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BSPG News and Meeting (No. 212)
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Edited by Stony Brook Buddhism Study and Practice Group

News:
1.Sat. March 15, 2003 at 7:30 pm. to join an "Interfaith Peace Devotional" by bringing your prayers, poetry and music to share with other faith groups. All are invited to the home of Harriet and Harry Ortgies, 2, Old Brookville Court, Manorville, NY. Please contact Fei

2.You are invited to a LIMFF/BBP event on Sunday March 23 at 11:30 am. Hai-Dee Lee will represent Buddhist faith in a LIMFF/Building Bridge Panel(BBP) discussion on March 23rd, 2003 (Sunday) 11:30 AM in Fellowship Hall,Westbury United Methodist Church 265 Asbury Ave. (at Post), Westbury NY 11590 Requested: Buddhist, Jain, Judaism, Muslim, Sikh Panelists: Need Buddhist, Jain, Jewish,and Muslim

3.March 25, at 9 p.m WLIW/21 is broadcasting a program which may be of interest:"Hidden India: The Kerala Spicelands" on Tuesday, March 25, at 9 p.m., covering the Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, Christian and other communities of this region.

4.Starting from this week, We're going to study the book "Hoofpring of the ox" by Venerable Master Sheng-Yen. Publisher: Oxford University Press 2001. We will study 30 minutes in each meeting.

5.Mark your calendar! BSPG monthly talk will be on Thursday 3/27. The speaker will be Lama Nicholas Vreeland. Please check our club website soon for more information: http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/

Meeting:
Thursday, 3/13/2003, 7pm to 8:30pm
Room 305, Student Activities Center
Please be on time!

Words from the Suttas/Sutras:
"Moreover, Subhuti, as to dharmas, a Bodhisattva should not rely on anything when giving. That is to say, when giving, he should neither rely on forms, nor sounds, smells, tastes,tangible objects or dharmas. Subhuti, a Bodhisattva should give thus: he should not rely on appearances. "
-- Dimand Sutra, wonderful practice is not rely on anything,four.

Quote of the Week:
"Our final ignorance is to imagine that our final destiny is conceivable. All we can know is that it is a condition that is beyond - beyond the limitations of mind, thoughts, feelings, and will, all these being confinements."
-- Huston Smith, in The World Religions.

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