Light Offering & Aspiration Making

Kindle a light to illuminate the world of darkness. Be a lamp upon yourself and spread the brightness to all humankind. May ignorance be dispelled and wisdom cultivated. 

Light Offering & Aspiration Making
Date:	18 May 2013 (Saturday)
Time:	6:00 pm
Venue:	Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery | Hall of Great Compassion

Vesak Auspicious Lanterns
Lighting Period:	18 May ~ 25 May 2013
Fee:	$30 per lantern
Enquiry:	Tel: 6849 5333 | Registration at Front Office

舒心正念静坐班

地点： 光明山普觉禅寺, 宏船老和尚纪念堂.四楼.无相殿

01 Mar – 26 Apr 13
Fri 07:30 PM – 09:00 PM

在一个迅速紧张的社会里，保持身心灵的健康颇有挑战。如何在这样的环境里达到“忙而不盲”？广声法师将与大家分享，如何通过静坐及将佛法融入我们的生活中，达到心身灵皆健康，驾驭自在的生活。

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登记

• 费用: $30.00
• Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, Reception
  16 Jan – 24 Feb 13
  09:00 AM – 04:00 PM

Vegetarian Steamboat and Yu Sheng

http://kmspks.org/files/steamboat2013.pdf

迎新除旧、欢庆蛇年

恭祝广大的信众们，法喜充满，新春盛意，世界和平，国泰民安。

 

活动：叩钟偈｜108钟声｜早课｜弥勒佛圣诞祝仪｜礼祖｜向诸位法师拜年 日期：2013年2月9日（星期六） 时间：晚上11 时30分 地点：大悲殿 询问：6849 5300

闻一百零八下钟声、驱散所有心头烦恼、为让善法注入心田、造福世间广种善缘。人们只有远离了颠倒梦想，和平、吉祥、福气、好运才能靠我们更近。

钟是寺院重要的法器之一，鸣钟更深的含义是为了祈祷：国泰民安、风调雨顺、道场兴隆、正觉净念。年复一年，一百零八下雄浑、洪亮的钟声响彻大地，能令修道者消除一百零八种烦恼，能令名利客醒悟回头。

浑厚悠扬的钟声，激荡在心田里，呼应着每个人的自性，令之断除烦恼显现智慧，明了烦恼和忧愁皆来自对名利贪欲的渴望。钟声愈发的悠长，人生愈发的清晰，愈发的明澈。

恭祝广大的信众们，法喜充满，新春盛意，世界和平，国泰民安！

Alms Offering to the Sangha 2013 / 2013年托钵暨供僧法会

“He who reveres those worthy of reverence, the Buddhas and their disciples, who have transcended all obstacles and passed beyond the reach of sorrow and lamentation – he who reveres such peaceful and fearless ones, his merit none can compute by any measure.” (Dhammapada v195- 196)

Date: 1st January 2013, Tuesday.
Time: 8.00am – 10.00am.
Venue: Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery,
Hall Of Great Compassion.
Enquiries: 6849 5300.

Packages for Alms Offering (while stock last)	Offering Details
BOUNTIFUL HARVEST PACKAGE $48 (includes basic food and medication)	Redeem Offerings: 1st Jan 2013, 6:30am – 9:00am Offering Location: Ven Hong Choon Memorial Hall Level 1 Alms Offering: 1st Jan 2013, 8:00am – 10:00am
ABUNDANCE PROSPERITY PACKAGE $388 (includes Sangha robes, shoes and other daily necessities)	Redeem Offerings: 1st Jan 2013, 9:00am – 10:30am Offering Location: Ven Hong Choon Memorial Hall Level 2 (Dining Hall) Hamper Offering: 1st Jan 2013, 11:30am to 12noon
BOUNDLESS WISDOM PACKAGE $388 (includes Android Tablet and stationery)

Kindly register and purchase the above packages from our Front Office. With the receipt, you will then exchange for your purchased package at the location indicated above during the stated time.
Word of caution : The monastery has never sent any volunteers or staff to solicit donations publicly or from door-to-door for this event.
 There are limited parking lots within the Monastery. Please consider using public transport instead.

《佛说布施经》云：供养三宝可得五种利益：身相端庄，气力增盛，寿命延长，快乐安稳，成就辩才。目犍连尊者以斋僧功德令母亲出离饿鬼道；梁武帝斋僧 感得妻子从畜生道而升天道。因此本寺特别推出“五谷丰收”，“丰衣足食”及“智慧如海”各个礼盒，让信众能以此礼盒供僧，广植福田、同沾法喜。能成就众僧 安心修行，其功德不可限量。僧众托钵，如法供养，仅接受食物及药物，请勿施钱于钵盂之中。若有信徒欲供养金钱，请到寺务处捐献。所有善款将会用来兴建新加 坡佛学院及资助运作费用。
日期：2013年1月1日，星期二
时间：8.00am – 10.00am
地点：光明山普觉禅寺大悲殿
电话：6849 5300

供僧礼盒（供僧礼盒售完为止）	供僧细节
“五谷丰收”礼盒 $48 (包括普通食品及药物)	索取礼盒 : 2013年1月1日，上午6时30分至9时正 托钵时间 : 当天上午8时至10时 地点 : 宏船老和尚纪念堂1楼
“丰衣足食”礼盒 $388 (包括短褂，僧鞋等僧众所需之日常用品)	索取礼盒 : 2013年1月1日，上午9时至10时30分 献供礼盒时间 : 当天上午11时30分至中午12时 地点 : 宏船老和尚纪念堂2楼 (斋堂)
“智慧如海”礼盒 $388 (包括掌上型电脑阅读机及文具)

请到寺务处报名参与供僧活动及选购供僧礼盒，并於活动当日，凭收据到以上地点索取所预先订购的礼盒。
注: 本寺从未派人出外沿户登记或收取活动功德金，敬请各位善信留意，切勿受骗，顺此敬告。
 由于寺院停车位有限，劝请信徒们利用公共交通出席。

Learning Dharma

Life is short. Time is fleeting. Uncover the True Nature.

Life Doesn’t Stand Still
For Even A Moment;
Live to Learn, Not Learn to Live

Life is all about lifelong learning.
It’s about learning the skills, knowledge, values and mindset to happiness, well-being and inner peace. Everyone wants to be happy. Nobody wants to suffer.
[中文]

The Buddha had expounded on numerous texts of the 32 kinds of benefits and merit of listening to teachings on wisdom, compassion and on the true nature of life. These teachings, or what Buddhists called the Buddha-Dharma, help open one’s heart and mind. Studies have proven that Buddhist practices bring immense benefits to a person’s well-being.
To attain complete awakening, bodhisattvas, or noble beings who strives for Buddhahood in order to be of utmost benefit to all, aspire to learn all Buddha-Dharma and cultivate all wisdom.

• Stories:The Visible Teaching
  Once a wandering ascetic, Moliya Sīvaka, addressed the Blessed One as follows:
  “It is said, venerable sir, ’The Dhamma is directly visible.’ In what way, venerable sir, is the Dhamma directly visible, immediate, inviting one to come and see, worthy of application, to be personally experienced by the wise?”
  “Well, Sīvaka, I shall in return question you about this. You may answer as you see fit.
  “What do you think, Sīvaka: when there is greed in you, will you know, ’There is greed in me’? And when there is no greed in you, will you know, ’There is no greed in me’?”—”Yes, venerable sir, I shall know.”
  “If you thus know of the greed present in you that it is there; and when greed is absent that it is absent—that is a way the Dhamma is directly visible.
  “What do you think, Sīvaka: when there is hatred or delusion in you, will you know, ’There is hatred … There is delusion in me’? And when there is no hatred … no delusion in you, will you know, ’There is no hatred … no delusion in me’?”—”Yes, venerable sir, I shall know.”
  “If you thus know of the hatred or delusion present in you that they are there; and when hatred or delusion are absent that they are absent—that is a way the Dhamma is directly visible.
  “In this way, Sīvaka, the Dhamma is directly visible, immediate, inviting one to come and see, worthy of application, to be personally experienced by the wise”
  Source: Numerical Discourses of the Buddha (The Chapter of the Sixes) by Bhikkhu Bodhi
  
• Great Learning
  The Buddha’s teaching is profound and difficult to understand properly, let alone to practise and realise for oneself. We are very fortunate to have excellent translations of the Buddha’s teachings in English, and many other books by eminent meditation masters. We should study the Dhamma whenever possible to deepen and broaden our knowledge. Study, practice, and realisation are all necessary unless we live with an enlightened teacher. In that case, if we practice hard, realisation will follow without study. Recommended Readings
  

  CLASSICS
  In the Buddha's Words An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon By Bhikkhu Bodhi	Numerical Discourses of the Buddha A Complete Translation of the Anguttara Nikaya By Bhikkhu Bodhi	The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation By Thich Nhat Hanh	The Way to Buddhahood: Instructions from a Modern Chinese Master By Ven. Yin-shun
  CONTEMPORARY
  What the Buddha Taught: By Rahula Walpola	What Makes You Not a Buddhist By Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse	Open Heart, Clear Mind By Thubten Chodron	Buddhism Plain and Simple By Steve Hagen
  More Free Distribution Books and Media Resources at media.kmspks.org

• Benefits of Listening Dharma
  The Saddharama Smriti Upasthana Sutra mentions the benefits that can be gained from listening to the Dhamma. It says:

  1. “What are these thirty two? When a master preaches the Dharma, he is like a parent to his audience, and he is like a bridge across the river of birth and death.
  2. When one hears what one has never heard before, one attains new realizations. Once one has knowledge, one can begin to think about what one has learned.
  3. Once one has begun to think about what one has learned, one has truly begun to practice self-cultivation.
  4. Once one has begun to practice self-cultivation, one will abide in peace. Once one has begun to abide in peace, one can begin to benefit others; and then a mutually beneficial interaction can begin.
  5. If one is able to abide in peace, then even hardship will not seem disturbing.
  6. If one listens to the Dharma, then roots of goodness will begin to grow where formerly they did not grow.
  7. If one contemplates what one has learned, then one will become prepared for liberation.
  8. Listening to the Dharma can lead people with perverse views to change their views to right ones and listening to the Dharma can help people destroy unwholesome thoughts whenever they arise.
  9. Listening to the Dharma increases goodness of mind and rids one of evil mental causes and conditions.
  10. Listening to the Dharma keeps one from being scattered and disorganised in one’s activities.
  11. Listening to the Dharma leads one toward the company of good people and leads one away from selfishness and falseness.
  12. Listening to the Dharma encourages one to care for one’s parents and believe in karma; it also shows one how to live a long life.
  13. Listening to the Dharma leads one to be raised by others and protected by heavenly beings, and it causes one’s deepest wishes to be fulfilled.
  14. Listening to the Dharma brings one all the joys of the Dharma and keeps one from sloth and laziness.
  15. Listening to the Dharma causes one to progress quickly, to understand gratitude and to think often on the meaning of death.
  16. If one has listened often to the Dharma, at the time of one’s death, one will not cling to life or feel remorse for what one has done.
  17. Ultimately, listening to the Dharma will lead one to Nirvana.”

The Great Festival to Liberate All Beings of Water and Land

Join us in one of the grandest Mahayana Buddhist rituals in the form extensive prayer and merits dedications , it is a majestic example of universal compassion. The opportunity to participate in such a meritorious event is most precious, and should be cherished by all.
宏船老和尚圆寂廿二周年纪念
启建法界圣凡冥阳两利水陆普渡大斋胜会
本寺定于农历十一月初三(15/12/2012)下午2时开始净坛，初四至初十(16/12/2012至22/12/2012)为期七日，以此殊胜 功德，超度十方法界、四生六道、水陆空行一切孤魂，并为十方信众超度各姓门中历代宗祖、六亲眷属、冤家债主、一切亡灵。以此胜福功德，庄严十方施主合家眷 属，消灾免难、福慧增长、身心安乐、如意吉祥。更为祈祷：世界和平，国泰民安。普愿十方善信，同赴胜会，共沾法喜，利乐有情。登记立位，功德无量。
法会地点 ：光明山普觉禅寺
报名地点 ：光明山普觉禅寺| 寺务处 88 Bright Hill Road, S(574117)
报名日期 ：2012年8月31日(农历七月十五日)起至牌位满额为止
询问电话 ：6849 5300 | 6849 5333
网址 ：www.kmspks.org

本寺从未派人出外沿户登记或收取法会功德金，恐未周知，顺此敬告。

水陆法会是佛教中最隆重、最殊胜的一种经忏佛事法会。全名是：法界圣凡水陆普度大斋胜会。法界：是指诸佛与众生本性平等，理常一故，通称法界。圣 凡：是指十法界中，有四圣界即佛、菩萨、缘觉、声闻；有六凡界是天、人、阿修罗、地狱、饿鬼、畜生。水陆：是指在水、陆中三界众生居住受报之处。空中飞行 之众生须依陆地而休息，故属于陆地，加上水中生灵，共称水陆。普度：是指悉皆度化六道众生，使之解脱饥饿之痛苦。大斋：是指不限制的给予众生饮食。胜会： 是法施之意。除布施众生饮食外，又有诵经持咒之法施，令受苦众生心开意解，得法水之滋润，故名胜会。会者：聚集之意，教渡者与被教渡者集会于一堂。即是 说：藉此启建水陆法会普度大斋之功德，超度六道中受苦众生，使之离苦得乐，趣入佛道。 [About the Festival]

内坛、大坛、供斋，超荐功德金表 :
一 内坛功德主:
• $30,000以上
• $20,000
• $10,000
• $5,000
• $3,000
二 大坛功德主:
• $2,000
• $1,000
三 诸经坛 ( 消灾植福 ):
• $300 ( 5-6个名 )
• $200 ( 1-4个名 )
• $20 ( 限1个名 )
四 净土坛 ( 附荐超度 ):
• $300 ( 5-6个名 )
• $200 ( 1-4个名 )
• $20 ( 限1个名 )
五 供斋香积金类别:
• 上堂大斋 $3,000
• 福寿大斋 $2,000
• 如意斋 $1,000
• 罗汉斋 $500
• 随缘

The 48 Great Vows Of Amituofo: Boundless Blessings For This Life & The Next (Part 2 of 2nd Run)

药师消灾燃灯法会

药师消灾燃灯法会

本寺定于15/10/2012至21/10/2012(农历九月初七日至九月十三日)举办药师消灾燃灯法会， 设供灯消灾延寿，敬请踊跃参与！

虔诵药师经
地点 万佛宝塔
日期 15/10/2012- 20/10/2012, 农历九月初一至初六
时间 晚上7点30分
法会后，有巴士车载送至宏茂桥地铁站
虔礼药师宝忏一咏日
地点 大悲殿
日期 21/10/2012, 农历九月初七 l 星期日
时间 早上9点正
燃灯消灾延寿功德金
· 福位功德主 $100.00 l 合家6个名字
· 禄位功德主 $50.00 l 合家2个名字
· 寿位功德主 随缘 l 1个名字
报名地点：寺务处  询问：68495300

 

药师如来护安康 宝莲彩灯照喜乐
药师消灾法会期间( 15/10/2012至21/10/2012 ) 佛台上供着七彩宝莲灯兼念佛机（七彩绚丽颜色变幻及多种圣号唱诵），欢迎善信诚请回家供养三宝、聆听圣号，功德殊胜。
七彩宝莲灯念佛机   每对 $68 数量有限 • 欢迎预订 电话: 6849 5333
十二首佛曲:
1 一声佛号一声心
2 阿弥陀佛（四字）
3 南无阿弥陀佛
4 南无观世音菩萨
5 六字大明咒
6 阿弥陀佛
7 阿弥陀佛（地钟念佛）
8 观音菩萨（地钟念佛）
9 南无地藏王菩萨
10 南无消灾延寿药师佛
11 药师心咒
12 黄财神心咒
注： 凡预定七彩宝莲灯念佛机者，请凭收据在 23/10/2012 起至寺务处领取。

Pureland Practice Fellowship

Talks, Community Engagement

Pureland Practice Fellowship

Venue: KMSPKS, Venerable Hong Choon Memorial Hall, Level 1, Room 9

03 Aug – 30 Nov 12, 07:30 PM – 09:30 PM

A weekly gathering for those familiar with the Pureland teachings.
It hopes to continually inspire Faith, Aspiration and Practice for birth in Pureland through group chanting practice and discussion

[Details]

Remarks

Staring on 3 Aug- 30 Nov(every Friday)
No practice: 13 Aug, 26 Oct
Enquiry: 6849 5300 Email: sem@kmspks.or
*No practice dates are subject to changes.