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BSPG News and Meeting (No. 150)
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Edited by Stony Brook Buddhism Study and Practice GroupNews
1. Venerble Master Thich Nhat-Hanh's talk will be on Tuesday, September 25, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. The venue is the Riverside Church in Manhattan. The doors will be opened at 6:15pm. No tickets are required. Please see the end of the newsletter for more detail. Please contact buddhism@ic.sunysb.edu if you plan to go and need a ride.
2. We will meet at the Chapin Community Center this week. The direction to Chapin can be found here: http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/newsletter/news131.htmlMeeting
Chapin Community Center
7pm, Thursday, 9/27/01
PLEASE BE ON TIME
Words from the Suttas/Sutras
"Bhikkhus, there are these five courses of speech that others may use when they address you: their speech may be timely or untimely, true or untrue, gentle or harsh, connected with good or with harm, spoken with a mind of loving-kindness or with inner hate...... Herein, bhikkhus, you should train thus: 'Our minds will remain unaffected, and we shall utter no evil words; we shall abide compassionate for their welfare, with a mind of loving-kindness, without inner hate. We shall abide pervading that person with a mind imbued with loving-kindness, and starting with him, we shall abide pervading the all-encompassing world with a mind imbued with loving-kindness, abundant, exalted, immeasurable, without hostility and without ill will.' That is how you should train, bhikkhus."--Kakacupama Sutta, Majjhima Nikaya.
Quote of the Week
"Great moral questions we can answer easily in accordance with time and place if, now, we're mindful of this time and this place."--Ajahn Sumedho.
Embracing Anger--An Evening of Peace
Tuesday, September 25, 2001
7:00 p.m.Thich Nhat Hanh
Zen Master, Author, Nobel Peace Prize Nomineewith recording artist Paul Winter and the monastics
of Plum Village, FranceThe Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive, 120-122nd Street
New York City
212-870-6700Free admission, seating is limited. No tickets.
Doors open at 6:15 p.m.
Wheel chair accessible.In this evening's talk, Thich Nhat Hanh will address the injustice of violence and suggest ways to deal with difficult emotions. He said, "Understanding why violence has been created, we will then know what to do and what not to do in order to decrease the level of violence in ourselves and in the world."
This is a rare opportunity to hear one of the most beloved spiritual teachers of our time. Thich Nhat Hanh, a renowned Zen master, and peacemaker, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967 by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who said of him, "I do not personally know of anyone more worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize than this gentle Buddhist monk from Vietnam."
Thich Nhat Hanh has written more than one hundred books of philosophy, poetry, and fiction; including For a Future to Be Possible and national best sellers Living Buddha, Living Christ and Anger, Wisdom for Cooling the Flames. He travels worldwide teaching the art of mindful living, and practical ways to promote peace and nonviolence in society.
Award-winning saxophonist, bandleader, composer, explorer of the world's musical traditions and founder of Living Music, Paul Winter has been motivated for the past thirty years by the vision of a musical-ecological community, and has followed a steady course towards his unique 'Earth Music', a vital celebration of the creatures and cultures of the whole earth.
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