🍵 next on Sept 14 ☕

Join us for mindfulness / meditation practices (Ch'an) and sharing (Chat) facilitated by Buddhist Chaplain!

UBC Life Building 1303
Every 2nd Thursday of the month from 9/14 at 3:30 to 4:30 pm.

For every monthly session, we will start gathering 30 mins before and stay 30 mins after for tea / coffee!

🔔LCSG 2023-2024 Leadership and Communication Skills Global program is now open for application❗
Speakers from diverse backgrounds are invited to share their insights, promoting youth self-development, leadership, and communication skills.
Apply before Oct 1

Briefing Session: 20 Sep
Date: 25 Oct, 1 & 8 Nov
Time: 6-7 p.m. Eastern Time
Organizers: Tung Lin Kok Yuen, Canada Society & Canadian Association of Spiritual Care (CASC)
Through three online sessions, we aim to create time and space for mindfulness and strengthen our ability to develop resources to cope with difficulties. With a clear and compassionate heart, we can genuinely care for important people and matters in daily life.

On 5 September, we participated the Main Event @ Imagine UBC, introducing ourselves and the University Multifaith Chaplains Association to students and community members.

The "Sigālovāda Sutta" discusses how lay bodhisattvas practice virtuous conduct for personal growth and the benefits of all beings. This involves avoiding harmful actions and cultivating merits, leading to inner purification and moral conducts from the heart.

The precepts are the foundation of liberation, hence named Pratimokṣa. For newly inspired followers, how can they uphold the Five Precepts in their daily life? Upholding the intention of observing precepts is akin to abiding by moral principles. Just as when driving on the road, smooth passage is achieved by adhering to the traffic rules.

Buddhist fundamental principle focuses on cultivating virtuous actions and the spirit of observing precepts. This naturally brings forth great freedom and is indeed the foundation of liberation.

Not Killing - Abandoning is killing.
Cultivate the virtue of compassion and uphold the spirit of protecting all beings. Abstaining from the abandonment of beings upholds the virtue of not killing.
Not Stealing - Taking pleasure is stealing.
Observe the contact between the mind and objects; it may even begin with taking pleasure. When the seeds of attachment and desire arise, stealing tendencies emerge. Abstaining from grasping and desire upholds the virtue of not stealing.
Not Committing Adultery - Mind being bewildered is adultery.
Adultery isn't solely about sexual misconduct. Allowing oneself to be consumed by various worldly matters, mind being scattered and bewildered, is a form of adultery. Keeping a clear mind upholds the virtue of not committing adultery.
Not Speaking Falsely - Being impure is falsehood.
Engaging in unrestrained and arbitrary behavior without consideration for others is unethical. Adhering to pure conduct and walking the path according to the Dharma upholds the virtue of not speaking falsely.
Not Consuming Intoxicants - Misguiding is intoxicant.
Allowing others' persuasion to lead to irrational judgments and interpretations is akin to being intoxicated, leading to incorrect assessments. Abstaining from succumbing to others' persuasion upholds the virtue of not consuming intoxicants.

From 21 July to 13 November
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
The "Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE" exhibition, sponsored by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global, will display 140+ objects, such as stone reliefs, reliquaries, and jewelry, narrating the origins of Buddhist art in India and delving into important themes of this transformative era in Indian art.

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