國際佛光會菲律賓協會第七次會員大會

News report prepared by BLIA Philippines for BLTV


國際佛光會菲律賓協會召開第七次會員代表大會
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馬尼拉佛光山2007舉辦甘露灌頂三皈典禮 Taking Refuge in the Triple Gem

一、宗 旨：本寺為弘揚佛陀正法，淨化社會人心，培育正信佛教徒，讓有心學習佛法者成為一個皈依三寶的佛弟子。

二、報名資格：自願發心以佛教為終身信仰者

三、皈依三寶的利益：

1. 生生世世不墮地獄、畜生、餓鬼
2. 福增無量，罪滅河沙
3. 明白因果輪迴之理，勿造惡業
4. 心靈的依靠，永恆的寶藏
5. 受戒的基礎，成佛的根本

四、典禮時間：二○○七年十一月十六日（星期五）下午7：30

五、典禮地點：馬尼拉佛光山三寶殿

六、報名日期：自即日起至額滿為止。

七、報名手續：填寫報名表。

八、聯絡處：

地 址：656 P.Ocampo St., Malate, Manila Philippies
專 線：(2)523-4909，525-3680
傳 真：(2)522-1475
E-mail：info@fgsphilippines.org
網 址：http://fgsphilippines.org

More Press Coverage for Siddhartha

The musical play Siddhartha has once again received press coverage. Read the entire article here. (more...)

藥師法會 Medicine Buddha Sutra Chanting Service

This year's Medicine Buddha Dharma Service (藥師法會) began last night and is ongoing until November 10 (Saturday). Here are some photos from the first night. (more...)

Siddhartha Essay Writing Contest & Siddhartha's Singing Competition

The success of "Siddhartha: A Musical Journey to Enlightenment", especially with the young audience has inspired us to create an essay writing and singing competition. Both competitions are open to the public.

For more details, please go to:

• Siddhartha Essay Writing Contest

• Siddhartha's Singing Competition

Prizes await the winners!

IBPS and BLIA in newspapers

Recently, IBPS and BLIA have been featured in several newspapers. Here are scanned copies of five of them:

World News, October 11, 2007, page 21
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World News, October 22, 2007, page 28
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World News, October 22, 2007, page 28
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Tulay, October 23, 2007, page 10 and 15
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World News, October 24, 2007, page28
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馬尼拉佛光山暨國際佛光會菲律賓協會為緬甸僧侶人民舉行誦經點燈祈福法會

九月以來，緬甸部份僧侶和民眾因要求降低物價，改善民生，實現民主和解，而走上街頭示威遊行，因此觸犯了緬甸政府，認為這是反政府勢力煽動所致，為了平息局勢，政府宣佈實施宵禁，禁止民眾白天集會遊行，同時大肆搜捕寺廟，拘留僧侶以及民眾，很多佛教徒因此而遇難受害。此事經由媒體透露，引起世界各國的震驚，尤其宗教界紛紛反彈群起聲援，並為緬甸受難的僧侶民眾舉行誦經祈福活動。 (more...)

Prayer for Peace in Myanmar at PWU

The quest for peace goes beyond religious affiliations. At 2pm on October 10, 2007, IBPS Manila was invited to the Philippine Women’s University (PWU) for an inter-religious peace offering entitled “Prayer for Peace in Myanmar at PWU.” (more...)

Link: article from PWU

佛光人間大學課程內容與講師資簡介

地點: 馬尼拉佛光山 (一期16堂課)

星期二 (7:00PM~9:00PM)
課程內容: 華嚴經淨行品：這品經裏有一百多個願，願願皆為眾生而修，這是大乘菩薩所修的法門。以此躬行實踐、老實修行。如經所言「若諸菩薩。善用其心。則獲一切勝妙功德。
講師／學經歷: 滿貴法師
◎ 佛光山叢林學院講師
◎ 佛光山弘講師

星期三 (7:00PM~9:00PM)
課程內容: 八宗綱要：佛陀在《梵網經》說：「一切眾生皆有佛性，我是已成之佛，汝等是未成之佛。我本元自性清淨，若識自心見性，皆成佛道。」眾生根基有千差，故如來說法有萬別。下半學期老師將繼續闡明唯識宗、華嚴宗、真言宗、禪宗的教義。
講師／學經歷: 永本法師
◎ 佛光山叢林學院專任教師
◎ 現任佛光山電子大藏經主任

星期四 (7:00PM~9:00PM)
課程內容: 唯識概論：「唯識學」是佛教心理學，以八識為主體論述人心識的造作，學習唯識可知境風識浪中，如何化得一份自在，了悟「外境本空，唯心自鬧」。於世間千差萬別中，學習如何回歸心田，播撒自性清境種。從根、境、識的有為法中，見到緣起性空的無為法，原是不即不離、不來不去。
講師／學經歷: 滿紀法師
◎ 四川大學宗教學研究所哲學博士
◎ 現任佛光山叢林學院講師、佛光山天眼網路學院講師

2007年星雲大師佛教歌曲發表會 Sounds of the Human World

The Philippine contingent garnered 10 awards:

1. Best Religious Atmosphere Award
2. Best Singing Award
3. 5th Anniversary Championship
4. Best Composition - Jude Gitamondoc's "Light the Lamp"
5. Audience Choice - First Prize on 09/10/07 - Jude Gitamondoc's "Light the Lamp"
6. Audience Choice - First Prize on 09/15/07 - Henry Tiu's "Everyday is a Good Day"
7. Best Outstanding Entry - Joseph Abella's "The Prayer"
8. Special Award from the Judges - Henry Tiu, Melody Babula, Lorela Torres, Jeffrey Perida
9. Special Award from the Judges - Windey Prado
10. Specail Award from the Judges - Levin Inez

Congratulations!!! View the photos HERE.

佛光山傳授在家五戒菩薩戒會通啟

一、宗 旨：

本寺為弘揚佛陀戒法，加強在家弟子行門教育，淨化社會人心，特啟建在家戒會。

二、資 格：凡正信佛教，發心奉行戒法之在家男、女二眾。

三、戒 期：

五 戒：二○○七年國曆十一月二日至十一月四日（週五至週日）
農曆九月二十三至九月二十五日

菩薩戒：二○○七年國曆十一月二日至十一月四日（週五至週日）
農曆九月二十三至九月二十五日

四、地 點：高雄縣大樹鄉佛光山寺

五、費 用：食宿費用由本寺提供（歡迎隨喜打齋）。
縵衣由捐贈者結緣。

六、報 名：１.自即日起至二千人額滿為止。
２.報名表可向佛光山本山暨全省各地別分院索取。

七、報到時間：二○○七年國曆十一月二日 晚上7：00

八、手 續：

１.報名：
（1）填寫報名表乙份。
（2）繳交最近二吋半身相片二張。

２.經審核通過後，即寄發報到通知單。

九、辨事處：

１.地 址：840高雄縣大樹鄉佛光山寺
２.電 話：07-6561921轉2001或2012
３.網 址：http://www.fgs.org.tw（歡迎下載報名表）

報名表下載

source: http://fgs.org.tw

I.B.P.S. Manila in Wikipedia

We have an entry at Wikipedia under I.B.P.S. Manila, Philippines (Fo Guang Shan Manila). Searching Wikipedia using these keywords will also work.

Our entry is found under the following categories:
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Fo Guang Shan

2007 Sounds of the Human World (人間音緣)

The finals of the 2007 Sounds of the Human World: Ven. Master Hsing Yun Buddhist Musical Composition Quest (星雲大師佛教歌曲發表會) began yesterday (September 9) and is ongoing until September 16. The Philippines has several entries vying for the grand prize.

Good luck to the Philippine contingent!

Links:

• Mechanics of the Competition
  
• 人間音緣全球總決賽開幕 (article from http://fgs.org.tw)
• 人間音緣─星雲大師佛教歌曲發表會第2場比賽 (article from http://fgs.org.tw)
• 人間音緣「星雲大師佛教歌曲發表會」-台中場 (article from http://fgs.org.tw)
• 人間音緣今、明總決賽 2007/9/15 (article from http://fgs.org.tw)
• 人間音緣星雲大師佛教歌曲發表會--第五場比賽 2007/9/17 (article from http://fgs.org.tw)
• 高雄監獄歡唱人間音緣卡拉OK比賽 2007/9/17 (article from http://fgs.org.tw)
• 人間音緣 2007/9/18 (article from http://fgs.org.tw)
• 人間音緣訪新店禪淨中心 2007/9/19 (article from http://fgs.org.tw)

佛光食譜 Vegetarian Dishes

The official website of Fo Guang Shan Temple has a section on Vegetarian Cooking. We have added this to our website under "OTHERS". Click on the image above to go directly to the Vegetarian Dishes (佛光食譜) page. This page is only available in Chinese.

Siddhartha: A Musical Journey to Enlightenment

Due to the positive response and overall success of the original production by BLIA Cebu and Chu Un Temple (慈恩寺), the musical play Siddhartha will be shown in Manila on November 3 and 4 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

For free ticket reservations or donations please call 63 (2) 5234909 or 63 (2) 5255941.

The show in Manila is presented by IBPS Manila (馬尼拉佛光山) and BLIA Philippines (國際佛光會菲律賓協會) .

Watch the trailer at YouTube.

Links:

• Official website
  

• 佛陀傳音樂劇十一月馬尼拉CCP盛大公演 (from http://fgs.org.tw)

• 人間音緣「星雲大師佛教歌曲發表會」-台中場 (from http://fgs.org.tw)

2007年度地藏法會 Chanting of Ksitigarbha Sutra

This year's Morning and Evening Chanting of Ksitigarbha Sutra (2007年度地藏法會) began on August 12 and is ongoing until August 25.

The Ksitigarbha Sutra is composed of 3 parts (上,中,下). Monday to Saturday chanting is mornings and evenings only. Sunday chanting is a whole day event.

Morning chanting begins at 6:00AM followed by breakfast.
Evening chanting begins at 7:30PM. Dinner is served at 6:00PM.

An excellent English translation of the Ksitigarbha Sutra by the Buddhist Text Translation Society is available here.

28th Manila International Book Fair

World Trade Center Metro Manila
August 29 - September 2, 2007

10:00 A.M — 8:00 P.M., Daily
Booth Nos. 367 & 368

We have a booth at this year's book fair at the World Trade Center. An extensive collection of books, audio CD's, cassettes and DVD's published by Fo Guang Shan in Chinese and English will be available.

Everyone is welcome to visit us. See you there.

佛光緣 IBPS Newsletter

The IBPS Newsletter (佛光緣) is a full page spread published in the local Chinese newspaper United Daily News (聯合報) every fourth Tuesday of the month.

Back issues are available for viewing or download (PDF) at our website at http://fgsphilippines.org/chinese/events/news.htm.

FGS Philippines in YouTube

Since we began making news clips of major activities for BLTV (人間衛視), we began uploading them to YouTube as well. When we attended the seminar at BLTV in April 2007, we were encouraged to upload the videos and news clips we made to sites like YouTube so that people who do not have access to BLTV will still be able to view them. To date, BLTV is not carried by any cable TV service provider in the Philippines.

The URL of our YouTube account is http://www.youtube.com/user/fgsphilippines. Unfortunately, the resolution of the videos have been reduced to fit YouTube's video uploading requirements. These video clips are also embedded in some of the pages of our website where articles about the event have been written.

Our new BLOG site

Our website has been up and running for over 2 years now. Aside from the several changes in the layout, the contents of the site has remained the same - a repository of articles, photos and video clips.

Although these are updated regularly, the flow of information is basically one-sided. We would like to change that. Hence, we've signed up for a BLOG site. Aside from regular updates on the website, we will also post remarks about website updates, recent articles and upcoming events. By posting these in the BLOG, our visitors are free to post their comments and suggestions.