ULUBUDA would like to invite you to our first temple visit in this academic year to London Fo Guang Temple, a Chinese Mahayana Buddhist Temple near Oxford Circus on the 5th of November 2011 (Saturday) 10am-4pm.

Activities include:

• Introduction on Mahayana Buddhist Practice and Customs

• Buddhism talk

• Zen Meditation

• Discussion on pursue of happiness

• Interactive Games

• Free vegetarian lunch

It would be a good opportunity for all Buddhist friends from ULUBUDA, SOAS, UCL and Imperial College Buddhist Societies etc. to get to know each other as there would be networking time arranged for everyone!

Event Details:

Saturday 5th November 10am-4pm

Address: 84 Margaret Street, London, W1W 8TD

Refer to this link for a map to the temple: http://www.londonfgs.org.uk/0_main/HowToFindUs.htm

We will be meeting at Russell Square tube station at 9.15am and depart latest by 9.20am. Otherwise, you can meet us at Oxford Circus tube station, at the entrance of the huge Nike store at 9.45am; or at the temple at 10am.

Please R.S.V.P by sending an email to ulubuda.soc@gmail.com, stating your name, contact number and your preferred meet-up point. Do invite your friends as well! See you there.

Reminder: To those who wish to sign up as a member of ULUBUDA, kindly apply for a ULU card (student id and passport size photo needed), and fill up a form provided by ULUBUDA as soon as possible. We wish to submit our membership forms to ULU by the 3rd of November. Thank you!

With Metta,

ULUBUDA exco 2011/12.

I would like to draw your attention to a major event organized by UCLU Buddhist Philosophy Society tomorrow evening (Tuesday 15th March 5pm).

Do have a look at the amazing flyers below and I hope everyone can be there at this meaningful event on Vegetarianism and Environment.

With metta,
Daniel Lee
ULUBUDA Exco 2010/2011

Hi everyone in UCLand,

It’s been a while since my last society letter.

This coming week, the UCLU Buddhist Soc invites you to be a vegetarian for one evening.

That’s right, we’re inviting you to partake in a free vegetarian dinner served by chefs from Taiwan.

I repeat.

FREE VEGETARIAN DINNER

Sold yet?

What if I told you that there’ll be a live sign-language musical performance.

You heard me right.

SIGN LANGUAGE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

What if I told you that there’ll be an excellent seminar on the benefits of Vegetarian living, for yourself and for the world?

Indeed.

FIND OUT HOW VEGETARIAN LIVING CAN BETTER YOUR LIFE

What if I told you that you’ll have the opportunity to find out how Vegetarianism can help you help the environment.

Don’t believe me?

FIND OUT HOW YOU AND VEGETARIANISM CAN SAVE THE WORLD

Interested? Excellent! Then R.S.V.P. ASAP and come on down on Tuesday, 15th March.

Here are some details:

Date: Tuesday, 15th March

Time: 5.00 PM – 8.00 PM

Location: Cruciform Lecture Theater 1, Cruciform Building, UCL

That’s the big red building just across the street opposite the UCL main quad. Just head on down to the basement and follow the signs. You can’t miss it! Just in case - http ://crf . casa . ucl . ac . uk/screenRoute . aspx?s=1174&d=63&w=False

Itenerary:

1. Symposium on vegetarianism, vegetarian diet, vegetarian cooking
2. Symposium on link between vegetarianism and environment protection,
3. Buffet dinner
4. Sign Language Musical Performance by visiting students

Who are Tzu Chi?

Tzu Chi Foundation International is an organization dedicated to helping the world by encouraging recycling, mainly in the east, encouraging healthy living in a multitude of ways including vegetarianism and cultivation of spiritual wellbeing, as well as disaster relief missions all across the world.

There will be a donation box for disaster relief missions at the event so if you’re feeling generous please drop a few pennies in. Every bit helps!

For more information, check out our Facebook Group page or our Event page at http ://www . facebook . com/event . php?eid=134310126638349

You can also R.S.V.P there! Be sure to do so! We need to know how many mouths there’ll be to feed!

We also have a cool poster! http ://profile . ak . fbcdn . net/hprofile-ak-snc4/174844_134310126638349_5872722_n . jpg

For further info, contact us at:

uclubuddhistsoc@live.com

Han:07900436135, Thet : 07506213218

Phew! That’s everything. We look forwards to seeing you all, so come down and bring your appetites along!

With Metta,

Vincent  Karyadinata

If there is one thing we can be certain of in life, it’s that eventually we will face death. Throughout the world, death may be celebrated, embraced, or even feared. This discussion aims to help us gain an understanding of the Buddha’s teachings on Life After Death.

Dear all,

You are sincerely invited to the dhamma talk session organised by ICBS this coming Thursday, 7pm. We are extremely honoured to be able to invite Venerable Ajahn Khemadhammo Luangpor (OBE) to talk about Rights and Responsibilities in a Buddhist’s context. Over the past few years, Ajahn has been visiting Imperial College annually to meet us and to share his insights from his vast knowledge and experience in Buddhism.

Please note that we’re holding the event in Huxley LT308 instead of the Chaplaincy, because of the larger size of audience expected. Usherers will be around on that day to lead you to the venue.

This event is a public event for both members and non-members. No RSVP is required, so feel free to invite your friends to the talk too. Light refreshments will be served.

Venerable Ajahn Khemadhammo is a hugely respected Theravada Buddhist monk. He was born in England in 1944. After becoming an ordained monk in Thailand, in 1977 he returned to the U.K. and set up a small monastery on the Isle of Wight. In 1984, at the invitation of a group of Buddhist meditators that he had been visiting monthly for some years, he moved to Banner Hill near Kenilworth and formed the Buddha-Dhamma Fellowship. In 1985, he moved to his current residence, the Forest Hermitage, a property in Warwickshire.

Ajahn Khemadhammo began Buddhist prison chaplaincy work in 1977. In 1985, with the help of others, Angulimala, the Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy, was launched with him as its Spiritual Director.

Ajahn Khemadhammo was appointed an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, June 2003 for ‘services to prisoners’. In December 2004, on the birthday of the King of Thailand, he was made a Chao Khun with the ecclesiastical title of Phra Bhavanavitayt; he was only the second foreign-born monk to receive such an honour.

We look forward to seeing all of you there!

With metta.
Kangyu Lim
ICBS Vice President

More often than not, we are caught up with the ups and downs of life, and therefore wondered what true eternal happiness is. This discussion aims to help us gain an insight into the Buddha’s teachings on happiness.

I hope that all of you have had a great holiday. With the start of the new term, ULUBUDA will once again be resuming its activities and weekly meditation sessions.

However, there will not be any activity on 10 January 2011 as Ajahn Sangthong will not be free on that day. Hence, our first meditation session for the new term will be on Monday, 17 January 2011 instead.

Hope to see you on 17th January!

With Metta,

ULUBUDA exco 2010/11.