13 September 1998: Fruiting the Labor of Many Beings

The Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast Script 20(22)

13 September 1998

Today's program is called: Fruiting the Labor of Many Beings

The rationale and methods used by our organisation are more and more reliant on information science.

The work is directed to several audiences: our members, mature and immature, new and old, skilled and unskilled, and our audiences who have different levels of maturity.

At our Founder's Day Convivium on 9 September 1998 the audiences included:

12 Monks and Nuns of different nationalities;

The Acting Mayor of The Shire of Yarra Ranges;

Journalists from several local newspapers and many other important guests.

The work directed has to have a major focus, which must be kept in mind at all stages of the processes to bring the event into actuality.

There are several other levels of knowledge used, some of which is found in libraries and technical reports and others yet to be written down.

It might be summarised as saying that it involves academic, public, school and special knowledges of what we are looking for.

The problems are much different to ordinary events because the whole process must be accomplished within 5 precepts, which are as follows:

panatipata veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami:
to abstain from killing;

adinnadana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami:
to abstain from stealing;

kamesu micchachara veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami:
to abstain from sexual misconduct;

musavada veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami:
to abstain from lying; and

suramerayamajjapamadatthana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami:
to abstain from fermented liquor that clouds the mind.panatipata veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami.

Long and persistent labor is needed to deliver on the day of the Convivium a smooth sequence of operations. This puts the honored guests at ease and their minds can hear what is being said about Ch'an Art.

We have many people to thank:

In particular the students of the BDCU who worked very hard to ensure the 1998 Founders Day Convivium & Ch'an Exhibition of paintings ran smoothly.

Their work included:

Liaising with the local council for use of the cultural centre for the day;

Putting together the invitation flier;

Public Relation handouts for the local press;

Translation to Chinese for the Chinese newspaper;

Catalogue preparation and publication;

Founders speech preparation;

Sponsoring of pigeons which were released on the day;

Hanging and Labelling the 22 pieces of Ch'an Art;

Printing of the catalogue;

The printing of the Sonnet by Alex Serrano in Japan, which reads:

Sonnet for John D. Hughes' Birth Anniversary 1998
written by Alex Serrano (Japan)

These pressures around about endanger me,
A little fish in a very big ocean,
Pressures with the pretext of veracity,
Beauty and power its own persuasion,
Like a little carp swimming up the stream,
Nothing too bold or sparkling to speak of,
Polite and quiet to a fault I seem
As I return to the peaceful places I love,
And grow more silent and more circumspect,
Become more determined and tenacious,
Even as the world shows me more disrespect
Than I have earned. Here I am loquacious,
But in other places I am as dumb as a fish,
And deaf, only by my teacher's words admonished.

Make Merit! Make Merit! Make Merit!

A very special thank you to:

Julian Bamford & Peter Jackson for coordinating and running the event, Clara Iaquinto, Pam Adkins, David Igracki, Brendon Canning, Rilla Oellien, Ron Mallon, Anita Svennson, Matt Verstraette, Frank Carter & Jocelyn Hughes for setting up the exhibition which included transporting equipment, setting up of stands, cleaning before and after the exhibition, fundraising & promotional material.

Julie O'Donnell for arranging transport for Monks and co-ordinating all activities for Founder's Day at the BDCU,

Wendy Clancy for being official BDCU spokesperson for the day,

Brendon Canning, Stuart Amoore, Paula Burling & Vanessa Macleod for driving the Monks & Nuns to and from the Convivium & Exhibition,

Rodney Johnson for taking care of security,

Vince Cavuoto for video recording the Convivium & Exhibition,

Lyne Lehmann for the Padmasambhava Prints,

Anthony Fradkin for printing & supplying 600 prints of John D. Hughes,

Gilda Grey for co-ordinating the preparation of food to be offered to the Monks, Nuns & guests, Julie O'Donnell, Maria Chan, Leila Lamers, Rilla Oellien, Pam Adkins, Kamala Kerr, Connie Rhodes, Phillip Svensson, Clara Iaquinto and Six of Venerable Phuoc Thang's students,

Anita Svensson, Ron Molon, Julian Bamford, Peter Jackson, Gilda Grey, Clara Iaquinto, Pam Adkins, Jocelyn Hughes & Rilla Oellien for manning the stands & exhibition,

Helen Appleyard, Paula Burling, Maria Chen, Clara Iaquinto, Pam Adkins, Rilla Oellien, Anita Svensson, Lyne Lehmann, Leo Liu, Frank Carter for assistance in the preliminary co-ordination of the event,

All members and friends who provided and served food to the Monks, Nuns and special guests and were involved in setting up and cleaning at the BDCU, and

All sponsors of "The Flight to Freedom" Fundraiser.

A special thank you also to the following people who purchased the rare John D. Hughes Ch'an Art pieces:

Jocelyn Hughes

Gilda Grey

Pam Adkins

Anita Svensson

Vanessa Macleod

Paula Burling

Peter Boswell

Among the Monks who visited were:-

Venerable K. Vidura

Venerable D. Vimalananda

Venerable Thieh Phuoe Thang

Venerable Thich Thien Tam

May you be well and happy.

This script was written and edited by John D. Hughes and Leanne Eames.

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