念佛共修

Would you please mark your calendar for our next Buddhist Study Session ?
Date 日期: Saturday March 24

Next Buddhist Study Session @ WLU: Feb 21, 2009

Would you please mark your calendar for our next Buddhist Study Session @ WLU?

Date 日期: Saturday Feb 21

Time 时间: 2:00~4: 00pm "Gathering at Lotus Pond" 莲池海会

Where 地点: Room BA208 in the Bricker Academic Building of Wilfrid Laurier University.

Maps of campus: http://www.wlu.ca/wlu-hp/about/maps/index.shtml

Itinerary: 程序

1. 1:10pm~2:00pm
Introduction of "Amitabha Sutra" and Pureland meditation method (how to chant Amitabha Sutra and how
to follow the Dharma instrument) in English to the beginers.
用英文向初学者介绍阿弥陀经及念佛共修的方法，

2. 2:00~4:00pm
Gathering at Lotus Pond: Amitabha Sutra chanting, followed Pureland Meditation ("Amituofo" chanting
in walking and sitting position)
莲池海会念佛共修：恭诵阿弥陀经及佛号

3. 4:00 ~5:00 pm
Question and Answer 交流

Note：if you only would like to take part 2 session, please come to the meeting room at 1:50, so you can have a few minutes to get calm down and relax before the meditation.

如果您只打算参加第二部分"莲池海会"的话，请您最好能在1：50到达教室，这样，您可以有时间静下心来，做好参加念佛共修的准备。

Complimentary books, CDs, and other materials will be available. While registration is not required, indications of interest would be appreciated. If you have any suggestion, please feel free to let us know.
届时学会有免费法宝流通。
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Namo Amituofo!
南无阿弥陀佛！

Study Session on July 27

Our next study session will be on July 27 3:30~4:40 pm at WLU

弟子規與幸福人生講座

人生怎麼幸福法？幸福的人生一定有幸福的思想觀念，有正確的思想觀念才會有正確的行為，有正確的行為才會有正確的習慣，有正確的習慣就會有正確的性格，有正確的性格就會有好的命運，有好的命運，人生一定會幸福。所以，一個人幸不幸福，根源在於思想觀念，思想觀念正確，人生就扎下了正確的根基，如此，才能做一個如法的好人，人生才會幸福圓滿。

讲師：上莊下閑　法師

上莊下閑法師 生於馬來西亞，曾任教師，因聞 上淨下空老和尚 之演講而萌弘法利生之志，後於2004年隨老法師弟子 上悟下道法師 剃度，同年在台灣受三壇大戒，開始弘法利生之事業。現常於台灣及馬來西亞各淨宗學會習講「佛說十善業道經」及「弟子規」。


場次　
5月１０日（星期六）10:00 am - noon and 02:00 - 04:00 pm
Room BA208, Bricker Academic Building

5月１１日（星期日）10:00 am - noon and 02:00 - 04:00 pm
Room BA211,Bricker Academic Building

地 點： Wilfred Laurier University, 75 University Avenue West, Waterloo N2L 3C5
校园地图: www.wlu.ca/wlu-hp/about/maps/index.shtml
免费停车（标有黄色或白色许可标识）

國語演講•免費入場

Etiquette in Practising Buddhism --What is walking meditation

Walking meditation also known as circumambulation. It refers to reciting Buddha Name (Namo Amituofo) in motion. The conductor-in-charge leads the prayer by using a hand bell and he is assisted by the wooden-fish player walking behind him. Walking order of sequence: Conductor-in-charge, the wooden-fish player, monks, nuns, gentlemen with cultivation robes, ladies with cultivation robes, gentlemen without cultivation robes, ladies without cultivation robes and the monk who is in charge of the ceremony. Purpose of playing the hand bell and the wooden-fish: The sounds help us to concentrate, especially when our minds stray or feeling drowsy. Sound of wooden-fish also tells us what footstep to take. When it is hit, take the right step. When we recite "Namo Amituofo" in walking meditation, there are altogether 8 syllables (sounds), ie "Na-mo-Ah-mi-tuo-o-fo-o". Take a step as we recite a syllable. To enable the procession to walk in step, we take a right step when we recite "Nam". The sound of the wooden fish is our guide.

Etiquette in Practising Buddhism --Entering a Practice Hall

The first thing we do when entering the practice hall is to pay our respect to Buddha by performing three prostrations and one bow.


Bow

Etiquette in Practising Buddhism

Buddhist etiquette was passed down to us about two thousands years ago. These practices survive our present day modern society because they have helped us to develop respect for the teaching, our teachers and gradually, all beings. A respectful person is well-liked everywhere.

Furthermore, with practice, we can discipline our mind, speech, and actions, from which our integrity is judged. A person with integrity is a respectable person, and will always be trusted in his or her community.