Good Karma Music Stories

I was listening to Rev. Heng Sure lectures on the 3 main practices of the Pure Land school of Buddhism from Dec 27-Jan 2, 2021. They are really great and easy to understand. During the dedication of merit session, I made a wish to be reborn in the Pure Land, can that be considered a good deed? (I hope so) 🙂

Amitabha.

Last night, after listening to dharma talk of Amitabha Rebirth and Avatamsaka Sutra, I retired myself to Medicine Master Mantra on the speaker. I closed my eyes and recited silently. Many years ago, I made a vow to accompany Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to the hells to save living beings. As I was reciting Medicine Master Mantra I asked Medicine Master if he could help me through his powers to fulfill a wish…I wish to relieve the sufferings of all the Bodhisattva’s that endure hardship for the sake of helping all of us.

I got a response. I had my eyes closed and saw a Bodhisattva dressed same as Kuan Yin and other Bodhisattvas with their golden jewels in their hair. It’s amazing how the response is so quick.

I visited CTTB for a couple of hours to donate sutra’s and bow at the Buddha Hall from Nevada. I needed to make changes to my return date on the greyhound. The nice young chinese man at the admin counter allowed me to use the computer in one of the rooms. This astonished me. I was pleasantly surprised. It was a shock to my system that someone at CTTB was being kind to me.

(I had visited CTTB before but received harsh scoldings for no reason and it really made me want to stay away, but because of Master Hsuan Hua, I keep coming back over the years.)

So…when I was offered to use the computer I was in awe. It touched my heart…. the young man’s kindness. He also called me a cab so I could go to my hotel room. I had brought a genuine sandalwood mala beads I had been saving in a silk bag from Nepal for twenty or so years. It was a great treasure to me. I cherished it so much I wouldn’t use it. I just kept it with my sutra books. Because of this young man’s kindness I offered him my cherish possession, the sandalwood mala beads.

I realized then that I was able to give away my most treasured possessions.

Today is my 10th birthday, I do not have a birthday party. Instead, I spent a day with my family & auntie’s family. We went to a temple in Long Beach and be vegetarian for a day. The food was very good especially these curry mini pancakes. I got red envelopes for my birthday, instead of keep all the money. My mom said I can create good deed if I donate some of my money to the temple. I decided to donate $20 for the food. After that we took my dog to the Long Beach dog park, we met some dog friends! Then we went to the outlet and got some ice creams. It’s the best birthday, I ever had. After all that fun we went home then open more gifts! Thank you everyone!! 🙂 Also, I am reciting great compassion mantra 3 times and transfer all the merit to everyone who is suffering from Covid and hope it will end very soon. Lastly, I always like Master Heng Sure singing in Youtube, when my mom told me about a chance to maybe get the album… I don’t want to miss it. I hope to see Master again when you can visit us in US.

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

One of the good deeds I did in 2020 was I’ve finally started what I’ve wanting to do for years – I started to upload and produce videos of Master Hua, I hope this project is a life long project, and I’ll do it as much as I can. and I hope this project inspired people as much as it inspired me.

I am a teacher by profession. I teach first grade school children in a California public school and this is my 20th year. This year has been exceptionally hard for young kids as everyone has to do distance learning in my school district. To liven things up and make my class zoom lessons more interesting, I decided to incorporate thematic teaching with Sharing that kids can do. So in October, they shared the different colors of fall leaves they can find and made leaf books. For November, we did stories on the meaning of Thanksgiving – what we are thankful for, and I shared the unfertilized egg from a mourning dove that was left on my bird feeder (I give out bird seeds daily). Perhaps that’s their way of showing gratitude, lol.. For December, we did the meaning of Christmas (sharing kindness with family and friends). An injured bird stayed in my backyard seeking shelter for 3 days and night, until one night the temperatures dropped to low 40s. I didn’t see it again the next day. I also shared pics of earthworms that ventured out from the rain and told them not to step on any. And not to squish ladybugs. They all belong to nature. This way, the students are also inadvertently learning all the vocabulary and required skills, in a fun way and also understanding the importance of being kind. I hope by teaching young minds that if we show kindness to sentient beings, it will provide the opportunity for them to practice and earn kindness in return. They always love to see my pictures and realia on kindness in zoom class!