Saturday, October 15, 2011

India @ Oct 2011

- 20/11/2011 -
"Let us rise up and be thankful,
for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little,
and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick,
and if we got sick, at least we didn't die;
so, let us all be thankful." - Buddha

Realities of Life - Thoughts on the Young Beggars!

India has poverty, the likes of which I have never seen before, and barely like to imagine. India is like the beggar and destitute capital of the world. It just broke our heart. I always remind myself that they may be manifestations of Bodhisattvas who are trying to spark whatever little bodhichitta and compassion we have. Every time we travel, we usually will bring boxes of thing ie. stationery, food etc etc for distribution. We tried to do something, but since there were so many even almost caused a riot especially in the tourist spot! Is't real??? There might be many fake beggars. But then, there are many real ones too. However, I would rather give them food rather then money.

Children are trained to be beggars in India. When we stopped at any places, clusters of begging children approached us, hoping for handouts. They aren't shy about it at all. They flit from vehicle to vehicle at each junction during traffic jams. They stick their little hands through the window until you pay attention to them. Then they look at you with their watery, brown, shiny eyes and put their hands to their mouth, showing that they want food and money. It was very sad to look at their ragged clothing, dirty skin and scrawny bodies.

[photo @ 04/10/2011]
Heart broken when I saw this little boy picture again. I still remembered that when we reached the Mata Kaur Shrine, Kushinagar, India, a crowd of children run towards us. He and friends quickly folded their palm in 'Namaste' and started to sing/chant so sadly.

Begging is the hardest, most heart-wrenching thing about India.

I'll not forget to pray and send my blessing to you all, all the times....

Let's share the seed of unconditional love to every corner of the world! May all being be well, enjoy real peace, harmony and abundance of happiness!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86TmTnK61RI
四無量心The Four Immeasurables
願一切有情具樂及樂因
願一切有情離苦及苦因
願一切有情具喜及喜因
願一切有情遠離怨親愛憎
常住大平等捨

May all sentient beings have happiness and its causes,
May all sentient beings be free from suffering and its causes.
May all sentient beings be inseparable with joy, which is without suffering.
May all sentient beings abide in equanimity, free of bias, attachment and anger.

~ 14/10/2011 ~
Bid farewell to a spectacular journey to India. Sad eyes looking to the Indian people bodies laying (overcrowding) all over at the Bodh Gaya railway station platforms.

So grateful to be home, my home sweet home is best of all! 感恩!

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." -- Melody Beattie

Saturday, September 17, 2011

兩個人的午餐

I'm so lazy, have not been writing anything for such a long long time... and suddenly think of some funny conversation during our lunch!

昨天(16/9/2011)午餐煮了兩道菜和一樣蓮藕雜豆湯 (忘了拍照)。。。
老公吃得津津有味!

我說: Wah! Ini hari U suka ketiga-tiga sayur hoo...
老公說: Memang lah! U pandai masak maa...
我說: U pandai cakap saja! (我就捏了他的臉一下,嘻嘻!)

Monday, January 11, 2010

The Great Bell Chant



The Great Bell Chant from R Smittenaar on Vimeo.



source: http://vimeo.com/6518109
courtesy of: Rens Smittenaar

Thich Nhat Hanh: Peace Is Every Step





source:
http://www.vidchili.com/video/YxKJVpshQXb/Thich_Nhat_Hanh_Peace_is_every_Step/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXQhspVJKxY&feature=fvst

Book: Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
http://www.amazon.com/Peace-Every-Step-Mindfulness-Everyday/dp/0553351397

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Trungpa Rinpoche: 'NOW' - Verbal Intro to Zeitgeist





Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche: Verbal Introduction to Zeitgeist, Final Edition

"Spirituality is a particular term which actually means dealing with intuition. In the theistic tradition there is a certain notion of clinging into a word. A certain act is regarded as displeasing to divine principles. A certain act is regarded as pleasing for the divine... whatever. In the tradition of non-theism, however, it is very direct that the case histories are not particularly important. What is important is here and now. Now is definitely now. We try to experience what is available there, on the spot. There is no point in thinking that a past did exist that we could have now. This is now, this very moment, nothing mystical, just now, very simple, straight forward. And from that nowness, however, arises a sense of intelligence, always, that you are constantly interacting with the reality one by one, spot by spot, constantly. We actually experience fantastic precision always. But we are threatened by the now so we jump to the past or the future. Paying attention to the materials that exist in our life, such rich life that we lead, all these choices take place all the time, but none of them are regarded as bad or good, per se, everything that we experience are unconditional experience. They don't come along with a label by saying that this is regarded as bad, this is good, but we experience them but we don't really pay heed to them properly, we don't actually regard that we are going somewhere, regard that it is a hassle, waiting to be dead.

That's the problem. That is not trusting the nowness properly but what is actually experienced now possesses a lot of powerful things. It is so powerful that we can't face it. Therefore we have to borrow from the past, invite future, all the time.

Maybe that's why we seek religion, maybe that's why we march in the street, maybe that's why we complain to society, maybe that's why we vote for the presidents. It's quite ironical, and very funny indeed..."

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There are 2 kinds of people, those who think there are 2 kinds of people, and those who know there is only One.

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Them Inc.: If you don't know who They are, you're not one of us.
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Irony: The capacity to hold two conflicting ideas in mind without buying into either.
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Paradox: Irony on steroids.

source: http://www.free-conversant.com/realtruth/index