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BSPG News and Meeting (No. 184)
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Edited by Stony Brook Buddhism Study and Practice GroupNews
We will meet at room 304 of the Student Activities Center from 7pm to 8:30pm.Meeting
6/6, 7pm to 8:30pm
Room 304, Student Activities Center
Please be on time!Words from the Suttas/Sutras
"And what is wealth for a monk? Here, a monk, with his heart filled with loving-kindness, dwells suffusing one quarter, the second, the third, the fourth. Thus he dwells suffusing the whole world, upwards, downwards, across -- everywhere, always with a mind filled with loving-kindness, abundant, unbounded, without hate or ill-will. Then with his heart filled with compassion,... sympathetic joy,... equanimity,... he dwells suffusing the whole world, upwards, downwards, across -- everywhere, always with a mind filled with equanimity, abundant, unbounded, without hate or ill-will. That is wealth for a monk." -- Digha Nikaya, Cakkavatti-Sihanada Sutta.Quote of the Week
"Impermanence means that all worldly phenomena are in a continuous process of birth and destruction, arising and disappearing. If you can understand that all phenomena are impermanent, then your faith will be ensured, and you will be full of hope. You will be thankful for things that are good and optimistic about things that are not good. This is why Ch’an master Yunmen said, 'Every day is a good day.' There is no time without hope, and no effort doomed to eternal failure. Naturally, every day is a good day after all."--Master Sheng-yen
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