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Bulletin Issue 18 March 2008

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Dear friends in the Dhamma,

Make merit, do good deeds of giving, keep your precepts, develop patience,

loving kindness and so on... the Ten Perfections, meditate daily, replace the

unpleasant unwholesome thoughts of anger, hate, illwill, irritation, resentfulness

with the thought "these thoughts and emotions are coming from my past actions,

I have created the kamma to experience this" and let them go.....

Anita Carter,

Abbott, Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

What's in Issue 18 of the Brooking Street Bulletin.

You will find forthcoming important dates and details on our programs, special

events, photos and news items including:

* One Thousand Buddhas Offering.

* Guru Puja Part of Monthly Program.

* Wednesday Night Teachings 2008.

* Community Interest In Buddhism.

* United Nations International Day of Versak Celebration Meeting.

* Encyclopedia of Buddhism.

* Venerable Ashin U Pandita Visit.

* Vietnamese Lunar New Year Visits.

To read and download the full Bulletin Issue 18, as well as past Issues click on

Download Archive.

We hope you find much of interest in the Brooking Street Bulletin, and that will

you come visit our centre the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd soon.

May you be well and happy.

May all beings be well and happy.

World Buddhist Radio September 2006

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The World Buddhist Radio has seen many improvements and additions,

among them being a Dhamma talk by Venerable Nyanadhammo called

"Buddhism and Psychic Phenomena" in which he recounts, among other

things, his incredible encounter with a King Cobra. Other programs

include Buddhist Hour Radio programs 442, 443 and 444 all recorded live

on 3MDR 97.1 FM, Melbourne. These three program mainly discuss the

Perfection of Wisdom.

Also the "Coming Up" page is now fully functional. This page

lets listeners view the next twenty items to be played on the World

Buddhist Radio.

About the bulletin

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Welcome to the Brooking Street Bulletin online.

Bulletin Number 33: June/July

The purpose of this publication is to inform you about events, teaching programs and activities at the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. The Bulletin is the internal newsletter of our Centre.

It is published periodically through the year and current and previous copies can be read or downloaded from the Download Archive.

Keep up-to-date with events and activities by clicking on the Events Calendar.

We hope you find the Bulletin a valuable resource.

May you be well and happy.

Members and Friends Visit Kabar Aye Buddhist Monastery

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Julian, Alec, David and Adam attended the Kabar Aye Buddhist Monastery at 21 Rich Street, Noble Park, on Sunday the 9th of July for a Visa and Robe Offering Ceremony.

Visa is the Burmese equivalent word for what we know as the Versak celebration. Versak is celebrated by Burma later in the year due to differences in the Burmese calendar.

The day started with a traditional Burmese breakfast accompanied by warm conversation with the community.

Shortly after breakfast the offering ceremony commenced in which the community, including our representatives, offered robes and other neccesities to the Sangha. This was followed by the taking of Precepts and Refuge, a Dhamma talk by Venerable Bodhiwonisa on the importance of cultivating dana (generosity), sila (morality), and bhavana (mental cultivation) and the blessing of all present.

Stupa Looks Beautiful

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stupa Alec Sloman has taken a photo of the stupa on the day of the Annual General Meeting. From the look of things, it's really pretty at this time of year: just between winter and spring.

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Annual General Meeting 2006

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