Friday Gathering: Dharma Sharing: The ABS's of Buddhism

Buddhism, meditation and the needs to preserve monks-a little about everything! Discover more about them through our Friday Gathering this time around! There will be exciting games to create bonds too! Do drop by if you have got the time! =D
The details are as below:

Date :4th Jan 2013(Fri) 
Time :1.00pm-2.30pm
Venue :R 4.07

Dharma Talk---Buddhism's Perspectives on Supernatural Power;Can Monks levitate?

Supernatural Powers; Do you ever believed in them? Do they actually exist around us? 
Explore more into it through our IMUBS Dharma Talk session on this coming Thursday night (20.12.12 at 7pm in R3.06) for more insight on Supernatural Power based on Buddhism's Perspectives. Don't miss out this golden opportunity for such an interesting topic and talk by Bro. Ang Choo Hong, a well-known and experienced speaker! Do come along for support! :)

Mind Over Matter:What is Meditation?

Meditation has gained a lot of interest in the western countries in the recent years as it is scientifically proven to be beneficial to one's mental, physical health and well being. Have u ever wondered what MEDITATION is? Is it sth religious? What are the benefits? Do come and explore together the "MYSTERY" of meditation!

The details are as follow:

Date:13.12.12 (Thurs)
Time: 7.30-9.30pm
Venue: MPH5

Hope to see u guys there! =D

Friday Gathering =)

Dear brothers and sisters, its time for our Friday Gathering again! =) The Dharma Sharing for this time will be on Anger. The details are as follows:

Date:7th DEC2012
Time: 1.00-2.30pm
Venue: Room 4.07

Do come to support us~!

Please take note the date has been changed to 14.12.12 (Friday)

Video Sharing "Arguments and Truth"

Hey guys , on this coming Thurs(6/12/12) there will be a video sharing on "Arguments and Truth" organised by IMU Buddhist Society, 7,00-9.00pm at room 3.06. Sharing a talk by Ajahn Brahm Thero, come join us and enlighten your mind!!

Dharma Talk

Hey peeps! This coming Thurs (22/11), IMUBS is organising a Dharma Talk on "Buddhists and Vegetarians" by Uncle Vijaya at 7pm! The venue is at Room 3.06. Do not miss out this golden opportunity to gain enlightenment on vegetarianism! =)

Animal shelther visit~Lend A Hand

        For those ANIMAL LOVERS out there, do take note on this event! This time around we will be heading to the animal shelter; to shower them with compassion(play with them and etc)=) The registration is opened to all from today on wards until the 10th of Nov(Sat). Act fast to secure a place(limited seat)!Any inquiries please contact Jusryn and Mei Juin =) All the details u can get it from the poster attached.

Mindfulness of Feelings; Your doorway to clarity!

"Can't make your mind? Unable to decide which clothes to wear today? Do you get confused with what you want most of the time? Well you've come to the right place! Mindfulness will be your door to clarity! The details are as follow: Date: 18TH OCT 2012 (Thurs) Time: 8.00pm-9.30pm Venue: MPH 5 (2.07.02)

Friday Gathering

• Details are as follows: 12/10/12, 1.00-2.30pm, Room 1.09 Greetings everyone, we'll be having our next Friday Gathering on this coming Friday. As usual, we'll have some fun time first to get to know each other and then there'll be sharing session as well. =D Feel free to join us. Thanks. =)

Guided Meditation and Talk session entitled "Getting Out of The Tunnel"

Hello fellow brothers and sisters, IMUBS will be organising a guided meditation and talk session entitled "Getting Out of The Tunnel" on Oct 2nd in conjunction with IMU Mental Health Week 2012. Pls RSVP at our event and hope to see you there!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/505150512846074/

Guided meditation and talk session - "Getting out of the tunnel"
Tuesday at 7:00pm at 3.06
Join

Guided meditation and talk session - "Getting out of the tunnel"

Tuesday at 7:00pm at 3.06

Join

Friday Gathering

Wisdom dialogue

Mindfulness meditation

Dharma Talk

Activities this week

Have been facing books and laptops last week? Give yourself a break!! This is a week full of activities for IMU BS! You're welcome to join us in any of these events..& Make your uni life more happening! =)

1) WED night: Meditation class - THOUGHTS: Are they real??
http://www.facebook.com/events/261285643959583/

2) THURS night: Dharma Talk - Loving Kindness by UNCLE VIJAYA
http://www.facebook.com/events/139286662867807/

3) FRI noon: Friday Gathering !!
http://www.facebook.com/events/283099911767641/

4) FRI night: Wisdom Dialogue: Love & Awareness - hand in hand.
http://www.facebook.com/events/352501538134231/

Blood Donation Drive

Friday Gathering and Welcoming Party

Always wanted to join the Buddhist Society? What are you waiting for? Join the happy family of IMU BS-ians this Friday. =)

We will be having some games and activities, all planned just for you. Do come and join us.

ps Food is provided. Please come with an empty stomach.

=)

IMU BS.

Mindfulness meditation

• • 
    Thursday, 22 March 2012
  • 19:30 until 21:30

• MPH 5 (2.07.02)

• Feelings are not something that can be defined by words, It's something abstract and only can be experience, By the mind. Know feelings, understand them, contemplate them. You might be able to break loose from it's bonds. . Then long gone, it will be for those impulsive unskillful actions. . Freedom at last. Talk will be conducted by: Sister Boon Ling Hope to see you there!

Dhamma talk

How to Have the PERFECT Relationship with Everyone

By Kute Blackson

There are over 6 billion people on the planet. Each with their own unique personalities and expression.

Every person is in your life for a reason whether you see it or not. Each person is here to teach you something and has a gift for your soul’s evolution. Each person reflects some aspect of yourself that needs to be loved, forgiven, embraced or simply accepted.

The more you can accept and love yourself as you are.

The more you can accept and love those around you as they are.

The freer you will be.

Trying to change someone into your ideal version of who you would like them to be only creates suffering for you.

This is not in your control.

Let me repeat: This is NOT in your control.

Do not look for a perfect relationship, a perfect person, a perfect lover in the relative constantly changing world. Personalities are imperfect, will collide, will make mistakes, will create friction and challenge at times.

Don’t look for perfection at the level of the personality yours or others. This will only lead to more suffering.

The real perfection is to be found at the depth of your Being, which is untouched and free.

We often have these ideals of who we want a person to be, whether a spouse, a child or a friend. We end up resisting who they are in reality right now or living in some fantasy of their yet realized potential.

This gap between your ideal of who you want them to be and the current reality is suffering. The bigger that gap, the bigger your suffering.

A profound freedom opens up when you totally accept the person you are faced with as they are. You then no longer give your power away to anyone or need him or her to be different in order for you to feel different or happy.

You are free.

Sometimes deep down we are actually afraid of fully accepting someone as they are, because we feel that accepting would mean having to face the possibility that either you won’t get what you want from them, or that your relationship will have to change form or that you will need to stay stuck in the same patterns.

So it’s easier to keep resisting in order to not feel the heartbreak, loss, hopelessness or unmet need.

It is when you choose acceptance that you really have choice as to how you want to participate and interact a people with people in a way that serves both of you.

Most often it’s not the other person upsetting you. They are simply being who they are being in this moment irrespective of you. They have been being the way they have been being even before you showed up. Remember: it’s not personal even though it might seem that way in the moment.

When you drop your expectation of who someone should or shouldn’t be, it frees you. It opens up the space for you to receive whatever that person is actually able to give you – rather than focusing on who they are not, what they cannot give you and being angry with that. When you face the reality of who they are, then you can focus on what they are able to give you, and enjoy that even if it is not your ideal. It is what it is. You don’t expect a 2-year-old child to drive your car or have a conversation about quantum physics. You fully accept where they are in their development, thus loving and enjoying them fully.

You are then free to simply love. And it is this energy of loving that will actually be the invisible force that is more likely to impact those in your life and be the transformative element to facilitate shifts than any judging or demands.

Your loving compassion creates the safe space for transformation.

At the deepest level of Soul, we are all ONE. This is ultimately where we shall all have a truly perfect relationship with each other, because we are each other.

We are ONE.

Love. Now.
Kute

Wisdom Dialogue

The world when you look at it, is it real, or merely just your imagination?
Are you actually seeing what you're seeing?
Who knows? Come and find out.

The session will be a round table discussion, where members and facilitators will actively interact with on another.

Mind boggling, fun, and filled with mystery.

Facilitator: Bro. Tuck Loon & Sis. Geraldine

Mindfulness Meditation

Buddha Quotes

March Activities

IMU Buddhist Society has a series of interesting and enlightening activities installed for you. Please do come and join us.

4th March - Nalanda Walkathon

8th, 22nd, 28th March - Meditation Classes

9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th March - Wisdom Sharing

15th March - Dharma Talk

16th, 30th March - Friday Gathering

20th, 21st, 22nd March - Blood Donation Drive

For further details on time and venues for each activity, please stay tuned to this blog or visit our IMU Buddhist Society Facebook page.

Hope to see you at our activities.

Love

IMU BS

Buddha Quotes

The Thought That Kicks You Out of Heaven

Heaven: "This is wonderful. I could stay here forever."
Hell: "This is not quite perfect."


The thought that kicks you out of heaven could be "I'd be a little more comfortable if I had a pillow." Or it could be "I'd be happier if my partner were here."

Without that thought, you're in heaven - just sitting in your chair, being supported and being breathed. When you believe the thought that something is missing, what do you experience? The immediate effect may be subtle - only a slight restlessness as your attention moves away from what you already have. But with that shift of attention, you give up the peace you have as you sit in your chair. Seeking comfort, you give yourself discomfort.

What if you did get a pillow? That could work. You may find yourself back in heaven again. It may be the very thing you needed. Or you could pick up the phone and convince your partner (if you have a partner) to join you, and maybe he or she would actually arrive. And perhaps you would be happier, and perhaps you wouldn't. In the meantime, there goes your peace.

The thought that kicks you out of heaven doesn't have to be about comfort or happiness. It could be "I'd be more secure if...." or "If only it could always be like this," or it could be just the thought of a cup of coffee. Most people are so busy making improvements they don't notice they've stepped out of heaven. Wherever they are, something or someone could always be better.

So, how do you get back to heaven? To begin with, just notice the thoughts that take you away from it. You don't have to believe everything your thoughts tell you. Just become familiar with the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness. It may seem strange at first to get to know yourself in this way, but becoming familiar with your stressful thoughts will show you the way home to everything you need.


Excerpt from: I Need Your Love - Is That True? - by Byron Katie

Wisdom Meditation

Wisdom Meditation

Understanding Mind, Outstanding Life

Meditation is not what one have in mind - the kind of close eyes and nice posture. Rather meditation is life itself as it involves understanding oneself in all interaction and relationship one have with the world. In short, meditation is about you and me and the difference both of us make to the world.

There will be a total of five classes for this semester:

1. Why and why not Meditation?

2. Am I imagining the world?

3. What and who am "I"?

4. Love and Awareness hand in hand

5. Life as a Mind experience

Speakers:
Hor Tuck Loon & Geraldine Kok

Please refer to poster below for the first class.


Please contact Engelbert Teh (016-4232970) for any inquiries.

Thank you.

Talk: The Ripple Effect

Eckhart Tolle: Nirvana Is Already Here

Wherever You Are, Be There Totally

If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy,

you have three options:

Remove yourself from the situation,

Change it,

or Accept it totally.

If you want to take responsibility for your life,

you must choose one of those three options,

and you must choose now.

Then accept the consequences.

- Eckhart Tolle -

Online Dhamma Resources

Dear lovely readers,

If you have trouble getting hold of good Dhamma reading materials, your trouble is over. They are just a click away!

Here: http://www.buddhanet.net/budsas/ebud/index.htm

Transcend Sorrow

Everything arises and passes away.

When you see this, you are above sorrow.

This is the shining way.

Existence is sorrow.

Understand, and go beyond.

- Buddha -

Chinese New Year Celebration

Celebrate Chinese New Year with your friends,

So happy that you will wish the day never ends.

You will want to know what where why and when,

Details shown are accurate, if everything is as planned.

Venue: Dong Zen Temple

Date: 1.2.2012

Time:5.00 pm - 10.30pm ( gather in front of IMU at 5 pm sharp)

Activity: Food Fair, Floating Parade

Fee: RM5/=

Snacks and drinks provided. Transport provided. To register, please visit IMU Buddhist Society Facebook page. For more information, please call Jessie at 017 7141200.

Friday Gathering

Wondering what to do on a Friday afternoon???

Hang out at de Brio? NAH.

Study in the library? NAH.

Come join us!!

spend your break time with us and have some fun!

Friday Gathering,

brought to you by IMU BS.

It is What We Do With The Ingredients That Counts

Most westerners misunderstood the law of karma. They mistake it for fatalism, where one is doomed to suffer for some unknown crime in a forgotten past life. This is not quite so, as this story will show.

Two women were each baking a cake.

The first women had miserable ingredients. The old white flour had to have the green mouldy bits removed first. The cholesterol-enriched butter was almost going rancid. She had to pick the brown lumps out of the white sugar (because someone had put in a spoon wet with coffee), and the only fruit she had were ancient raisins, as hard as depleted uranium. And her kitchen was of the style called "pre-World-War" - which World War was a matter of debate.

The second woman had the very best of ingredients. The organically grown whole-wheat flour was guaranteed GM-free. She had trans-fat-free canola-oil spread, raw sugar, and succulent fruit grown in her own garden. And her kitchen was "state-of-the-art," with every modern gadget.

Which woman baked the more delicious cake?

It is often not the person with the best ingredients who bakes the better cake - there is more to baking a cake than just the ingredients. Sometimes the person with miserable ingredients puts so much effort, care and love into their baking that their cake comes out the most delicious of all. It is what we do with the ingredients that counts.

I have some friends who have had miserable ingredients to work with in this life: they were born into poverty, possibly abused as children, not clever at school, maybe disabled and unable to play sports. But the few qualities they did have they put together so well that they baked a mightily impressive cake. I admire them greatly. Do you recognize such people?

I have other friends who have had wonderful ingredients to work with in this life. Their families were wealthy and loving, they were successful at school, talented athletes, good-looking, and popular, and yet they wasted their young lives with drugs and alcohol. Do you recognize such a one?

Half of karma is the ingredients we have got to work with. The other half, the most crucial part, is what we make of them in this life.

Excerpt from: Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung by Ajahn Brahm

Anchoring

Hang on to the inner body, let it be the anchor, then you're present.
If they say something challenging and you lose it again, pause, and anchor again.
Practice, practice, continuous practice—because when you're in touch with the inner body, spaciousness arises.

- Eckhart Tolle -

Wanting to Be Better

Yogi: I often observe myself wanting other people to do poorly so that I will look best.

SUT: Yes, that's good, you know your mind! It is in the nature of the mind to always want to be better than others, to want to see others as inferior. Only when this is recognized do we get the opportunity to change.

Yogi: How can I work skillfully with such observations?

SUT: Look at how it feels when the mind has a thought like that. You will see that it is not very pleasant. If you recognize this feeling every time there are such thoughts, the mind will become so familiar with the unpleasantness of them, that it will no longer want to be that way. The mind will not only realize that such thoughts are unpleasant but also that it is unnecessary to have them and that they are unwholesome. Once the mind really understands all this, it will easily let go.

Excerpt from: Awareness Alone is Not Enough, Sayadaw U Tejaniya