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Meditation Session
Date: Friday, 19th October 2001
Time: 6:30pm (the earlier we start the better)
Venue: Green Room, Frank Tate Building
Notes: This week Ravindra Koggolage will be coming in again
to follow up on the great meditation session that he has led us
with earlier this semester. Ravindra is a PhD student at the University
of Melbourne in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and is
also a trained and well experienced meditation instructor in the
Theravada tradition. We welcome everyone to come along to this session
even if you missed the last talk or have never meditated before!
It is a good chance to be calm amongst the stress of work and also
to find better concentration with the things you want to achieve.
Poetry Reading
Date: Saturday, 13th October 2001
Time: 1:30 pm
Venue: The Buddhist Society of Victoria 71-73 Darling Road,
East Malvern, Vic. 3145 Tel: 03 9571 6409 [Melway map 68, J1; near
junction with Waverly Road.]
Speaker: Professor Grevel Lindop
Notes: Prof. Grevel Lindop from England is giving a reading
of his epic poem about the life of the Buddha, entitled 'Touching
the Earth' Everyone is welcome.
Dhamma Talk
Date: Friday, 12th October 2001
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Undergraduate Lounge A, 2nd Floor Union House
Speaker: Dr Peter Friedlander
Topic: Bodh Gaya and the pilgrimmage to the land
of Buddha's enlightenment
Notes: Our speaker for this week is Dr Peter Friedlander
who teaches the history of Indian Buddhism at Latrobe University.
The topic will be "Bodh Gaya and the pilgrimmage to the land of
Buddha's enlightenment". It should be a fascinating talk for all
interested in the history of Buddhism and there will be time for
questions and discussion at the end of the talk. Hope everyone enjoyed
a lovely holiday and hope to see you all there.
Dhamma Talk
Date: Friday, 14th September 2001
Time: 6.30 pm
Venue: Green room, Frank Tate Building
Topic: Noble Truth
Speaker: Geshe Sonam Darghye
Notes: This week we are very priveledged to have Tibetan
monk Geshe Sonam Darghye come and give a talk on the Four Noble
Truths and how they define our everyday lives. Geshe Sonam Darghye
is a highly respected monk who was born in East Tibet but left in
1980 to study in South India at the Sarege monastery under Geshe
Larumba. After graduating in 1994 he then went on to complete a
year's study at the Tantrik University before being urged by His
Holiness the Dalai Llama to return to Tibet to help with the monasteries.
Unfortunately it was too difficult for him to remain there more
than a year and a half. Again he returned to India and from there
travelled out to Australia in 1998. Since then he has been resident
at the Geelong Drol Kar Buddhist Centre.
Dhamma Talk
Date: Friday, 7th Sept 2001
Time: 6.30 pm
Venue: Green room, Frank Tate Building
Topic: Meditation
Speaker: Ravindra Koggalage
Notes: A meditation session led by Ravindra Koggalage who
is a Phd student at Melbourne Uni in the mechanical engineering
department. His experience with meditation instruction is based
on Theravada traditions. It will be a good chance for us all to
get together and take some quiet time out from the stress of uni
(which I'm sure Ravindra has had much experience with!) and remind
ourselves of the peace we can find within.
Dhamma Discussion
Date: Friday, 31st August 2001
Time: 7.00 pm
Venue: Green room, Frank Tate Building
Topic:
| i) The practice of wisdom and compassion in daily life |
| ii) Harnessing compassion through meditation |
Facilitator: Tiem Leong
Note: It will be a group discussion based on the 3 dhamma talks
we had for the past 3 weeks.
Dhamma Talk
Date: Thursday, 23rd August 2001
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Green room, Frank Tate Building
Topic: Harnessing Compassion through Meditation (Part
II)
Speaker: Andrew Williams
Notes: This talk will be given by Andrew, who has been a
Buddhist for nearly 20 years and has been a dhamma/meditation teacher
for 5 years. Whilst in Los Angeles he taught in youth detention
centres, hosted a Buddhist radio program, taught and worked on a
part-time basis at a local Vietnamese Buddhist temple and the Taiwanese
Hsi Lai temple, as well as representing Buddhism in "inter faith-meetings".
Andrew specialises in the meditation methods of the Tibetan books
though he has close relations with and has studied under many different
schools.
Dhamma Talk
Date: Thursday, 16th August 2001
Time: 8:15pm
Venue: 2nd Floor, Undergraduate Lounge A & B, Union House
Topic: Harnessing Compassion through Meditation (Part
I)
Speaker: Andrew Williams
Notes: This talk will be given by Andrew, who has been a
Buddhist for nearly 20 years and has been a dhamma/meditation teacher
for 5 years. Whilst in Los Angeles he taught in youth detention
centres, hosted a Buddhist radio program, taught and worked on a
part-time basis at a local Vietnamese Buddhist temple and the Taiwanese
Hsi Lai temple, as well as representing Buddhism in "inter faith-meetings".
Andrew specialises in the meditation methods of the Tibetan books
though he has close relations with and has studied under many different
schools.
Meditation, Puja, Dhamma Discussion
Date: Friday, 1st June 2001
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: 2nd Floor, Undergraduate Lounge A & B, Union House
Notes: Meditation session conducted by Corey Bell and puja
(a form of Buddhist chanting) lead by Shanaka Perera. And as the
exams are approaching, there will be an information session on exam
techniques, coping with stress as well as relaxation techniques.
Dhamma Talk
Date: Friday, 25th May 2001
Time: 7.00 - 9.30pm (approximate)
Venue: 2nd Floor, Undergraduate Lounge A & B, Union House
Topic: Meditation and Tai Chi
Speaker: Reverend Man Wang
Biography: Reverend Man Wang has been living in Australia
for the past 10 years. She is from the International Buddhist College
of Victoria (IBCV), which is a branch of the Taiwanese based Fo
Guang Shan organisation. This school incorporates the Chinese traditions
of Zen and Pureland and advocates 'humanistic Buddhism'. It currently
has branches in over 40 countries and has produced a large body
of Buddhist literature in addition to contributing to the promotion
of education and Buddhist culture. This week's talk will feature
a meditation session and a talk on Tai Chi and Ch'an (meditation
as practiced in the Chinese school of Zen). There will be a discussion
following the talk.
Dhamma Discussion
Date: Friday, 18th May 2001
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: 2nd Floor, Undergraduate Lounge A & B, Union House
Topic: Buddhism and being an international student.
Notes: Casual facilitated discussion. Meditation conducted
by Corey Bell.
Dhamma Discussion
Date: Friday, 4th May 2001
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Green room, Frank Tate Building
Topic: Dementia, Decay, and Detachment.
Notes: This is going to be a very casual discussion which
will be facilitated by someone who will introduce the above topic.
People can share their views, personal experiences, thoughtful insights,
and then parallel these with their understanding of Buddhist teachings.
And we can put the ever elegant Buddhist concepts to the grill and
test if they truly stand or do they shatter? There will be a guided
meditation session too. Feel free to make yourselves comfy, b.y.o.
cushions, mats, pillows if you may :) Cheers! With Metta, MUBSS
family.
Dhamma Talk
Date: Friday, 30th March 2001
Time: 7.00 - 9.30pm (approximate)
Venue: Green room, Frank Tate Building
Topic: Meditation as medicine: the science, practice
and philosophy
Speaker: Dr. Craig Hassed
Biography: Dr Craig Hassed is a general practitioner and
senior lecturer in the Monash University Department of General Practice
where he teaches at both under and post-graduate levels. His main
areas of teaching and clinical interest are in stress management,
meditation, mind-body medicine and counselling. Apart from teaching
at Monash University, Craig also takes courses and gives invited
lectures at the RACGP, Swinburne and Melbourne Universities and
for community groups, professional bodies and corporations. He also
teaches in communication skills and medical ethics.
Craig's other areas of involvement include teaching at the Gawler
Foundation cancer residential programs. He also compares an occasional
community radio program on holistic health issues and writes a regular
column for the RACGP journal, the Australian Family Physician on
the "Philosophy of Medicine." The articles from 1999 and 2000 in
this series have recently been published in a book called "New Frontiers
in Medicine." Craig was a founding member of the Australasian Integrative
Medicine Association and has been a judge for the Australian Humanitarian
Foundation awards since 1998.
Outside of work commitments Craig is very interested in philosophy,
wine and drama, particularly Shakespeare and has performed in a
number of plays. He wrote and directed his first full-length play
in 1999.
Dhamma Talk
Date: Thursday, 22th March
Time: 7.00 - 9.30pm (approximate)
Venue: MUOSS Lounge, 2nd floor, Union House
Topic: Women in Buddhism
Speaker: Sister Thanasanti
Biography: Sister Thanasanti was born in California, USA,
and has been practising meditation for over 20 years. She became
a Buddhist nun with Ajahn Sumedho as her teacher and lived as part
of the developing nuns' communities of Amaravati and Chithurst Buddhist
monasteries in England. She is now living at Wat Buddha Dhamma,
near Sydney.
Dhamma Talk
Date: Friday, 16th March 2001
Time: 7.00 - 9.30pm (approximate)
Venue: Green room, Frank Tate Building
Topic: Meditation in Daily Life
Speaker: Ajahn Sumangalo
Biography: Ajahn Sumangalo is an English-born Theravada Buddhist
monk whose teachers included the renowned meditation teacher, Ajahn
Sumedho. He is currently a resident monk at Bodhinyanarama Monastery
in Auckland, New Zealand.
Dhamma Workshop
Date: Friday, 9th March 2001
Time: 6.45 - 9.30pm
Venue: Green room, Frank Tate Building
Topic: An interactive introduction to Buddhism and meditation
Speaker: Greg Kleiman
Biography: Greg Kleiman was a monk for nearly 14 years, having
been ordained in Burma in the Theravadin tradition. His Buddhist
studies and practice have lead him to Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand,
Nepal, Sri Lanka, and India. He currently teaches meditation on
Monday evenings at the Buddhist Society of Victoria and works in
a multimedia company as a programmer.
Notes: Since this is the first activity for 2001, the MUBSS
committee will spend 15 minutes introducing themselves and explaining
the purpose of MUBSS. As mentioned, this is an interactive session
so feel free to join in any discussions. Greg will also conduct
a 30-minute guided meditation.
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