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The non-ending journey of Master John D. Hughes

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The non-ending journey of Master John D. Hughes

The non-ending journey
of  Master John D. Hughes

 


John David HughesMaster John Hughes at the World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference in Thai Lan (1999)


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Venerable Thich Tam Phuong, Quang Duc Monastery members and Master John Hughes
in front of His Buddhist Centre (1996)

 


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Venerable Thich Nguyen Tang and Master John Hughes
in front of His Buddhist Centre (Melbourne, Australia, 01-2001)


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Melbourne: Sabbe Sankhara Anicca (All conditions are impermanent). Master John D. Hughes passed away on Saturday 29 November 2003 at 5:50pm EST at the Angliss Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Master John D. Hughes was with his wife Anita Hughes and persons who love him.

Buddha Dhamma Chanting has been occurring, throughout the day beginning about 12:00pm.

Many Venerable Monks and students of Master John D. Hughes chanted blessings for three hours following his death.

Master John D. Hughes was the Founder, Abbot and Resident Teacher of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. It is a Regional Centre of the World Fellowship of Buddhists, an Associated Institution of the World Buddhist University and a member of the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria.

Master John D. Hughes was a former Vice-President of the World Fellowship of Buddhists and the recipient of the Visuddhananda Peace Award 1999.

Master John D. Hughes taught over 1 million students in 14 countries during this lifetime.

Master John D. Hughes was a great man who dedicated his life to the Buddha-Dhamma and his passing away is a loss to the Buddha Sasana. Master John D. Hughes' high spirit of propagating the Dhamma will live on in our hearts. Let the Dhamma be the guide in times of grief. May the Lord Buddha bless everyone with peace!


Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammasambuddhassa




John Hughes
Master John David Hughes
Born 9 September 1930 - Deceased 29 November 2003
Funeral Celebration Ceremony
Saturday 6 December 2003


11.00 am Dana Lunch offering to Venerable Sangha and blessings

12.00 MD Bell Puja

12.05 pm Family Offering
Offering of flowers, 6 vegetarian dishes, 1 large bowl of rice, fruit and incense

12.10 pm Sutra recitation to John Hughes by Master Ru Sun

12.40 pm Dhamma talk to John Hughes by Master Ru Sun

12.45 pm Offering of incense and recitations by guests, family, students and friends

2.00 pm Departure of funeral party to The Necropolis, Princes Highway, Springvale, Victoria, Australia

3.00 pm to 3.30 pm Cremation Ceremony at the Necropolis, Princess Highway, Springvale

 



Master John Hughes at the World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference in Thai Lan (1999)

Venerable Thich Nguyen Tang and Master John Hughes
in front of His Buddhist Centre (Melbourne, Australia, 01-2001)



TRIBUTE TO
MASTER JOHN DAVID HUGHES

 

 

The most important thing for John fundamentally is to show teachable beings the way out of suffering, to help them to understand the way out of suffering and to provide the materiality to do it.

 by Evelin C. Halls

 

Australia - John David Hughes is a fourth generation Australian and was born on the 9th of September 1930 in Mentone, which is located by the beach near Melbourne in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. John’s father’s father was rich. He had 28 employees and his sons worked for him. Keith Albert Hughes, John’s father, was also rich, but in 1930, the business collapsed in the Great Depression. Then his father was unemployed. But John’s parents as well as other family members provided him with everything he needed and his childhood was a very happy one. John was the only child and on Sundays up to 18 family members used to come for dinner, presenting a strong sense of family. He was a very bright and unusual boy.

 

Today, John is the resident Buddha Dhamma Teacher and Founder of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. He built this temple to provide persons in Australia the opportunity to make merit, so that they can learn and practice Buddha Dhamma. John chose a suitable location for the temple in the quiet hills of the Yarra Ranges. He established a heavenly Ch'an garden surrounding the Buddhist Centre and has built a multilingual Buddhist reference library, the John D. Hughes Collection, in the temple, which he wants to last for at least 500 years. On 9 September 2000, John's 70th birthday, the 70th Buddha relic arrived for this year. Over 300 Buddha relics including three hair relics are now stored in the Centre. The lemma John chose for the organisation is 'Lifetimes of Learning'.

 The most important thing for John fundamentally is to show teachable beings the way out of suffering, to help them to understand the way out of suffering and to provide the materiality to do it.

 John sees himself in a process of becoming, not as a static entity, but in a process of a non-ending journey until he will end up as a Buddhist Chief monk, Sariputta, under the future Buddha. He trains himself every day to this aim in a very focused and coherent way following his life plan.

 People that really make a difference in the world in many countries, including about 8000 Buddhist monks, bodhisattvas, business leaders and politicians, have shaped John's life. Some of them he has personally met. Atisha, one of the great beings, whom John met in a past life 1000 years ago, still inspires him today.

 John has a Diploma of Applied Chemistry from Swinburne College of Technology, a Trained Technical Teacher's Certificate from the Education Department of Victoria, he has studied Arts and Education at Deakin University, was awarded a Graduate Diploma in Adult and Industrial Education from Deakin University and studied Mathematics at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. For many years he taught science in Victorian Technical Schools and was Committee Member and later Chairman of the Boronia Teacher Education Centre.

 John was the Founder and Secretary of Australian Manufacturers Patents, Industrial Designs, Trademark & Copyright Association (AMPICTA). The Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd is a foundation member of the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria. Also, John owns a company trading as WINNERS GAIN GROUND, which provides commercial training packages .

 Many nicknames were given to John over the years, but the one that really seems to stick is 'Spike'. It comes from the days when John enjoyed playing Jazz cornet and a popular band at the time had the name ‘Spike’. John has always liked music and reading a lot.

John D. Hughes was elected as Vice-President of the World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) in November 1998. On the 25th of January 2000 John was awarded with the Visuddhananda Peace Award (in Memory of His Holiness the Late 24th Mahasanghanayaka Visuddhananda Mahathero) from Bangladesh. The Venerable Shilalankar Mahathero, the Sangharaj of the Supreme Sangha Council of Bangladesh describes John in a letter to his 65th birthday as “one of the apostles of our New World Buddhist order in Australia, and one of the pioneers of Buddhism in the Australia - New Zealand region”.

 

John is one of the World's few living Ch'an Masters and has been painting Ch'an images for more than four decades. He founded the Ch'an Academy at the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd., where the 'Way of the Brush' is taught by him. The classic Chinese Ch'an painting method has many meanings; it is a Buddhist meditation practice. Ch’an, also known as Zen, is like Prajna Paramita. For John personally, he paints for long life practice and also as a way of thanking the Dragon King for helping him. The paintings are profoundly beautiful. John says that it is interesting in Australian nationalism to have an Australian painter that will be remembered for a long time for painting classic Ch'an in Australia.

 


John D. Hughes with students in Bangladesh

John travels regularly to national and international Buddhist conferences and Buddhist organisations and has helped many beings in Australia and Overseas with his wisdom and compassion. He has visited and taught students in 14 different countries around the world, which come from various cultural, social and economic backgrounds. In the future, John wants to establish a branch of a Buddhist university.

 Science is fundamentally the basic discipline John is trained in, and his hobby is the building of a private Geological Museum, which is again tied to the Dragon King. For over three decades John collected precious stones and rare fossils from all over the world and he plans to create an on-line Geological Museum on the internet as e-education, and wants to inspire persons to become geologists. On the 9th September 2000 John launched UMLAUT, the 'Upwey Museum Library All Uniting Think Tank'. He decided to publish the UMLAUT notes on the internet.

 Over the last 11 years John has been editor of the Buddha Dhyana Dana review, the flagship journal of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd and he was also editor in the previous 11 years when the journal was called the BDCU Newsletter. This publication is distributed to 40 countries and will soon be available on one of John's specialised websites. John presently has seven truly beautiful Dhamma websites, they are a treasure, and he plans to build more multimedia sites. Also, John plans to build some low-tech sites, because many people have slow computers, such as with a 386 processor. He publishes ongoing teaching materials on his websites. John uses this virtual form instead of the traditional ideal face to face scenario to teach those students, who are not in the position to travel to the Centre.

 By using the new information technology he wants to enable many more beings to meet and learn the Buddha Dhamma. John is also Executive Producer of 'The Buddhist Hour' radio show, which is broadcasted every Sunday from the local Knox FM 87.6 & 88.0 radio station, and he is planning to broadcast the show digitally via the Internet in the future. In addition, John is going to publish a number of books. The first one is nearly ready and it is called The Library You Are Looking For. John operates at both the micro and the macro level.

 His knowledges are vast and he is full of loving kindness, always ready to lend a helping hand, and to show people the way out of suffering. John is practical and is often delegating tasks to others; he has many people helping him. John D. Hughes is a very inspirational person who has helped and will continue to help many beings. 

May Master John be blessed with a good rebirth.
Source: http://www.bdcu.org.au

 

 


phat thuyet phap
The benefits of chanting

The authors of this script are: John D. Hughes,
Pennie White, Isabella Hobbs, Maria Pannozzo, Evelin Halls, Orysia Spinner and Leanne Eames.

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According to the Oxford English Dictionary the word ‘chant’ is both a noun and a verb, also (now Scottish) chaunt, compared with the late 17th Century, old and modern French verb, ‘with chant’ which is derived from the Latin, ‘cantum’.

The word ‘chant’ is defined as:

1.’ a song; singing’ from the late 17th Century,

2. ‘in Music, a short musical passage in two or more phrases each with a reciting note to which any number of syllables may be sung for singing unmetrical words; a psalm, canticle, etc. so sung’ in the late 18th century.

3. ‘a measured monotonous song, a musical recitation of words; a singsong intonation in talk’ from the 19th Century.

This history of chanting extends beyond the time of the known origin of the word which is listed in the Oxford and Etymological Dictionaries.

In the Oxford Companion to music on the subject of Church music Scholes states that:

‘It must be remembered that there are in the musical exercises of religion other purposes than the helping of the worshipper to experience those moments of mystical communion or of making an ‘offering’. In music lies the one effective means of communal expression. The largest bodies of worshippers may join in expressing their faith, their hope, or their charity in song whose necessary simplicity seems to detract nothing from its emotional strength when it is sung with unanimity and fervour. The duty here imposed upon those charged with the ordering of music in the service of religion is the provision of a large and varied body of religious poetry and accompanying music, dignified yet simple.’

Some persons support the use of bad music to lead men into good ways, since usually they are, from some natural incapacity, or through lack of early musical environment, incapable of feeling the difference between good and bad in music, and sometimes, even of realizing that ‘bad’ exists. There is good and bad in everything else, so it is reasonable to suppose that there is good and bad in music.

This is the Christian Orthodox view of music.

Association with the ‘bad’ in any aspect of life has a darkening effect on the mind, whereas association with the ‘good’ brightens the mind. If two pieces of music, good and bad, have equally strong attractive qualities, the ultimate end in view will be better attained by the use of the good. And ‘good’ yet highly ‘attractive’ music does exist and has powerfully aided religious movements from the beginning of Christianity to the present day.

In the meaning of art, the highest form of written expression is calligraphy. Poetry in calligraphy is written in classic arrangements. Diverging from this was frowned upon by the ancients.

As calligraphy is to the eye, so is chanting to the ear.

Therefore, in deference to and in acknowledgment of powerful wisdom of the ancients, we train our minds accordingly. In a Dhamma ending age, there are plentiful examples of chanting that will not give practice fruit. We choose to follow the methods instructed by our Teacher in chanting.

The Buddha stated that we should not ‘sanskritise’ the Dhamma, that is, do not to put it into short rhyming stanzas.

So we chant with pauses between the syllables. We do not attempt to flow the syllables into a continuous melody, for if we did, we would be sanskritising like Hindu chanting.

For example, we chant ‘na’ silent space...’mo’ silent space...’tas’ silent space...’sa’ silent space and so on. We do not chant under any circumstances continuous melody such as opera that is sung with high pitched continuous melody. The ability of the singer, say a soprano, to hold a note without a break is considered to be a virtue in western music. If we chanted like this in the Buddhist world, we would be in error.

When we sing, ‘ti voglio bene assai, ma tanto tanto bene assai’ in Italian high key, we sing it as ‘tivogliobeneassaimatantotantobeneassai’ with no silent space. It becomes a feat of breath control and technique to express this type of expression. The popularity of opera is that there are definite melodies which are easy to copy up to a point by inexperienced singers who when they phase the words run out of breath.

Running short of breath tends to cause tension and aggravation of the mind so it could not be conducive to samattha meditation.

The disturbance of the mind through the aspiration of the breath is a form of excitement because shortage of breath is associated with many emotions such as fear or passion. The aim of Buddha Dhamma chanting is not to arouse fear or passion (raga in Pali).

In essence, there is a totally different approach to the sounding of Pali chanting compared to an operatic aria.

It is true that both forms generate some sort of feeling, but the akusala (unwholesome) fears such as grief, affliction, agony, anguish, woe, remorse, regret, wretchedness, pain, fury, passion, fervour, rapture, misery, tragedy, obsession, madness, despair, treachery, anger, sense of loss, intoxicated sense of love and all the machinery used in the business of opera, emotion generation that makes the breath of the listener to bind up or even cease for a second.

By such tricks on the mind, the attention of the person becomes focused and committed to a fantasy world that has no bearing on reality. The belief in such fictions as generated by the operatic performance causes the audience to become deeply involved in the plot, believing the falsehood of the operatic plot are real. It is this type of performance that was available in Buddha’s day that forms the basis of one of the prohibitions of the vinaya (the rules of the monks and nuns). They are prohibited from spending their time viewing live performances.

It is totally logically consistent with this rule that the Buddha did not wish to form a body of performance based on fictional stories being chanted. What we chant is different layers of the description of the truth of states of mind or states of matter or a list of what is the highest blessing or things are useful in everyday life. A fictional story has no place in Buddha repertoire. Performers who chant fiction and use their minds to hypnotize the audiences into their belief system are likely to be born into a laughing hell in their next life. Hypnosis is prohibited as a method in Buddhist teaching systems because it weakens the will of the recipient. In Buddhist practice much emphasis is placed on generating will (in Pali: cetana) to practice each for himself or herself. Although a teacher may encourage a student to practice, the practice must be in accordance with the quiet dignity that is displayed in expounding the principles of the teaching.

In teaching, the Buddha used many stories, but all of them were true. Stories of former lives (jataka tales) were often used to explain cause and effect. It is permissible to chant the Pali Buddhist text word for word and each part has some beneficial use provided it is given at the appropriate time.

When in Thailand recently for the conference of the 21st World Federation of Buddhists (WFB) held in Bangkok, Thailand from 5 to 10 December, 2000, our Teacher and Members of the Centre visited a nearby Buddhist Temple in the morning while the Monks were having breakfast. They asked for permission to make offerings. They offered flowers at the Buddha altar, and then chanted in Pali.

Because the chanting was in Pali, all the Monks and laypersons understood instantly what they were doing. This is because Pali is the international language of Buddhist chanting.

All the delegates at the WFB conference speak different languages, but Pali chanting is a universal form of communication among Buddhists, providing an important international link.

We believe international links such as the use of Pali chanting are important for accessing tacit codified knowledge.

International links are especially important for small and middle range countries such as Australia. These links are also important in facilitating access to major international forums, and are best fostered through active collaborations.

This also accords with our view on chanting in Pali.

The four inappropriate times and places for offerings and teachings have been discussed in earlier broadcasts.

The stories chanted are more like catalogue lists of minds that are conducive to the well being of many, or the properties of a matter in an almost scientific catalogue list.

Gotama Buddha lived about 2500 years ago when there were no books to preserve the Buddha Dhamma Teachings. The only way to recollect the Teachings was by memory. Chanting forms our oral histories. The regular chanting of the discourses helps to recollect and practice Buddha Dhamma. Chanting, especially if done in the original ‘Pali’ language is a powerful method to learn Buddha Dhamma and is used by practitioners all over the world.The famous Chinese monk of the 7th century, I. Tsing, mentioned that chanting has six benefits:


1. It enables us to understand the Buddha’s virtues,

2. It teaches prosody,

3. It helps to teach language,

4. It exercises the lungs

5. It exercises the chest, and

6. It helps one overcome reservedness while in front of others.

All these are good reasons to learn and practice chanting regularly.

When the Sutras are chanted, three great and powerful forces are activated. These are the forces of the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha. Buddhism is the combination of these ‘Three Jewels’ and when invoked together they can bring great blessings to humankind.

Some persons may think that chanting is an expression of devotion to the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha. Better than devotion would be confidence (Pali: Saddha).

Our Members will now chant the ‘Iti Pi So’, which are the Qualities of the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha:


ITI PI SO BHAGAVA ARAHAM

SAMMA SAMBUDDHO VIJJA CARANA-SAMPANNO

SUGATO LOKAVIDU ANUTTARO

PURISA DAMMA-SARATHI

SATTHA DEVA-MANUSSANAM

BUDDHO BHAGAVA TI


SVAKKHATO BHAGAVATA DHAMMO

SANDITTHIKO AKALIKO

EHI-PASSIKO OPANAYIKO

PACCATTAM VEDITABBO VINNUHI TI


SUPATIPANNO BHAGAVATO SAVAKA SANGHO

BJU PATIPANNO BHAGAVATO SAVAKA SANGHO

NAYA PATIPANNO BHAGAVATO SAVAKA SANGHO

SAMICI PATIPANNO BHAGAVATO SAVAKA SANGHO

YADIDAM CATTARI PURISA YUGANI

ATTA PURISA PUGGALA

ESA BHAGAVATO SAVAKA SANGHO

AHUNEYYO PAHUNEYYO

DAKKHINEYYO ANJALI KARANIYO

ANUTTARAM PUNNAK-KHETTAM LOKASSA TI

***

At the beginning and end of each radio broadcast our Members chant the Vandana for Buddha, the salutation to the Buddha:

‘Om Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa’

It can be translated as:

I pay homage to Him, to the Exalted One, to the Worthy One, to the fully Enlightened One.

There are various English translations used for this Vandana.

The word ‘Namo’ is very powerful. "Na" and "mo" are the names of two of the four elements. At another level of understanding, this is like wielding two of the great elements to cut and subdue problems.

The "Om" in front adds great energy.

If we want to gain benefits from chanting, we have to avoid the hindrances. Chanting is not done as ritual. Chanting is practiced without ritual. While chanting, the mind should be in the present. Chanting helps to develop mindfulness. Chanting is not like singing a tune. It will never reappear. So we must keep the mind in the present.

Because the Lord Buddha is a superior teacher we chant ‘Namo Buddha’ or ‘Namo Buddhaya’. This is why we do not worship but respect. The meaning of the term ‘Namo’ is vast; it means respect, veneration, gratefulness and honor, to mention just some of the meanings. You should find the meaning in your own mind. You then place 100 per cent sincerity on the meaning you find in your own mind. You will then create good causes to have the Teaching of the Buddha come to you fast.

The Buddhist practitioner does not worship the Buddha, does not ask for worldly favors, but respects the Buddha for His Supreme achievement. The Venerable Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda Mahathero (1999) says in his book What Buddhists Believe: "When Buddhists respect the Buddha, they are indirectly elevating their own minds so that one day they also can get the same enlightenment to serve mankind (sic) if they aspire to become a Buddha."

Chanting is a means of recalling the great virtues of the Lord Buddha, whose virtues and good qualities are inspiring and a guidance to develop the confidence to follow His Teachings.

Chanting can help to clear the mind.

When we chant, we know the impermanence of the formation and arising of the sound. The mind has the potential to know the elements and meaning of language, and when it brightens it is saying the highest form of knowledge - the truth of what is what. Chanting cleans and quietens the mind. As the mind becomes clearer and quieter it also becomes brighter.

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The Five Groups that describe the three characteristics of existence are:


ANICCA - impermanence

DUKKHA - sorrow, suffering, unsatisfactoriness

ANATTA - no-self, emptiness


As applied to the five groups making up body-mind, there are:


RUPAM - form, body

VEDANA - feeling, sensation in the body

SANNA - sense of existence of any kind, perception, memory

SANKHARA - all kinds of thoughts, moral and immoral

VINNANAM - consciousness as thinking, knowing with intention.


We will now chant The Five Groups:


RUPAM ANICCAM DUKKHAM ANATTA

RUPAM ANICCAM DUKKHAM ANATTA

RUPAM ANICCAM DUKKHAM ANATTA


VEDANA ANICCA DUKKHA ANATTA

VEDANA ANICCA DUKKHA ANATTA

VEDANA ANICCA DUKKHA ANATTA


SANNA ANICCA DUKKHA ANATTA

SANNA ANICCA DUKKHA ANATTA

SANNA ANICCA DUKKHA ANATTA


SANKHARA ANICCA DUKKHAM ANATTA

SANKHARA ANICCA DUKKHAM ANATTA

SANKHARA ANICCA DUKKHAM ANATTA


VINNANAM ANICCAM DUKKHAM ANATTA

VINNANAM ANICCAM DUKKHAM ANATTA

VINNANAM ANICCAM DUKKHAM ANATTA

***

The Tibetan mantra ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’ is the mantra of one of the Bodhisattva attendants of Amithaba. Unlike Metta (loving kindness) Karuna (compassion) is limited. It is better to chant on a component of Metta (loving kindness) than on a component of compassion.

The teachings explain that each of the six syllables of the mantra has a specific and potent effect in bringing about transformation at different levels of our being over a world cycle or two. In one human rebirth, there is not enough time available for the six syllables to purify completely the six poisonous negative emotions, which are the manifestation of ignorance, and which causes us to act negatively with our body, speech and mind, creating samsara and our suffering in it. But repeated use of this chant may give us a rebirth in a Pure land.

There are many reasons why it is beneficial to chant. We do not only chant for ourselves. By chanting the Metta Sutta, for example, we send loving kindness to other beings: that they may be free from hatred, be free from hurting others, be free from harming others, be trouble free in body in mind and that they may preserve their own happiness. Also, the merits made by chanting can be shared with many other beings.

The mindful direction of the merits can help numerous beings to get to know the path, realize the path and follow the path of Buddha Dhamma provided you radiate Metta in 10 directions evenly. But unfortunately it requires a lot of practice to achieve equanimity towards the 10 directions. So practice. Chanting if done correctly is a way of making higher merit and blesses many beings. It can wash away negativities that obscure our mind from understanding the Four Noble Truths.

Paritta Chanting is the recital of the Suttas for the blessing and protection of the devotees. It is usually done in the Pali language as uttered by the Buddha. These Suttas were originally written down on ola leaves about two and a half thousand years ago.

Chanting a protective Sutta shields ourselves "from various forms of evil spirits, misfortune, sickness and influence of the planetary systems as well as instilling confidence in the mind" (Dhamananda Mahathero 1999). The vibrant sound of chanting creates a pleasing atmosphere to the beings within mind range.

Also of importance is the rhythm. For example, monks adopt different intonations to harmonise with different Suttas. Significant psychological states of peacefulness and serenity in the mind of listeners can be produced by certain rhythms of the human voice. Certain intonation levels appeal to devas, and certain rhythms can create a good influence over lower beings like animals.

The correct rhythm is an important aspect in chanting. In all religions the practitioners follow certain rhythms when reciting texts from the holy books, such as the Quran rendition by Muslims, the Veda Mantra Chanting by Hindu priests in the Sanskrit language, and chanting by certain Christian groups, especially the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox sects.

The chanting or listening to the Buddhist Suttas activates the three great and powerful forces of the Buddha, Dhamma and the Sangha. Chanting can help to reduce sickness and other mental disturbances. Chanting also helps to hold the precept of ‘no lying’. Dr. K. Sri Mahathero (1999) writes that "the power of Truth has become a source of strength in the words uttered by the Buddha with great compassion. However, the power of the Buddha’s word alone in not enough to secure blessing without the devotion and understanding of the devotees".

You can read chanting sheets online at our website www.companyontheweb.com/buddhatext. The chanting text is written in Pali; some English translations are also given. If you would like to read a transcript of today’s broadcast, you can find it on the internet at www.bdcublessings.one.net.au. For further information contact our Centre on 03 9754 3334.

May you be well and happy and practice the correct form of chanting for you this life.

The authors of this script are: John D. Hughes, Pennie White, Isabella Hobbs, Maria Pannozzo, Evelin Halls, Orysia Spinner and Leanne Eames.

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References

Ariyesako, Bhikkhu, 1995, A Lay Guide to the Bhikkhu’s Rules. Sogyal Rinpoche, Introduction by Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena. Mahabodhi international Meditation Centre.

Bourke, P., and Butler L., International Links in Higher Education Research - Commissioned Report No. 37, May 1995, National Board of Employment, Education and Training, AGPS, Canberra ISBN 0 644 45183 1.

Dhammananda, Dr. K. Sri, 1999, What Buddhists Believe, Yayasan Belia Buddhist Malaysia. ISBN 983 40070 1 9.

The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1993, New York: Oxford University Press.

Partridge, E., 1966, A short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English Origins, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Wat Ananda Metyarama, Buddhist Chanting, Singapore, The Buddhist Heritage.

The Oxford Companion to Music, Scholes, Tenth Edition, Oxford University Press.
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Recently I was asked why I love Buddhism. So here are 7 answers for why I love, appreciate, respect, study, practise and share the precious Buddha Dharma. Some answers are short and sweet, while others are in more detail. Of course I could give many more answers and more details, however I've kept it to just 7, for the benefit of easy reading.
01/03/2017(Xem: 4604)
Don't live like a fish in Egypt, a frog in a well, or an emu or ostrich with its head in the sand. 1) "Don’t be like a fish in Egypt, and live in denial (the Nile river). LOL." This quote, or joke with meaning, "Don't be like a fish in Egypt, and live in denial (the Nile River)", was something that just popped out of my mouth while teaching a Dharma class a few years ago at a monthly half-day Buddhist youth retreat. The classes were simply entitled 'Q&A' and we would give each class a name that related to the subject matter at the end of the class. The subject matter was determined by the questions asked by the students.
09/01/2017(Xem: 12111)
Every morning when I read the news, there are so many reports on war and destruction happening all over the world. This sometimes leads me to feel overwhelmed, helpless and somewhat guiltyfor the relatively peaceful life I have. How do Itransform these feelings of sadness, anger and helplessness into something a lot more productive and constructive?
26/10/2016(Xem: 12784)
Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World | BBC Documentary | with English Subtitles, Over thirty years ago I sat and watched a programme on British television about Tutankhamen. I still remember the frisson - the realisation that the stories I'd heard; of boy-kings dripping in gold; of hidden burial chambers and court intrigue could, sometimes, be true. That BBC documentary was inspirational. I've been fortunate enough to spend my adult life following my own research interests - and delight in being able to share the results with a wider public.
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Nguyện đem công đức này, trang nghiêm Phật Tịnh Độ, trên đền bốn ơn nặng, dưới cứu khổ ba đường,
nếu có người thấy nghe, đều phát lòng Bồ Đề, hết một báo thân này, sinh qua cõi Cực Lạc.

May the Merit and virtue,accrued from this work, adorn the Buddhas pureland,
Repay the four great kindnesses above, andrelieve the suffering of those on the three paths below,
may those who see or hear of these efforts generates Bodhi Mind, spend their lives devoted to the Buddha Dharma,
the Land of Ultimate Bliss.

Quang Duc Buddhist Welfare Association of Victoria
Tu Viện Quảng Đức | Quang Duc Monastery
Senior Venerable Thich Tam Phuong | Senior Venerable Thich Nguyen Tang
Address: Quang Duc Monastery, 105 Lynch Road, Fawkner, Vic.3060 Australia
Tel: 61.03.9357 3544 ; Fax: 61.03.9357 3600
Website: http://www.quangduc.com ; http://www.tuvienquangduc.com.au (old)
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