Notice of AGM on 27 March 2011

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, the Annual General Meeting of Sungai Long Buddhist Society will be held at 7-2, Jalan SL 1/3, Bandar Sungai Long, 43000 Kajang, Selangor on Sunday March 27, 2011 at 11.30 A.M. for the following purposes:

1. To approve the minutes of the previous Annual General meeting held on March 28, 2010.

2. To receive the President’s Report, Treasurer’s Report and the accounts of the Society for the year ended December 31, 2010

3. To elect new Committee for 2011.

4. To appoint auditors for the society.

5. To transact any other business.

Dated: March 7th, 2011

BY ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE

Secretary

Below are the links to:

Official Notice of AGM 2011

Minutes of AGM held on 28 March 2010

Society Report for Year 2010, including Financial Report

 

Tradition Tibetan Healing courses

A free introductory talk on Tibetan healing therapies and spiritual practices for health, healing and enlightenment will be held on 15 March 2011 (Tuesday) at Clove and Clive. This will be followed by a one-day Medicine Buddha Healing workshop on 16 March 2011, a one-day Nejang (Tibetan Healing Yoga) on 17 March 2011 and a Level 1 Mantra Healing course (3 days). For more information on the courses, contact details and fees, please click on the image below.

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BGF 25th Effective Speaking Course

The BGF Effective Speaking Course for this year is now opened for registration, limited to only 30 pax, first come first serve. This is a very popular course, so if you are interested please contact them and sign up as soon as possible. The closing date is 20 February 2011 but the limited place may be filled up before that.

The course will commence on 12 March 2011, every Saturday from 3pm until the final on 7 May 2011.

Those interested please contact:

Bro Seng Hoe at 016-2964678 or Sis. Jacqueline Lim at 016-6969799

Fees: Working Adults – RM230 while Students (Undergraduates) – RM150.

 

The Art of Living Now

Just a short announcement regarding this FREE public talk on the Art of Living Now by Sis. Low Mi Yen at Turning Point on 19 February 2011 (Saturday).

Talks on Buddhism and Mental Health

There will be a series of talks at the Buddhist Maha Vihara in Brickfields in March and April 2011 on Buddhism and Mental Health by Dr. Phang Cheng Kar. The talks will be on Wednesday, starting at 8pm. For more information, click on the link below:

BMV Mental Health Talks

Dhamma Discussion Group in Sungai Long

Rev. Sumedha of Sentul Temple has agreed to lead a dhamma discussion group at our centre. We will start off with 4 sessions first. Here are the details :

Topic : Having the right attitude towards dhamma learning

Time : 8-10pm Dates : 18/2/2011, 4/3/2011,25/3/201 & 1/4/2011 (Friday)

About the speaker : Rev. Sumedha is currently pursuing masters degree in Psychology in a local university. Reverend is fluent in English and is keen to share his knowledge

Enquiry: Sis. Cheng Sim @ chengsim.ng@gmail.com or H/p : 012-3126122.   Let’s come and learn and grow together!

Ajahn Chah Remembrance Day

The Uttama Bodhi Vihara (Bandar Utama Buddhist Society) will be hosting a full day of dhamma activities on 22 January 2011 in remembrance of Ajahn Chah. Below are the details:

Date: 22 January 2011

Time: 8 am – 4:15pm

Venue: Uttama Bodhi Vihara, 3 Jalan BU3/1, Bandar Utama, 47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

The activities will include chanting, dana and a series of dhamma talks.

For more information, please contact: Bro. AB Lim (012-2190338) or Bro. Ong CF (03-77106010) or visit www.bubsoc.org

 

New Year Blessings

This is to inform you that Sungai Long Buddhist Society will be holding a New Year celebration and blessings on 1/1/11 to usher in the new year. We have invited the Chief Monk from the Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple in Sentul, Venerable Saranankara Nayaka Maha Thera, to do the blessings as well as to give a dhamma talk.

The event will be held in our centre and will last from 9:00 am to about 12:30 pm. All are welcome!

Dhamma talks by Thai monks

We are pleased to inform that there will be a dhamma talk at our centre this Friday 17 December 2010, 8pm  by 4 Ven. Ajahns from Thailand. The talk will be in Thai and translated into Mandarin/English.

Do come and learn as this a precious opportunity.

Bio-data of the speakers :

Venerable Ajahn Sawang Kalayano

Venerable Ajahn Sawang Kalayano was born in Sesaket in north east Thailand. Ordained at 21 with Longpo Sri Siriyano from Wat Srimongkon who is the eldest monk in Wat Pah Pong. When he was 3 years in robe, he spent time wandering (‘tudong’) in the north of Thailand. He liked the seclusion and progressed well in his meditation. During the 20 years of teaching and spreading the Dhamma among the hill-tribes, he experienced in person the difficulties of these people. The Ajahn can speak many local dialects and started many forest monasteries in the north. He is very experienced in teaching both youth and children

Venerable Ajahn Tongsai Subhakijjo

Venarable Ajahn Tongsai Subhakijjo was born in north east Thailand. After graduated from school he helped his family as a rice farmer. He worked in Taiwan for 2 years and can speak and write basic Chinese. Weary of competitiveness of the world, he decided to explore the more interesting monastic life. As present he is 14 years in robe and has special interest in bringing youth and children to the Dhamma. He leads the Summer Novice Ordination in Wat Pah Nananchat.

Venerable Ajahn Cagino

Venarable Ajahn Cagino is a Malaysian. He graduated from the Malaysian Institute of Arts with a Diploma of Arts.  As a photographer, he has won many awards including a first prize in the Asian Photography Competition. His search for the Dhamma has taken him to Thailand and a forest monastery in New Zealand. Ajahn was a Mahayanist novice in Hong Fu Si Monastery in Penang, he was later ordained as a Theravada monk. 7 years later, he was reordained as a novice in Wat Pah Nanachat to live the monastic life in a new tradition. In total Ajahn has been in robe for 14 years. At present he lives in a cave in  northern Thailand where he has been for the last 2 years.  Seeing the potential of the children of the hill tribes and the lack of education for these children has led Ajahn to set up the Dhammagiri Foundation.

Venerable Ajahn Tun

Ajahn Maha Tirapanyo(Ajahn Tun) was born in Chonburi, Thailand, in 1967. He graduated as the top medical student of the year in the whole of Thailand. After his graduation, he continued with his medical studies  in the American Board of Pediatrics from Children Hospital of Michigan under a scholarship provided by the government of Thailand. During this period, he was awarded The Best of Hospitality Winner.  He furthered his medical research in the Pediatric Endocrinology from Children Hospital Medical Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

After attending a  meditation retreat in US, realized that the monastic life is what he had been looking for. He returned to Thailand and went forth in Wat Pah Nanachat. At present, Ajahn is the Buddhist adviser and meditation instructor in hospitals, government departments and schools in the vicinity Wat Pah Bun Lom.

With metta,

Sg Long Buddhist Society

 

Talk: Depression & Other Sufferings

KL Buddhist Mental Health Association will begin 2011 with the promotion of a talk on depression by Bhante Kumara at Bandar Utama Buddhist Society. Details below:

Topic: Depression & Other Sufferings: Understanding Why & Find Your Way Out
Speaker: Venerable Kumāra Bhikkhu
Venue: Bandar Utama Buddhist Society – map
Time: 8.00 – 10.00 pm

Talk Synopsis:

The session will be conducted in a talk show style. Reverend will address the following  FAQ’s by Buddhists suffering from clinical depression:

1. What is the cause of depression from a Buddhist perspective?

2. What is the Buddhist view on seeking help (i.e. counseling & psychotherapy) from mental health professionals for clinical depression? Aren’t Buddhist suppose to be self-reliant?

3. What’s the Buddhist view on taking medications for clinical depression? Since Buddhism emphasizes a lot on mental cultivation (bhavana), does that mean that taking medications for clinical depression is unskillful, a form of avoidance, and not dealing with the root cause of depression?

4. Is clinical depression as in DSM-IV (i.e. an illness) due to bad kamma?

5. How to overcome guilt & fault finding mind which are so common in clinical depression?

6. Is meditation helpful for depression? When it’s helpful & when’s it’s not? What are the do’s & don’ts? Is it better to take medication or meditate or both?

7. I have a lot of anger (part of depressive symptoms), i can’t forgive, i’m so useless…terrible! What should i do?!

8. I have thoughts of killing myself…it’s unwholesome, i’ll be reborn in hell…i know i’m not suppose to think like this but i can’t help…i’m really bad!

Speaker’s profile:

Venerable Kumāra Bhikkhu was ordained in 1999 at the age of 27 by Sayādaw U Revata at Subang Jaya Buddhist Association. Currently, he resides in Sāsanārakkha Buddhist Sanctuary (www.sasanarakkha.org), Taiping, where he learns from Venerable Aggacitta Mahāthera and acts as his personal assistant. The venerable graduated with a bachelor degree in education (TESL) from the University of Malaya. It was during his studies there that he became enthusiastic about the Buddha’s teachings and decided that he wanted to live this life as a monk. Since then, with his training in education, he has been sharing the Dhamma in various ways and in several languages (mainly English, Mandarin and Hokkien) with Buddhists of various traditions and non-Buddhists too. Inspired by his main meditation teacher, Sayādaw U Tejaniya, Venerable Kumāra has been especially interested in spiritual teachings that show how to cultivate wisdom that removes the causes of suffering. Influenced by Venerable Aggacitta Mahāthera, he is open to Dhamma teachings beyond orthodoxy and tradition, so long as they work towards the ending of suffering. Having discovered happiness through this, he is happy to help others do so too.