Cameron Highlands Retreats 2025

00:00:00 – Introduction
00:03:00 – Opening Puja
00:12:02 – Retreat Purpose and Intent
00:28:20 – Whiteboard: Dhamma
00:41:00 – 4 Noble Truths
01:13:13 – QnA (Bro Wong)
01:18:04 – QnA (Sis Zoey)
01:27:22 – Awareness Based Meditation
01:35:58 – Heart Sutra page 1 – 6

00:00:00 – Evening Chanting
00:14:07 – Heart Sutra page 6 – 14
02:02:15 – QnA (Sis Emily)
02:16:54 – Chanting [in Mandarin] 大 悲 咒 Da Bei Zhou (Great Compassionate Mantra)
02:22:22 – Chanting [in Mandarin] 心 经 Xin Jing (Heart Sutra)
02:27:05 – Sharing of Merits

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:01:20 – Morning Chanting
00:04:58 – Develop Faith (Saddha)
00:06:59 – Awareness Based Meditation

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:00:34 – Taking of 8 precepts
00:26:35 – Awareness Based Meditation

00:00:00 – End of morning meditation session
00:01:15 – Meditation Reporting (Bro Wong)
00:10:30 – Whiteboard: Life Force
00:28:08 – Heart Sutra page 14 – 15
00:48:15 – Whiteboard: 4 Circles
00:57:44 – Heart Sutra page 16 – 18 (Poems from ShenXiu and HuiNeng)
01:44:19 – QnA (Sis Chwee)
01:52:16 – Sharing (Sis Alicia)

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:01:38 – 5 Spiritual Faculties and 5 Mental Hindrances
00:18:48 – 5 Ways To Overcome Unwholesome Thoughts
00:40:17 – Heart Sutra page 19 – 20
00:58:58 – Liao Liao Jian Xing Chang Zhu (了了见性长住)
01:04:48 – Heart Sutra page 20 – 21
01:06:58 – Sharing (Sis Emily)
01:17:14 – Heart Sutra page 21 – 29

00:00:00 – End of afternoon meditation session
00:02:37 – Heart Sutra page 30 – 32
00:11:49 – Hsu Yun’s Enlightenment
00:27:32 – Whiteboard: 12 Links
01:14:34 – Heart Sutra page 32 – 33
01:17:12 – Shurangama Quote
01:23:53 – Heart Sutra page 33 – 34
01:39:22 – Sharing (Sis Soo Yee)

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:01:01 – Reflection On Anattalakkhana Sutta
00:31:35 – Heart Sutra page 34 – 42
00:53:49 – Angulimala
01:05:08 – Heart Sutra page 42 – 59
02:13:40 – Chanting [in Pali] Karaniya Metta Sutta (Discourse on Loving Kindness)
02:18:50 – Chanting [in Pali] Maha Mangala Sutta (Discourse on the Highest Blessings)
02:34:20 – Sharing of Merits

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:01:11 – Renew Precepts
00:07:10 – Awareness Based Meditation
00:17:44 – QnA (Bro Wong)

00:00:00 – Continue QnA (Bro Wong) FirstSermon, Anattalakkhana Sutta
00:07:13 – Whiteboard: Atta, Anatta, Attaniya
00:20:26 – Sharing (Sis Soo Yee)
00:24:21 – Awareness Based Meditation

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:00:32 – Invocation To The Devas
00:05:13 – Heart Sutra page 59 – 62
00:13:41 – Avijja Sutta (Heart Sutra page 254)
00:44:27 – Sharing (Sis Poh Cheng)
01:17:04 – Heart Sutra page 62
01:19:05 – Sharing (Sis Soo Yee)
01:27:08 – Heart Sutra page 62 – 74

00:00:00 – Heart Sutra page 74 – 75 (Inn Keeper Analogy)
00:28:00 – Rejoicing
00:30:01 – Heart Sutra page 75
00:31:05 – Moment You Are Not Heedful, That Is Hell
00:43:21 – Heart Sutra page 75 – 84
01:11:33 – Sharing (Sis Emily)
01:22:18 – Heart Sutra page 84 – 87
01:31:15 – Arahant Has Mundane Mind
01:34:44 – Heart Sutra page 87 – 90
01:43:15 – Awareness Based Meditation

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:01:15 – Meditation Reporting (Bro Wong, Sis Emily)
00:55:30 – Heart Sutra page 90 – 94
01:07:05 – 4 Circles of Creation
01:15:36 – Heart Sutra page 94 – 98

00:00:00 – Evening Chanting
00:12:52 – Reflection on Karaniya Metta Sutta (Discourse on Loving Kindness)
00:30:30 – Heart Sutra page 99 – 106

00:00:00 – End of evening meditation session
00:04:30 – Meditation Reporting (Sis Wai Fun)
00:09:16 – QnA (Sis Emily)
00:22:07 – Heart Sutra page 107 – 121
01:30:15 – Announcement (Sakyamuni Mantra)
01:31:04 – Sharing of Merits

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:06:14 – Renew Precepts
00:11:26 – Awareness Based Meditation
00:16:47 – Meditation Reporting (Bro Quah)

00:00:00 – Start of session (+ some conversation before start)
00:01:49 – Morning Chanting
00:14:40 – Invocation To The Devas
00:19:12 – Essential Dhamma Of Lord Buddha page 1
00:39:49 – Whiteboard: Dana, Sila, Samadhi, Panna
00:41:37 – Essential Dhamma Of Lord Buddha page 2 – 6
00:55:58 – Heart Sutra page 121 – 129
01:17:48 – THOUGHT: Right Thought and Wrong Thought

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:00:25 – Heart Sutra page 130 – 134
00:14:49 – Whiteboard: “Bo Song” and Stirring Of Mind (Mano)
00:27:58 – Meditation Reporting (Sis Soo Yee)
00:41:52 – Whiteboard: 1st Right Effort To Abandon Wrong Thoughts
00:53:13 – Fear

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:01:34 – Briefing on Essential Dhamma
00:34:36 – Heart Sutra page 134 – 136
00:39:46 – Sharing (Sis Poh Cheng)
01:16:12 – Heart Sutra page 137 – 145

00:00:00 – Understanding Life, it’s Purpose and Meaning
00:30:23 – Heart Sutra page 145 – 167

00:00:00 – Chanting Reflections On Sharing Blessings
00:02:59 – Chanting Reflections On Universal Well-Being
00:04:39 – Chanting Suffusion with the Divine Abidings
00:08:10 – Reflection on Maha Mangala Sutta (Discourse on the Highest Blessings)
00:32:53 – Heart Sutra page 167 – 175

00:00:00 – End of evening meditation session
00:00:41 – Heart Sutra page 176-183
00:59:08 – Sharing (Sis Zoey)
01:01:31 – Heart Sutra page 184-185
01:17:17 – Chanting [in Mandarin] 大 悲 咒 Da Bei Zhou (Great Compassionate Mantra)
01:22:31 – Chanting [in Mandarin] 心 经 Xin Jing (Heart Sutra)
01:26:52 – Chanting [in Sanskrit] Om mani padme hum (Mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva)
01:29:29 – Sharing of Merits

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:01:16 – Special Occassions for the day
00:08:22 – Renew Precepts
00:20:01 – Morning Exercise changed to walk around the temple
00:22:00 – Awareness Based Meditation
00:23:47 – Programme updates

00:00:00 – Morning Chanting
00:12:52 – Awareness Based Meditation

00:00:00 – End of morning meditation session
00:01:26 – Cultivating the Bodhisattva Way page 73 – 74
00:26:44 – Cultivating the Bodhisattva Way page 103 – 106
00:40:53 – Puja
00:44:33 – Cultivating the Bodhisattva Way page 106 – 111 (Taking Bodhisattva Vows)
01:18:44 – Cultivating the Bodhisattva Way page 111 – 113 (10 Paramitas, Perfections)
01:48:10 – Heart Sutra page 185
02:01:21 – Sharing (Sis Soo Yee)
02:07:15 – Sharing of Merits

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:00:38 – Blessing During Lunch and Reflection on Sumangala (Blessings, Share Merits)
00:15:07 – Heart Sutra page 185 – 190
00:29:57 – Awareness Based Meditation

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:00:40 – Meditation Reporting (Bro Chan)
00:27:21 – Meditation Reporting (Sis Wai Fun)
00:30:36 – Meditation Reporting (Bro Wong)
00:41:59 – Meditation Reporting (Sis Alicia)
00:54:50 – Meditation Reporting (Sis Eng Bee)
00:59:29 – Meditation Reporting (Sis Emily)
01:04:57 – Sharing (Sis Soo Yee)
01:11:21 – Sharing (Bro Fong)
01:16:06 – Heart Sutra page 191 – 206
02:25:20 – QnA (Sis Tammy)

00:00:00 – Evening Chanting
00:12:41 – Heart Sutra page 207
00:15:56 – Chanting [in Mandarin] 心 经 Xin Jing (Heart Sutra)
00:20:23 – Heart Sutra page 210 – 212
00:48:04 – Apply N8FP (Need Sati For Right View To Arise)

00:00:00 – End of evening meditation session
00:01:26 – Heart Sutra page 212 – 219 (Appendix 3)
00:50:20 – Heart Sutra page 241 – 244 (Appendix 5 & 6)
01:04:06 – Heart Sutra page 255 – 256 (Appendix 9)
01:12:22 – Heart Sutra page 246 – 247 (Appendix 6)
01:21:30 – Chanting [in Pali] MAHAKARUNA DHARANI SUTTA
01:25:12 – Sharing of Merits
01:27:20 – Chanting [in Pali] Sumangala (Blessings)

00:00:00 – Renew Precepts
00:10:45 – Morning Exercise changed to walk around the temple
00:10:53 – Coming out of Awareness Based Meditation

00:00:00 – Morning Chanting
00:14:14 – If Your Body Could Speak, It Would Tell You This
00:19:29 – Heart Sutra page 243 (Trinity To Understand Cultivation)
00:33:17 – Difference Between Awareness and Consciousness pg 1 – 8
00:57:07 – QnA (Sis Hui Lin)
01:02:53 – Sharing (Sis Yoon Chun)

00:00:00 – End of morning meditation session
00:01:38 – Difference Between Awareness and Consciousness pg 9 – 16
00:26:06 – Sharing (Sis Soo Yee)
00:33:09 – Sharing (Sis Hui Lin)
00:38:46 – Sharing (Sis Soo Yee) Continued
00:43:13 – Sharing (Sis Tammy)
00:45:53 – Sharing (Mrs Teoh)
00:56:00 – Sharing (Bro Swee Aun)
01:06:50 – Sharing (Sis Adeline)
01:17:42 – Whiteboard: No Thought, No Mark, No Dwelling
01:27:46 – Sharing (Sis Eng Bee)

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:00:38 – Difference Between Awareness and Consciousness pg 16 – 29

00:00:00 – End of evening meditation session
00:00:38 – Difference Between Awareness and Consciousness pg 29 – 50
00:55:11 – QnA (Sis Soo Yee)
01:18:20 – Path To Nibbana page 3 – 23
02:16:10 – Whiteboard: PWC, MM, PA
02:21:12 – Sharing (Sis Soo Yee)

00:00:00 – Evening Chanting
00:16:25 – Path To Nibbana page 23 – 40
01:09:06 – Awareness Based Meditation 

00:00:00 – End of evening meditation session
00:02:05 – Path To Nibbana page 40 – 60
00:57:57 – Sharing (Sis Adeline)
01:10:01 – Pei Ni Dao Tian Ya （陪你到天涯）
01:15:55 – Sharing (Sis Padmasuri)
01:20:28 – Sharing of Merits

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:01:38 – Renew Precepts
00:06:08 – Awareness Based Meditation 

00:00:00 – Morning Chanting
00:12:57 – Meditation Reporting (Sis Jett)
00:16:06 – Meditation Reporting (Sis Karen)
00:29:08 – Sharing (Sis Alicia)
00:31:28 – Chanting [in Sanskrit] mantra of Cundi Bodhisattva (準提菩薩) Namaḥ Saptanam Samyaksam Buddha Kotinam Tadyatha Om Cale Cule Cundi Svaha
00:36:22 – Sharing (Sis Wai Fun)
00:41:52 – Sharing (Bro Wong)
00:53:06 – Sharing (Bro Yip)
00:56:28 – Sharing (Sis Tracy)
01:03:43 – Sharing (Sis Elsie)
01:13:13 – Sharing (Sis Alicia)
01:20:17 – Sharing (Sis Poh Cheng)
01:26:45 – Ultimate Realization to Transcend Life page 1 – 30
02:26:31 – Sharing (Sis Poh Cheng)
02:31:42 – QnA (Sis Poh Lian)
02:38:02 – Sharing (Sis Yoon Chun)
02:55:08 – Sharing (Sis Chwee)
02:56:21 – Sharing (Sis Poh Cheng)

00:00:00 – Ultimate Realization to Transcend Life page 31 – 34
00:23:07 – Awareness Based Meditation 

00:00:00 – End of afternoon meditation session
00:01:25 – The Promise (Daily Mindfulness – The Highest Meditation)
00:18:40 – Ultimate Realization to Transcend Life page 34 – 62
01:43:22 – Sharing (Sis Soo Yee)
01:55:20 – 1-is-all,all-is-1 & QnA (Sis Emily)
02:04:04 – QnA (Sis Chwee)

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:01:03 – Importance of Having Mindfulness page 1 – 50
01:57:57 – Meditation Reporting (Sis Zoey)
02:07:30 – Meditation Reporting (Bro Yip)
02:13:25 – Meditation Reporting (Bro Song)

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:00:33 – Renew Precepts
00:05:34 – Greetings (Bro Kong Chai)
00:05:55 – End of morning meditation session

00:00:00 – Morning Chanting
00:12:18 – AI generated Dialogue
00:41:08 – Sharing (Bro Song)
01:52:03 – Important Special Dhamma
02:03:01 – Sharing (Bro Chan)
02:11:54 – Sharing (Sis Wai Fun)
02:28:12 – Sharing (Sis Kim)
02:53:56 – Sharing (Sis Jett)
03:08:13 – Sharing (Bro Yip) 

00:00:00 – Start of session
00:00:23 – Sharing (Bro Quah)
00:24:17 – Sharing (Bro Wong)

00:00:00 – Appreciation and Gratitude
00:06:28 – Retreat Accounts
00:28:05 – Sharing (Bro Wong)
00:30:39 – Sharing (Sis Emily)
01:04:43 – Sharing (Bro Beng Fwee)
01:21:43 – Sharing (Sis Tracy)
01:33:20 – Sharing (Sis Alicia)
01:56:05 – Sharing (Sis Soo Yee)
01:58:12 – Sharing (Sis Zoey)

00:00:00 – Briefing for Day 9
00:01:29 – Revert to 5 Precepts
00:08:40 – Sharing (Sis Tracy)
00:11:11 – Sharing (Bro Fong)
00:37:13 – Sharing (Sis Cindy)
00:55:58 – Sharing (Bro Chin How)
01:04:49 – Sharing (Sis Han)
01:16:38 – Sharing (Sis Elsie)
01:31:53 – Sharing (Sis Mun Yuen)
02:02:24 – Request for Chanting
02:03:03 – Chanting [in Sanskrit] mantra of Manjusri Bodhisattva (文殊菩薩) Om Ah Ra Pa Tsa Na Dhi
02:07:51 – Chanting [in Sanskrit] mantra of Cundi Bodhisattva (準提菩薩) Namaḥ Saptanam Samyaksam Buddha Kotinam Tadyatha Om Cale Cule Cundi Svaha
02:14:01 – Sharing (Sis Poh Cheng)
03:06:45 – QnA and Sharing (Sis Chwee)
03:16:41 – Sharing (Sis Padmasuri)
03:23:02 – Sharing of Merits

00:00:00 – Back to Daily life: Continue Training
00:02:31 – Sharing (Sis Chwee)
00:08:24 – AI generated Executive Summary (Heart Sutra Notes)
00:24:05 – Renew Precepts
00:25:08 – Awareness Based Meditation
00:26:26 – Closing Salutation