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!

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!

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.