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BSPG News and Meeting (No. 156)
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Edited by Stony Brook Buddhism Study and Practice Group

Meeting
SAC 308
7pm, Thursday, 11/8/01
PLEASE BE ON TIME
 

Words from the Suttas/Sutras
"There is no fire like greed,
 No crime like hatred,
 No sorrow like separation,
 No sickness like hunger of the heart,
 And no joy like the joy of freedom.

 Health, contentment and trust
 Are your greatest possessions,
 And freedom your greatest joy.

 Look within.
 Be still.
 Free from fear and attachment,
 Know the sweet joy of living in the way."--Dhammapada
 

Quote of the Week
"Practice is the way in which we gradually loosen our attachments to the world and to our selves. On retreats, we practice with intensity, using our methods in a controlled environment. In daily life, you can still practice. You can continue to meditate, and you can practice mindfulness in your daily activities. Practice does not mean that you cut yourself off from the environment and withdraw your senses. You are still aware of everything. You appreciate beauty, avert danger, and so on. The practice comes in letting phenomena -- objects, ideas, feelings -- come and go without clinging to them, dwelling on them, indulging in them. The same is true when you meditate. You don't deal with your thoughts and emotions by suppressing them or denying them. You simply watch them come and go, like the wind. You have no choice. As long as you are a sentient being with vexations, thoughts and emotions are going to arise."--Chan Master Sheng-yen
 

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