General Body Meeting #2

General Body Meeting #2 with Guest Speaker, MMW Prof. Edmund Chang 

Thursday, November 8, 2012 | 8PM - 9PM
Location: Earl Warren College Room on 3rd floor of Price Center above SPACES (maps of Price Center) 

Professor Edmund Chang is joining us for a discussion on Buddhist literature. He is a professor of some of the courses in Eleanor Roosevelt College’s “Making of the Modern World” writing program.

Join us in our After Social afterwards at Tapioca Express to chat with us and get to know some of the members!

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Fall 2012 Student Sangha Update

Student Sangha

Thursday, November 15 and December 6, 2012  | NEW TIME: starts at 7PM

Location: General Store in the Old Student Center

For those who don't know, "sangha" means "community" in Pali and Sanskrit. The UCSD Student Sangha is an open space for students to discuss about mindfulness and other topics on a more personal level. Our meetings typically consist of meditation, passage reading, and sharing of our experiences . We encourage anyone interested to come by and share how you practice Buddhism. 

On Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 22, 2012), there will be a Special Student Sangha for those who are unable to return home to their familes on this day. Please, stay tuned for more updates!

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Week 4 Events

Fall 2012 Week 4 Updates

Weekly Wednesday Meditation

Days: Every Wednesday
Time: 12PM - 1PM
Location: The Sun God Statue

Come meditate with us this Wednesday! We’ll be mostly doing silent sitting meditation in a very informal group setting. This is also a great way to meet some of our members!
We meet every Wednesday at the same time and place!

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General Body Meeting #2 with Guest Speaker: Dharma Bum Jeff

Date: Thursday, October 25^th
Time: 8PM - 9PM
Location: Dolores Huerta Room in the Old Student Center
WHERE IT IS: map #1 and map #2

Dharma Bum Jeff of the Dharma Bums Temple in Downtown San Diego is coming to speak at our next meeting to answer your questions about Buddhism, the Buddhist practice, and his temple. He will also share a little Dharma, some meditation, and talk about the upcoming Day of Silence retreat at the temple. Come and bring your curiosity in this open forum-like meeting!

Our after social starts at 9PM after the GBM at Yogurt World where members get to know one another and chat about anything. Pick up one of our flyers at the meeting and get a 10% discount!

General Body Meetings are every other Thursday!

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Fall 2012 GBM #1 - Recap

Thank you to those who came out to our first general body meeting of the year! We really had a great time and we'll be posting some pictures up on our Facebook Page soon. Go 'Like' it! Also, join our Facebook Group for posting Buddhism-related things.

I posted the presentation we used below with some updated links.


Our next general body meeting will be on Thursday, October 25th in the Dolores Huerta Room in the Old Student Center. Click here for a map of where it is in the school and click here for a map of the complex.

Don't forget to catch us on the Price Center lawn every Wednesday at 12PM to 1PM!

Fall 2012 Schedule

Welcome back to the new school year! We hope to see you out at our events! Stay tuned to this website for more updates as they come.

General Body Meeting Schedule

Our general body meetings (GBM) are going to be every other week on Thursdays at 8PM starting October 11. We will have After Socials at Tapioca Express after every meeting so that you can come chat with us about anything! Here is a list of dates:  

Date	Time	Location
Thu, Oct. 11	8-9PM	Peterson Hall 104
Thu, Oct. 25	8-9PM	Dolores Huerta Room
Thu, Nov. 08	8-9PM

Also, our temple visits will be once a month! Stay tuned!

Summer Buddhism Bits: Summer Activities

Hi! It's Lan, again. I did say this was going to be a weekly segment, but I turned out to be busier than I expected this summer. This will actually be a lot more spontaneous than I expected.

Some UBA members are in San Diego this summer so we have been doing some things together. We've been attending the Dharma Bums Temple almost weekly and the Deer Park Monastery on a couple of occasions. We even got to experience the Japanese Obon Festival at the Buddhist Temple of San Diego!

If you want to get in touch with us when we are having these trips, check out and join our Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/187321217986082/ or email uba@ucsd.edu with the word "Summer" in the subject line.

On the Wednesdays of Week 0 and Week 1 in Fall Quarter, we'll be having a table out on Library Walk for Welcome Week. Feel free to stop by and check us out!

Our next meeting will be in the 2nd week of Fall quarter, so stay tuned!

Summer Buddhism Bits: Giving and Generosity

How has your summer been so far? This is Lan, the current president of UBA, blogging while we wait to do more activities in the upcoming academic year! Like most student organizations, we don't have plans in the summer besides getting ready for a new year. I'm starting "Buddhism Bits," weekly insights on Buddhism and my little take on it. Feel free to comment below if you have your own insights you'd like to share. Maybe I can get the other members to join in!

 

Giving and Generosity

I've been using the Bing search engine instead of Google because Bing gives me a reward point for every 2 searches I make. I can redeem those points for anything in their rewards shop. Right now, I'm working towards a one-month Hulu Plus subscription (but that's besides the point). I'm talking about Bing because it tells you to search certain words to get extra points. Today, that word is: generosity. I thought it would be a great topic for this post!

What does the Buddha say about generosity? I happened upon a special section in the Tricycle Magazine that actually lists some quotes from the Buddha on generosity. Generosity is very important in Buddhist practice. I've often heard that we must give without expecting anything in return, but you also shouldn't just give for the sake of giving either. The Buddha tells us that generosity is connected to the Eightfold Path and also to karma. Generosity is important to most all religions because we feel the spiritual connection. It's not about giving material things either. There are things we can give that is immaterial, i.e. knowledge, interest, advice, attention, etc. I think of UBA as a way for me to share the Dharma with UCSD.

Click here for some more generosity articles from the Tricycle Magazine. Click here for a link to an article about teaching generosity to kids. (I think I should sign up for this magazine now!)

Spring General Body Meeting #3 - Recap

Professor Edmond Chang came to visit us at our third general body meeting. He's a Eleanor Roosevelt College writing program (Making of the Modern World) professor and he talked about how he thought mindfulness and mindlessness went hand in hand. He told us a real-life experience he had with his son and how his mindless actions led him to be more mindful of the affects of his actions on his son. Professor Chang then led us in a group discussion on how our mindless and mindful actions. We hope to see him again soon!

We hope you'll join us at our last general body meeting on Thursday, May 24th at 8-9PM in the Thich Nhat Hanh Room!

Spring General Body Meeting #2 - Recap

Thursday, April 26, 2012
8PM - 9PM
Center Hall room 203

We would like to thank Jeff for coming out to our meeting to lead us in a short meditation and to answer our questions about Buddhism and the Dharma. He covered a lot of topics from meditation to the Triple Gems (a.k.a. Three Jewels) to karma. We will visit him at the Dharma Bums Temple soon and learn even more!

Check out the website here: http://www.thedharmabums.org/

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Temple Hop to Deep Park Monastery
Sunday, April 29, 2012
9AM until noon
8:00AM - Meet at Mandeville bus stop for rides. We'll be trying to leave before 8:30AM.

We're visiting the Deer Park Monastery for their Sunday Mindfulness Practice and catching a vegan lunch at 12:30PM. Click here for the sign up sheet. Spots are limited!

Inter-Faith Meditation Flash Mob

Meditation is a great way to relieve stress, relax, reconnect with your spiritual side, get closer to nature and the Earth, etc. Whatever the reason, anyone can meditate and the best way to do it is together! We welcome all faiths, cultures, ages, and all walks of life to join us for this groundbreaking event inspired by the people at MedMob!

When the Geisel Library bell tower tolls at 1:00 pm, we invite you to meditate silently with us for 30 minutes. You can meditate in any way you want: sitting, standing, walking, etc. You can join us for all of it, part of it, or come just to hang out. Come with your own deepest intentions for yourself, your community, & our planet.

After 30 minutes, we will begin the 5-minute "Sound Bath." Meditators can use "Om," "Ong," "God," "Allah," Ma," "Yeah," or any other sound or mantra that resonates deeply within yourself.

We are coming together on the lawn next to Library Walk and the Price Center Fountain and between the Bookstore, Sun God Lounge, and Price Center Theater where the Zone does Tai Chi on Fridays. (I hope that is enough description.) If you're still confused about where this will be, check out this map zoomed into this very conspicuous patch of green.

Open Forum for the Dalai Lama's Talk on the Global Impact of Climate Change

When: Wednesday, April 18th
Time #1: 1-3PM
Place #1: Red Shoe Room in the Sun God Lounge next door to Shogun in Price Center West

RSVP on Facebook!
Time #2: 8PM
Place #2: Thich Nhat Hanh Room in the Old Student Center, above the General Store, and next door to the DJ & Vinyl-philes Club (DVC)

What: We're inviting everyone and anyone to join us for a discussion after the Dalai Lama's talk on "The Global Impact of Climate Change: Balance Through Universal Responsibility, Compassion and Human Consciousness" at UCSD's RIMAC. All are welcome to come whether you are attending the talk earlier in the day or not. Join us anytime for either of the times between 1-3PM in the Red Shoe Room in the Sun God Lounge, or at 8PM in the Thich Nhat Hanh Room in the Old Student Center.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has taught the importance of compassionate thought, ethics, and universal responsibility in motivating our relations with our neighbors and our relationship to the natural environment. How can each one of us incorporate these principles or values into our lives and actions to prevent suffering and ensure the sustainability of our planet and its natural resources?

- Dalai Lama: San Diego website (dalailamasandiego.org)

Spring General Body Meeting #1 - Recap

For our first General Body Meeting, Alex and Jared made a little presentation about Tibetan Buddhism and His Holiness the Dalai Lama in honor of his coming to UCSD on April 18th.

We also had a few announcements about our upcoming events:

• We're visiting the Hsi Fang Temple on Sunday, April 15th. 
• The Buddhism class starts at 2:30pm but we'll be meeting at Peterson Hall for rides at 1:45pm. 
• It ends at 3:30, but we'll be staying for meditation until 4:30. 
• We're going to UCLA to join their UBA at the Vesak Celebration on Sunday, April 22nd. 
• We'll be meeting at Peterson Hall at 8:00am for rides. 
• There is more information about the event on their Facebook Event page. 
• The Deer Park Monastery in Escondido will be holding a Meditation and Education retreat. 
• The retreat will take place from Friday, April 27th to Sunday, April 29th. 
• There's more information on the Facebook Event page
• It's a paid retreat, so you must individually register here.

Winter 2012 GBM #3 Re-Cap

On Wednesday, March 7, we had our last general body meeting of this quarter. We invited Dr. Art Rosengarten, a psychologist and researcher of meditation (also cabinet member Alex Rosengarten's dad), to teach us about meditation. We all sat down crossed-legged on the floor and Dr. Rosengarten let us practice some different methods of meditation. One of his favorite methods was to slowly breathe in while repeating the words "clear mind" in your head, and to slowly breathe out reciting the words "I don't know" in your head so that you can quickly relieve your thoughts.

Dr. Rosengarten shared with us the table below to quickly remind us about some of the Buddhist principles. Click on it to zoom in.

A Buddhism "Cheat Sheet"

Winter 2012 GBM #2 Re-Cap

I want to first thank everyone who came out to our second general body meeting of the quarter, especially our first guest speaker, Mukojima-sensei, and Bill for visiting us!

Here's a short re-cap of what we learned.

Mukojima-sensei is from the Buddhist Temple of San Diego. He practices a sect of Buddhism called Shin Buddhism or Jodo Shinshu. This sect was founded over 750 years ago in Japan.

Winter Quarter 2012 General Body Meetings

The University Buddhist Association is ready to tackle its first full quarter since its founding! Join us for our full schedule of general body meetings:

GBM	Date	Time	Location
#1	Jan. 25th	8-9pm	Center Hall Room 203
#2	Feb. 15th	8-9pm	Thich Nhat Hanh Room
#3	Mar. 07th	8-9pm	Red Shoe Room

General Body Meeting #1 

Bring your planners because we have a lot of events planned this quarter 

General Body Meeting #2 

We have a special guest speaker from a local Buddhist temple coming to talk about the Dharma with us 

General Body Meeting #3 

Finals are almost upon us, so join us in a "de-stress" meditation meeting to get us back on track

We hope to see you there!