WPB Campus Meeting, 28 May 2008
- Time: 7-8pm, Wednesday, 28 May 2008
- Place: Sanctuary Room (The Circle), Old Union, Stanford University (Map) / (Stanford Google Map).
- Theme: "Turning Poison into Medicine: Transforming Adversities
into Victories with Vital Human Spirits"
This month the world is mourning .. Hundred thousands of lives are lost in the wrath of nature.
In this month of graduation, many of us are suffering our own inner "disaster", coping with the adversities in the process of job search and finals.
In facing calamities in our environment, how to maintain faith and hope, to vitalize our innate human spirit and to triumph over the situations ? What is the subtle connection between our mind and the external realities ? How're suffering of other people related to ours ? In Buddhist teachings, suffering is the springboard to enlightenment. Through sincere Buddhist practice, "poison can be turned into medicine". Through compassionate action to reach out others to alleviate their suffering, we'll win our own struggle too.
Please join us to discuss our experiences in facing adversities, and to explore some teaching in Buddhism that would help us to cope with such situations.