The Brooking Street Bugle

Issue No. 93 (New Series)
ISSN 1321 - 1463

Publication Date: 25 August, 2003

Published and Printed by the Chan Academy Australia.
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Index

1. Occupational Health and Safety Plan for the Construction of the New Kitchen Dining Room
2. Planning for the Earth Store Bodhisattva Puja Sunday 31 August 2003 CE at theYun Yang Temple 6 - 10 Reservoir Road Narre Warren VICTORIA 3805
3, Funds Appeal

Occupational Health and Safety Plan for the Construction of the New Kitchen Dining Room

First draft written by Frank Carter B.Ec.
Joint Occupational Health and Safety Manager

Preliminaries

Check each stage of the construction schedule with the Abbott of the Temple when planning for this project.

Prior to each days work prepare a written plan for what will be done the next day. Provide a copy for the Abbott and any persons working or assisting on the project.

1.0 Offerings to be made to Devas for Protection

1.1 Under the guidance of the Abbot of the Temple offerings of tea, flowers and suitable food are to be made to the Chief Deva who manages the New Kitchen Dining Room project and the Chief God of Kitchens before construction commences each day.

1.2 Offerings of incense, perfume and flowers are to be made to the other Devas and Nagas who help with this project on each day construction is occurring. Include offerings to the Occupational Health and Safety Devas associated with the projects and safety equipment.

1.3 The Chief Deva who manages the New Kitchen Dining Room project, the Chief God of Kitchens and the other Devas and Nagas who help are to be requested to provide protection to the persons working on this project so that they do not have accidents or injuries. This request is to be made at the time offerings are completed.

1.4 The Chief Deva who manages the New Kitchen Dining Room project, the Chief God of Kitchens and the other Devas and Nagas who help are to be thanked for their help in the construction of the New Kitchen Dining Room at the completion of each days construction. Request they please continue to help on the next occasion that work is being done.

2.0 Safety clothing to be worn as follows:

2.1 Earmuffs
Persons using any high power tool such as a circular saw, 240 Volt electric drill or chainsaw must always wear earmuffs. Assistants to the power tool operator must also wear earmuffs.

2.2 Safety Eye Glasses
Persons using any high powered tool such as a circular saw, electric drill, or chainsaw must always wear safety glasses. Assistants to the power tool operator must also wear safety glasses. Safety glasses must also be worn when working overhead with handtools such as hand saws, hammers, files, drills and chisels.

2.3 Protective Gloves
Protective gloves must be worn when handling hardwood lengths, materials with sharp edges such as roofing iron, guttering and roof capping. Gloves should also be worn when using tin snips.

2.4 Hard Hats
Hard hats must always be worn including by visitors. When persons are working on the roof, roof frame and gutters for example, persons working at ground level must wear hard hats to protect them from falling objects.

3.0 Safe Use and Handling of Materials and Equipment.
Do not lift unaided objects of more than 5 kilograms.

3.1 Ladders
Persons using ladders must always ensure another person is available to hold the ladder while they are standing on it.

3.2 Tools
Tools and building equipment must be packed away at the end of each day's work. Power tools and electric extension cords must be placed under cover if it starts to rain.

3.3 Materials
Building materials must be stacked neatly and securely so that a strong wind cannot blow them away and so that they do not pose a risk for persons tripping over them during day or night-time.

4.0 Avoidance of Health Risks

4.1 Avoid Sunburn
Persons must wear hats as protection against strong sunlight. Persons having skin exposed to strong sunlight must wear a suitable sun lotion as protection against sunburn.

4.2 Avoidance of Dehydration
It is recommended that persons drink 1 litre per hour of water.

Persons must not work in direct sunlight when the temperature exceeds 34 degrees Celsius.

4.3 Persons should be well rested, physically fit and well fed when they arrive at the Centre for work.

Members should supply their own food and drink.

Members will arrange and serve food and drinks to the professional builders.

5.0 Avoidance of Dangerous Situations

5.1 Rain
Persons must not work on the building construction whilst it is raining. Timber becomes slippery when wet. It is permissible to work inside the new building when the roof is on.

5.2 Children
Children must not enter the building site.

5.3 Working on floor joists.

Persons working on construction or their assistants must not walk on exposed floor joists. A temporary chipboard or wood floor is to be placed across the floor joists in the areas where work is being carried out.

The chipboard or planks to be used are secondhand building materials we have in storage and from building sites where we obtain firewood.

6.0 First Aid Practices

6.1 Persons working on the project must know where our First Aid kit is kept onsite and what are the contents.

6.2 A notice will be placed next to the telephone listing the current emergency services phone numbers. Persons working on the project must know where this notice is placed.

6.3 Persons are responsible for providing their own medicines such as Panda, Stingose, antiseptic lotions, sunburn cream, dettol and similar products. The First Aid Kit does not contain any of these medicines.

Chanting should be done daily. Invite Devas to help you. The President or Abbot will guide chanting at our Temple Library.

All arrangements should be tracked by the Abbot and her assistants.

Monday 25 August 2003

--Abbot contacts all Buddhist Temples and lay persons that have been invited to the Earth Store Bodhisattva Puja to notify of 9.00am commencement time and that they should attend by 8.30am.
--Contact Buddhist Temples and total the number of monks and nuns that are attending the Earth Store Bodhisattva Puja. Notify Jason Thy by Tuesday 26 August 2003 at the Yun Yang Temple the total number of persons attending the Puja.
--Prepare and have organised all the money donations that are offered to the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
--The names of our member's ancestors should be sent to Jason Thy by Tuesday 26 August 2003 by the Abbot.

Tuesday 26 August 2003
--Members should be alerted to the specialness of this Puja.
--The commencement of member's name badges.
--The appointment of drivers for certain monks, nuns or Masters and to arrange a driver for Francisco So.
--All members are to read the folder containing information about the Ullambana Ceremony and Earth Store Bodhisattva by Saturday 30 August 2003. Advice of this has been e-mailed to Members on 24 August 2003 written by Leanne Eames B.A. M.A. (Chief Information Officer).
--Request members to wear clean white clothing, clean white socks, the brightest and cleanest white clothes you have. Make sure you bring clean warm white clothing as the Meditation Hall may be cold.
--No new clothing should be worn. (Wash before using)
--Members chant in our Hall of Assembly
--Remove garbage bags that have been put in the trailer near the rubbish bins. Members are to take these home to place in their own rubbish bins for collection.

Wednesday 27 August 2003. The Abbot shall:
--Confirm with Jason if Chan Academy Australia need to complete any other specific projects to assist the Yun Yang Temple.
--Members to chant and continue to eat vegetarian food and rest appropriately.
--Members to clean their own kitchens thoroughly and do offerings to their Kitchen God.
--Members to be wise in their actions during the next seven days. Use preventive medicine. Decide that you DO NOT GET SICK.
--Clean Anita Hughes' car.

Thursday 27 August 2003
--Members to print Founder's Day invitations for Master Ru-Sun and deliver them.
--Members to continue the arrangements of Founder's Day.
--Members to thoroughly clean the Sariputta Room and offer fresh flowers on the various altars.
--Members to clean library. Do not kill silverfish.

Friday 29 August 2003
--Members confirm and triple check every detail that the Chan Academy Australia must complete, what has been implemented, arranged, organised or followed up by the appropriate persons and time line ready for the commencement of the Earth Store Bodhisattva Puja, Sunday, 31 August 2003.
--Members to know that the members must go to the Puja with a Sincere Heart.
--Master Ru-Sun explained to Julian and Leanne the seriousness of this Puja. Members are not to become complacent about the health of the Teacher and themselves.
--Remember, the goal is to stay light and confident. If you cannot these things, do not come to Founder's Day.
--Your Teacher and his wife practice for themselves on his birthday and in building times and will not comfort you on these days. It is not a Teaching time. It is a merit making time.
--If you are in an unwholesome state, stay at home. Do not burn your merit - you need it for your death.

Funds Appeal

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