TRIPLE GEM: June 2012

Friday, June 8, 2012

Human Potential Development Series by Brother Billy Tan

Human Potential Development Series by Brother Billy Tan from June -August 2012

Join us to uncover our hidden potentials to be happy, peaceful and tranquil. Discover the mystery behind how our evolving brain makes us naturally emotional and self –centered, giving rise to much pain and suffering, and how the human being is a self centered self deceiving organism. We will also explore scientific-evidence that support the teachings of the Buddha.

June Saturday 9 June 2012, 8pm-9.30pm.

Tittle : The Emotional Self Centered Brain'

Saturday, June 2, 2012

DHAMMA TALK BY BHIKKHUNI AYYA SANTINI

DHAMMA TALK ON: 4 JUNE 2012
TIME: 8PM
VENUE; TI-RATANA PENCHALA SHRINE HALL

Bhikkuni Ayya Santini who is a well-known and energetic Dhammaduta in Indonesia will be delivering a talk on "ENGAGED BUDDHISM IN INDONESIA" She will be speaking in Bahasa Indonesia. Don't miss this opportunity to learn and experience the life of a Buddhist in Indonesia from a dedicated buddhist teacher.

PROFILE OF BHIKKUNI AYYA SANTINI

Before taking the full Bhikkuni ordination in 2000, Bhikkuni Ayya Santini spent several years as an Anagarini, travelling the breadth of the archipelago, inspiring people with her Dhamma talks. She counts among the first Theravadin Shikkhunis from Indonesia in the modern era, and is the Abbess of a Vihara in Lembang, West Java.

Ayya Santini specialises in training children and youths in meditation and monastic living. She runs camps several times a year and draws hundreds to her periodic talk shows held in major cities throughout Indonesia.

In recognition of her contribution to humanitarian work, Ayya Santini was awarded 'The Outstanding Woman inBuddhism Award' by the United Nations of 8 March 2007, in conjuction with International Women's Day.