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Book Copies of "Methods of Teaching Buddhist Meditation to Children"
Sunday, 18 April 2010
A forty page (A4 size) book has been produced by BESS giving the proceedings of the conference held on 28 June 2009 on "Methods of Teaching Buddhist Meditation to Children". While many requests have been made for copies BESS does not have the resources to print a large number of copies of this book at this time. If you wish to help in printing some copies of this book please discuss with us. An email to the following will be most welcome: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 
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2010 Annual General Meeting
Saturday, 27 February 2010

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF BESS, Year 2010

Notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting of this association for 2010 will be held at 3.15p.m. on Sunday 28 Feb 2010, at Sri Lanka Buddhist Monastery on 114 Considine Road, Ellen Grove.

The agenda is as follows: 

 

  1. Consideration of the minutes of the previous annual general meeting.
  2. President’s Report on progress made (a) for 2009, and (b) from 1 January 2010 to date.
  3. Consideration of the accounts and audit report for the financial year 2009. The final accounts and report are attached for your information.
  4. Assessment of the current classification of the association under state law. At this time the classification as at level 3.
  5. Statement on the insurance cover of the association. At this time there is no insurance policy for the association. 
  6. Election of a committee of management for the forthcoming year.
  7. Conclusion

Please make an effort  to attend this meeting and to actively participate in all proceedings. Thank you very much for your cooperation in the year completed.

We would encourage as many new persons as possible to join the committee of management. Section 19 of the constitution describes how the committee can be elected. The constitution is available on the BESS website. However, if you wish to nominate someone to the committee please send me an email and I can then help you with the formalities. The positions on the committee are as follows:

  • President: Tanuja Sarath-Chandra
  • Vice President: Venerable Dharmavaro
  • Treasurer: Serene Loy
  • Secretary: Tho Tien
  • Assistant Secretary: Ong Kwee Choo
  • Committee Members: Lyna Chen, Chau Ta

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Buddhism Course: Session 6
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
The 6th session of our Teacher's Buddhism Courses will be held as follows.

Subject:Formulae for Practice as a Buddhist
Instructor:Mr. Rahu Sarath-Chandra
Date/Time:Saturday, 23 Jan 2010, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Venue:Queensland Buddhist Temple, 108 Eric Street, Goodna, QLD 4300
Cost:Free
Contacts:3278-9021 (Rahu), 0466-136-573 (Stanley), 0413-485-411 (Tanuja)

When you come down Church Street say 500 meters, turn left into Eric Street. The temple is the last house on the right on top of a hill. There is space on top for a few cars.

If you come via the Ipswich motorway, take the RED BANK PLAINS exit. (This comes after the Wacol exit. People who have come there before please note that the old exit to Church St is not there now.) Once you get off the motorway there is no problem in getting onto Church Street.

This topic will take more than one session. We begin with long formulae and end up with short ones later. Please read lessons 16, 20, 29 and 36 of Year 9 on BESS Web Site to become better prepared for the lesson.

 
Buddhism Course: Session 5
Friday, 20 November 2009
The 5th session of our Teacher's Buddhism Courses will be held as follows, please notice there is a room change.

Subject:Meditation as a Major Element in the Practice of Buddhist
Instructor:Venerable Dhammasiha from Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage
Date/Time:Saturday, 28 Nov 2009, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue:Room 201, Building 39A, University of Queensland, St Lucia
Cost:Free
Contacts:3870-5756 (Ong Kwee Choo), 3278-9021 (Rahu), 0413-485-411 (Tanuja)

Building 39A is at the corner of Blair Dr and Union Rd. Parking on street is free in University of Queensland on Weekends.

 
Public Dharma Talk by Zen Master Ven Dae Jin
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Talk Topics: What is Zen? Zen and the changing world.
Given By: Zen Master Ven Dae Jin
Venue: Griffith University Multi-Faith Centre,(MFC location: Bldg N35, Parking see map at http://www.griffith.edu.au/ofm/parking/)
Date:29th October 2009
Time: 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Admission: Free
 
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