Good Karma Music Stories

A student of mine passed me a brochure about the 5th Global Conference on Buddhism. I knew I had to attend this and I must not miss this great opportunity. I shared this information with a few friends and they too agreed to sign up immediately. I was looking forward to meet and listen to all the great teachers whose books I have read and given me so much joy and peace. Before the Global Conference, a friend informed me about a Metta Retreat for 3 days in Melaka. It will be conducted by Bhante Mahinda. My friend and I register immediately. It was such a wonderful experience – words just cannot express my heartfelt thanks and joy to Bhante Mahinda.I knew for sure my life will be filled with pure joy in learning and spreading the Dharma and the 2 days conference drove the point home. Since I return home from the conference I have used Datuk Dr. Victor Wee’s Metta Loving-Kindness CD to practice meditation every morning. all the books and CDs which I have collected (for which I will always be grateful) will be put into good use.

I am grateful to have encountered the buddhadharma, without the buddhadharma i would not have been able to write this out.My parents were the people who helped me come across the buddhadharma.I am also very grateful to people in DRBA & CTTB & also Master Hua who have been able to translate Sutras in to english.Without their effort in translation i wouldn’t have been able to study and reflect on my mistakes.*prostates in respects*All my life i encountered plentiful of accidental occurences, which just turn up out of nowhere.It started off with a stomache problem then it became a back problem to a knee problem then to a permanent loss of vision on one eye then to a broken shoulder and a fatal denggue attack .At the same time i also fell sick quite often in between these things that occured over my life. From there on when i encountered the buddhadharma i learnt that the buddhadharma can in fact save lives.Hmm..starting to sound un-related to the act of kindness as required..The act of kindness i did was to bring my friend to the dharma talks and also help him change to be a better person. I also asked reverend heng sure advice on leaving the home life.but i haven’t got a response.I hope you reply me rev. heng sure.I’ve already given thought on this for a year..finally i decided to stop asking and just do it..i can ask till i become old and decripit then by then it’ll be too late.

I was overjoyed when I found out that Sutra books of Mahayana Buddhism are available at Tze Yun Tung.I decided to share the books with all my English speaking Dharma friends to improve our cultivation and gain a better understanding of all the Sutras that we have been chanting eg. Heart Sutra, Earth Store Bodhisattva Sutra, Medicine Buddha.At the Sunway conference, my friend told me that she will be attending the weekly Dharma talks at Tze Yun Tung soon to improve her cultivation after reading many Dharma books that I passed to her.Thank you Master Hsuan Hua.

First of all I am very grateful to DM Heng Sure for being here in Malaysia recently to give and share the Buddha Dharma with all of us during the recent 5th Buddhist Conference at Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Dharma Master, you have given the most precious gem to all of us at the conference, that is the name of the Buddha … NAMO AMITUOFO …AMITUOFO…. with this name planted in our consciousness will in the future will bring great benefit to all of us here at the conference. No doubt some of the participants were never heard of this name, or never knew this dharma door of reciting, and upholding the Buddha name will end our misery in the Samsara.We should never look down on this dharma door of upholding the Buddha name, because it will make you a BUDDHA … some might think that it is very easy to practice or some said that it is just reserved for the old folks …then that is a wrong understanding. We are not only rely on our self –power or self effort to uphold the Buddha name but we also rely on other power …that is the power of Buddha Amitabha vows to end birth and death.Finally I would like to share with all with this code from Patriarch Master Yin Guang:To be truly mindful of Buddha Amitabhaand give up attachments to the body,the false mind, and worldly affairsis great giving. To be truly mindful of Buddha Amitabhaand not have any greed, anger, and ignoranceis truly upholding precepts. To be truly mindful of Buddha Amitabhaand not be bothered by who is right or who is wrong is great tolerance to insult. To be truly mindful of Buddha Amitabhaand not be distracted by other thoughtsis great focus and diligence. To be truly mindful of Buddha Amitabhaand not have wandering thoughtsis great dhyana. To be truly mindful of Buddha Amitabhaand not be enticed by any temptationis great prajna. Try reflecting on the following: If I still have not given up the attachments to body, false mind, and worldly affairs; if greed, anger, and ignorance still arise in my mind; if I am still bothered by who is right and who is wrong; if I have not eradicated distractions from other thoughts; if I still have not ceased my wandering thoughts; and if I am still enticed by temptations; then, I am not truly mindful of Buddha Amitabha.

My sister took her own life 4 1/2 years ago. I heard from the Mahayana nuns that people who took their own life will definitely go to hell and have to suffer for a long time. These people will require to receive a lot of good deeds in order to pull themselves up to the top. My sister used to make donations to some charitable organisations. In order to help my sister, I continue the act for her and trying my best to make donations within my means. I hope by doing so, she will not have to suffer and can quickly move on her life to another world. Am I doing the right thing? May the Triple Gem help my sister so that she can be happy again. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu!!!

OMIYTOFO. Thank you very much Rev Heng Sure for all the touching moments i got from the conference. Well, let’s start. I love writing. I always write down what i see or been through and the feelings and thoughts associated with it and send it out to all my family and friends via email. These emails often carry an inspiring message or simply some valuable life experiences that not everyone has the opportunity to experience (e.g. conversations i had with my teacher just the moment before he passed away). Thanks to Dharma, I have a very positive personality and am very resilient. Therefore, I have a lot of friends turning to me for comfort and advice whenever they are having down time in their lives. So i think by constantly sharing my life experience, sweet or bitter ones, and how i transformed the bitterness to something more pleasant, i hope the positive energy of mine reaches my friends whenever they need some. Sometimes, i received some replies telling me that my emails arrived to them just at the right time and had helped them to face their problems more positively.I did what i intended then. The feeling of getting replies like this is very very rewarding. I dont know if any of them has developed an interest in writing (hahah…) but certainly i’m getting more and more responses and a few of them have started calling upon me for doing good deeds and attending conferences/talks together. Thats something. Most important of all, in the purpose of helping my friends, i’ve built up a thinking habit of “if you can help others today, why wait?” in myself – That’s also something i love about Dharma – doing it for the benefits of others, you’re always the one who benefited the most in the end. OMITOFO =)

I recall an incident about three years ago when one of my College mates sank into a state of depression over a relationship problem. One afternoon I had a strange feeling that this college mate was about to take her own life. Together with a few friends,we rushed over to her flat. We forced our way into her room when there was no response to our calls and knocks at her door. We found her unconscious on her bed and there were some pills around her. We knew that she had attempted to commit suicide. We immediately called for help and sent her to the hospital. With treatment, her life was saved. We followed this up with good support and counselling work to enable her to start life afresh.Reflecting back, this act of kindness filled us with great joy and happiness…