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讀書會成員參與第十屆Sakyadhita國際佛教婦女會

(2008年7月1-7日‧蒙古烏蘭巴托)

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2008年第十屆Sakyadhita佛教婦女會

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2008年世界佛教友誼會，日本東京淺草寺
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2008年全球在家居士會論壇，韓國首爾

http://picasaweb.google.com/bongcl/Forum?authkey=VJyXIhAp3DY#

http://picasaweb.google.com/bongcl/MtOdaeWeoljongsaSaonsa?authkey=dZFOQPIloUM#

http://picasaweb.google.com/bongcl/KoreaCulturalVillage?authkey=66dUzilH78o#

Welcome Tracy to join our discussion last week. ^^

Iris comes back from the USA, and she's going to join us soon. Yeah...

Jack, do you feel better now? Hope you can recover from the cold and rejoin us as soon as possible. Take care.

New Vocabularies & Phrases

1. nirvana (or nivarna) 涅槃 - e.g. Nirvana is beyond concepts.
2. maroon 暗紅色(喇嘛顏色)
- e.g. Seeing my shaved head and maroon skirt, he gathered that I was a Buddhist.
3. saffron 橙黃色
- e.g. Saffron or maroon robes and a peaceful smile are all it takes to be a Buddhist.
4. edict 教律 -e.g. But the seals are not edicts or commandments.
5. commandment 戒律 - e.g. But the seals are not edicts or commandments.
6. moralistic 教條的 - e.g. One sees that there is nothing moralistic or ritualistic about them.
7. ritualistic 儀軌的 - e.g. One sees that there is nothing moralistic or ritualistic about them.
8. secular (=worldly) 世俗的 - e.g. They are secular truths based on wisdom.
9. be meant to be (=should) 原本就是
- e.g. The message of the four seals is meant to be understood literally.
10. fooling around 玩耍、鬼混
- e.g. A few puffs of a cigarette and a little fooling around don't prevent someone from
becoming a Buddhist.

Four Truths/ Four (Dharma) Seals

Last two weeks, we read and discussed the introduction of "What makes you not a Buddhist".
The author expresses the "Four Dharma Seals" in sentences, which you could find below for
reference.
1. All compounded things are impermanent. (諸行無常)
2. All emotions are pain. (諸受皆苦)
3. All things have no inherent existence. (諸法無我)
4. Nirvana is beyond concepts. (涅槃寂靜)

1. If you cannot accept that all compounded or fabricated things are impermanent, if you believe
that there is some essential substance or concept that is permanent, then you are not a
Buddhist. (諸行無常)
2. If you cannot accept that all emotions are pain, if you believe that actually some emotions are
purely pleasurable, then you are not a Buddhist. (諸受皆苦)
3. If you cannot accept that all phenomena are illusory and empty, if you believe that certain
things do exist inherently, then you are not a Buddhist. (諸法無我)
4. And if you think that enlightenment exists within the spheres of time, space, and power, then
you are not a Buddhist. (涅槃寂靜)

Amitofo...

New members

Whew...there's more than one week without any update on the blog.
Glad that Frank came to join us last Tuesday.
It's our pleasure that venerable Weijing and her assistant will come next Tuesday...
Looking forward to seeing them and getting Buddhism doctrine...^^