Meditation Camp 2012

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Breakaway from the hustle and bustle of daily life, and join us on a journey of understanding yourself, your life and your mind.

This meditation camp is non-religious, and we welcome anyone to join us with an open heart :)

However, seats are limited, so we accept participants on a first come first serve basis.

Details

Date: 4th-6th Feb (6th is a public holiday)

Venue: Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary, Taiping

Fee: RM 20

Transportation, food and lodgings are provided. Come join us if wisdom and understanding is what you seek :)

For more info, please contact: Engelbert 016-4232970 or Kaizia 014-9034798

Self Acceptance

To be beautiful means to be yourself.

You don't need to be accepted by others, you just need to accept yourself.

- Thich Nhat Hanh -

Letting Go

Each time you let go of fear and uncertainty,

you're letting go of the habitual way of finding security and comfort.

- Pema Chodron -

Just Trust

Generally, I consider taxi rides to be a treat. But not always. Around 1:00 am on Halloween, I hailed a cab with a friend. "Drive around to the front of this building. Can ya leave the meter running while I go inside to tell our friends that we've left? Thanks, man...I appreciate it." A few minutes later, the cabbie told my friend to run inside and get me because he was in a hurry and had someone waiting. After she left the car to get me, the cabbie took off. With my backpack on the seat. A backpack with…

• my money
• drivers license
• ATM card
• house keys
• halloween supplies
• and a digital camera.

Ech. About $500 worth of stuff and hassle. So what do I do? I don't even know what cab company it was. My friend felt really bad. She said, "I guess I need to learn to trust people less." Ouch. That sounds terrible. Losing faith is much worse than losing some stuff. So this is how I'm looking at it all: Spending $500 every once-in-a-while is a small price to pay to be able to continue trusting people. I can get another driver's license. I have another camera. I have more money. I can buy more trashy, frosted-pink lipstick. I'll consider the loss to be part of my optimism tax. I sporadically pay this fee (when people take advantage of my trust in goodness) in exchange for optimistic freedom.

I would be less at-risk if I concentrated more on the negatives. "What if _____ happens?" But it's not worth it. The cost to my quality of life (by worrying more) is far more expensive than the cost of losing some stuff.

Source: Cocky Bastard

The Observance (Ud 5.5)

Just as the ocean has a single taste — that of salt — in the same way,

this Dhamma & Discipline has a single taste: that of release.

The Observance (Ud 5.5)

静思小语

一个人的快乐，

不是因为他拥有得多，

而是因为他计较得少。

Happiness

is not about how much we possess,

but how little we bicker over trivialities.

~ Dharma Master Cheng Yen ~

Illuminate - 7th Ehipassiko Camp

The annual Ehipassiko Camp brought to you specially by the IMU Buddhist Society had always been a fun and inspiring experience. This camp is packed with activities, workshops and talks, learning the dharma had never been made so interesting. Get away from the less than exciting IMU campus life and enjoy a 3 days break at the camp. Feel yourself getting rejuvenated, inspired, refreshed and ready to face the long year ahead full of mind boggling lectures and unanswerable exam questions. =)

There is no need to wait, or think. Just register yourself with us for the 7th Ehapassiko Camp NOW and we will bring you on a memorable journey, an experience to be remembered forever.

IMUBS

*please refer to the poster above for information.