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Making Chanting Cool with Rev Heng Sure

Venerable Heng Sure will be back in Sydney again, after coming from the World Parliament of Religions in Melbourne. If you havent heard, the World Parliament is starting Thursday 3rd Dec till Wednesday 10th Dec, with guests from the HH Dalai Lama and Ven. Thích Nhất Hanh. If you plan on coming, let us know so you can also meet up with other Mitrians going down.

Anyway, we are lucky enough to have Ven. Heng Sure speak for us about Chanting. Huh, chanting? What has it got to do with meditation, Buddhism, or even enlightenment. Maybe it was something my Buddhist grandmother did but I didn't remember seeing any of the cool kids at school doing it, so maybe its not for me. Venerable Heng Sure explains all this, dispels the myths and puts it all into a Western Context. This event will be a fundraiser for the up and coming Conference in May next year. Although all our events are free, there's a suggested donation of $15 to help us get even more cooler teachers next year.

Making Chanting Cool

“Chanting the Buddha's Name in English: Emerging Expressions of Western Buddhist Culture"

Speaker: Reverend Heng Sure

Date: Sunday 13th December 2009

Location: Buddhist Council of NSW, Level 1, 441 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest

Time: 4-6pm

Suggested donation: $15

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Dharma Master Heng Sure was ordained as a Buddhist monk at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (CTTB) in Talmage, California, in 1976. After receiving full ordination he commenced a "three steps, one bow" pilgrimage from South Pasadena to Ukiah, a distance of more than eight hundred miles, over two years and nine months. Rev. Heng Sure currently serves as Director of the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery and has attained his PhD from the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), Berkeley, California. Rev. Heng Sure is active in interfaith dialogue and is a Director of the United Religions Initiative.

Rev Heng sure will also be having another talk at the BCNSW on the Saturday 12th, you can find all the details here

Welcome to MITRA Youth Buddhist Network Community Website

MITRA is an initiative that was inspired by the Intervarsity Buddhist Convention held at UTS on July 2002. At the convention, it was identified that more formal links between University Buddhist Societies were required to provide better more resources to run better activities.

Representatives from UTSBMS, Unibodhi, MacBuddhi and a few past executive committee members from formed the initiating team of MITRA.

MITRA, a Sanskrit word, meaning friend was selected as the name for the network as it represented role of the network. MITRA can be thought of as a helping hand for University Buddhist Societies.

MITRA aims to provide support for existing youth Buddhist societies and assistance for new ones who are striving to grow. Regardless of whether it's moral support, physical assistance or ideas, we hope that we will be able to help youth Buddhist societies to achieve their goals in propagating the Dharma.

MITRA Aims to:

1. To provide support for the committees of youth Buddhist societies

2. To facilitate the networking between youth Buddhist societies

3. To promote an alumni network of youth Buddhist societies

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wanna keep in touch?

Every Sunday, MITRA meets up to meditate together at the Buddhist Council of NSW in Crows Nest. Why not come along and say "hi"?!

Time: 3.50pm for 4:00pm start, till 5:30 pm

Location: Buddhist Council of NSW Office - Level 1, 441 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest

MITRA Twice-a-Month Guided Meditation Sessions (throughout year)

When: Every 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month

Time: 3.50pm for 4:00pm start, till 5:30 pm

Location: Buddhist Council of NSW Office - Level 1, 441 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest

Have doubts or questions about your personal meditation practice? Or just want to learn more about meditation?

Two experienced teachers in the Dharma, Jim Teoh and Chien Hoong Gooi, will be leading alternate sessions each month to support and guide you in your meditation practice. The environment is open and casual, with dedicated time for you to ask questions or advice on how to better your personal meditation practice. All are welcome to attend.