พระอาจารย์ธุดงค์: A Vassa (the Rains Retreat) Dhamma Talk

Dear friends of the Dhamma,

The Melbourne Uni Buddhist Studies Society is organizing a Dhamma Talk on Campus. This will be the first Dhamma Talk on Campus for this Semester.The details for this event are as follows:

Title:’Looking in the Right Place, for Happiness and Wisdom’
Speaker: Phra (Ven.) Ajahn Nissarano
Date: Thursday, 28th August 2008/ 2551BE
Time: 5.15-6.30pm
Venue: Leigh Scott Room, level 1, Baillieu Library,The University of Melbourne
Admission cost: The Talk is FREE!

Biography:

Venerable Ajahn Nissarano was born in 1952 in Western Australia and has been a fully ordained Buddhist monk for 10 years. He ordained and trained under Venerable Ajahn Brahmavamso for 9 years at Bodhinyana Forest Monastery, south of Perth in Western Australia. Ven. Ajahn Brahmavamso is a direct disciple of the renowned Thai meditation master, Venerable Ajahn Chah. For the past three years, Ajahn Nissarano has been living in forest monasteries in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand. He has been practising meditation for more than 25 years. Before taking the robes, he was a member and Librarian of the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV). Currently, Ajahn Nissarano is residing at the BSV for annual 3 months Rains Retreat.
It is an honour to invite Ajahn Nissarano over to the University to give a talk.

Ehipassiko

Almsbowl: A Bhikkhu's requisite

พระอาจารย์ธุดงค์ (Phra Ajahn Thudong)

As a deer in the wilds,
unfettered,
goes for forage wherever it wants:
the wise person, valuing freedom,
wanders alone
like a rhinoceros.

- exerpt from Sn 1.3: Khaggavisāna-sutta (A Rhinoceros Horn)

Coming 28th August 2008/2551 BE…………..Saddhu, Saddhu, Saddhu!

Ehipassiko

(A Dhamma Talk)

ANGER

Anger will never disappear

so long as thoughts of

resentment are cherished

in the mind.

Anger will disappear just

as soon as thoughts of

resentment are forgotten.

-The Buddha-

Buddhism: A religion to practice

This a a religion for one

to come and practise

but not just

to come and believe.

POWER OF SPEECH

Words have the power to

both destroy and heal.

When words are

both true and kind,

they can change our world.

- The Buddha-

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Cheers.