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BSPG News and Meeting (No. 232) 
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Edited by Stony Brook Buddhism Study and Practice Group 

Words from Editor:

Meeting:
11/18 7:00-8:30pm
SAC room 305
Please be on time!

News:

1.We are happy to announce that the BSPG will for the first time be
participating in the annual Festival of Lights Celebration, an event
which highlights the various observances of different faiths in the
month of December. The Event is to be held on Wednesday, Decemeber 3rd
in the SAC. More details will be posted at a later date. If anyone is
interested in helping out or contributing in some way, please let us
know!

2.Zen Retreat with Master Eko Little
11/15/03 ~ 11/20/03 at Chuang Yen Monastery. 

11/21/03 ~ 11/23/03 at Temple of Enlightenment.

For more information, please visit: 

http://www.balv.org/sps/baus/baus_ce.html

3.The Art of Sublime:contemporary Tangkas from Nepal.
The Art of Sublime features recent tangkas created in
Nepal. These modern examples continue to inspire awe
with their colorful beauty, religious symbolism, and
painstaking attention to detail. Images include
Mandalas, the Wheel of Life, BUddha, and deities.

LOcation:International Rescource Center Gallery, 
Flushing Library, 3rd floor. 41-17 main street,
flushing, NY, 11355.

For more information, visit:
htt[://http://www.queenslibrary.org/irc

4.Master Sheng Yen will give public lecture at the 
Pennsylvania State University on 11/22,11/23. There
will also be two Beginner's meditation class.

More information:
http://www.chan1.org/cmc/pennstate200311.html

5.New session of Weekly English Meditation 
Workshop in upstate, Deer Park Retreat Center. 
Class include Tai-Chi and meditation.Tentative 
dates are as follows : 10/4,10/11,10/18,10/25,11/8,
11/15, and 11/22.
For directions:
http://www.ibps.org/deerpark/map-c.htm

6.The Buddhist Project is a series of currently 
ongoing exhibits which feature the Buddhist 
spirit in contemporary art in addition to exploring 
the many and varied relationships of Buddhism 
and the arts in contemporary American culture. 
Exhibitions, public forums, installations and 
literary events are taking place in the all over 
the New York City area and will run through 
March 2004. For specific details go to:
http://www.buddhismproject.org/


Words from the Suttas/Sutras:
"Further, when a person is on the verge of death, at the last
instant of life, when all his faculties scatter and he departs from his
relatives, when all power and status are lost and nothing survives, when
his prime minister, great officials, his inner court and outer cities,
his elephants, horses, carts, and treasuries of precious jewels can no
longer accompany him, these Great Vows alone will stay with him".
-Vows of the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, Avatamsaka Sutra

Quote of the Week:
"Even the most exalted states and the most exceptional spiritual
accomplishments are unimportant if we cannot be happy in the most basic
and ordinary ways, if we cannot touch one another and the life we have
been given with our hearts".
--Jack Kornfield



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