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Cameron Retreat 23 – 30 August 2024

Audio mp3	Date / Time	Outlines / YouTube	Photos
	23 Aug
240823 Day 1 (1)	2pm – 5pm	Retreat introduction – Main Purposes and intent 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:47:29 – Whiteboard: Dana Sila Bhavana 01:43:27 – Seminar Paper (Book) 02:26:33 – QnA (Sis Song) Dana (Generosity) Sila (Morality) Bhavana (Meditation) Stabilize Your Daily Mindfulness through a Daily Religious Routine Seek the ultimate truth, not superstition
240823 Day 1 (2)	5pm – 5.30pm	5 Hindrance, 5 Spiritual Faculties 00:00:00 – After meditation session QnA 00:19:22 – Whiteboard: 5 Mental Hindrances , 5 Spiritual Faculties Five Spiritual Faculties & the Five mental Hindrances
240823 Day 1 (3)	6.45pm – 9.30pm	Puja Offering & Heart Sutra pg1 – 15 00:00:00 – Puja Offering 00:25:09 – Heart Sutra page 1 – 15 01:23:14 – 2 aspects of 5 Aggregates of Form and Mind 02:39:00 – Chanting [in Pali] Karaniya Metta Sutta (Discourse on Loving-Kindness) 02:44:48 – Sharing of Merits The Importance of kalyanamittas in Cultivation What is the Ultimate Meaning of Emptiness in the Heart Sutra Why Mahayana teachings are not easy to understand The Deeper Meaning of 2 Aspects of the 5 Aggregates of Form and Mind Life If you don’t realize the true enlightenment, you cannot be free from the cycle of birth and death Ways of Mindfulness Training to Realize the True Sati
	24 Aug
240824 Day 2 (1)	615am- 7.30am	8 Precepts, Morning Exercise & Meditation 00:00:00 – Morning Chanting 00:16:55 – Requesting for Precepts 00:26:48 – Awareness Based Meditation How to develop mindfulness in Meditation
240824 Day 2 (2)	830am-11am	Reflection on Sharing Blessings,5 Daily Recollection, Anattalakkhana Sutta, Heart Sutra pg 16 – 29 00:00:00 – Start of session 00:00:45 – Reflection On Sharing Blessings 00:04:12 – Reflection On 5 Daily Recollection 00:13:17 – Reflection On Anattalakkhana Sutta 00:26:43 – Heart Sutra page 16 – 18 (Poems from ShenXiu and HuiNeng) 01:09:48 – Heart Sutra page 19 – 29 Why couldn’t Shenxiu 神秀 attain True Enlightenment via realizing the Cessation of Form and Mind? What did Huineng 慧能 realize through his Awakening? To use the Mind and yet be free from any Attachment via not be deluded by it is True Wisdom 应无所住而生其心 Sudden Awakening vs. Gradual Awakening
240824 Day 2 (3)	11am-1130am	Question & Answer 00:00:00 – Meditation Reporting (Bro Beng Fwee) 00:27:08 – Meditation Reporting (Sis Zoey) How to Relax and realize True Sati
240824 Day 2 (4)	1.30pm-3pm	Heart Sutra pg 30 – 43 00:00:00 – Heart Sutra page 30 – 32 00:12:58 – Hsu Yun’s Enlightenment 00:40:55 – Heart Sutra page 32 – 34 00:45:43 – Shurangama Quote 00:51:22 – Heart Sutra page 34 – 36 01:02:48 – Don’t Try To Remember 01:06:13 – Heart Sutra page 36-42 01:23:15 – Angulimala 01:26:34 – Heart Sutra page 42-43 Why Enlightenment cannot be Forced or attained through Intention? Cessation cannot occur when thought is active Perception of form is consciousness whereas its non-perception is wisdom The Truth Dharma must deliver from the Heart When it comes to cultivation, don’t look down on your nature
240824 Day 2 (5)	3.50pm-6pm	Meditation Reporting & Heart Sutra pg 44 – 63 00:00:00 – End of 3pm meditation session 00:01:18 – Meditation Reporting (Bro Beng Fwee) 00:15:45 – Heart Sutra page 44 00:16:59 – 5 Ways To Overcome Unwholesome Thoughts 00:47:14 – Heart Sutra page 44 – 63 Your trapped consciousness can only be released when you are fully relaxed, and without any thought Is there a specific posture for lying down meditation? Ways to overcome unwholesome thoughts When negative emotions arise, stay aware and be with the emotion to develop the understanding
240824 Day 2 (6)	6.45pm – 9.15pm	Evening Chanting, Heart Sutra pg 64 – 65 & Chanting 00:00:00 – Evening Chanting 00:23:12 – Heart Sutra page 64 – 65 01:01:08 – Bullock Cart Analogy 01:22:40 – QnA (Sis Soo Yee) 01:29:48 – 3 Types/Levels Of Peace 01:38:03 – Heart Sutra page 65 01:53:39 – Chanting [in Mandarin] 大悲咒 Da Bei Zhou (Great Compassionate Mantra) 01:58:52 – Chanting [in Mandarin] 心经 Xin Jing (Heart Sutra) 02:04:16 – Chanting [in Pali] Sumangala (Blessings, Share Merits, Seek Forgiveness & Make Aspiration) 02:06:12 – Sharing of Merits Important Notes on Lying Down Meditation True Suchness 如如不动 Sati can lead one back to the source from which all creation arise Your thoughts actitives and emotions are what obscure the true mind or nature from shinning forth For anything to happen, many conditions must align. Embracing all that occurs reflects true wisdom Where got mind? How to Cultivate the Second Turning Wisdom of Contemplation and Reflection The Law of Dependent Origination is multidimensional Understanding Why Knowledge Bind (所知障) and Worry Bind (烦恼障) Arise
	25 Aug
240825 Day 3 (1)	615am-730am	8 Precepts, Morning Exercise & Meditation 00:00:00 – Renewing 8 Precepts 00:08:45 – Morning Chanting 00:25:33 – Awareness Based Meditation
240825 Day 3 (2)	830am-12.15pm	Heart Sutra pg 65 -83 00:00:00 – Renew Precepts 00:25:57 – Heart Sutra page 65 – 75 01:20:44 – Whiteboard: Contentment 01:37:34 – Chanting Experience (Sis Adeline) Part 1 01:42:17 – Holding onto a Burning ‘Problem’ 01:55:28 – Chanting Experience (Sis Adeline) Part 2 02:00:46 – Chanting Experience (Sis Alicia) 02:08:48 – Resentment / Gratitude (Sis Soo Yee) 02:09:43 – Chanting Experience (Sis Poh Cheng) 02:15:21 – Heart Sutra page 75 – 83 02:38:10 – Shift of Consciousness 02:44:27 – Right View Leading To Right Thought Spiritual Happiness, Spiritual Wealth & Peacefulness of Mind UNDERSTANDING Avijja Sutta Three Mental criteria to Attain the Highest Merits Developing understanding before you begin to cultivate is very important The problem arises when you perceive a situation with negativity Is Ambition a Craving Letting things be means embracing everything that has happened without reacting with negativity Delusion starts with one wrong thought, and then a whole chain of wrong thoughts follows Cultivation is a never-ending path Understanding the Shift of Consciousness
240825 Day 3 (3)	130pm-6pm	Heart Sutra pg 84 – 112 00:00:00 – Heart Sutra page 84 – 92 01:27:45 – Medition Reporting (Sis Alicia) 01:38:47 – Heart Sutra page 93 – 100 02:38:34 – Aspirations (Sis Eng Bee) 02:46:43 – Joy Of Learning (Bro Beng Fwee) 02:51:12 – Joy Of Learning (Bro Michael Tay) 02:53:50 – ‘Sadhu’ Rejoicing (Sis Soo Yee) 03:00:44 – Heart Sutra page 100 – 112 Understanding the Stages of Creation via the Four Circles Formation Training of mind starts with developing heedfulness, leading to a very stable of inner awareness Human beings tend to react to sensory experiences out of ignorance Why is thought limited Awareness can observe thought, but thought cannot observe awareness You must have an Open Mind to receive the Truth Training daily mindfulness by placing your awareness on bodily movements (Kayanupasana) Thoughts are response to memories. Then how should we use thoughts? With clear sati, you can realize your true mind and see all links of dependent origination Whenever you are not at peace or happy, the roots of greed, hatred, and delusion are present What actually returns to the Source? How one interpret each life situation or phenomenon that arise within the moment is crucial You must vow to meet and recognize all enlightened beings The meaning of Sadhu
240825 Day 3 (4)	645pm-915pm	Heart Sutra pg 113 – 139 00:00:00 – Heart Sutra page 113 – 117 00:15:08 – Separation and Death 00:39:01 – Heart Sutra page 117 – 129 01:40:51 – 2 Wonders (Sis Cindy) 01:45:54 – Open Mind and Open Heart (Sis Zoey) 01:54:45 – Heart Sutra page 130 – 139 02:24:40 – Reflection on Tilakkhana (3 Universal Characteristics) Enlightenment 02:29:04 – Reflection on Piyehi Vippayogo (Loss of Loved Ones) 02:36:19 – Sharing of Merits Don’t believe your thought Question your Wrong Thoughts Thought is only a response from memory Have faith in the Dharma and your nature, be sincere and perservere. Don’t worry about your progress. The Buddha’s advice on reflecting on the loss of a loved one
	26 Aug
240826 Day 4 (1)	615am – 730am	Morning Chanting, Exercise & Meditation 00:00:00 – Renewing 8 Precepts 00:07:15 – Awareness Based Meditation 00:09:25 – Developing Sati What Happens When Sati has Stabilized/Arises
240826 Day 4 (2)	830am-11am	Heart Sutra pg 140 – 165 00:00:00 – Reflection: Essential Dhamma of Lord Buddha (Book) 00:13:25 – Overcoming Tribulations (Sis PG) 00:38:01 – Heart Sutra page 140 – 149 01:17:59 – Important Special Dhamma 01:33:55 – Heart Sutra page 149 – 165 02:19:38 – It Is Only A Thought Attentiveness is silent awareness before the Knowing Rejoicing will open up your heart How can Transformation Happen? How to Live Life following the Surangama Sutra’s teaching The Fire sermon – Everything is Burning 18 Sense Realms Understand it’s just a thought— it comes and goes. How can it have power to make you miserable?
240826 Day 4 (3)	12pm-1210pm	Heart Sutra pg 166 – 167 00:00:00 – End of 11am meditation session 00:04:01 – Heart Sutra page 166 – 167 00:09:22 – Knife Analogy Heedfulness must be stabilized and sustained until one is ever mindful
240826 Day 4 (4)	130pm-3pm	Heart Sutra pg 167-185 00:00:00 – Heart Sutra page 167 – 181 00:40:41 – Heart Sutra page 182 – What Is Meditation As Taught By The Buddha? 00:43:32 – Mind Sweeping Method 01:00:51 – Heart Sutra page 183 – 184 01:20:15 – Seeing Mountain (Bro Kong Chai) 01:23:33 – Heart Sutra page 185 – Flag Move Or Wind Move What is the Mediation as taught by the Buddha?
240826 Day 4 (5)	340pm-615pm	Heart Sutra pg 185 – 206 & 4 Apr 2019 Notes 00:00:00 – Heart Sutra page 185 – 199 00:43:08 – Heart Sutra page 200 – Dependent Origination (12 Links) 01:09:44 – Heart Sutra page 201-206 01:43:49 – Chanting Experience (Sis Cindy) 01:48:30 – Chanting [in Pali] PAṬICCA SAMUPPĀDA (Dependent Origination) 01:58:02 – Outline Short Notes of 4-Apr-2019 class The vows of Guan Yin Bodhisattva 观音菩萨 are very powerful and have helped me before The most Lucid explanation of the 12 Links of Dependent Origination (Paṭicca Samuppāda) Don’t stir your mind, avoid labeling sensations, just stay with them. Transformation will happen Why does an enlightened being seldom think? Because they have transcended avijjā (ignorance). When you are aware that you are heedless, that very movement of attention is awareness Whenever you are not peaceful, unhappy or miserable, the wrong thoughts are there With Awareness, you have space between thoughts If you don’t know who you are, then who is living your life? Deluded thoughts are living your life Silence is the essence of our Nature or True Mind
240826 Day 4 (6)	7pm-930pm	Heart Sutra pg 207 – 244, Trinity to understand Cultivation, Mind Training & Chanting 00:00:00 – Start of evening session 00:08:50 – Heart Sutra page 207 – 218 00:15:17 – Heart Sutra page 219 (JKQuote on Awareness) 00:23:50 – Heart Sutra page 219 – 237 01:12:12 – Heart Sutra page 243 (Trinity To Understand Cultivation) 01:22:07 – Heart Sutra page 243 – 244 (Trained Mind vs Untrained Mind) 01:40:52 – Chanting [in Mandarin] 大悲咒 Da Bei Zhou (Great Compassionate Mantra) 01:45:49 – Chanting [in Mandarin] 心经 Xin Jing (Heart Sutra) 01:50:22 – Chanting [in Pali] Maha Mangala Sutta (Discourse on the Highest Blessings) 02:02:34 – Sharing of Merits The more relaxed you are, the easier it is to enter deep meditation Sati is the Silent, Choice-less Observation of What Is Is this Sati? Vigilance or Awareness is NOT Disciplined or Focused Attention Space between Thoughts How the Mystery of Life Unfolds A problem is never solved on its own level; being complex it must be understood in its total process Using the Trinity triangle to Understand Cultivation Training the Mind
	27 Aug
240827 Day 5 (1)	615am – 730am	Morning Chanting, Exercise & Meditation 00:00:00 – Renewing 8 Precepts 00:05:46 – Awareness Based Meditation 00:07:11 – Aware of movements no matter how small (e.g. blinking of eye)
240827 Day 5 (2)	8am-11am	Bodhisattva Way of Cultivation pg 1-20,88 – 89,96-98, 98-99 & Taking of the Bodhisattva Vows 00:00:00 – Morning Chanting 00:16:52 – Cultivating the Bodhisattva Way page 1 – 7 00:26:11 – Puja Offerings and Aspirations 00:42:17 – Cultivating the Bodhisattva Way page 9 – 20 01:28:47 – Cultivating the Bodhisattva Way page 88 – 89 01:37:11 – TAKING OF THE BODHISATTVA VOWS 01:49:50 – Cultivating the Bodhisattva Way page 96 – 98 02:00:13 – Liao Liao Jian Xing Chang Zhu （了了见性长住) 02:07:09 – Karmic Nature and Spiritual Nature 02:10:25 – Search For Teacher (Sis Padmasuri) 02:12:51 – Karmic Nature and Spiritual Nature (continued) 02:21:12 – Cultivating the Bodhisattva Way page 98 – 99 02:28:04 – Vows Become Part Of You
240827 Day 5 (3)	130pm-240pm	Difference Between Awareness and Consciousness pg 1 – 6 00:00:00 – Difference Between Awareness and Consciousness pg 1 – 6 00:20:18 – Recent Books 00:33:32 – Ren Sheng Nan De (人生难得) 00:35:50 – Dhamma In Daily Life (True Life Experiences) 01:01:24 – Walking Meditation
240827 Day 5 (4)	4pm-6pm	Difference Between Awareness and Consciousness pg 6 -15 00:00:00 – A Glimpse of the Dhamma 00:02:57 – Difference Between Awareness and Consciousness pg 6 00:18:54 – Attempt To Answer (Bro Michael Tay) 00:46:21 – Difference Between Awareness and Consciousness pg 6 – 15 01:25:27 – Sankhara – Sanna 01:39:50 – Brain Like A Computer (Mrs Teoh) 01:55:24 – Bitterguord Face (Sis Alicia) 02:00:39 – Time (Sis Poh Cheng)
240827 Day 5 (5)	645pm-915pm	Difference Between Awareness and Consciousness pg 15 – 41 00:00:00 – Evening Chanting 00:15:02 – Meditation Reporting (Sis Soo Yee) 00:17:08 – Meditation Reporting (Sis Poh Cheng) 00:22:40 – Mind-To-Mind Seal 00:52:27 – Difference Between Awareness and Consciousness pg 15 – 41
	28 Aug
240828 Day 6 (1)	615am-730am	Morning Chanting, Exercise & Meditation 00:00:00 – Renew Precepts 00:05:38 – Awareness Based Meditation 00:11:38 – Be Natural
240828 Day 6 (2)	830am-10am	Difference Between Awareness and Consciousness pg 42-50 00:00:00 – Morning Chanting 00:15:15 – Accord & Flow 00:16:37 – Difference Between Awareness and Consciousness pg 42 – 50 00:32:59 – Trinity To Understand Cultivation 00:52:53 – 3 Very Important Basics for Progress in Cultivation 00:58:21 – 4 Bases of Success in Mundane Living 01:03:15 – Path To Nibbana page 3 – 5 01:26:41 – Smarts And Control (Sis Poh Cheng) 01:34:06 – Path To Nibbana page 5 – 11
240828 Day 6 (3)	1130am-12pm	Path to Nibbana pg 11-21
240828 Day 6 (4)	130pm – 3pm	Path to Nibbana pg 22-47
240828 Day 6 (5)	410pm-6pm	Path to Nibbana pg 48-60 00:00:00 – Path To Nibbana page 48 – 53 00:16:16 – 4 Circle Formation 00:41:54 – Path To Nibbana page 53 – 60 01:05:13 – Sunnata (Sis Nancy) 01:16:18 – Yellow Card Vows Section 3-C (Bro Beng Fwee) 01:20:28 – Time to cover most recent book 01:26:51 – Ultimate Realization to Transcend Life page 2 – 5
240828 Day 6 (6)	7pm-950pm	Ultimate Realization to Transcend Life pg 6-47 & Pei Ni Dao Tian Ya 00:00:00 – Ultimate Realization to Transcend Life page 6 – 11 00:11:28 – Awareness Based Meditation 00:17:42 – Ultimate Realization to Transcend Life page 11 – 43 01:16:25 – Right Speech, Right Thought and Wrong Thought 01:32:43 – Ultimate Realization to Transcend Life page 43 – 47 01:44:51 – Pei Ni Dao Tian Ya (陪你到天涯) 02:16:00 – Taking Vows Tradition
	29 Aug
240829 Day 7 (1)	615am-730am	Renew Precepts & Exercise 00:00:00 – Renew Precepts 00:11:20 – Morning Exercises (Mindfulness and Weights) 00:26:08 – Awareness Based Meditation
240829 Day 7 (2)	830am-12pm	Ultimate Realization to Transcend Life pg 47-60 00:00:00 – Morning Chanting 00:13:54 – Awareness Based Meditation 00:16:50 – Ultimate Realization to Transcend Life page 47 – 48 00:17:15 – Physical Time and Psychological Time 00:26:04 – 3 Poisons / Evil Roots (Lobha, Dosa, Moha) 00:38:30 – Ultimate Realization to Transcend Life page 47 – 48 00:40:35 – Reflection on Lobha and Dosa (Sis Soo Yee) 00:45:57 – Ultimate Realization to Transcend Life page 48 00:56:47 – Mindfulness and Recovery (Dr Jay) 01:09:57 – Unshakeable Faith (Sis Zoey) 01:14:35 – Awareness at the Heart Area (Sis Yoon Chun) 01:18:15 – Rejoice with Sharing, Transformation to Truly Live Life 01:25:59 – Meditation with Guidance (Sis Adeline) 01:47:25 – Ultimate Realization to Transcend Life page 48 – 60
240829 Day 7 (3)	2pm-3pm	Ultimate Realization to Transcend Life pg 61 – 62, Closing Ceremony & Group Photo 00:00:00 – Brief on Retreat Drawing to a Close 00:16:50 – Ultimate Realization to Transcend Life page 61 – 62 00:25:12 – Closing Ceremony (Expression of Thanks and Gratitude) 00:39:59 – Closing Ceremony (Asking For Forgiveness) 00:41:38 – Closing Ceremony (Dhamma Advice From Fa Chan Sifu) 00:45:26 – Intro of Retreat Helpers and Book on Depression / Overcoming Stress 00:48:07 – Closing Ceremony (Appreciation For Retreat Helpers) 00:53:49 – Group Photos
240829 Day 7 (4)	4pm-6pm	Importance of Having Mindfulness pg 1-50 & Kalyanamittas Sharing 00:00:00 – Start of 4pm Session 00:00:26 – Importance of Having Mindfulness page 1 – 50 01:16:45 – Sharing by Bro Song 01:43:10 – Sharing by Sis Padmasuri
240829 Day 7 (5)	645pm-915pm	Kalyanamittas Sharing & Chanting 00:00:00 – Simplified Puja 00:05:59 – Sharing by Sis Padmasuri (continued) 00:24:55 – Sharing by Mrs Teoh 00:46:59 – Sharing by Sis Zoey 01:13:18 – Sharing by Sis Cindy 01:22:26 – Sharing by Sis Nancy 01:28:50 – Sharing by Sis Song 01:43:33 – Sharing by Sis Poh Lian 01:44:32 – Sharing by SisPG 01:57:07 – Chanting [in Sanskrit] Om mani padme hum (Mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva) 02:01:06 – Sharing of Merits 02:04:10 – Faith and Cultivate Strong Affinity with Kuan Yin Pu Sa
	30 Aug
240830 Day 8 (1)	615am – 730am	Morning Chanting & Kalyanamittas Sharing 00:00:00 – Simplified Puja 00:07:38 – Sharing by Sis Mun Yuen 00:43:46 – Sharing by Sis Han 00:46:27 – Sharing by Bro Kong Chai
240830 Day 8 (2)	83am – 10am	Kalyanamittas Sharing 00:00:00 – Start of Retreat’s Last Day’s Final Session 00:01:08 – Sharing by Bro Michael Tay 00:11:30 – Sharing by Bro Beng Fwee 00:46:19 – Sharing by Bro KC 00:57:24 – Sharing by Sis Tracy 00:59:35 – Sharing by Sis Seng Wah 01:05:25 – Sharing by Sis Lay Hong 01:07:44 – Sharing by Sis Alicia 01:16:45 – Sharing by Sis Poh Cheng 01:25:00 – Asking For Forgiveness 01:27:43 – Thank You! 01:29:21 – Help Needed for Mini Video Suggestions (Bro Chin How)
		Group Photo
		End of Cameron Retreat