🍵 next on October 12 ☕
Theme: Preparing for challenges.

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 during the winter session 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.

Briefing Session: 20 Sep
Date: 25 Oct, 1 & 8 Nov
Time: 6-7 p.m. Eastern Time
(3-4 p.m. Pacific 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.

Date: 4 Nov
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: TLKYCS @ 2495 Victoria Dr, Vancouver, BC V5N 4L1

What can you plant in the autumn? How should you care for the soil until it's time to plant vegetables in the spring? This is an extension of "Sowing seeds in your mind", aim to learn about composting before winter comes. We will share how to nurture the soil using compost as well as other natural materials.

On 14 September, we organized the first monthly Ch'an & Chat meet-up at the Life Building, gathering for a mindfulness practice, tea & coffee meditation, sharing, and listening to harp music together.

The "Sigālovāda Sutta" stresses the importance of learning technical skills of livelihood, then seeking material wealth for self-sufficiency. It also emphasizes guarding against negative paths and associated consequences. This leads to simplified relationships and the rediscovery of our innate goodness, fostering joy in a harmonious heart.

*Cultivating the Spirit of Giving through Three Forms of Offerings*
Dharma: Developing an understanding of the teachings through right understanding and right view.
Wealth: Giving physical and tangible possessions with purity and equilaninity.
Fearlessness: Bringing joy and comfort in others through verbal or bodily expressions.

Our act of offering should extend beyond just Buddhas and Bodhisattvas; it should encompass all sentient beings in the ten directions as objects worthy of our generosity.
Through the process of cultivating generosity, one can eliminate their own greed and attachment. Generosity can begin with a smile or a word of praise, bringing joy to others in spirit. It can then further progress to material offerings, and dedicate the merit of all offerings for the benefit of all sentient beings.

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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