Second Gathering

We will be having our second gathering with more exciting activites.

• 7 August 2009 (this coming Friday)
• SR5 (next to E-Lab 4 & opposite library)
• 1.15pm to 2.15pm (same as first gathering)

Please have your lunch before going and we hope you can be punctual.

May you be well and happy

First Gathering For Sem 2 2009

As the first activity after our recent Recruitment Drive, the society will be organizing our first gathering for the second half of 2009.

It has been our tradition of our society to welcome our new members as well as to reunite our current members into a gathering for the sole reason of Fellowship. We have arrange a range of fun-filled activities for everyone to get to know the society's activities, workings and also to help to create a bond between members, a bond of Friendship.

This event will be held in MPH4 (2.07.06) located at 2nd Floor. For those who are not sure how to get there, please refer to the map below:

From 2nd Floor Escalator

From 2nd Floor Lift

This gathering will be held on 31 July (Friday) from 1.15pm to 2.15pm (Friday Prayers Time), so please have your meal before we begin and try to be punctual. For more information, please contact Sis. Mar-Jie at 016-3966022.

SEE YOU THERE !!!

Flyer and Register

We have just released a new flyer and registration form for the coming recruitment drive, which will be held at Atrium today and tomorrow. For those who would want to get a glimpse of the flyer, here goes...


To register, please visit our booth which will be operational from 11am to 2pm for both today and tomorrow.
Sukhi Hotu
Fong Ren Yi

Recruitment Drive

The society will be having a RECRUITMENT DRIVE to recruit new members from various new batches, namely the BPharm (B1/09), Biomedical Science (BM1/09), Nutrition & Dietetics (ND1/09), Psychology (PS1/09), Medical Biotechnology (MB1/09), Pharmaceutical Chemistry (PC1/09) and Nursing (NU1/09). Despite dedicating this event to the new batches, students from other existing batches are also welcomed to the society.

For this, we will be setting a recruitment booth at the Atrium between 11am to 2pm for both 21st & 22nd of July (next coming Tuesday & Wednesday). Please take the chance to visit our booth for more information on our activities for there will be members to introduce them to you.

Improve your Buddhism

These are some wonderful websites which can be used as reference and additional reading.

http://www.buddhanet.net/

http://www.dharmanet.org/

http://aboutdharma.org/

http://dharmafarer.googlepages.com/

http://www.yinshun.org.tw/books/index.html

http://sutra.goodweb.cn/
http://www.drbachinese.org/online_reading_simplified/index.htm

http://www.justbegood.net/

This useful website below describes more about meditation

http://www.unfetteredmind.com/articles/index.php

If you want to know other famous Buddhist websites, they have a list of top 10 here:

http://www.buddhanet.net/10_best.htm

4th Ehipassiko Camp

The 4th Ehipassiko camp was held a week ago, from 3rd till 5th July. About 30 members of the society participated in this annual event in the Sau Seng Lum Temple, Petaling Jaya. For this time round, the theme was "Ehipassiko: It all begins in the mind". The term Ehipassiko, which means 'come and see for yourself', has been part of our annual camps' theme since the 2nd camp because it is the mission of the camp to encourage fellow Buddhists to go the extra mile beyond the mere belief of the Buddha's words, to experience the teachings of our great Teacher for oursleves through our daily lives.

Through the efforts of the 4th Ehipassiko Camp committee members lead by our ex-Vice President, Loy Siao Wei and our newly appointed president, Lim Dwee Shion, events and activities were carried out swiftly through the 3 days 2 nights camp. Fun games, inspiring talks, meditation and leadership workshops were among the major events throughout the camp which was held mostly within the air-conditioned environment of Sau Seng Lum Temple. In addition, Bro. Mooi Chee Onn and Bro. Lai Kar Wei were invited to demonstrate several self defense skills and basic Tai-Chi movements during the Flexi-me session in the morning.

Bro. Mooi and Bro. Lai demonstrating hand defense

During the camp, participants were also introduced to basics of Buddhism in the talk entitled "ABC of Buddhism" by Dr. Chan Kah Yein. Educational pictorial slides shown during the talk made it very interesting. Besides that, Dr. Phang Cheng Kar, a Buddhist psychiatrist and medical lecturer was also invited to give a talk entitled "5 Precepts and Bioethics", an issue which is very relevant to future health practitioners. Participants were given various bioethical dilemma and engaged in short discussions to analyse whether each case was ethical in a Buddhist perspective.

Dr. Chan giving her talkDr. Phang guiding discussions with participants

Other than Buddhism, there were also talks and workshops focusing on leadership and management in a Buddhist organization. Bro. Tan Huat Chye, founding president of the Kinrara Metta Buddhist Society gave another talk on "Good Leadership Qualities". In this talk, he stressed the importance of being a good Buddhist leader rather than just a leader in a Buddhist organization. Besides his talk, a workshop was also held entitled "Teamwork Building & Leadership Skills" lead by Bro. Koh Mui Han. In this workshop, Bro. Koh divided participants into 3 groups for a simple game which aims to educate participants in ways to work together as a team.

Bro. Tan giving his talkBro. Koh conducting the workshop

Before ending the camp, the society committee organized an Annual General Meeting whereby nominated participants were called upon to replace the existing committee members in an official ceremony lead by then-president, Bro. Lai Jun Yan. Then, new committee members took their oaths guided by the new president, Bro. Lim Dwee Shion.

Overall, the camp was a success and managed to live up to the theme "It all begins in the mind".

'Understanding and acknowledging the nature of our mind would be pivotal before we could ever be able to understand our real self and begin to transform ourselves for the better...'
Bro. Lai Jun Yan, from the July '09 newsletter

Fong Ren Yi

Committee Members 2009-2010

Photo of Committee Members during 4th Ehipassiko Camp 2009
from left: Ren Yi, Han Hong, Jaa Ming, Micheal, Mar-Jie, Chen Yeh, Dwee Shion
(not in photo: Law Ai Xin & Tan Sing Ean)

President	Lim Dwee Shion	ldshion@gmail.com	M208
Vice President	See Chen Yeh	scy88@hotmail.com	BM108
Secretary	Khaw Mar-Jie	carrotdelicious@hotmail.com	P109
Treasurer	Micheal Son Wei Da	mrwdson@hotmail.com	BM108
Dharma Study Group Manager	New Jaa Ming	ryodo_virgo@hotmail.com	ME109
Meditation Manager	Tan Sing Ean	singean_cl88@hotmail.com	ND108
Welfare Manager	Chong Han Hong	chonghh90@hotmail.com	M108
Newsletter Manager	Fong Ren Yi	nandafry@hotmail.com	P109
Publicity Manager	Law Ai Xin	oeshin@hotmail.com	B107

History

IMU Buddhist Society was founded in October 1998 by Tan Soon Kim(M1/97) and Chong Euming(M1/97) during the International Medical College (IMC) era.

This society, formerly known as Dharma Society, was formed with a vision to share the knowledge of Dharma among students and faculty members and also to practice the Dharma together. It is the vision of the founders that we have been trying to achieve for more than 10 years, for it is not an easy task to open one's heart, dispel it of ignorance and cultivate it with wisdom and compassion. In addition, the society also hopes to provide an opportunity and place for students to discuss and share their views regarding Dharma philosophies and their application to daily life.

On 8th September 1999, Prof. Hla Yee Yee became our first official advisor of the Dharma Society. She was later joined by Dr. Ranjit De Alwis. Together they have been guiding the Buddhist Society through thick and thin to achieve what we are today. With prior experience as student advisor in Universiti Sains Malaysia and a long-practising Buddhist, Prof. Hla's participation has guided the once relatively new society into a well established society we know now.

Throughout the years, the society has been actively organizing activities such as Dharma talks, Dharma sharing sessions, meditation retreats, forums, educational trips and blood and organ donation drives. These activities have triggered the curiosity in members to find out more about the Dharma and also instill Buddhistic principles in their daily lifes. The society often invite guest speakers from around Klang Valley to educate members in the Dharma and to guide members to walk the path leading to eternal happiness, Nirvana.