Every week I sanitize the laundry room machines and door nubs, clean up the floor, and dump the trash in our apartment complex.

This morning I helped my father with landscaping. Also practiced reciting Great Compassion Mantra and transfer of merit to my sister Angela who is diagnosed with cancer and to all living beings who are suffering. Amituofo.

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I live in London, UK. I am taking the second lockdown as an opportunity to repent my mistakes and found my head, lower back, and legs are weak and cold while I was following the Earth Store Repentance Ritual downloaded via www.drbachinese.org. I have dreams almost every nights. I could see how I forcefully stepped on insects. I honestly can’t believe what I did in one of the dreams. I am in the position of not wanting to share it and wanting to share it. Because I don’t promote super natural power and mis lead people about Buddhism on one hand. On the others, I agree if there is a…

Recited Om Mani Padme Hum 1000 times.

Growing up as the only child, I have never cooked much, even though I eat every day. Recently, living with a dozen fellow practitioners, I have been inspired by the care and joy they put into preparing and sharing food. So, I signed up to be the apprentice chef every day for half a months, and then cooked a meal independently for the whole group. It was a simple meal: white rice, curry, and stir fry veggies. But I had so much fun — and gratitude in heart — while cooking, and my gracious guests loved the food. It was all gone before I remembered to take a photo to…

My parents recently moved to another country which has been a lifelong dream of theirs, but they expected they would be able to return periodically to stay connected with friends and family here. With the pandemic, all of those plans changed. This has been especially challenging for them as family members have graduated, passed away, and gotten married since the travel restrictions went in place. I’ve been trying to write them regular letters (emails) at least once every week or two to stay in touch with them so they feel more connected.

One evening, my mom found a gecko while she was cleaning the puzzle on the floor. She called my dad to quickly come and capture it. The gecko was lightning fast and almost ran away! When my dad captured it, my mom came into my study room and told me to come look at the gecko. It was a cute, small baby gecko and it had big eyes with thin slits in the middle. We decided to keep it for the cold night to come because we were afraid it might freeze to death outside. I searched up what geckos ate and found that they ate bugs and fruits. We…

This week Jin Wei Shi and I helped with a Laddership Pod (online retreat) with Service Space where we went over the four brahma-viharas: loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. Many late nights putting together the curriculum, but it was worth it! It was also quite inspiring reading everyone’s reflections.