Strengths

"There are these five strengths.

Which five?

Strength of conviction,

strength of persistence,

strength of mindfulness,

strength of concentration,

& strength of discernment.

These are the five strengths."

Happily Married

Hi ladies and gentlemen,

On 25th April 2009, the same day as Vesak @ Orchard, our brother in the Dhamma and friend was having his wedding ceremony. I was honoured to be their videographer and would like to share some pictures of the morning event.

Moving into a new phase in life, there will be new experiences. I would like to wish Ang Hwee and Siew Ping a happy and blissful married life.

Cheers,

Zeming

Leading the Buddhist Life as a Youth!

Hi boys and girls!

This Saturday's sharing session topic is:

A Happy Buddhist Youth (Part 1)

by Shi Xiong and Zeming.

Do come down to Singapore Buddhist Mission, 9 Ruby Lane at 3pm sharp. Do not be late as Puja and meditation will start on time by 3:15pm.

Cheers!

Readings from the Buddha

117.
Suppose an enemy has hurt you In his own domain.
Why should you annoy yourself
And hurt your mind in your domain?

In tears you left your family,
They who were kind and helpful always.
So why not leave behind your enemy
And the anger that brings so much harm?

This anger which you embrace
Eats away at the very roots
Of all the virtues you strive to develop.
Who would be such a fool?

Someone else does evil deeds
And you get angry.
Why?
Do you wish to copy him
And act as he does?

Suppose someone, to annoy,
Provokes you to do some evil act.
Why allow anger to arise and thus
Do exactly as he wants you to do?

If you get angry
Then maybe he will suffer, maybe not.
But by feeling anger yourself
You certainly do suffer.

If enemies blinded by anger
Are content to walk the path of woe,
Do you wish to follow them
By getting angry yourself?

If a foe provokes you
To hurt yourself by getting angry,
Let that anger subside.
Do not harm yourself needlessly.

Vsm.IX.22

BLACKFOREST, my love band!

See the little boy, SO CUTE,small eyes like Hangqi. LOL!
CUTE BOY!

Hmmm, Look at Raymond? =/
Just enjoy below. =D

He looked like ghost, like seriously. =/
He really lived up his name - Hungry Ghost.



Self-timer. Damn fun!

One of the activities in the Vesak


Our Respectable Buddha. =)


Making of rabbits. :)






This baby actually followed what the BIC do,
the hand signal you know. it's so amazing =D
Lunch. :D
It seemed that every Vesak @ Orchard,
we can never missed out the Laksa. =D



Our banner & poster. =D

This girl really can sing very well. =)

It's always been annual event for Vesak @ Orchard,

it's always feels good to have everyone back.

And also, I hope the booth had assist in the number of campers. :D

Rock on my dears. :)

-wanlingx