Spring Quarter 2014 Meetings and Events

General Body Meetings

General Body Meeting #1 - Special Guest: Prof. Edmond Chang

Thursday, April 10 | Week 2 | 8:00-9:00 PM
Red Shoe Room in Sun God Lounge in Price Center West

For our first meeting of the quarter, Professor Edmond Chang from the Making of the Modern World course series will lead a discussion on a passage from the Buddhist text: Dhammapada.

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General Body Meeting #2 - Special Guest: Dr. Mareci

Thursday, April 24 | Week 4 | 8:00-9:00 PM
Red Shoe Room in Sun God Lounge in Price Center West

Dr. Mareci leads group meditation and mindfulness workshops for faculty at UCSD. She's going to lead us in a variety of meditation types.

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General Body Meeting #3

Thursday, May 8 | Week 6 | 8:00-9:00 PM
Red Shoe Room in Sun God Lounge in Price Center West

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General Body Meeting #4 - Special Guest: Dr. Karen Dobkins

Thursday, May 22 | Week 8 | 8:00-9:00 PM
Red Shoe Room in Sun God Lounge in Price Center West

Dr. Karen Dobkins is a professor in the Department of Psychology and she's a fitness instructor for IntenSati - a workout that involves Intentional movement and mindfulness (Sati). In the face of our modern lifestyle, Dr. Dobkins would like to explore how Buddhism is approached by young people: whether they have had experience with it or had just heard about it here and there.

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Event!

Vesak Celebration 2014 hosted by UCSD's UBA
and presented by the Southern California University Buddhist Associations

Location: UCSD Multi Purpose Room
Date: Sunday, May 18, 2014
Time: 10:30 am - 2:00 pm

Lunch will be provided free of charge. For more information, visit our website.

Vesak is an annual celebration around the world honoring the historical Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death.

Each year, a different member of Southern California University Buddhist Associations (SCUBA) hosts the celebration at their university for all to attend. Previous Vesak celebrations by SCUBA have been hosted by UCI and UCLA.

UCSD's UBA will host the Vesak celebration for its very first time! We hope you'll join us for this special event!

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Other Meetings

Student Sangha

Thursdays on Weeks 3, 5, 7 | 7:00-9:00PM
Location: BioMedical Library Room 201

Sangha means “community” in Pali. Our Student Sangha is a community of UCSD students who get together to meditate, read Buddhist text, and discuss Buddhist practices in hopes of being able to inspire others to practice the way.

Weekly Group Meditation

Wednesdays at 2:00 pm for 30 minutes
Location: The grassy spot atop the snake path (the snake's head)

We are simply part of the UBA community who are interested in meditation and enjoy the experience of meditation together in a group. Meetups are Wednesday afternoons if the weather is nice. The meditation style is up to you, there are no rules about this. The meetings are suitable for both beginners and seasoned meditators.

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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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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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!

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.