November newsletter 2009
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| Contents of this newsletter:
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| Letting Go ~ of negative karma
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| Maitreya is the manifestation of the loving-kindness of all Buddhas. By receiving his blessings and following Buddha's timeless, practical advice it is easy to increase our love and compassion for all living beings. This gives us the ability to maintain a happy and peaceful mind all the time, and become of great benefit to others.
Bookings: Cost for the whole event - R350 incl. vegetarian lunch on Saturday Non-returnable deposit required for booking – R100 For online booking form please click here . You will receive the banking details as soon as you have submitted the booking form. Please fill in the appropriate details and then press submit. General info: Tel. 031 464 0984 email: info@sadharmacelebration.org All proceeds from the Celebration will be donated to the NKT-IKBU International Temples Project in order to create a Kadampa Temple in South Africa. For more information please visit the site of the International Temples Project . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
a very entertaining and meaningful Fundraising Event  Friday 20th November '09, 7pm - 10pm at the Kloof Library in Kloof a Film about : The Wheel of Life 'The Life of King Bimbisara' 'The Wheel of life' is a beautiful and very heartmoving play (on DVD). It presents the entire Buddhist path, filled with an arrya of amazing and skilfully acted teachings, in a way that makes it come alive and immediate to our experience. This film expresses the very essence of Buddha's teachings. Everybody is welcome to this delightful fundrasing event, bring along all your friends & family! cost R50 (kids free) includes abundant delicious snacks and refreshments RSVP & Info Tel: 031 765 2162 or email: meditateinhillcrest@gmail.com organised by the Maitreya Kadampa Buddhist Centre www.meditateinhillcrest.org | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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don't forget to schedule for between Christmas & New Year a meditation day course on. . . . DEATH TEACHINGS FOR A MEANINGFUL LIFE with Gen Kelsang Sangdak Sunday 27th December 2009, 10am – 4.45pm at Mahasiddha Buddhist Centre, 2 Hollings Road, Queensburgh Contemplating deeply our own mortality leads to a profoundly worry-free and happy life. By cutting through our worldly concerns the meditation on death quickly eliminates all our ordinary worries and anxieties. On this meditation day-course Gen Sangdak will explain the meditation on death and how it destroys our desirous attachment and anger, thereby leading us to a very enjoyable and successful spiritual life. “When we have practiced many different meditations we shall experience their effects, but it is the meditation on death that leaves the biggest impression on our mind.” Buddha Shakyamuni, in ‘Great Beyond Sorrow Sutra’ Cost: R170,- including delicious vegetarian lunch and refreshments for bookings & enquiries: Tel. 031 464 0984 or email us | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| book now for our annual popular New Year's Fundraising Banquet & Tara Chanting  spend New Year in the loving care of the Holy Mother Ayra Tara on Thurs 31st Dec. 2009 - Fri Jan. 1st 2010 at Mahasiddha Buddhist Centre New Years Eve Dinner starts at 9pm: for great enjoyment and meaningful fundraising, we will be offering a sumptuous and very special candlelit vegetarian buffet meal for everyone's culinary delight. Come under the loving care of Mother Tara and receive her special blessings, wisdom and swift protection for the coming year 2010. chanting session schedule: 31st Dec : 1st session 7pm, 2nd - 11pm after midnight: 3rd - 3am, 4th - 7am, 5th - 11am, 6th - 3pm You can come to any one or as many sessions as you like. Cost: candlelit Vegetarian fundraising Buffet R 150, - pp (kids under 12 free, 13 - 18 half-price) It is advisable to make an early booking to secure a place for this delightful and very special event for bookings & info: Tel: 031 464 0984 or email us | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| with love and best wishes from the Mahasiddha Centre team!  gov. registered Nonprofit Organization 014-445 NPO & Public Benefit Organization 2 Hollings Road, Durban/ Malvern |
on Sunday 22nd November
