OCT 25

1

Shantideva states, " There is no evil so great as anger. There is no religious practice so powerful and arduous as patience."
Anger represents the most terrible and destructive manifestation of self-driven desire, and leads to hatred, cruelty, and violence.
Patience is the antidote to anger. Just as the first pramita, generosity, opens up our hearts to practice all the other transcendental virtues, so patience sets the right rhythm and tone for that action.
Buddha

2

The inner most strength is most powerful and it can overcome all suffering.
We often ignore the strength within and seek help without .

3

The awakening of yourself will come along when you have both wisdom and compassion.

4

"After singing a song, the poor singer expects the audience to clap their hands"
I told my class yesterday night. People in the West or foreign countries will write some good comments or at least click like for the post (song) someone put up that one finds it meaningful. Whereas some of my students will quietly view my posts without clicking like and write some comments. It is my fault or my karma to have such students. Besides teaching them Tai Chi and meditation, now I need to give them a lesson on mannerism. I told them that all my other readers are very polite and always give me the support even though my English is poor and I always make a lot of mistakes in grammar and spelling.

5

To take of the natural environment is to take care of ourselves. Nature provides oxgen, sunshine, water, minerals and many others to keep us alive like a mother taking care of us all the times. Have we really sit down and think about this mother of earth and say thank you to her? Never, for some yes. We always say that we too busy to reflect and recollect. Are we really that busy?

6

I just came back from a wake. My friend's wife had a cancer for six years and she was fighting well until the last two days ago. She left the world in peace. I was quite shocked and realised later it was good for the death when my friend started playing his guitar and sang songs to his wife who was lying in the coffin. I think his wife might have love to hear him sing. Later a group of people which worked for a charitable home also started to sing songs in a group for the death. I found so much peace and joyful energy for the death. This was the first wake that I came across that sparkled so much love and peace for the death

7

Chi-ch'eng, a hermit living alone in the mountainous area
" If people are quiet, they can be quiet anywhere. If people aren't quiet, they won't be quiet here. Everything depends on you. Life is transient, like a flash of lightning or a dream. Eighty years pass like a cloud. We're born, and then we die. But before we recieve this form, we had another face, our orignal face. We can't see it with our

 eyes. We can only know it with our wisdom. The sutras say,' That which is beyond form is buddha.' We all have the buddha nature. We'er all destined to become buddha. But buddhahood isn't something that can be achieved in a couple of days. You have to practice before you can become aware of your original nature, your original face."

8

When the human heart has sincerity,
It can drive away the frost,
Can cause battlements to fall,
And penetrate metal and stone.
Tao