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Dear Dharma Brothers and Sisters,

Thrangu Dharma Society Petaling Jaya are pleased to inform that this year the Ullambana or Hungary Ghosts Festival falls on 13th August 2011. In accordance to tradition we will celebrate this festival by performing the Amitabha and Ksitigarbha Jang Chok Puja for three full days beginning from 11th August (Thursday) and ending on 13th August 2011.

This auspicious and important ceremony will be led by our Resident Lama – Lama Lodro. The Amitabha and Ksitigarbha Jangchok Puja is a Tantric ritual to purify the deceased and to clear obscurations and bad karma of the living.

All sponsors and devotees are encouraged to participate in this meritorious ceremony of deliverance and repentance and to accumulate merits for themselves and to purify the souls of the departed loved ones.

Sponsorship of Monk and Nun Robes

In conjunction with this festival, we are also inviting sponsorships of robes for about 700 Thrangu Monastery monks and nuns in Nepal. The sponsorship of each set of full robes is RM200.00

The “Ullambana” Festival

亲爱的佛友們，

Dear Dharma Centres, Brothers & Sisters,

Please be informed the 14th Namo Buddha Retreat will be held once again in Kathmandu, Nepal.  The dates are fixed on 20 – 25 November 2011.  The Sadhana will be Thousand Eye Thousand Arms Chenrezig. Those who are interested to join this Retreat are advised by V V Thrangu Rinpoche to do the Nyung Neh practice to achieve more benefits.  Kindly contact Lama Lodro of Thrangu Dharma Society Petaling Jaya or your respective Resident Lama for the Nyung Neh practice.

We have made reservations with Royal Nepal Airlines for 20 seats at RM1,800 (group fare bookings and subject to change) leaving on 17th November and returning 27 November 2011.  Further, the Retreat fess, as usual, is RM1,000 which will be used to cover food and lodging at Namo Buddha Monastery and travelling to and from Boudha, Kathmandu to Namo Buddha Monastery.  If time and circumstances permit, we will try to organise pilgrimage visits to some of the holy sites in and around Kathmandu.  The detail programme and itinerary will be announced later to all confirmed participants shortly before departure.  It is the fervent wish of the organising committee that all participants who wish to join the Retreat are encouraged to sign up with the organising committee so as to travel as one single group to minimise and to avoid logistics problems like visas, reservations for seats and hotel.

The reservations are on a ‘first come first serve’ basis.  Those who are interested are requested to give your name and contact numbers (telephone/mobile numbers) and email address (if available) to John Leong (mobile 017-8716993; off – 03-90589788; sothi88@streamyx.com).  THE DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS 15TH JULY 2011.

Kindly also indicate if it is your first time participation and/or wearing robes (if so, are required to shave).  Those interested are required at time of indication of interest to join the Retreat to make a non-refundable deposit of RM300 for payment towards the bookings with the airline to the following account :-

Leong Khai Yan, EON Bank, Sri Petaling Branch, Account No : 0671-11-000099-6  (Kindly fax your bank-in slip to 03-90588566 for confirmation of reservation.

With Metta

John Leong Khai Yan
(Organising Chairman Namo Buddha Retreat/Secretary TDSPJ)

Dear Dharma Brothers and Sisters, Since last year the world had been strike by seemingly unending natural disasters, earthquake, flood, tsunami, hurricane, typhoon increasing in magnitude and such frequency resulting in colossal losses of human lives and properties. The earthquake off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 measuring 9 on the Richter scale and the tsunami that came after that had devastated the northeast of Japan, leaving many thousands dead or missing and the subsequent failure of a nuclear plant. Hundreds of thousands were left homeless or forced to evacuate from the area. The effect of nuclear leak is going to affect generations of Japanese and the world at large. There again, the war and disharmony in the Middle East ………….

At this very moment, we hope all Dharma brothers and sisters could come forward on the occasion of the thrice sacred day of Wesak and fold our hands together to pray to the Enlightened One to relieve all the sentient beings from sufferings.

MAY WESAK THE THRICE SACRED DAY BRING PEACE, HARMONY AND HAPPINESS TO EACH AND EVERYONE.

Wesak refers to the full moon day of the month of Waishakha, which embraces a three fold commemoration – the day the Lord Gautama Buddha was born, the day he attained full enlightenment and the day on which he entered Mahaparinibbana.

You are cordially invited to join us in the celebration of this auspicious annual Buddhist festival. Flowers will be given free for offering to the Buddha. We will continue to provide and improve the vegetarian lunch, which is highly regarded by the Dharma brothers and sisters to reciprocate your unfailing and undivided support over the years.

ADVANCE NOTICE

We are pleased to announce that our Guru, the Very Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche will be at our Centre from 12th to 18th October 2011 to conduct the Amitayu Drupchen and the Fund Raising Vegetarian Dinner for the new Thrangu Dharma Society Monastery at Damansara Perdana. The venue, time and detailed programme shall be advised in due course.

各位佛友們，

In January 2011 Thrangu Dharma Society Petaling Jaya propose to start “Chod” practice in addition to all the regular activities that we have. “Chod” means “cutting away” and is made popular by Machig Labdron. She is an incarnation of Yeshe Tsogyal one of the consort of Guru Padmasambava. The practice of “Chod” requires the guidance of a lama for it involves meditation, correct visualization, chanting with the accompaniment of the “Chod” Drum and the Bell by the practitioner. We need a group of 10 people before Lama is prepared to start the Class.

Why practice “Chod”? According to Lama to truly practice and realize the Dharma one needs to get rid of the Demon of attachment. To sum it all we would like to quote you the teaching by Machig Labdron:- As long as there is attachment to ego, there are Demons; When there is no more attachment to ego, there are no more Demons either!

Those of you who are interested in this practice may contact the Convener of this practice John Fam at johnfam63@yahoo.com or 012-3373438.

There is a group of pilgrims that will be leaving for Kathmandu at the end of October 2010. Whoever is interested in getting a Bell or a “Chod” drum, can give John Fam an indication and he will try to get them to bring one for you.