Bite-sized Dharma on the go!
Below is a series of exercises that I gave to my students in the SBF English Dharma classes. I thought it would be interesting for us to do something this Vesak.
Take a look. Let me know what you think.
Exercises for this Vesak
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In-Brief
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OT stands for Off Topic, and in this series, we take a look at a BBC web site showing a very impressive view of the British History Timeline.
I’m not exactly a fan of BBC or the British folks, but hey, always good to have some general knowledge. Last I check, it’s good for small talk, party conversation and the Bodhisattva Path. ;)Enjoi!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/timelines/british/index.shtml
There will be an “Om Mani Padme Hum” 12hr chanting day on 6th April, 2007 at Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, Singapore.
Location:
Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery
88 Bright Hill Road
Singapore 574117
Participation fee: Sincerity and kindness
Date & Time: 6th April 9:00am ~ 9:00pm
Details:
The chanting day will be split into 6 continuous sessions of 2hrs each.
Each session will have:
Guiding Monastic:
Chuanguan bhikkhu
Please contact KMSPKS Youth Ministry, Billy @ youth@kmspks.org or 6849 5346 or sms: 9765 4322 for participation slots.
Here’s a first segment of a series of talks by Master MiuKing on the Mahaprajnaparamita sutra.
I’ll continue to encode the talks from DVD for upload to google video.
摩訶般若波羅蜜經系列
三歎品第30 / 現滅諍品第31（四之一）
妙境長老宣講
（1999年溫哥華）
1 of 4
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6803347389332162931&hl=en
I mentioned in one of the talks that our physical bodies are replaced totally over a period of time. I got curious and went looking for a reference.
Here’s one:
http://www.contouring.com/chapter1.html
The physical body that each of us possess (or possesses us) is made up of roughly 50 trillion cells. About 30 billion of these are nerve cells. Every day millions of cells throughout our bodies are being replaced. This takes place through the normal process of attrition and
replacement. Indeed 98% of our body is replaced within one year. The remaining cells are replaced the following year. In fact, 10% of all cells in your body are replaced every 3 weeks, 25% of the cells are replaced every 5-6 weeks. The cells that make up our skin is totally new every thirty days. The cells that make up the soft muscle tissue of our internal organs is replaced in two to three months. The liver is replaced within six weeks, while the stomach lining takes as little as four days. Some cells, such as those closely involved in the process of digestion, are replaced as rapidly as every five minutes!
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