The teleconference on Saturday, November 3, 2007, 7:00PM-9:00PM (EST), will be conducted by a panel, consisting of all participating venerable monks.
The discussion will be moderated and led by Ven. D. Indarathana of Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara, Michigan.
The topic for this meeting will be: Buddhist guidelines for a healthy family life
Please note that the Telephone numbers as well as Skypeout numbers for the conference have been changed due to the recent upgrade of the conference bridge. Please refer to the e-mail of October 30, 2007 or visit http://www.dhammaconference.blogspot.com for complete details of the new conference bridge information.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
Global Sinhala Dhamma Discussion: Conference Bridge Upgrade
We are pleased inform all Global Sinhala Dhamma Discussion Participants that we have upgraded the Conference Bridge to support high definition audio qualiy.
This means that the participants using Skype will enjoy better than phone voice quality. What does this means? Phones are not able to transmit very much information. Like an AM radio, phones can only deliver the mid-tones of your voice to the telephone at the other end making you sound a little tinny and as if you are, well, using a telephone (limited to about 4kHz at the upper end whereas voices and the human ear range up to about 22kHz). When you use Skype and your computer to get into a wideband audio HighSpeed Conference, every caller hears a much wider voice range (extending up as far as 12kHz). The bottom line is that your voice sounds richer, fuller, clearer and far more natural to everyone on the conference call.
Here are the new calling numbers for the Dhamma conference using the high performance conference bridge:
From Skype (totally free!):
call Skype number: +9900827048980674 to be a participant. Please note that this Skype out number is completely free. Please ensure that you include the leading "+" when you dial this number using Skype's call phones feature. (In most cases, depending on your e-mail client, you will be able to just click on the above Skype number and invoke the Skype call.)
From a regular phone...
Calling from the USA/Canada call:
USA Phone# 1-605-475-8800(long distance costs apply).
In Europe, call:
Austria 0820 401 15470
Belgium 0703 57 134
France 0826 109 071
Germany 0180 500 9527
Ireland 818 270 968
Spain 902 881 270
Switzerland 0848 560 397
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0870 0990 931
The conference is free but premium national rate charges will apply to these calls, as follows:
Charge/minute
UK: 1.5p
Germany: 14 Euro Cents
France: 15 Euro Cents
Belgium: 8.7 Euro Cents
Switzerland: 4 Euro Cents
Ireland: 1.3 Euro Cents
Italy: 8.2 Euro Cents
Conference Room/ID Number is : 8980674
Participant Commands:
*2 - Mute/Unmute your own line so other people can't hear you talking
*9 - Raise hand (Optional)
This means that the participants using Skype will enjoy better than phone voice quality. What does this means? Phones are not able to transmit very much information. Like an AM radio, phones can only deliver the mid-tones of your voice to the telephone at the other end making you sound a little tinny and as if you are, well, using a telephone (limited to about 4kHz at the upper end whereas voices and the human ear range up to about 22kHz). When you use Skype and your computer to get into a wideband audio HighSpeed Conference, every caller hears a much wider voice range (extending up as far as 12kHz). The bottom line is that your voice sounds richer, fuller, clearer and far more natural to everyone on the conference call.
Here are the new calling numbers for the Dhamma conference using the high performance conference bridge:
From Skype (totally free!):
call Skype number: +9900827048980674 to be a participant. Please note that this Skype out number is completely free. Please ensure that you include the leading "+" when you dial this number using Skype's call phones feature
From a regular phone...
Calling from the USA/Canada call:
USA Phone# 1-605-475-8800(long distance costs apply).
In Europe, call:
Austria 0820 401 15470
Belgium 0703 57 134
France 0826 109 071
Germany 0180 500 9527
Ireland 818 270 968
Spain 902 881 270
Switzerland 0848 560 397
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0870 0990 931
The conference is free but premium national rate charges will apply to these calls, as follows:
Charge/minute
UK: 1.5p
Germany: 14 Euro Cents
France: 15 Euro Cents
Belgium: 8.7 Euro Cents
Switzerland: 4 Euro Cents
Ireland: 1.3 Euro Cents
Italy: 8.2 Euro Cents
Conference Room/ID Number is : 8980674
Participant Commands:
*2 - Mute/Unmute your own line so other people can't hear you talking
*9 - Raise hand (Optional)
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Global Sinhala Dhamma Discussion Series (Teleconference): 13th Meeting (October 27, 2007)
The teleconference on Saturday, Oct 27, 2007, 7:00PM-9:00PM (EST), will be conducted by a panel, consisting of all participating venerable monks.
The discussion will be moderated and led by Ven. P. Sathi of of Triple Gem of the North Buddhist Organization in Minnesota and Ven. D. Indarathana of Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara, Michigan.
The topic for this meeting will be: What is meditation (Bhavana)?
The discussion will be moderated and led by Ven. P. Sathi of of Triple Gem of the North Buddhist Organization in Minnesota and Ven. D. Indarathana of Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara, Michigan.
The topic for this meeting will be: What is meditation (Bhavana)?
Friday, October 19, 2007
Global Sinhala Dhamma Discussion Series (Teleconference): 12th Meeting (October 20, 2007)
The teleconference on Saturday, Oct 20, 2007, 7:00PM-9:00PM (EST), will be conducted by a panel, consisting of all participating venerable monks.
The discussion will be moderated and led by Ven. D. Indarathana of Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara, Michigan.
The topic for this meeting will be: Material Offerings (Pali: Amisa-Puja) and Practice Offerings (Pali: Patipatti-Puja).
The discussion will be moderated and led by Ven. D. Indarathana of Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara, Michigan.
The topic for this meeting will be: Material Offerings (Pali: Amisa-Puja) and Practice Offerings (Pali: Patipatti-Puja).
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Global Sinhala Dhamma Discussion Series (Teleconference): 11th Meeting (October 13, 2007)
The teleconference on Saturday, Oct 13, 2007, 7:00PM-9:00PM (EST), will be conducted by a panel, consisting of all participating venerable monks.
The discussion will be moderated and led by Ven. D. Indarathana of Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara, Michigan.
The topic for this meeting will be: "Saddha" (Conviction, Faith: A confidence in the Buddha that gives one the willingness to put his teachings into practice)
The discussion will be moderated and led by Ven. D. Indarathana of Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara, Michigan.
The topic for this meeting will be: "Saddha" (Conviction, Faith: A confidence in the Buddha that gives one the willingness to put his teachings into practice)
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Global Sinhala Dhamma Discussion Series (Teleconference): 10th Meeting (October 6, 2007)
The teleconference on Saturday, Oct 6, 2007, 7:00PM-9:00PM (EST), will be conducted by a panel, consisting of all participating venerable monks.
The discussion will be moderated and led by Ven. D. Indarathana of Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara, Michigan.
The topic for this meeting will be: "Moral Shame and Moral Dread (Hiri-Ottappa in Pali)"
The discussion will be moderated and led by Ven. D. Indarathana of Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara, Michigan.
The topic for this meeting will be: "Moral Shame and Moral Dread (Hiri-Ottappa in Pali)"
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