In a difficult situation, what is the quickest way for us to break through the bottleneck? In a hectic life, how does one maintain a delightful heart? There is a very good method called the cultivation through chan. I had personally experienced through four methods of chan cultivation to cleanse oneself, to quiet oneself, and to purify oneself. Let there be no burden within and with neither quarrel nor distraction. Let us enter into a clear and peaceful stage of body and mind. Our mind is a large open and quiet area. Of course, the more effort you put into, the more you will discover the inner beauty within....
On June 12, we attended The Great Ceremonial Offering of Śākyamuni Buddha Partial Head Crown Bone Relic at Nánjīng Xīxiáshān. On this day, Xīxiási temple is full of world leaders along with hundred and eight elders from both coasts and three regions. Among them are Chinese Buddha Association President Chuányin Master, Taiwan’s Xīngyún Master and Macau Buddha Association Director General Jiànzhāo Master. And I, too, was invited to this distinguished ceremony.....
On June 8th, I led a group of disciples to Shànghǎi and then to Nánjīng on the 12th for a special dharma assembly: The Great Ceremonial Offering of Śākyamuni Buddha Partial Head Crown Bone Relic. But few days earlier arriving to Nánjīng, we came to Shànghǎi World Expo which is the center of worldly attention....
Recent news has focused on the prediction of 2012: THE END OF THE WORLD. No matter how media or scientists repeatedly remind us, earth's condition is getting worse. In addition to abnormal climate changes in recent years, the increased frequency and severity of earthquakes, and numerous natural disasters have led people to feel as if nature is protesting and reacting against mankind’s spoliation. Mankind has also begun to fear for the prediction of the end of the world. Into the past, we have been promoting a task: we have to work on environmental protection for this world. Sometimes, we only know about the word, environmental protection, but do not understand the effect it has on our life. For instance, when floods
February 13th is the last day of the Year of the Ox, after this day, we enter the Year of Tiger and wished everyone a [Fortune Comes from Good Karma] (Chinese word for Fortune and Tiger have the same pronunciation, fu). At each year’s new year’s eve when we gather around the stove, I have expectations along with disciples’ gathering around the stove, that everyone, through the connection with Buddha Dharma and Good Karma, can unite and be diligent in passing on the tradition of Buddha’s Dharma...
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