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BSPG News and Meeting (No. 139)
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Edited by Stony Brook Buddhism Study and Practice Group

Meeting
Chapin Community Center
8pm, Thursday, 7/12/01
PLEASE BE ON TIME

Words from the Suttas/Sutras
"And there is more still -- in this land there are birds of all sorts of wondrous variegated colors: white cranes, peacocks, orioles, myna birds, cuckoos. All these birds bring forth harmonious songs day and night. Their songs communicate such Buddhist teachings as the five roots, the five powers, the seven factors of enlightenment, the eightfold path, as well as other teachings. When the sentient beings in this land hear the voices of the birds, they are mindful of the Buddhas, mindful of the Dharma,  and mindful of the Sangha."--Amitabha Sutra.

Quote of the Week
"Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral standards and values above the discoveries of objective truth. What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the inquiring constructive mind."--Albert Einstein
 

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