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[Vincent Lai]

Dear all,
*
**Thank you for making the 2-Days chanting session possible, Jun has kindly
suggested a few ideas for our sessions (please see attached email before).
We will be discussing this at the end of the session, you are very welcome
to share your ideas too.*
*
**Fortnightly chanting session*

We would like to invite you to our usual chanting session (Äî·ð¹²ÐÞ·¨•þ) on this
coming Sunday. You can find the direction for the venue on the ULU
website<http://www.ulu.co.uk/content/index.php?page=1302>(there is
parking close by if you are driving). If you can't find the venue
on the day, please feel free to contact me (07886299633) for direction.

*Date*: Sunday 8th June 2008
*Time*: 2:00 - 4:45pm
*Venue*: Room 3A, 3/F, ULU, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY
*Map & Direction*: ULU website<http://www.ulu.co.uk/content/index.php?page=1302>

*Schedule*:
2:00pm - 2:15pm -> Introduction and discussion on Pure Land Teaching
2:15pm - 2:30pm -> Recite Amitabha Sutra (°¢›ÍÓ½›)
2:30pm - 4:30pm -> Walking Meditation - You may do the whole 2 hours or
leave at any time during the chanting. (À@·ð)
4:30pm - 4:45pm -> Discussion


If you would like to practise at your own time, this is the ÍíÕn
mp3<http://file.buda.idv.tw/music/WK14.mp3>that we follow during the
session.

During the walking meditation (À@·ð), we will be chanting the Name of Amitabha
Buddha in Mandarin (Amituofo, °¢›ÍÓ·ð).

You can also find out more about Pure Land Buddhism at the following pages:

Wiki Pure Land Page <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Land>
Buddhism of Wisdom & Faith: Pure Land Principles and
Practice<http://www.ymba.org/BWF/bwf51.htm>

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
Namo Amituofo,
Vincent

http://amtb.org.uk/


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Dear all,

Thanks everyone for this weekend's tranquility. It was a great session,
albeit a physically challenging one somehow :p (wonder what will it be like
if we do a 7-day session haha)

I have an idea for the next session: can we play 1 or 2 audio clips by
Master ChingKung (each lasting about 30 minutes from the 'breakfast talks'
series)at the beginning of the session, or half way through? the reason for
suggesting this idea is to boost our morale and raise our mindfulness of
practice;retreats in monastery also usually end/begin daily with a short
talk by the master leading the retreat.

also, for our fortnightly session, I thought it would be more fun to have a
focused discussion at the end. For example, if Tian Hao doesn't mind, he
will tell us one story/week of the wisdom of great monks in the past - like
the ones he used to tell us in the restaurant. and the rest of us will take
turns (maybe 2 persons per fortnight) to share meaningful quotes that we
read in books/paper, or share the extraordinary things done by people we
encounter in our daily life.

Not sure if u guys like my ideas. maybe we should have a trial session? ;)

Amituofo,
Jun
p.s.sorry for d lengthy email, dint mean it.
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