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BSPG News and Meeting (No. 175)
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Edited by Stony Brook Buddhism Study and Practice Group

Meeting
303 Student Activities Center
Thursday, 4/4/02, 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Please be on time!

Words from the Suttas/Sutras
"A man buries a treasure in a deep pit, thinking: 'It will be useful in time of need, or if the king is displeased with me, or if I am robbed or fall into debt, or if food is scarce, or bad luck befalls me.'
     But all this treasure may not profit the owner at all, for he may forget where he has hidden it, or goblins may steal it, or his enemies or even his kinsmen may take it when he is careless.
     But by charity, goodness, restraint, and self-control man and woman alike can store up a well-hidden treasure -- a treasure which cannot be given to others and which robbers cannot steal. A wise person should do good -- that is the treasure which will not leave one."
     --adapted from the Khuddhaka Patha, translated by A. L. Basham

Quote of the Week
"Your children are not your children.
 They are the sons and daughters of life's
 longing for itself.
 They come through you but not from you.
 And though they are with you yet they
 belong not to you.
 You may give them your love
 but not your thoughts,
 For they have their own thoughts.
 You may strive to be like them,
 but seek not to make them like you."--Khalil Gibran
 

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