Celebration Day of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva (Guanyin Dan)

A quick visit to the S'pore Buddhist Lodge at Kim Yam Road (along River Valley Road) this morning (Lunar 19th of Sep09). Their Four direction Thousand-Arms Guanyin at 4th level. Very Serene.

Like conveying the message: MAY ALL BE WELL & HAPPY! :-)

It is accessible by buses along River Valley Road before/after AA centre: 32, 33, 54, 139, 195

Its Official website is http://www.sbl.org.sg

Robe Offering & Pindapata Ceremony 2009

Yellow/Golden colored umbrella sheltering the Buddha Tooth Relic

Devotees crowded the Hall at Spore Expo.

Well, this is certainly an eye-opener event for me to attend the Offering 10,000 Robes & Pindapata (Alms round) Ceremony 2009, organised by Mahakaruna Buddhist Society, last Sunday, 1 Nov 2009 which happens to fall on full moon day of lunar September.

It was announced 11,200 robes will be offered to Sangha around the world, especially to Sri Lanka, Myammar and India.

Maybe it is Sri Lanka culture? They made a round around the hall with the offerings and let devotees touch the offerings as a symbol of offering made by all.

It was touching to see senior elderly monks who for the sake of benefitting devotees, made their Alms round despite some with difficulty in movement. If their volunteers not mindful to help them empty their alms bowl in time, it can be quite heavy but they still strive on. Was informed later in the event that at least 2 of them are more than 90 years old.

It was also interesting to be introduced to Sri Lanka culture amidst attending the event via their Sri Lanka drum & dance performance.

Anti-Aging through a Vegetarian Diet

Attended the talk last Sat, 31 Oct by Dr Sanjay Doshi , organised by VSS.

It is definitely a very informative talks which imparted quite a lot of tips on healthy eating, especially on anti-cancer or cancer prevention food.
Hopefully VSS could reproduce the main points on their web.

The benefits of Broccoli was much elaborated, a good source against breast cancer.

Tomatoes' nutrient effect would be very much enhanced after processed or cooked as the heat breaks down the cell wall. A good source against prostrate cancer.

My favourite, Avocado, is good at causing 17% drop in total blood cholesterol, reducing greatly the bad cholesterol.

Garlic, which I dislike has stop cancer-causing substance , speed DNA repair & kills cancer cells. Best to peel & chop the cloves & let it sit 15-20 minutes before cooking. This process activates the enzymes & release sulfur containing compounds.

And this is 1st time I heard about Flaxseed which is to be very effective at reducing cancer, stroke and diabetes. Best effective is to consume 2-4 tablespoons of grounded flaxseed daily.
A newbie to me that I would like to find out more & try...

Carrots only known to me as rich in Vitamin A was also recommended for consumption as one that helps stops cancer cell growth. Thought eating it raw will be direct nutritional but was advised that steaming it whole then cutting into slices will gives it best effect. Juices was less encouraged as juicing will immediately release sugar into the blood.

Couldn't remember all the goodies mentioned in the talk & hope they have more such informative talks in future. :-)