Good Karma Music Stories

Today, after going on a field trip and visiting the monastery and listening to what Rev. Heng Sure had to say about your parents, the day continued, and i was faced with a decision that made me choose between wasting my parent’s effort and going with a friend, or passing the opportunity and going home with my mom. I felt very torn, but she said it was fine to go and my friend said he would love to have me, so i went with him. we had a nice time but when i went home a felt very badly about my decision, so i told her why and thanked her for everything she has done and does for me every day. after this, she told me she understood and it was no problem. i felt better after this and told myself i would always think more about this kind of situation before my decision.

Whenever I bake a cake,I will bring a portionto the ladies in our library. This morning, Ihanded part of a strawberry cake to one of the ladies. Her face lit up brightly.She told me that I treated her better than her own family.I enjoy seeing their happy faces. Thank you’s are nice but really not neccessary.Seeing their smiles is enough to light up my day!

I was sick on Valentine’s day (had been sick for almost three weeks) and had an appointment to be seen at Kaiser’s urgent care department. The receptionist in urgent care was quite busy with many people coming in with various complaints. She was very pleasant and helpful. I saw the doctor and after his examination and listening to my breathing, he sent me down the hall to get a chest x-ray. He didn’t think I had pneumonia, but wanted to be sure. As I got my chest x-ray, I thought about it being Valentine’s day and how these people were working to make sure people like me were being cared for. I thought about doing a little something special and took a side trip on my way back to the doctor’s office and stopped at the gift shop just around the corner and down the hall. I looked around for something for Valentine’s day. I didn’t have a lot of cash on me and the obvious gift chocolates and flowers were too expensive. I settled on two See’s chocolate bars and stuffed them in my coat pocket. When I got back to the reception area, I let the receptionist know that I was back from x-ray and then offered her one of the two chocolate bars. I told her I thought it must be difficult working on Valentine’s day, but that I appreciated it. She was quite surprised and a big smile lit up across her face. She said she’d been sick in bed for the past 5 days and had gotten out of bed today to come to work – her first day back. She was so touched that someone would think to bring her a chocolate bar. Just to see her grin and light up was a joy. I then waited to see the doctor to read the x-ray. He came in, we looked at the x-ray, which was clear and as he was about to leave and I stopped him and offered him the other chocolate bar. He was also surprised. He said he didn’t have a Valentine’s sweetheart, but he had a big smile on his face, holding the chocolate bar. I wished him a happy Valentine’s day as I walked out the door.

This weekend I stayed at the place of a Dharma-friend and helped her with the building of a Tibetan Buddhist Temple in The Hague (Den Haag): Rabten Jigme Ling.May All Beings be Happy!

I have been called on a few times to take some elders to the Buddhist temple, Gold Sage Monastery in San Jose. The elders that I transport are the most appreciative people in the world. They say “Thank you” and “Amitabha” many times when they are getting into the car, after they take seats in the car, during the time they are in the car, and when they are getting out of the car. When they get off the car, they wave “Thank you” and “Abmitabha” so many times, till they bathe me completely in the abundance of sunshine, till I am completely speechless, and till I say again and again in my heart – “These elders are my sunshine. I am so blessed. I need to be on the business of transporting the sunshine again and soon.”I think a am doing a good deed transporting the elders to the temple, but sometimes I wonder if this is indeed a good deed – for, can something so enjoyable be counted as a good deed? But I am delighted to have an opportunity to share my happiness of transporting sunshine – hopefully, with many kind and hoppy people who have done good deeds.

It is just barely above freezing, but my car’s windows are very dirty, covered with salty splash from the roads up here in Worcester County, Massachusetts. It’s 10pm, and I’m out washing my windows of my car with vinegar and water and newspaper… so that I can see out and drive safely the next day.The car next to mine is almost as bad as mine. It was a Mercedez-Benz… one of the nicer cars in our condominium’s parking lot. I felt a twinge of envy.Since many people do not have time to wash their car windows, and just struggle by, and I had the time and the equipment on hand, I decided to wash my unknown neighbor’s car windows, so they too might see more clearly. No matter what our vehicles, we all have the same dirty windows. :)Thank you for your music.

While seated at a restaurant, I heard a lady at the table behind me begin to cry loudly. She was with two small children and apparently did not have enough cash to cover her bill. It was quite obvious that she was highly upset and embarassed.Her children began to cry upon seeing their mothers tears. The managements response to her situation was less than understanding. I could also see their point though. I offered to pay the debt (a nominal sum) and she accpeted.She offered to send me the money but instead I asked that she help someone else out if she found herself able to. She said that she would and I have no doubt of her sincerity.