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BSPG News and Meeting (No. 203)
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Edited by Stony Brook Buddhism Study and Practice Group

News
1. Please note that we'll be meeting in room 305 of the Student Activities Center this Thursday.
2. Mr. Thomas McIntyre, a certified social worker and a highly experienced meditator will be sharing his insights with us on Thursday, December 5. His topic will be "Chi Kung Exercise for Meditation and Healing." His talk will include a brief introduction to Chi Kung exercise that enhances meditation practice. He will talk about how the movements and exercises relate to meditative states. He will aslo explain the mind-body relationship and the role that breath, posture,  movement and visualization have upon ones psychological and physical health. Mark your calendar! The talk is open to the public. You are cordially welcome to join us.

Meeting
Thursday, 11/21/2002, 7pm to 8:30pm
Room 305, Student Activities Center
Please be on time!

Words from the Suttas/Sutras
"Even when the realm of empty space is exhausted, the realms of living beings are exhausted, the karma of living beings is exhausted, and the afflictions of living beings are exhausted, I will still transfer all merits and virtues endlessly, continuously, in thought after thought without cease. My body, mouth and mind never weary of these deeds." -- Bodhisattva Samantabhadra's Vows, Avatamsaka Sutra.

Quote of the Week
"The highest skill is in the realization of egolessness. The highest nobility is in subduing your own mind. The highest excellence is in having a mind which seeks to help others. The highest precept is continual mindfulness. The highest remedy is in understanding the naturelessness of everything. The highest activity is not to conform with worldly concerns. The highest siddhi is the lessening and transmutation of passions. The highest giving is found in non-attachment. The highest moral practice is a peaceful mind. The highest patience is humility. The highest effort is to abandon attachment to activities. The highest meditation is the mind without pretension. The highest wisdom is not to grasp anything as it appears." --Atisha (982-1054)

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