Newletter #6 All Please review

6 posts · started by Buddhafly on 09/12/02 at 17:31:56 · last post 09/15/02 at 22:20:47

Buddhafly09/12/02 at 17:31:56#1

Welcome to Padmakumara Translation News #6
September 2002

http://www.padmakumara.org is a non-profit site devoted to propagating the teachings of our most revered holiness, His Presence, Grand Master and Living Buddha, Sheng-yen Lu. By translating his most sublime Buddhadharma into English, we pray that you may find it useful upon your path and share with us your experiences in cultivation.

In this newletter you will find:
New on the Padmakumara website
Upcoming Temples Activities

New on the Padmakumara website:

1). In our Discussion Forum: "I have a problem w/ faith".
"The Four Noble Truths makes sense. But now I am doubting the Buddhas. Like what are their motives for helping us. I realize that a lot of people have gained enlightenment in the past and I am assuming they realized the truth through meditation and through Buddhism or Taoism. But I can't shake this feeling. Please help asap. I feel that once I gain great faith, nothing else can hinder me. So I need it badly"

Have you ever felt this way? Share the replies our fellow dharma brothers and dharma sister had to give to this person!

2). Latest Translations: Book 156. Whispers of the Breeze-The Joy of Inner Tranquility.
Read chapters such as: How to Settle One’s Thoughts

How many of you feel like your minds are always thinking non-stop? Do you ever wish your distracted mind would just be calm for once? Reading Bk 156, How to Settle One's Thoughts can help us learn how.

Temporary Manifestations.

We're always surrounded by notions such as fame, wealth, and physical attraction. When it comes down to it, what do these notions really mean to you? What do they represent in this illusory world? Grand Master Lu shares some of his wisdom on these topics in Bk 156, Temporary Manifestations.

Book 156 is a must read for everyone!

3). We are looking for more Editors, Translators, Editors and Proofreaders.
We would like to take the opportunity to explain the translation procedure and the role of each position.

Translators: Translate articles from Chinese to English. Qualifications:
Fair or better proficiency in English and Chinese.
Fair or better understanding in English/Chinese Buddhism terms.
Note: welcome anyone that is willing to learn. No previous experience is required.

Editors: Rewrite and revise translated articles
Qualifications:
Strong and solid background in the English language.
Knowledge of the Chinese language is not required.
Fair or better understanding in English Buddhism terms
Note: a trial test may be given for this position

Proofreaders: Provide quality assurance on the final draft.
Qualifications:
Fair or better proficiency in English and Chinese.
Well-versed in Chinese/English Buddhism terms.
Note: Experiened senior translators only.

As you can see, the system is setup in such way that everyone is a key player in the translation procedure, yet the workload is distributed and shared. Prior to publishing any work, a paper is reviewed by at least 3 members(
Translator/Editor/Proofreader) so we can eliminate possible mistakes and improve the accuracy. With the team effort, more of our beloved Guru's teachings can be learned!

If you are interested in joining us, please drop us an email!
webmaster@padmakumara.org

Upcoming Temples Activities:

Redmond Ling Shen Ching Tze Temple
17012 NE 40TH COURT, REDMOND, WA 98052 USA
Tel : (425) 882-0916

21-Sep-02 15/mo 8 Sat 11:00 AM
Moon Cake Festival Puja

21-Sep-02 15/mo 8 Sat 3.00 PM
Samaya Water Repentance-parts 1&2

21-Sep-02 15/mo 8 Sat 8:00 PM
Samaya Water Repentance-part 3

24-Sep-02 18/mo 8 Tue 8:00 PM
True Buddha repentance

Chin Yin Buddhist Society
12688-148 Ave Edmonton, AB.
Canada
T5X 6C8
Telephone (780) 423-0447 Fax (780) 426-3230
Transfers make payble to:
Chin Yin Buddhist Society
Canada Trust
Branch 226-(5001524)
Transit#004
13703-93 St.
Edmonton, AB
T5E 5V6

9/20/02 Saturday 8:00PM
Group Practice Money Tree Practice
9/22/02 Sunday 11:30PM
Group Practice Padmakumara Practice
9/27/02 Saturday 8:00PM
Group Practice Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Principal Deity Practice
9/29/02 Sunday 1:00PM
Recitation Universal Door Sutra

If you have events at your temple that you would like us and other dharma brothers and sisters
to know about please E-mail: webmaster@padmakumara.org

Please always remember to Honor your Guru, Practice Diligently, and Treasure the Dharma.

Wishing you joy in cultivation.
Regards

The Padmakumara Translation Team

Om Guru Lian Shen Siddhi Hum
OM MANI PADME HUM

Last edited 09/16/02 at 20:14:35 by Buddhafly

lian hua dance09/12/02 at 17:36:42#2Re: Newletter #6 All Please review

:)
Not so bad!
How about creating a link to the highlighted sections, so if people are interested, they could get there immediately?
http://www.padmakumara.org/cgibin/discussion/YaBB.pl?board=buddhism;action=display;num=1029303807

hm... pretty long URL!

dance

mimosa09/12/02 at 21:38:02#3Re: Newletter #6 All Please review

not so bad, but it doesnt have a selling point!

I meant...you need to read the public section and write a short article to express your opinion, some sort of feedback.

Mimosa

Luljeta09/12/02 at 23:49:59#4Re: Newletter #6 All Please review

Hi Brenda,

I don't know if this helps, but here are some tiny suggestions.

For the Latest Translations sections, maybe you could add a few short thoughts to the translations you recommended.

For How to Settle One's Thoughts, you can add something like:

"How many of you feel like your minds are always thinking non-stop? Do you ever wish your distracted mind would just be calm for once? Reading Bk 156, How to Settle One's Thoughts can help us learn how..."

For Temporary Manifestations, maybe something like:

"We're always surrounded by notions such as fame, wealth, and physical attraction. When it comes down to it, what do these notions really mean to you? What do they represent in this illusory world? Grand Master shares some of his wisdom on these topics in Bk 156, Temporary Manifestations..."

Another suggestion--
If I was reading the newsletter, I'd like to see some important days coming up this month, like certain birthdays of deities, etc. Maybe you can add a couple of the dates w/events and then provide the link for the calendar so people can visit

Om mani padme hum

Lu

Buddhafly09/15/02 at 20:22:40#5Re: Newletter #6 All Please review

Luljeta wrote:
author=Luljeta

Lu.
Thank you for your suggestions. I have incorporated them.
Mimosa yours as well and Dance for the link work..Mimosa your call.

Lu. I would love to do a write up about the Deities and the significance of them and their birthdays except we would have to be very accurate in my opinion.

Currently we seem to be having the only event as the Moon Cakes Festival...all I know is that it is significant in the Asian culture and it's 20.00 per person to attend in Edmonton. :)

With Mimosa's permission, if anyone has time, to collaborate on an ongoing project about the various Deities and their birthdays..etc...please post. :) :)

Also I would like to ask TBS news here anyway, as I seem to have a good rapport with them, to post something regarding having all temples E-mail or contact us with their monthly temple activities, celebrations, special visits etc.

Last edited 09/15/02 at 20:33:25 by Buddhafly

mimosa09/15/02 at 22:20:47#6Re: Newletter #6 All Please review

#With Mimosa's permission, if anyone has time, to collaborate on an ongoing project about the various Deities and their birthdays..etc...please post.

##dont over do it, just collect some from the calendar and the True Buddha School News sessions

Mimosa