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		<title>Group Practice @ Buddhist Library</title>
		<link>http://buddhavacana.net/2009/07/01/group-practice-buddhist-library/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have moved! The weekly Group Practice will be held at Buddhist Librar: Weekly Group Practice Venue: Buddhist Library, 2-4 Geylang Lor 24A Date: Every Wednesday Time: 7:30pm ~ 9:30pm Programme: Puja &#8211; Chanting (~15mins) Meditation (15mins) Dharma talk &#38; discussion (1hour) Q&#38;A (20mins) Closing Puja &#8211; Dedication]]></description>
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		<title>One, &#8230; Two, &#8230; Three &#8230;. Yum!  or learning to wait</title>
		<link>http://buddhavacana.net/2009/05/12/one-two-three-yum-or-learning-to-wait/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 06:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a while now, whenever I am invited for a meal at my parents&#8217; place, I would play a little game with my niece and nephews.  I would give them a cookie or bread or something, but before I give them, I would hover infront of their mouth and count to them &#8220;One, &#8230; Two, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>應以何身得度者，即現何身而為說法 Teach the Dharma in the local language</title>
		<link>http://buddhavacana.net/2009/03/31/%e6%87%89%e4%bb%a5%e4%bd%95%e8%ba%ab%e5%be%97%e5%ba%a6%e8%80%85%ef%bc%8c%e5%8d%b3%e7%8f%be%e4%bd%95%e8%ba%ab%e8%80%8c%e7%82%ba%e8%aa%aa%e6%b3%95-teach-the-dharma-in-the-local-language/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[應以何身得度者，即現何身而為說法 does not translate to &#8220;Teach the Dharma in the local language&#8221;.  The Chinese text would translate loosely to &#8220;Depending on the need of the audience, (one) shall manifest in whatever form/appearance to teach the (Buddha) Dharma&#8221;.  This is the crux of the teachings in “妙法蓮花經 觀世音菩薩 普門品” Saddharma-puṇḍarīka sūtra, chapter on Samantamukhaparivarto nāmāvalokiteṡvara-vikurvaṇa-nirdeṡa. Confused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To: Pureland Practice (100 ~ 200)</title>
		<link>http://buddhavacana.net/2009/03/03/how-to-pureland-practice-100-200/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preface In this HowTo series, we explore the Pureland Practice. The contents herein is set at level 100 ~ 200, meaning it&#8217;s targeted at introductory to beginners&#8217; level. 100 &#8211; Introductory 200 &#8211; Beginner 300 &#8211; Intermediate 400 &#8211; Advanced This article was first drafted in 2007 and intended for publication on this blog. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting real</title>
		<link>http://buddhavacana.net/2009/02/23/getting-real/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://confusion.tweakblogs.net/blog/1418/why-functional-programming-doesnt-catch-on.html The above is an interesting article about functional programming and why it fail to catch on. Every introduction to a programming language shows you the recursive method to calculate Fibonacci numbers. It&#8217;s abstract, many people do not relate to it very well, but it&#8217;s only a single example. However, the documentation for FP languages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore Buddhist Federation web site</title>
		<link>http://buddhavacana.net/2009/01/19/singapore-buddhist-federation-web-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, Here&#8217;s the web site for the Singapore Buddhist Federation http://www.buddhist.org.sg/sbf/ A snippet here: English Dharma Course (Info on Chinese Dharma Course is available at the site above) Objective: To develop participants’ understanding in basic Buddhist teachings for life enrichment. Contents: Lectures and panel discussions on the life of Buddha, a brief history Buddhism, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buddha Vacana &#8211; Sacred Literature of Buddhism</title>
		<link>http://buddhavacana.net/2009/01/01/471/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>So the Olympics is around the corner</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Olympic starting in just two days, the whole world goes into a frenzy, soaking in every bit of Olympic titbits they can find, lavishing in the news of all the different sports man and woman people and the history and background of the Games. Suddenly everyone wants to know the psyche behind these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Rights vs Human Responsibilities</title>
		<link>http://buddhavacana.net/2008/05/28/human-rights-vs-human-responsibilities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 05:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The one place you would not expect to find demand of &#8220;Human Rights&#8221; would be in a college, a Buddhist College I mean. One would think that 1) a Buddhist College would be extolling values above and beyond mere human rights and 2) students (monks in this case) would not really care much about human [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To my Mom and Dad! &#8230; :)</title>
		<link>http://buddhavacana.net/2007/12/12/to-my-mom-and-dad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is not Mother&#8217;s day, nor is it Father&#8217;s day. It is also not my parent&#8217;s birthday. Least of all, it&#8217;s also not my birthday. Today, they accompanied me to run an errand to Funan. (Yes, sometimes monks also need stuffs &#8230; *grin*) Here I am back in the monastery, after a meditation class/session with [...]]]></description>
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