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BSPG News and Meeting (No. 154)
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Edited by Stony Brook Buddhism Study and Practice Group

Meeting
SAC 308
7pm, Thursday, 10/25/01
PLEASE BE ON TIME
 

Words from the Suttas/Sutras
"Therefore, Ananda, you should live as islands unto yourselves, being your own refuge, with no one else as your refuge, with the Dhamma as an island, with the Dhamma as yor refuge, with no other refuge. And how does a monk live as an island unto himself,...with no other refuge? Here, Ananda, a monk abides contemplating the body as body, earnestly, clearly aware, mindful and having put away all hankering and fretting for the world, and likewise with regard to feelings, mind and mind-objects. That, Ananda, is how a monk lives as an island unto himself,...with no other refuge. And those who now in my time or afterwards live thus, they will become the highest, if they are desirous of learning."--Digha Nikaya, Mahaparinibbana Sutta
 

Quote of the Week
"Why exactly are we so frightened of death that we avoid looking at li altogether? Somewhere, deep down, we know that we cannot avoid facing death forever. We know, in Milarepa's words: "This thing called 'corpse' we dread so much is living with us here and now."--Sogyal Rinpoche
 

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