Australia's Buddhism


A Contribution to the Buddhist
Community by
Graeme Lyall
There is no such
thing as
a "Human Being" - there is only a "Human Becoming"
Everything is
subject to
change
Killing in the
name of a
religion is NOT A RELIGIOUS ACT - It carries serious Karmic
consequences.
Throughout its
history of
more than 2500 years, not one drop of blood has been spilt in
propagating
Buddhism.
Buddhism does not
have
terrorists but it does have Theravadins.
The Weapons of Mass Destruction are Greed, Anger and
a Deluded Mind - Find
them and
Destroy them Now!
Learn How to Cultivate Loving Kindness -
Metta
Bhavana
-
The beautiful sounds of the "Chant of Metta" can be heard and viewed
HERE or HERE
Living in a Grateful World
---
Be grateful to those who have hurt or harmed you,
for
they have enforced your determination -
Be grateful to those who have deceived
you, for
they have deepened your insight. -
Be grateful to those who have hit you,
for they
have reduced your karmic obstacles. -
Be grateful to those who have abandoned
you, for
they have taught you to be independent. -
Be grateful to those who have made you
stumble,
for they have strengthened your ability. -
Be grateful to those who have denounced
you, for
they have increased your wisdom and concentration. ---
Be grateful to those who
have made
you firm and resolute and helped in your achievement
From
Ven. Master Chin Kung
ONE HUMANITY - MANY FAITHS
CONFERENCE
18th - 21st February, 2009
Ex-President Abdurrahman Wahid of
Indonesia & Ven.Master Chin Kung- Keynote Speakers 
Venue: Brisbane
City Council Conference
Hall
Professor Lewis
Lancaster from
UCLA, Berkeley, Has given a brilliant lecture,
"Buddhism in a Global Age of
Technology".
It is well worth
watching.
Please CLICK HERE
to
view it.
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The Words Of Albert Einstein 
The individual
feels
the nothingness of human desires and aims and the sublimity and
marvellous
order which reveal themselves both in nature and in the world of
thought. He
looks upon individual existence as a sort of prison and wants to
experience the
universe as a single significant whole, the beginnings of cosmic
religious
feeling already appear in early stages of development - e.g. in many of
the
Psalms of David and in some of the Prophets.
Buddhism, as we
have
learnt from the wonderful writings of Schopenhauer especially, contains
much
stronger elements of it. The religion of the future will he a cosmic
religion.
It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology.
Covering both
the natural and the spiritual, it should he based on a religious sense
arising
from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual and a
meaningful
unity. Buddhism answers this description. If there is any religion that
would
cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism.
One of Einstein's great insights was to
realize
that matter and energy are really different forms of the same thing.
Matter can
be turned into energy, and energy into matter.
E=
mc2
E=energy m=mass c=speed of light
The big bang was when energy became matter.