DHAMMA SHARING CAMP 2005/06

FIVE PRECEPTS,LEAD TO HAPPINESS

Well, our annual activity…The Sharing Camp at the beginning of the semester. This time we choose Maha Vihara as the venue Even being advise by some bro not to do it there (cause Maha Vihara is full of activity every weekend) but maybe our luck (kammic affinity) we manage to book the place As the camp was during school holiday which mean no Sunday School

On the exact day,19 August at 5 pm,we start the camp with Ice breaking Unfortunately the Spider Web game couldn’t be solved as the raffia strings messed up already Yet it never stop us, Grandpa Kar Pinn lead us We did have fun!!! The Human Web (replacing the spider web) ha ha ha Really need a lots of co-operation and tolerance among participants Then, the First Impression Games is really fun as we tends to run and run to find our victim as we want to write Short Testimonials at the piece of paper A piece of paper was placed at Participants’ back

We had our dinner “Tapau” food from UM,12th College Yup,we never “muak’ of College food Then Introducing Puja Class by Bro Steven Learn the Basic art of Puja like the bowing Theravada and Mahayana style What the important of paying homage……..blah blah blah

First Dhamma Talk by Grandpa Kar Pin Guiding us in “Why Buddhism?” I guess after like a year,the best part of the talk is actually about ANGER Why we should angry?I mean there should have not anger arise esp when you know how to control,rite?

Why are you angry?
Angry with me?
Which part of me are you angry?
The heart?
Which part of the heart?
The cell?
Which part of cell?
The mitochondria?
Which part of mitochondria?
The DNA?
………….
In the end, if you go deeper and deeper and deeper
Left an atom, rite? Actually, you are angry at a very very very small particle
So,why angry?

The next day, we start the day with Puja at Shrine Hall Lead by Bhante Then we did Breakfast Dana The kitchen place really packed with us…No space to move lah

We learn YOGA from a sis Sori, can’t really remember sis name But she have a cute little daughter It was tough I started to realized I am not stretchable as I used to think Well, you will know when you experience your own directly
We had breakfast prepared by Lee Shia She is our mother during the camp Taking care everyone of us And keep on asking us To eat ha ha ha Really like a typical mother

Animal Kingdom, wow that games really funny!!! I laughed and laughed seeing one by one the animal died because of bomb or been eaten by their predator .Actually should laughed that much The games is telling us a message. When human becoming too modernization, they tends to forget that beside them, there is nature (eg animal/plant) around _ modernization symbolized by the bombs The law of nature should be follow as the predators will find food To get food, they need to kill sometime Unless the animal is vegetarian(herbivore)!!!

Bro Tan Ho Soon came to give talk on Karma As usual, bro talk will be interesting Evening Talk, we have open discussion with Bro Ang Choo Hong regarding the precepts Hot debate! esp some of us have different opinions…The verdict: You determine your own action Try not to break the precepts

Quiz “Who Want to be an Arahant?” conducted by Buddha (Nicholas),Bodhisatta (Ming Thong) really makes us think hard .We will be climbing the pyramid (the last stop is Nibbana).Starting in the animal kingdom At certain time we even question back to Buddha to clarify his answer as it couldn’t understand/accept his explanations .The verdict:,not even a single group can escape the samsaric world All of us are still stuck at the Animal Kingdom .Well, a game is a game

Personal interview(question lah) by Buddha

The moment,sitting at the chair...face to face with the Buddha With the guide of Bodhisatta

The waiting...The wise one was having discussion with the Assistant To clarify the Truths Ha ha ha That the problem when you just depend to the Internet sources Better to deepen our knowledge through the True teaching of Buddha,The DHAMMA which is the Univesal law or through Buddha Discourses Pali Tipitaka

Evening games, we go tour outside vihara to find any person to interview We were ask to draw the graft of happiness of that person Happiness?how you define it…Hearing…listening what the interview person told…make me realized Life is full of experiences Most people will say they happy life is during childhood and will maintain once they are older

The search to find happy person...begin 1,2,3

Wow,there a lot we learn from this uncle His life experiences...is very touching yet meaningful We get to know about his life How he struggle for education because of poverty His marriage An arrange one His children His hope to them Adise to us To Value what we have right now since we are youngsters Learn to start to appreciate!!!

The presentation of Happiness Chart

The prensentation,surprisely this group met with a guy He works as a sniper Sharing his suffering as he needs to kill anyone when he job required him to do Luckly,a friend introduce him Maha Vihara Since then,he had been visiting Maha Vihara

Offering was done at P.Henry Hall Then,Hymn singing and some serious sharing together among us Our thoughts...our purpose of Life

The next morning,Puja was conducted by Bhante Dhammaratana Bhante guide us through the whole session Even explain to us We did a few minutes metta

Sis Elaine from BGF came to teach us QIGONG and metta meditation

Cleaning was done after breakfast Final sharing with us Singing hymn song And Last game, the Last Impression Same like what we plays for ice breaking but this is to let you know either your view/impression about that person change

Took some photos before we left…
Sayonara!

No lah We want to KFC at Millenium Court to have our lunch Last meal together as a family See you all next camp!!!