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BSPG News and Meeting (No. 180)
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Edited by Stony Brook Buddhism Study and Practice Group

News
We will meet at Linda's house. For those who do not know how to get there or need a ride, we'll meet at the entrance of Chapin Apartment Complex, across the street from the University Hospital. Please try to get there before 6:50pm. If you need directions to Linda's house. Please e-mail: buddhism@ic.sunysb.edu

Meeting
Linda's house
Thursday, 5/9/02, 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Please be on time!

Words from the Suttas/Sutras
"A disciple living thousands of miles away from me will, if he constantly cherishes and ponders on my precepts, attain the fruit (of studying) the Way: but one who is in immediate contact with me,  though he sees me constantly, will ultimately fail to do so if he does not follow my precepts." -- The Sutra of Forty-Two Sections

Quote of the Week
"When little obstacles crop up on the spiritual path, a good practioner does not lose faith and begin to doubt, but has the discernment to recognize difficulties, whatever they may be, for what they are--just obstacles, and nothing more. It is the nature of things that when you recognize an obstacle as such, it ceases to be an obstacle. Equally, it is by failing to recognize an obstacle for what it is, and therefore taking it seriously, that it is empowered and solidified and becomes a real blockage."--Sogyal Rinpoche

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