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Featured Good Karma Music Story from Anhnhat
This week’s story comes from Anhnhat who is translating a repentance text into English so that the kids in the youth group can understand. “I am a leader in the Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Association. Every week, we chant our repentance in the Vietnamese language. The American-born kids have a hard time understanding the repentance because it is not in English. I have combined many partial translations of our repentance into one translation and also translated some parts of it. So far, I have finished about 80%. I will finish the rest very soon.” Tell us your act of kindness at Good Karma Music and get to choose a complimentary music…
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I am a leader in the Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Association. Every week, we chant our repentance in Vietnamese language. The American born kids have a hard time to understand the repentance because it is not in Ebglish. I have combined many partial translations of our repentance into 1 translation and also translated some parts of it. So far, I have finished about 80%. I will finish the rest very soon.
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Featured Good Karma Music Story from Susan
This week’s story comes from Susan in Hercules, USA, who taught her first grade students how to be mindful of their behavior. “I teach first graders at a public elementary school. . . Sometimes, they can’t stop talking. To help them, I taught them to ‘Sit like a bell.’ Bells do not talk. So they learn to sit and listen (and take turns to talk). At recess, when lining up, they learn to ‘Stand like a tree,’ so no one is swinging their lunch bags and hitting anyone. When they walk down to the lunchroom, they learn to ‘Walk like the wind’ and not run for they might fall. Once…
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I teach at a public elementary school. Since the pandemic, our school focus has been on socio-emotional learning . To facilitate this, my class of first graders have Sharing on Fridays. Each child can bring an item of their choice and tell the class what it is, how they get it and answer questions from their classmates. Sometimes, they can’t stop talking. To help them, I taught them to “Sit like a bell”. Bells do not talk. So they learn to sit and listen (and take turns to talk). At recess, when lining up, they learn to “Stand like a tree”, so noone is swinging their lunch bags and hitting…
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Featured Good Karma Music Story from Connie
This week’s featured story comes from Connie N. in Singapore, who had conversations with fellow patients at the hospital before and after her surgery, and found it helped calm herself and others down from being worried. “When I was in the hospital for my open heart surgery, before and after the surgery, I tried to speak to other patients next to me because they looked worried. We encouraged each other at the same time and after I spoke to them, I felt they were more relieved and for myself, I felt that the pain was not so painful anymore.” Tell us your act of kindness at Good Karma Music and…
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My old mother had passed away last month 13th Oct, and me try vegetarian food and praying in 49 days, hope she really could go to pure_land (极乐世界) to have better living.
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Chanted Namo Amituofo
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When I was in the hospital for my open heart surgery, before and after the surgery, I tried to speak to other patients next to me because they looked worried. We encouraged each other at the same time and after I spoke to them, I felt they were more relief and for myself, I felt the pain is not so pain anymore.
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I share my bliss after attending Ven. Heng Sure 3 days Dharma Talks in The Singapore Buddhist Lodge on Facebook. Also expressed my deepest gratitude to Ven. Heng Sure’s great teachings which inspiring me a lots! NAMO AMITOUFO.
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I share the 华严经 sutra physical book with my peers during ven Heng sure talks in SG buddhist lodge on 22 Nov’22 . Sharing of dharma is a joy of giving 😁😁.