Free buddhist books/sutras can be taken from this shop

• Wiser

  1 Mar 11, 21:07

  for general information, there is a bookshop on the third floor of the Fortune Building/centre at middle road, next to the famous hindu temple.

   

  This bookshop is owned by a publication company who has printed so many buddhist books for customers for free distribution that they are overloaded, so what they did is to open a shop and put all these free books in front for anyone to take.

  It's hidden in one corner but you can literally find many sutras, buddhist books in stacks there. The most popular for printing are "cause and effect" karma book,

   sutra of the treasure earth bodhisattva (kitisargarbhva) , amitufo sutra , liang huang treasure  (liang emperor)  repentance sutra.

  They welcome anyone to take these free distribution books from the shop.They are helping customers to clear them.

   

   This shop is either on the third or fourth floor. Beside the shop is a TCM clinic and opposite a vegetarian grocery shop.  Fortune Centre at middle road (beside the hindu temple).

   

   

• realization

  2 Mar 11, 20:44

  I couldn't bump it up because the topic has expired.

   

  Spots in Singapore giving out free Buddhist publications?

  http://buddhism.sgforums.com/forums/1728/topics/415155

• Wiser

  2 Mar 11, 21:05

  Realization your post says fortune centre level 1, that shop has closed down , no more there.

   

  The one i recommend is on level 3 or 4 , must take the escalator to go up and there is a TCM clinic beside it with a vegetarian shop opposite it. It's hidden in one corner and you can take stacks of the same book, not just one or two copy.

  To be able to take back 3 huge volumes of the Liang Emporer Repentance sutra is very hard to find.

• Dawnfirstlight

  2 Mar 11, 22:57

  I shall go and take a look when I'm free.

• Zenist69

  2 Mar 11, 23:08

  Went there recently.

  Nothing much really... Prefer 居士林, and that Tanjong Katong shop.

  Or maybe I went to the wrong shop...? There are a few free buddhism material distribution 'points' in that building.

  Why dun u list down the unit number??

   

   

• Wiser

  3 Mar 11, 14:48

  why don't i hold your hand and bring you to the doorstep of the shop? better right?

  you don't have to try to find the TCM clinic or the vegetarian shop and to take the escalator up to 3rd floor.  Or 4th floor.

   

   

   

• Zenist69

  3 Mar 11, 21:43

  Originally posted by Wiser:

  why don't i hold your hand and bring you to the doorstep of the shop? better right?

  you don't have to try to find the TCM clinic or the vegetarian shop and to take the escalator up to 3rd floor.  Or 4th floor.

   

   

   

  No need to hold my hand. Just give us the unit number instead. And the operating hours.

  Its not next to the TCM clinic. The TCM clinic is #04-01.The shop is in between two salon shop. Beauty salon, hairdressing, watever. The shop unit number is #04-04. And the name of the shop is 'Pureland'. And it didn't open today when I went down there around 4-5pm. Thank you.

   

• bladez87

  3 Mar 11, 22:00

  lol

• Wiser

  3 Mar 11, 22:10

  Originally posted by Zenist69:

  No need to hold my hand. Just give us the unit number instead. And the operating hours.

  Its not next to the TCM clinic. The TCM clinic is #04-01.The shop is in between two salon shop. Beauty salon, hairdressing, watever. The shop unit number is #04-04. And the name of the shop is 'Pureland'. And it didn't open today when I went down there around 4-5pm. Thank you.

   

  
  See ! isn't it faster for you to find out the unit instead of asking another person to do so.

• Wiser

  3 Mar 11, 22:13

  anyway this shop is round the corner....end of the row of the shop with the TCM beside it.

  You don't count it as in between two salons if you walk from the TCM clinic down to the turning corner where the shop is. Near to the toilet though.

   

   

• Zenist69

  3 Mar 11, 22:16

  Originally posted by Wiser:

  anyway this shop is round the corner....end of the row of the shop with the TCM beside it.

  You don't count it as in between two salons if you walk from the TCM clinic down to the turning corner where the shop is. Near to the toilet though.

   

   

  PLEASE! Thats the problem without giving us the unit number! There are a number of TCM clinics in the building. Level 3 have, level 4 also have. Just give us the name of the shop or the unit number! I dun noe whether the shop I am talking about is the same as yours! I didn't see any toilet near the shop.

• Wiser

  3 Mar 11, 22:26

  Originally posted by Zenist69:

  PLEASE! Thats the problem without giving us the unit number! There are a number of TCM clinics in the building. Level 3 have, level 4 also have. Just give us the name of the shop or the unit number! I dun noe whether the shop I am talking about is the same as yours! I didn't see any toilet near the shop.

  
  but you will see stacks of books outside the shop on a huge table for you to take all you wish.

   

  Why must give you the exact unit leh? you walk around and see other shops lah...good for your heart and open your eyes to see.

   

  Tis no problem la...till you must insist it is.  Stop being so stubborn.

   

• Zenist69

  3 Mar 11, 22:36

  Originally posted by Wiser:

  
  but you will see stacks of books outside the shop on a huge table for you to take all you wish.

   

  Why must give you the exact unit leh? you walk around and see other shops lah...good for your heart and open your eyes to see.

   

  Tis no problem la...till you must insist it is.  Stop being so stubborn.

   

  Harlo, the shop with huge table is at level one, and u told realization that the shop no longer at level one! Its misinformation throughout! U started this thread and gave people half baked info and misinformation, and u think there's no problem?? *gassho...*

• Wiser

  4 Mar 11, 00:28

  Originally posted by Zenist69:

  Harlo, the shop with huge table is at level one, and u told realization that the shop no longer at level one! Its misinformation throughout! U started this thread and gave people half baked info and misinformation, and u think there's no problem?? *gassho...*

  
  A ....first level where got big table with free books to give ? you went to the right building or not ?

   

  what half baked information , you can't find the shop dun anyhow blame ho. Already so clear direction, you still can't find,  something is wrong with you.

• BanguIzai

  4 Mar 11, 00:32

  Nowadays with good technology, we all can scan the free books and post link so people can print on paper only when they want, so to save the environment

• Wiser

  4 Mar 11, 01:48

   

  can also find sutras on website.  But if you want to print the three volumes of Liang Hua (Huang Emperor) repentance sutra to use it for praying, you will find it difficult.

  i quite enjoy finding good book like this one written by

  http://www.fosss.org/fengfeng/Index.html

   

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• Wiser

  4 Mar 11, 02:40

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• Zenist69

  4 Mar 11, 10:07

  Originally posted by Wiser:

  
  A ....first level where got big table with free books to give ? you went to the right building or not ?

   

  what half baked information , you can't find the shop dun anyhow blame ho. Already so clear direction, you still can't find,  something is wrong with you.

  Fortune centre near the hindu temple at middle road.

  Clear direction? Level 3 and 4 dun have a shop near toilet setting up a huge table with free buddhism book. At least for yesterday around 4-5pm, I didn't see one.

  Question for u is, when was the last time u visit the shop? 'cause there's indeed a shop at level one or two with huge table with free buddhist books and dvd.

• Wiser

  4 Mar 11, 12:02

  Originally posted by Zenist69:

  Fortune centre near the hindu temple at middle road.

  Clear direction? Level 3 and 4 dun have a shop near toilet setting up a huge table with free buddhism book. At least for yesterday around 4-5pm, I didn't see one.

  Question for u is, when was the last time u visit the shop? 'cause there's indeed a shop at level one or two with huge table with free buddhist books and dvd.

  
  you say yourself the shop is called pureland and it was closed when you found it yesterday.

  So now what do you want ? 

• Wiser

  4 Mar 11, 12:12

  Originally posted by Zenist69:

  No need to hold my hand. Just give us the unit number instead. And the operating hours.

  Its not next to the TCM clinic. The TCM clinic is #04-01.The shop is in between two salon shop. Beauty salon, hairdressing, watever. The shop unit number is #04-04. And the name of the shop is 'Pureland'. And it didn't open today when I went down there around 4-5pm. Thank you.

   

  So you found the shop and it was closed.   Now what do you want ?

• Zenist69

  4 Mar 11, 12:18

  Originally posted by Wiser:

  
  you say yourself the shop is called pureland and it was closed when you found it yesterday.

  So now what do you want ? 

  For the past few days, I had already made two trips down to fortune center, and both times (in the afternoon), the level 4 shop was not open when I went down. I am done going down to fortune center for buddhism material at least for this month.

• Zenist69

  4 Mar 11, 12:21

  Originally posted by Wiser:

  So you found the shop and it was closed.   Now what do you want ?

  U started this thread. What are u going to do about it? Are u going to personally go down and check the shop out, check whether is it still operating, whether has it shift to other level, wats the exact location or wat? And which shop are u refering to? There's one shop at level one with big table with free buddhism material (most of it from pureland society, MJK material).

• sinweiy

  4 Mar 11, 14:09

  can i give my Wu Liang Shou Jing (commentry? cannot recall) to them? it's not the normal version. it's about 6" (15cm) thick! sort of an "collection" edition. a senior 护法 gave it to me. but i seldom use it. put in glass shelve in house also no use.

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• Wiser

  4 Mar 11, 14:49

  Originally posted by sinweiy:

  can i give my Wu Liang Shou Jing (commentry? cannot recall) to them? it's not the normal version. it's about 6" (15cm) thick! sort of an "collection" edition. a senior 护法 gave it to me. but i seldom use it. put in glass shelve in house also no use.

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  i am not sure about that. You can try asking the shop people.

• Wiser

  4 Mar 11, 14:51

  Originally posted by Zenist69:

  U started this thread. What are u going to do about it? Are u going to personally go down and check the shop out, check whether is it still operating, whether has it shift to other level, wats the exact location or wat? And which shop are u refering to? There's one shop at level one with big table with free buddhism material (most of it from pureland society, MJK material).

  
  that is for you to find out since you like to go there.