Bite-sized Dharma on the go!
Heart Sutra workshop @ Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery
Conducted in Mandarin
(an English Heart Sutra class will be conducted in Aug / Sep onwards. )
Starting 3 May 2015 – 17 July 2015 (10 lessons)
What is the meaning of the Heart Sutra? The shortest sutra at 260 characters, is also the most commonly recited sutra in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism.
What lies within this Sutra? Emptiness … does it mean nothingness?
Come, learn, share and discover together!
Thanks Iris tan, for the question on the four gratitudes in Buddhism.
The four groups to whom one should have gratitude are
一、父母恩。Gratitude towards one’s parents
二、众生恩。Gratitude towards sentient beings
三、国王恩/国家恩（国土恩）。Gratitude towards one’s nation/motherland/ruler
四、三宝恩 (佛、法、僧) Gratitude towards the Triple Gem, namely the Buddha, his teachings, the Dharma, and the Sangha, the community of monks and nuns and the enlightened ones.
Mr Lee Kuan Yew, is our founding prime minister, and is deserving of our respect and gratitude as founding father of our nation, under the third category of gratitude.
Emotions run high this week (23 Mar to 29 Mar 2015), and it is understandable that some may adorn him with high praise, and sometimes perhaps overdo it.
Mr Lee Kuan Yew has done much for Singapore, and from the out-pour of appreciations from other nations, we can see that he has also left a positive indelible mark in people’s life in lands far and near.
He does not need over-adornment or more accolades to make him a greater man.
He is great as he is.
As the PM, Mr Lee Hsien Loong has said in his eulogy, if anyone seeks Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s monument, we can reply proudly: ‘look around you’ “.
Thank you Mr Lee Kuan Yew.
Wherever you are,
may you continue to be of help and benefit to others.
may you find peace, joy and rest.
References
Memorial Prayer Service – Remembering Mr Lee Kuan Yew
@ Venerable Hong Choon Memorial Hall Level 4
Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery
A Live Youtube streaming feed of the prayer will be made available shortly. Check back for the link.
Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu! ^_^
An amazing Buddhist nun, Venerable Tri Thuan, who left Vietnam for the US in 1971, and in 1985 left the United States and went to France to study Buddhism under her Vietnamese master, the late Most Venerable Thich Huyen VI.
In 1989, under the advice of her late master, headed for India and has been there ever since and made India the base of her humanitarian work.
A few days ago I saw a post in a facebook group about this article by an ex-catholic-buddhist Paul Williams, who was born a Catholic, converted to Buddhism for 30 years and converted back after 30 years of Buddhist studies, practices and learning in the Tibetan tradition.*
The post drew 100+ comments and quickly went past 200 within a few days. After reading through some of the comments which escalated to name callings and several links to other articles, including one by Ajahn Sujato, I decided to leave a note.
Below is my comment in the thread. Read More …