Today I wrote the Great Compassion Mantra .And I even participated in the Amitabha session.

When I’ve been practiced Buddha Dharma deeper and deeper recently, I really want to change myself to be a good person with reducing my greedy, hatred and stupidity. I vow to be Buddha’s disciple every life and practice sincerely as much as I can to save any beings related to …

-Friend request to get this material and hoping to be ‘enlighten’ by new translation on ‘Song of enlightenment’. I can read Chinese and found this tune suit me too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IEekHBbTuI&t=887s. Friend can’t read/ understand much Chinese. -Friend ask to buy stuff and deliver to my house on his behalf -Temple …

We wear masks as soon as we step outside from our house. We step aside to have at least six feet away if we see other people. We avoid gatherings… sorry for missing to be present at the gatherings starting back in February of 2020. Wishing that this world will …

There is this thing about death that many Asian Chinese not only deem a taboo topic, but even avoid thinking, more so talking about. So, the poor dead are often treated with fear. Even a dead close kin becomes an object to be feared, although when alive he or she …

An act of kindness (aka connection, appreciation, sharing, …) comes from times of openness and weakened boundaries At such times all interactions are acts of kindness, appreciation, love. These times can only occur when there is no sense of rushing or urgency. Unusual in our society. I have recently put …

Last weekend, we organized a small camp for a group of 40 young Buddhists who aged between 6 to 18. I used my software programming skills to create a simple online Treasure Hunting Game for them. The topic of the game is finding the 3 most valuable Treasures in the …

After reciting the Earth Store Sutra, I transferred the merit to the elected leader of our country, President Trump, that he might have the wisdom and compassion to lead our nation well.Although, a tiny drop in the water, I felt moistness in the air on that hot, dry mid-summer day.

I was on facebook and read about a family whose two year old son had to be medically flown to a hospital about three hours away for major problems, kidney shutdown and pneumonia. This was going to force the family to shut down their family owned store/ deli so that …

Last December I heard of a woman with a brain tumor and no family in a nursing home. My co-worker was going to take her to a concert, but the home wouldn’t let her leave. I thought it was unfair and decided to bring the concert to her. I took …