GM did opening blessing for the altar here & also blessed all present.
No empowerment transfer at this chapter.
However, plenty of Prajna Light Orbs were captured by fellow Dharma students from my group.
I was attending to a fellow student who has severe pain in right knee & Light orbs were captured showing support. Thanks to GM & everyone.
We held a party in my suite as this is the only evening we have no info of GM going to any TBS Chapters.
To our surprise, we captured Prajna Light Orbs as well inside my suite.
There are 47 of us from Singapore staying in Hotel Banyuwangi Sintera owned by family of fellow TBS students.
Our heartfelt thanks to GM for blessing us with the presence of Buddhas, Boddhisattvas & Dharma Protectors…..round the clock.
Our group of 47 arrived. We went to airport to welcome in GM at about 2.30pm.
Security was real tight in that there were hired guards surrounding GM the moment he steps out of security area.
My point is they completely blocked GM from our view. Haha! Sad but true!
GM went to Welcome dinner and the security were the same.
Local TBS students put up a real grand performance to entertain our beloved Guru that evening.
I like the two numbers played put up by Madha Tantri (TBS’s Indo association very much. They performed with bamboo instruments which is a traditional way of playing ‘wind’ instruments with different lengths & sizes of bamboo.
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There is a 4th sutra chanting activity at Nirvana Singapore (富贵山庄) on 5th Mar 2011 (Sat) at 10am. Appreciate if all of you can support this activity. As per last session, please drop Yew Sin a message @ 81812449 or 9179 5381 (Sister Annie) for registration. Transport & lunch will be provided, pick-up point will be same as last session which is at Jurong East MRT Station 9:15 am.AmitofoLotuschef 释莲厨法师True Buddha School
A gave C these passing remarks as he passes C on the stairways at entrance to school: You are too rich, that is why you are sick. You give me your money then you will be alright. 当A与C在校门的梯级擦身而过时他说：你超有钱，所以生病。你把钱拿出来给我，那你不会生病。
C has caught a cold because she is not use to cold weather of the new school located in the USA. C was too shocked by his Greed to answer him. C是不适应美洲寒冷的气候才着凉的。对于A的贪念，C非常惊讶。
Does this mean that A did some evil stuff on C to make her sick? Sure sounds like that! Haha! 这是说A做了邪术令C生病吗？ 听言下意识是如此！ 哈哈！
A said to C: Master said I have horns, see how I act against you! A对C说：师父说我有角，看我怎样对付你！
B:What's wrong with you? Frightening a new recruit! B:你有没有搞错？吓唬新成员！
C walked away with a smile. C笑笑的走开了。
Seems A is a bully in the school and uses his position as General Affairs Officer and throw his weight around causing unhappiness all around. People scattered when he approaches. A在学校是个以他事物管理专员的职责，欺压校里的所有人。使所有人不悦。一看到他都闪开。
Think: What is one with Horns? Animal/Beast! All through the ages, Human has tamed animals, because animals don't have Wisdom like Human. 试想：一个有角的是什麽？畜生！ 自古以来都是人类制服畜生，畜生没有人类的智慧！
Let's use Buddhist Philosophy and analyse this matter. A beast with horns can be facing you or standing in front of you to shield you from others. You can also be seated on his back and control his every move. Where is the Threat? In Jingang Sutra, everything is nothingness. If you perceive the beast can harm you, then it can. But if you perceive it as harmless and tamed, where is the threat then? 我们试着用佛哲学来分析这事故。 有角的畜生可以面对你也可以在你前面，面向别人而护着你。你也可能骑在它背上，全控它一举一动。有威胁吗？ 金刚经，一切是空。你认为畜生能伤害你，它就能。你认为它毫无杀伤力而且已驯服，何来威胁？
Don't give others Power to harm/hurt you. 不要给任何人力量伤害你。
13-2-2011 Thanksgiving Dinner For GM by Xiang Hua LZS
Fellow Dharma Students residing in HK put up a program singing Cantonese opera, canto-pop and most amazing a Hokkien song [爱拼才会赢] - which means must strive hard then can win.
The whole hearted intent to entertain GM and make GM happy is shown in that HK which is Cantonese prone, spending must time & effort to learn Hokkien- the Taiwanese dialect of GM's birth place.
This is what offering to Buddha is all about. Your whole hearted effort to please and share happiness!
Y said to P: H spread words that you bad-mouth M. You are ban from this place. You must beware of H and ...... Do not contact them or write emails to them. [Y did not realized that she is talking to P in the supposedly prohibited area. Also she didn't know that the assistant manager invited P to visit. Not too intelligent our Ms Y? Haha!]
P said: My Guru said there is no good nor bad. Did you see and hear all these first hand? Did M really did what I am supposed to have 'bad-mouthed'? Haha! If all these not true then why bother about Lies others churned about me?
Y then said: I am graduating this summer from Uni, and starting my own business. You come join me. I have financial backers.
Y did not realized that H & P are firmed friends. Trying to split these friends apart because P is an experienced professional and supposedly wealthy. Y has actually tricked P before. Little realizing that P is aware of her duplicities. Haha! [Ms Y has bad memory power!]
Previous occasion, Y seek out P to help in setting up a charity event, also claiming that she has lots of financial backing.
P said: when you graduate then I will help you when I have time.
Y brought P to see the organizers of the charity event & introduced P as the one that is going to take charge of setting up the event to be held in P's & Y's hometown. P refuted her words & insisted that when Y graduates she can start organizing the event & P will help whenever she has time.
Y wanted to have P on her side as P is supposedly very wealthy and experience in business. Y really do not have many financial backers as she claims. She did not realized that P is not as wealthy as rumor has it too. [Rumors are often untruths that are being spread by people that are too free and nothing better to do, and they are often jealous too.]
When she returns to her hometown, she has no where to stay and she called P and said: I am coming on ......, I want to stay in your house. P said: sorry, not convenient. Why don't you go stay with your own family?
Y's family do not welcome her as there are many differences unsettled and Y makes her own way in life.
Y likes to copy phrases, verses, statements from the famous and share on Facebook, putting herself in the forefront & trying to create an image of intelligence and being capable. She has a habit of ordering others around as if she is a princess.
Dear readers, have you met these type of people before? Haha! Don't get deceive by exterior & sweet words too.
When I am in business, I always stress to my staff that we only explain our products' strong points and never speak bad about others' products.
Trying to worm their ways into your confidence like Y, belittling others in the process. These are people you should avoid at all cost! Do you agree?
Lotus Helen took many photos surrounding temple. I think it is worth while to share with all. There are some here. During & after event, GM's [power] is undoubtable. Where ever GM may be, Miracles do come True. Cheers for GM & let us thank Lotus Helen for sharing.
T said: you must abide by the Doctrines strictly! C said: GM said that if you are the only ONE on the moon, you have no need to abide by anything. T said: But you are in sentient world so you must abide. C said: one can choose to be on the Moon or in Sentient World as GM said. You like the sentient world then you stay there, I like the moon so I stay on the moon.
Lets discuss. T does not seem to have listen and understand GM's teachings or for the matter Buddhist philosophy. One can dictate or control one's life or death when one cultivate. 自主生死!
T seems to like to force his views on others in a threatening way, as failure to abide by doctrines or breaking precepts draw heavy penalties and so on so forth.
There's an article in GM's book that goes like this: Question put to GM: What good is becoming a Buddha? So dull & boring, always cultivating or chanting, no fun at all.
This person and T is similar in that they let a single view or Form blind them to other views of Buddhism. The negative side is that T insisted that C listen to him or ELSE. Haha! Personally, I do not agree with putting fear of punishment as a way to make others do something. Buddha teaches us ways to leave sufferings and attain happiness and not to make others as well as self unhappy.
C is hinting to him to leave Attachment behind & also reminding him that he has Ultimate control of his own path.
XX goes round complaining that C is not listening to him and being disobedient.
以上的人物不为同一间公司办事。 C 是自由专业人士，能选侧工作项目。
All the personnel above are not working for the same company. C is a free lance professional that take assignments at will.
试想：Lets Ponder:
XX为何要C服从？
Why must C be obedient to XX who is not his boss?
为和要管制C？
Why need to control C?
为何要到处投诉？
Why go round and complain that C is disobedient?
XX is a dictator that need to feel in control all the time irregardless whether appropriate or not. A person that has no ability likes to feel in control but really has no idea what is CONTROL! XX's company has been ordered closed down by the legal authorities because they failed to abide by certain laws. It seems that A & B is ignorant of the fact that XX no longer has a company to work for and his executive position is no longer in existence. Haha! I do not believe that we should obey someone purportedly sitting in a 'high position' without using wisdom to discern whether we should perform as instructed or not. There are many that like to think that many have to follow their orders because they are 'in control' and must be right. Complaining that he can't control a temporary employee or fellow worker is actually telling others he has no knowhow to convince others to work with him. He actually put himself out to be a Failure. Sad but true.
I took the HSR (high speed rail) from Taichung to TaoYuan. Much to my surprise, TaoYuan's HSR station is about 20minutes away from the airport & we either go by shuttle which cost NTD30 or a cab which cost a flat rate of NTD300. My point is that the HSR station is far from TaoYuan city area & not convenient for last minute shopping.
I took one lotus from the lotus team to the airport. Haha! Not kidding!
I visited this place in May 2009 with Group from Singapore LZS. It is now almost ready safe for some minor touch-up. GM did the opening inauguration and also a Yellow Jambala Fire Puja then after. It is well attended by many fellow Dharma students and the public. There was a Thanks giving dinner after the event.
GM arrives at the Book Fair around 2pm. He compassionately signed all books & posters on sale at the True Buddha Booth. He put more than 400 signatures on all articles placed in front of him. So glad I had a chance to present New Year greetings to him and also his signature on the latest book.
TBS' booth is the most crowded one well before GM 's arrival.
If you refer to my previous article: GM said he signed anything placed in front of him because he wants to leave a part of him with us.
Dear all, Please take note that the English/Chinese 4 Preliminaries practice every Tuesday night @8.30pm at Singapore Lei Zhang Si (Lorong 19 Geylang) will be suspended till further notice as Lotus Adrian has heavy work commitment overseas.
Please stay tune to this blogspot for practice notices.
Morning of the 6th, I received a call from a fellow Dharma sister asking for help. She needs me to help with White matter chanting 白事诵经. Seems temples stop all functions till after 15th day of Chinese New Year was one of the reason given. I encountered the other MAJOR ONE - FEAR of Bearing Negative Karma from the deceased & her family. Anyway, I am glad that there are at least some kind-hearted and enlightened individuals that came and help the chanting dedication and bardo deliverance.
Ignorance. GM said many times that chanting and dedicating merits at wakes is a form of Boddhicitta. One is charitably sharing all the amazing qualities of Dharma with the deceased, her ancestors, family and all present. Also all merits of that session is dedicated to the deceased 'to use' in Pureland. The bardo deliverance part is also Dharma charity.
A charitable person, forever giving outwards irregardless of self and rewards, is not greedy, in heart sutra: Because nothing is attained, the Boddhisattva, through reliance on Prajna Paramita, is unimpeded in his mind. As there is no impediment, he is NOT AFRAID, & he leaves DISTORTED DREAM - THINKING FAR BEHIND. Ultimately Nirvana! [以无所得故，菩提萨埵....心无罣礙......无有恐怖....]
I sincerely hope that fellow Dharma students and all sentient beings understand and learn not to be afraid. Do not create FORMS that you give them POWER to be able to Harm you!
From 6th Patriarch's sutra. Monk, went to pay respect to the 6th patriarch, bowing at the waist but did not kneel with knees touching ground, with head touching ground and palm faced downwards touching ground. 6th Patriarch saw into his heart. Monk did not pay full respect as he perceived that he has chanted 3000 times of Lotus Sutra [妙法莲华经] and 6th patriarch can't read so can't chant. Monk felt that he is way above the Patriarch.
Chanting without dedication to sentient beings but for self only, is cultivating [wisdom 慧] without [merits福]. Both important to a Dharma student.
6th patriarch said he can explain any portion of the sutra read to him. In this instance, Is chanting a large number of sutra important?
Let's refresh. Please refer to my recent article on Padmasambhava. This fellow Dharma student chanted lots of mantras and recorded them in a book which he showed to Padmasambhava in a dream. He was told that Root Guru's mantra not enough.
Other than not being able to yoga with Root Guru, here's the other criteria. Boddhicitta - chanting & dedicating to all sentient beings and not for self.
Share with all. Isn't the Patriarch amazing? Teaching basic concepts of cultivation for all Dharma students way way back in time. HAHA!
Lion dance started off the Chinese New Year Celebrations at Lotus Light Charity at about 2.30pm. Venerable Quangen; Lian Jian; Lotuschef attended this function. Turnout more than 50 persons. We had lots of goodies namely the Raw Fish Salad (shown on Right), Durian puffs, Otah, Fried noodles & beehoon, a dish called Lion's head; fishballs; etc.
While having reunion dinner, I watch the above movie. See how Kong Ming (孔明) and Zhou Yu (周瑜) use their Wisdom to fight the huge army of Cao Cao (曹操). A 30,000 strong army against a 100,000 strong one.
The Red
Cliff (wall) is actually a burning Wall of Fire. Combustion material being the sea vessels transporting Cao Cao's huge army.
Knowing that Cao's army are Northerners not well verse with the sea, and Cao link his vessels all by heavy chains, setting fire to one vessel created a chain reaction like the game Collapse. One down all down!
HAHA! i am not advocating you readers to go devise methods to fight and do mass killings. Just see how one with a calm clear mind and observant of one's surrounding can solve one's problem.
Observation is actually gathering or inputing data into your Brain/hard disk for analysis and future usages, do you agree?
Buddha teaches us ways to find that Wisdom within. GM elaborated the methods frequently as well.
Let us all go find Wisdom within and do not get distracted by what is Outside.
A: Fashi, how long do I have to pay Karmic debts? I have already done so for the pass 5years.
Fashi: You have to be truly repentant in order to clear your karmic debts. I still don't see the end of your current path. You have to be humble and helping to others. Your quick temper create more karmic debts and your EGO need to let go......
A is arrogant and boastful. He went under 5years ago, financially crashed and matters got worse and worse. His licence to practice also revoke. (Cannot reveal his profession). He borrows from friends middle of the month and pay back early the next or not at all. Then middle of the month he borrows again. He can not move out of this cycle of loan & repayment for the past few years.
I am shocked that he lied that his financial situation improved after getting some fortune idols last year. He tried to borrow from me too.
What a way to start a brand new year? With lies!!!
Seems he is going deeper & deeper into the DARK, farther away from GM daily.
I helped a tongmen (fellow disciple) pray to Earth Deities & spirits one afternoon. Burn lots of lotuses, pagodas and a mixture of TBS incense paper. Taught him to say sorry, please accept my apologies & offerings. The window pane of his multi-passenger vehicle suddenly burst into pieces, but no one was hurt. This incident inconvenienced him much and replacement also cost him a little. However, things smoothen out for him too.
Believe it or not, what GM keep teaching us, truly works.
Look back through the articles I posted in this blog:-
1. We went to chant mantra & sutra to dedicate to someone lying in Intensive Care (Sunday). A master said she is in grave danger and outlook not good a day before (Saturday). Monday, while cultivating, I negotiated with the Karmic foe, she sat on to a Lotus and GM scooped it up and place on to a pond of water. She came out of coma & recovered speedily from then on. She is not a disciple of TBS.
2. The one with suicide aura, well, he also improved tremendously. I did offerings to his karmic negative continuously for 7 days. He came along for Live Animal release, Sutra dedication, Lotus Light Charity's events. The suicidal aura disappeared very fast. I think about 2weeks its gone. When I saw him at Lotus Light Charity's event one Sunday, he has a shine too.
3. A Shijie (female Dharma student) has a growth in her womb that was about 8.5cm in diameter. Also after Live animal release, True Buddha Repentance and offerings of lots of incense; lotuses, the growth decreased in size gradually to 6.2cm ; 2cm and smaller. The doctor said no need to have surgical removal. I also taught her to cultivate Golden Mother 金母 healing practice as taught by GM.
There are much more that benefited from GM's teachings & blessings.
Hope all fellow disciples and readers can reach out and help those in need when they come into your path.
An 80-year old lady fell down from a bus. I met her recently & her Karmic negatives all embedded in her face. Thanks to her filial daughter who does dedication to her karmic foes, her fall is not fatal.
Lots of people believe one is unlucky to meet with any accident. Look at them from another view point now. They can be Blessings in Disguise.
Sometimes when your karmic foes want to leave you or forgive you because of your saying sorry, they will literally vent their last bit of anger on you before leaving. They make you lost something eg. Accident hurting you or your possessions.
Am I crazy in teaching you to look at things this way?
Haha! Don't take my word for it! Go observe the people around you and happenings in their lives.
This is a good way to start caring for all sentient beings. Being observant.
Seattle 2009 Someone told fellow Dharma students that I have 'Power'. Haha! Guess what? From then on, every morning (7am) & evening (8pm) there is a marked increase in attendance for both cultivation session at Seattle Temple. Also these attendees chose to sit very close to me. As they can't sit in front of me or beside me (because I am a venerable), they all sat behind me but pretty close.
Question: Does sitting next to GM makes one 'powerful' without cultivation?
What kind of 'Power'? How to get it and use it? It seems these are not important! Just want some like everyone else, can't lose out to others.
Haha! Greed & ignorance at work, do you agree?
Why crave something that you already have? If you cultivate you can find the Key to unlock it within yourself.
Yes! I do share the empowerment/energy from GM & all Divinities with all around me. Point is, how long can you retain this energy or if at all?
Special Tip: Share & don't try to horde it within. Energy should be an ever moving/circulating force, like Dharma Wheel forever turning.
Throw Greed far far away please & leave Ignorance behind by following GM's teachings.
