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BSPG News and Meeting (No. 183)
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Edited by Stony Brook Buddhism Study and Practice GroupNews
We will meet at room 303 of the Student Activities Center from 7pm to 9pm.Meeting
5/30, 7pm to 9pm
Room 303, Student Activities Center
Please be on time!Words from the Suttas/Sutras
"Drink deeply.
Live in serenity and joy.
The wise person delights in the truth
And follows the law of the awakened.The farmer channels water to his land
The fletcher whittles his arrows.
and the carpenter turns his wood.
So the wise direct their mind." --DhammapadaQuote of the Week
"It can be said that Buddhism consists of efforts to find what reality is. But as reality is beyond concept, in the end it proves impossible to describe what reality is with words. Because we normally identify what something is by the meaning of the word we assign to it, we are constantly confusing our conceptualized view of reality with reality itself, which exists outside of the conceptual area. Although we are always living in reality, the main characteristic of reality is that it transcends both thoughts and perceptions; it is different from what we think it is, and it is different from what we perceive it to be." -- Master Gudo Wafu Nishijima
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