Category: Articles
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佛教徒应当如何投票？
佛教徒应当如何投票？ 谢明达 译者：张英杰 来临的2015年9月11日，数百万的新加坡国人将参与自我国独立后举行的第11届大选。在我们当中，仍有许多选民不知道应该把手中的一票投给哪位候选人。佛陀在世时曾阐明何为理想的政治与治国之道，而大选在即，身为佛教徒的我们应该回归佛陀的教诲。在您还未作出决定之前，以下的资讯可供您参考：
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How Should Buddhists Vote?
Jeta Cove Dharma applied here & now Series #2 How Should Buddhists Vote? On 11 September 2015, millions of Singaporeans will head to the polls for the 11th General Election since independence in 1965. Many of us have not decided who to vote for yet. An important thing that we Buddhists perhaps can…
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Applying the Buddha’s teachings to our leadership development: A talk by Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne.
By Dennis Tan The BuddhistYouth Network is honored to have Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, founder of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement to give a talk on how Buddhist leaders could develop their leadership skills from the Buddha’s teachings. The dialogue session, held at the Vimalakirti Buddhist Centre (Cheng Beng Buddhist Society), started off with a touching…
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BuddhistYouth Network Official Launched
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A Prayer for Nepal Earthquake Victims
BYN remembers the support and help from Venerables with monasteries in Nepal and is grateful that you are fine: Singapore Amitabha Buddhist Centre ‘s Lama Zopa Rinpoche and all at Kopan Monastery and Nunnery HE Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, Ven Mathieu Ricard and all at Shechen Monastery Singapore Rangjung Yeshe Oddiyana’s HE Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche and all at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling…
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Exciting Updates from BuddhistYouth Network
Dear friends Launching a new logo, BuddhistYouth Network is now focussed on realizing the vision of a thriving Buddhist community that nurtures the ecosystem for Dhamma practice, with you. Working together with you, we will be a youth leadership catalyst, leveraging and cultivating synergy of: Dhamma practice professional knowledge and compassionate fellowship We will achieve this by building…
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Lessons from Google’s Jolly Good Fellow
Text and images by Michelle Paduma Ang “Mind-blowing.” “Fascinating.” You would often find these two words peppered in Meng’s workshop or talks. Meet Tan Chade Meng (Chade-Meng Tan). Or simply, Meng. Meng is well known for many things. Besides holding the title of being a “Jolly Good Fellow”, he also holds several titles such…
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Advice to Buddhist Youth Leaders
From Google’s Jolly Good Fellow, Tan Chade Meng By Poh Yong Hui Even though most people believe success is the cause of happiness, Mr Tan Chade Meng believes the opposite is true – happiness is the cause of success, and he wants to create conditions for world peace in his lifetime by aligning inner…
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Sitting in Joy: Reflections on a meditation workshop by Mr Tan Chade Meng
By Poh Yong Hui Six months ago, I wanted to start an exercise regime as I felt a sedentary lifestyle was not the way to go for me. I was lucky in that I needed no physical ailments to get me moving. I bought expensive running shoes and started running at my neighbourhood park –…
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FAQ: How do I get my child to start attending Buddhist youth groups?
This question is answered by Juliana Kow, Dharma Supervisor, Mangala Vihara Buddhist Temple. She is a mother of two. Juliana: “I’d like to pose three questions to this parent: 1. Are you, the parents, Buddhist? Are you a Buddhist who attends temple regularly? If you only go to temple on “special occasions” or only Vesak, you should…