when i make eyecontact with a stranger, i love to share a kindness smile. when others have shared this with me, i have felt safe and a bit of unconditional acceptance. what true joy.

When I was still a student at Berkeley in 1986, I walked to campus on north side every day.One day, I saw a squirrel stopped in the middle of the street while trying to cross the street.At this time, a car went over the squirrel but apparently didn’t run over it. I can see that the squirrel was so frightened and appalled, and its heartbeat was super fast with tremoring. I immediately ran to the squirrel and picked it up with my book and carried it over to the tree so it won’t be run over by the next car. I recited Ahmitabah and hopefully the squirrel will be free…

My Friend had hemorrhoid surgery. I took her to the hospital a couple of times and stayed with her as she was in so much pain. Something went wrong with her surgery. I have lung problems so being in the hospital caused my lungs to get inf lammed. (I’ve had my lungs collapse or partially collapse hundreds of times… and have lots of allergies to everything they seem to use in the hospital.) But she really needed my help do I did what I had do to.Thanks for the music Heng Sure!

I can not motivate other people to be the same because the universal is combine by varied objects to make this world beautiful. For example, there is colorful picture hands on the wall. However, my favor color is white, so print it in white. At the end a colorful picture became is white picture. What do you think this picture? Is this still a colorful picture?The only person I can motive is myself to try the different things, not force people to do what I like.

I encountered a mother and her young son in my local grocery store recently. The mother, who looked a little frazzled, had sent her son in my direction (he may have been 4 or 5) to pick up an item for their shopping cart. As the little boy approached me he quietly said, “Excuse me sir.” I remembered how good it felt when friends and strangers would tell me my own daughter’s acts of politeness, so I approached the mother and told her of her son’s gesture toward me. Her face lightened up with a big smile and she thanked me for telling. She then hugged her son and thanked…

A co-worker got into a car accident and was seriously injured. His sick leave and vacation exhausted while still in recovery. I donated 8 work hours to him so that his compensation can continue. While typing this, another worker told me that she also donated some time to him. I was so happay to hear that. There is no word to describe the joy of giving but to hear others being generous is even more joyful. Thank you Quin Yin Bodhisattva for teaching how to give.

What spurred me to have a Buddhist society in my school was the indiscipline amongst the Chinese students. I thought that if only I can have a Buddhist society I can share with the students the many dharma lectures that I have heard from Dharma Masters at Tze Yun Tung and they would know about cause and effect and would not be so naughty. So, putting my thoughts into action, I tested the waters. My previous principal did not allow for reasons unaccepted. Maybe the causes and conditions have not mature. Then, last year a new prncipal came. I prayed to Amitabha Buddha to help me and also dedicated merits…

I went to Spirit Rock last weekend. I saw on the discussion board that a car pooling was being initiated. the lady who initiated it lives on East Bay and I live in the city. Figuring out that picking her up then going to SR together is more efficient (in terms of mileage driven) than we both drive and meet half way, I offered to do do that. We were joined by another man on the East Bay. I was happy that I performed the act.

I’ve written something before to download this CD for my friend in India, now I’m writing something so I can get it for my parents in Hawaii.My parents have been extremely supportive of my during my monk’s life. They’ve been getting more interested in Dhamma practice and meditation, and they just built a new house so I brought them a housewarming gift – a brand new copy of the Majjhima Nikaya. We’ve been doing readings from the teachings of the Buddha and they have a lot of faith.