About us
The Vegetarian Vegan Sharing Meetup Group aims to be an open meetup group where people can share and support each other on the journey to be vegetarian or vegan.
Sometimes one may face questions and difficulties such as
How to cook delicious vegetarian or vegan food?
Are there enough nutrients with vegetarian or vegan food?
How to persist in being vegetarian or vegan when there are obstacles ahead?
...etc.
With sharing and supporting each other, hopefully there will be more and more people starting and staying in the path to help reduce sufferings of living beings, bring better health and quality of life to humans and other living beings as well as a sustainable Earth.
Moreover, welcome to check out other related meetup groups and their events below.
https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/tao-te-ching/
https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/zen-tao/
Upcoming events
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Mazu DaoYi Zen teachings for Spiritual awakening and cultivation
·OnlineOnlineThe group is for people to meet, discuss, share and help each other for Spiritual Growth, Cultivation and Network.
We know that we have body, mind and spirit. The body is tangible and will go through birth, sickness, aging, and death. It also has duality, there are men and women and it lives in the physical world. Mind is intangible, but still has duality. There are positive/negative thoughts. The spirit is intangible and beyond duality. Lao Tzu used Tao to refer to the origin of creation and the pure spirit within each one of us. Buddha called the pure spirit as Buddha nature, meaning everyone can reach Buddhahood or enlightenment. It is referred to as the image of God in the Bible and spirit of Allah in the Koran. The more modern terms can be pure awareness or pure consciousness.
Even though there are different names, they all point to the same pure nature within us.
The analogy of sun and clouds is one of my favourites. The pure nature can be likened to the sun, which is always emitting light regardless of sunny days, cloudy days or stormy days. The vexations such as anger, resentment, greed, ignorance, attachment to fame, possessions...etc. can be likened to clouds that can temporarily obscure the light from the pure nature. However, once they are blown away, the light or wisdom from the pure nature will shine again.
Spiritual cultivation is the journey to awaken to the pure nature within us and how to blow away clouds of delusions to let the wisdom or light to flow from the pure nature without hindrance, which lead us to a life with joy, ease and love while living in this dualistic world.We use Master Mazu DaoYi's Zen teachings to as a starting point and are open to any other teachings, such as those from Buddha, Jesus, Confucius, Tao Te Ching and life experiences and wisdom from within each one of us.
It's a good chance for any one who is interested to study, understand and share understandings and how to apply in our life to reveal great wisdom from our true/Buddha nature.
We have done the translation ourselves to reflect the true meaning of the original text as accurately as possible. We welcome any suggestions during the discussion.
Please note that there are regular attendees who may not RSVP here. Don't be discouraged by the low RSVP count. You're warmly welcome to join us!
Here is some information about the Bodhidharma.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhidharma
Welcome to join us even if you haven't attended previous sessions as the discussion is quite flexible and any topic in previous texts can be discussed if needed.
If you use browser to open meeting URL, remember to allow access to your microphone and camera when asked.
Please mute your microphone if you're not speaking when there are background sounds to prevent them being introduced into the meeting.Looking forward to see you all in the discussions.
1 attendee
Vegetarian vegan cooking class
Kingswood, NS, AUWelcome to join the cooking demonstration to learn and share how to prepare delicious vegetarian food.
The location is in Penrith area. Please send your mobile number via meetup message and any ingredient limitation of your diet to me when you RSVP.
The address will be sent in SMS to your phone before the event date.
The cooking can be flexible and you can suggest what you like to learn and we will see if we can provide it for you.
We will cook tofu dishes and a way to make a delicious sauces from a tree leaves this time.
The fee AUD 10 is to cover the cost for ingredients, ...etc.We will contact you via Meetup message to exchange mobile numbers so we can call or text each other to confirm details or locate one another on the day.
If you don't receive our Meetup message, please email us at TaoZen168@gmail.com with your mobile number, and we will reach out to you directly.
Please see more details in below meetup groups and there are other events if you're interested.
2 attendees
Tai Chi, Qiqong, Zen and Tao Study in Flinders Slopes, Georges Hall, NSW (Free)
Seven Peacekeepers Monument, Flinders Slopes, Henry Lawson Dr, Georges Hall NSW 2198, Georges Hall, AUEnjoy the gentle exercise of Tai Chi, which can bring peace, health to your body, mind and spirit.
We meet near Seven Peacekeepers Monument,
You can find location below.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/EYBuSYAzo9dFuBpq9Please note that there are regular attendees who may not RSVP here. Don't be discouraged by the low RSVP count. You're warmly welcome to join us!
Please see more details in below meetup groups and there are other events if you're interested.
2 attendees
Tao Te Ching and Zen Study for Spiritual Cultivation in Georges Hall
Seven Peacekeepers Monument,, Flinders Slopes, Henry Lawson Dr, Georges Hall NSW 2198, Georges Hall, AUThe in-person discussion is for people to meet, discuss, share and help each other for Spiritual Growth, Cultivation and Network.
We know that we have body, mind and spirit. The body is tangible and will go through birth, sickness, aging, and death. It also has duality, there is men and women and it lives in the physical world. Mind is intangible, but still has duality. There are positive/negative thoughts. The spirit is intangible and beyond duality. Lao Tzu used Tao to refer to origin of creation and the pure spirit within each one of us. Buddha called the pure spirit as Buddha nature, meaning everyone can reach Buddhahood or enlightenment. It is referred to as the image of God in Bible and spirit of Allah in Koran. The more modern terms can be pure awareness or pure consciousness. Even though there are different names, they all point to the same pure nature within us.
The analogy of sun and clouds is one of my favourites. The pure nature can be likened to the sun, which is always emitting light regardless of sunny days, cloudy days or stormy days. The vexations such as anger, resentment, greed, ignorance, attachment to fame, possessions...etc. can be liken to clouds that can temporarily obscure the light from the pure nature. However, once they are blown away, the light or wisdom from the pure nature will shine again.
The spiritual cultivation is the journey to awaken to the pure nature within us and how to blow away clouds of delusions to let the wisdom or light to flow from the pure nature without hindrance, which lead us to a life with joy, ease and love while living in this dualistic world.
Welcome to join and share your understanding and realisation and how to apply them in life.We have done the translation ourselves to reflect the true meaning of the original text as accurately as possible.
We welcome any suggestions during the discussion.It's outdoors but under cover. So we can still do it even if it rains.
There is tai chi and qi qong excercise from 9 30 AM at the same place if you like to do the workout.
We meet near Flinders Slope playground.You can find location below.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/kfBHSoxDCaErEgCk7Please note that there are regular attendees who may not RSVP here. Don't be discouraged by the low RSVP count. You're warmly welcome to join us!
Please see more details in below meetup groups and there are other events if you're interested.
https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/tao-te-ching/
https://www.meetup.com/zen-tao/
Looking forward to meeting you there.2 attendees
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