Program

Wesak Eve – Monday 16th May 2011

7.45 pm   Arrival of Devotees

8.00 pm   Performance by Youth Section led by Melinda Lee

8.20 pm   Puja & Chanting of Parittas for Blessings led by Bro Dhammadassi  Kho  

8.45 pm   Dhamma talk  on  “Peaceful Heart, Awakened Mind” by  Ven Ajahn Mettiko

9.45 pm   Offering of  lights ,incense & flowers

10.15pm  Candle light circumambulation & mindful reflection led by Ven. Ajahn Mettiko

11.00pm  Light refreshment

11.30 pm Meditation led by  Ven. Ajahn Mettiko

12.30 am End

Wesak Day – Tuesday, 17th May 2011 

8.00 am   Arrival of devotees and guests

8.45 am  Arrival of Sangha Members and Guests of honour

9.00 am  Hoisting of Flags and singing of National Anthem & Anthem of Unity

9.10 am  Taking of Refuge and 5 Precepts

9.25 am  Speech by President

9.30 am  Speech by Guest of Honour

9.40 am  Speech by Guest of Honour & launch of Wesak Celebration

9.50 am   Performance by Dhamma School and  BUBS Youth

10.20 am Presentation of  Welfare Aids

10.30 am   Paritta chanting and Blessings by Sangha Members

10.40 am  Viewing of Exhibitions

11.30 am   Offering of food to the Sangha (Dana)

Parallel Program

Blessing Service

10.50 am to 11.30 am  Blessing for the public  by Sangha Members

12 .30 pm to 3 pm      Blessing for the public by Sangha Members

Blood Donation, Organ Pledge and Health Talk 

10.00 am to 3 pm     Blood donation & Organ pledge in Bhavana Hall

1.30 pm to 2.30 pm  Health Talk by Consultant cardiologist, Dr Wong Teck Wee

“Heart Attack – The Silent Killer, Prevention and Tips for accurate diagnosis”

Dhamma Talk

3.15 pm to 4.15 pm Dhamma Talk on  “Dhamma in Daily Life”  by Ven. Ajahn Mettiko

Vegetarian lunch 

10.00 am to 2 pm 

We look forward to your  support and participation.

May the Blessings of the Triple Gem be with you and your family always.

A family that prays together stays together”

metta EXCO-BUBS

Sunday Puja and Dhamma Talk on  7 February 2010 by Ven. Ajahn Sucitto at 9.00 a.m.

The talk will be followed by lunch dana at 10.30 a.m.  Please be advised that Ajahn Sucitto prefer NOT  to take white and red meat. and bring your  cooked food or fruits to the Centre by 10.30 a.m.   For details, please contact Sis YY Kow at 012-3453829 or Sis Choy Kuan  at 012-3195994 

Background of Ajahn Sucitto

Ajahn Sucitto was born in London in 1949. He had his B.A. in English and American Literature at Warwick University in 1971. He went to Thailand in 1975, where he happened to come across a class in Buddhist meditation in Chiang Mai. After a few days’ practice, he decided to make a tentative commitment to the Holy Life. He returned to England in 1978 and he decided to stay and train with Ajahn Sumedho and he was responsible for editing and publishing his talks, as well as other Sangha publications.

Ajahn Sucitto was one of the original groups of who founded Chithurst Monastery Cittavivekha in 1979. He also helped to establish a vihara in Northumberland, Aruna Ratanagiri on 1981. In 1984 he was part of the community that moved from Chithurst to Hertfordshire to start Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, where he had the responsibility of supervising the nuns training, as well as other teaching duties. During this time he also began teaching overseas. In 1992 he be came the abbot of Chithurst Monastery ,UK where he now resides

Members and friends attending the talk are advised to park mindfully and be considerate. To maintain the goodwill of our neighbours, please be advised that you are not to park or stop outside our front entrance at Jalan BU 6/5.

Date:   Sunday, 17 January 2010

Puja: 8 pm

Talk: 8.15pm

Ajahn Cattamalo is the senior monk at Muttodaya Monastery, Germany. He was ordained in the Wat Nong Pa Pong tradition of Venerable Ajahn Chah, N.E. Thailand in the year 1988. He spent 7 years in various monasteries throughout Thailand practising and studying with different meditation teachers of the forest tradition. For 13 years he lived at Bodhinyana Monastery in Perth, Australia .

Members and friends are advised to keep the date free and not to miss this event. Bring your friends too.

Any query, please contact Sis YY Kow :012-3453829,  Bro Tan Buck Soon 012-2008883 , Bro AB Lim: 012-2190338, Bro TK Teoh: 012-3292368

More info at:
http://www.bubsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/sumedho-poster-revised.pdf

TALK 1

Date: 25th December, 2009 (Friday)

Topic:  MERRY BUDMAS

Time: 8.00pm – 10.00 pm

Venue: Main Shrine Hall, Uttama Bodhi Vihara

TALK 2

Date: 26th December, 2009 (Saturday)

Topic: LIVING MEDITATION, LIVING LIFE

Time: 8.00pm – 10.00pm

Venue: Main Shrine Hall, Uttama Bodhi Vihara

Background of Ven Aggacitta Bhikkhu

Venerable Aggacitta is a Malaysian monk ordained at Mahasi Meditation Centre, Rangoon, Burma, in 1979. He has trained under various teachers, notably Sayadaws U Pandita (Panditarama), U Tissara (Yankin), U Acinna (Pa Auk) and U Tejaniya (Shwe Oo Min).

Besides practising meditation, he studied advanced Pali and translation in Thai and Burmese under Sayadaw U Dhammananda at Wat Tamaoh, Lampang, Thailand, from 1983 to 1984. He continued to study the Pali Tipitaka in Myanmar and researched on its interpretation and practice until his return to Malaysia at the end of 1994. While doing so and until 2000, he lived as a solitary forest monk for some 10 years. In 2000, he founded Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary (SBS), a Buddhist monk training centre at the edge of forested hills near Taiping, Perak, Malaysia.

With a gift for writing, Ven Aggacitta has  produced significant literary works in the form of articles, research papers, translations and other writings in English. In recent years, he has spent time investigating popular interpretations and practices of Buddhism in the light of the Pali scriptures, real-life experiences and contemporary research findings. Using a critical yet constructive approach, he hopes to share his findings with Dhamma practitioners and bring them closer to a practical reality they can more easily connect with.

Date : 20th December 2009 (Sunday)

Venue : Uttama Bodhi Vihara (UBV)

Time : 4.00 pm

Please refer to the link below for program details
http://www.bubsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Program-for-B.-Tree-Planting-amp-Sealing-CFIS.doc

The programme for the Ceremony is attached. Members are requested to park their cars at Puay Chai 2 School and follow the instruction  of  the traffic wardens on duty.

For further details, please  call TK Teoh at 012-329 2368 or KK Wong at 012-389 2733.

The Basics

• When coming to the Center, dress modestly. Casual dress is fine but refrain from wearing clothes that are either too revealing or sloppy.
• Please remember to turn off or mute your cell phone. Smoking is not allowed.
• The Shrine Hall is usually meant for religious activities.
• While in the Shrine Hall, refrain from loud talk, noise, play, reading of newspapers and the like
• Sit with your feet folded to one side or cross-legged. Please do not lie on the floor. If you feel the need to stretch your legs while in the Shrine Hall, it is suggested to do so in such a way that you do not point your feet directly at the Teacher or Shrine.
• When greeting other community members, one may do so in the Buddhist tradition of ‘anjali’ by placing the palms together at the chest. However, in accordance with present times, handshakes and hellos are also perfectly acceptable.
• It is customary and respectful to stand when a monastic enters and leaves the Shrine Hall.

Pujas
The Shrine where the Buddha image is placed represents the Buddha himself and should be respected as such. You may make offerings of lamps, flowers, incense, fruit and water at the shrine. When the assembled community venerates the Three Jewels and performs the Buddha Puja, please sit or bow accordingly and do not engage in other activity (such as qigong or yoga). The traditional way of paying respect to a Shrine or to a monk or nun, who may be present is to bow. This is done kneeling and sitting firmly on the heels. Bow forward, putting the hands six inches apart and the elbows directly in front of the knees. Touch the forehead to the floor between the hands. Bow three times, (to respect with your body, speech and mind to the Three Jewels). In the Center, we pay respect to the Shrine or to the monastic at the beginning and end of the Puja or Dhamma talk.

Relating to Monks and Nuns
Monks and nuns ( they are not ‘priests’) have many rules in their monastic code of discipline that affect the way they relate to people. In particular, it is an offense for an ordained monastic to have sensual physical contact with a person of the opposite sex. The protection against this goes even further, stipulating that there must be another conscientious male present whenever a monk is spending time with a woman. This is to prevent harmful gossip and misunderstanding. Partly for this reason, monks and nuns will greet people with an anjali rather than shaking hands or embracing.

As alms-mendicants, monks and nuns are prohibited from engaging in activities that could provide for their own material livelihood. This includes handling money or storing food. As a result, everything that accrues to the monastic community is the result of an offering from a generous person. Anything a monk or nun consumes, except water, must actually be offered to them directly. They cannot help themselves to food unless it has been offered to them.

In addressing a monk or a nun, it is considered impolite to refer to them directly by name without an appropriate form of address. As we have visiting teachers from several traditions, you may hear many different forms of address. Generally monks are addressed with these prefixes:

Ajahn: Thai for teacher
Sayadaw: Burmese for Teacher
Bhante: Pali for Venerable
*For the sake of simplicity, it is best to simply use the address Bhante or the English equivalent Venerable.

Most religions are defined by their beliefs. But in Buddhism, merely believing in doctrines is beside the point. The Buddha said that we should not accept doctrines just because we read them in scripture or are taught them by priests.

Instead of teaching doctrines to be memorized and believed, the Buddha taught how we can realize truth for ourselves. The focus of Buddhism is on practice rather than belief. The major outline of Buddhist practice is the Eightfold Path.