4th Dhamma Talk @ IMU

Buddhism, being a 2500 years old teaching, is finding itself in all parts of the world today. In answering the needs of the different masses out there, many external influence and also local practices has comfortably made its mark in the different traditions of Buddhism around the world. This dhamma talk, aims to enlighten the audience on the subject, correcting some of the commonly mistaken practices, and also shed a new light on some misunderstood practices. The talk also aims to create a sense of appreciation for the different “colors” in Buddhism in the audience with the appropriate understanding.

We have specially invited Bro. Ananda Fong as our Dhamma speaker to address this topic.

Bro. Ananda Fong

Biodata:

Bro. Ananda Fong hails from Kuala Lumpur, and is a graduate from the UK. He was a student, facilitator and former Deputy Principal of the Buddhist Institute Sunday Dhamma School (BISDS) at the Buddhist Maha Vihara (BMV), Brickfields, KL He was also a facilitator and former Principal and President of Bandar Utama Buddhist Society (BUBS), PJ. During his service in BISDS and BUBS, he also helped as the co-organizer and facilitator of Dhamma School Teachers Training Program.

Besides that, he was also invited as a facilitator in Dhamma Speakers Training Program in BMV and Buddhist Gem Fellowship (BGF), PJ. Later, he also helped as a facilitator in the Diploma in Buddhism program (Buddhist And Pali University (BAPU), Sri Lanka).

He currently gives Dhamma talks regularly at Buddhist Societies in the Klang Valley.

The topic focuses on the various aspects of superstitious practices which are either labeled wrongly as part of Buddhism, or Buddhist practices misunderstood as superstitious. Practices such as fortune telling, wearing amulets, making offerings to the Buddha, vegetarianism and many more fall under these categories. As Buddhists, we should learn to identify and understand the concepts behind various Buddhist practices and also expel those which are not appropriate. Bro. Ananda will not only answer your questions of "which is true?", but more importantly, put you on the right track to be able to identify true practices by yourself based on the teachings of the Buddha.

As said in the poster above, this talk will be held from 7.15pm to 9.30pm on 29 September 2009 (Tuesday) at SR3 1.09.

Please be punctual as we will be having a video sharing session before the start of the talk