members’
News
Lenore Hamilton has a new job as a sales consultant with a retail sofa manufacturer based in Richmond.
Arthur Lipscombe has started a new consulting business trading as "Smart Cookies Technology" in the Web, Software and Database development fields. Contact details : Telephone (03) 9428 2813, Email: Arthur.L@SmartCookies.com.au, Web site: www.SmartCookies.com.au
Amber is staying at the Centre full time.
Penny White has moved into a new house located in Upwey.
David Igracki has opened a car detailing business.
Evelin Halls has enrolled for Project Management and Sociology of Mass Media. These subjects complete the second year of studies for her degree.
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15. Funds Appeal
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.
Click here to view photographs of activities 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