Cancelled

Yesterday's (11/18th) study was cancelled because most of the members can't join.
Hope next week we could start reading and discussing the book "What makes
you not a Buddhist". See you~

Performance

Hello~
Is there anyone interested in the dance performance "Zen in the Dream"?
Mimi, Sandy and I am going to attend the performance this Sunday afternoon.
Would you like to come with us? Maybe we could have lunch together before
the start of performance.^^

Articles

Last Tuesday and yesterday, we've finished editing the articles by Jack and Sandy.
The following reading we're going to discuss is "What makes you not a Buddhist"
which is written by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse and translated by Yao Ren-Xi (姚仁喜).
Christie and Elsa will be absent next Tuesday, so maybe we'll need one new leader to lead
all of us...

Dinner-Indian curry

After discussion yesterday, some of us didn't eat

dinner, so we went to an Indian restaurant near

library to enjoy our dinner. Honestly, the food

tastes good although it's not the traditional

Indian curry. Except curry, the lemon juice is

good as well. ^^

As to the pancake, I'm not sure how it is.

But Jessica told us she has such pancake

at home. Really?!

"Little Buddha"

Last Tuesday we watched the DVD "Little Buddha" at library and KFG.
Ha ha...Some of you must have a question why we watched the DVD at KFG.
It's because the length of the film is about 140 minutes and library closed
at 9:00 p.m. We really appreciate the shifus provide such a comfortable
and convenient place for us to discuss Zen and further understand the
Buddha's compassion and wisdom...

Go Hiking

Yesterday (10/25) is a beautiful sunny day for hiking although it's raining cats and dogs the Friday night. We started from National Chengchi University at 9:30 a.m. To avoid slip and fall, we gave up going along the butterfly river.

Along the way, except beautiful scenery, we saw some historical remains of the Japanses ruled period. We drank some tea and ate some cookies when reaching the Zhinan Temple. Fortunately, because of the artist Mr. Hong, we enjoyed a vegetarine meal and each of us got a new poem made based on our Chinese name.

For me, go hiking this time is not only an exercise but also a nice art and religious trip.

Hope we could go hiking again together in the near future!^^

(photo: Ken, Sandy, Mr. Hong, Christie, Emily and Kathy)

International Academic Conference on the Linguistics of Chinese Buddhist Scripture

Dear all,

Here is an International Academic Conference on the linguistics of Chinese Buddhist scripture
for your reference. If you are interested in the conference, please link to the website below
to sign up.
http://www.nccu.edu.tw/ann/bulletin.php?bul_key=1223950875&partid=19

The conference will be held in National Chengchi University and Dharma Drum Buddhist College
during Oct. 31~Nov. 2. You could also find more details on the website.

Amitofo,
Alice ^^