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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…

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…

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…

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…

As a DRBU Masters Course graduate student, there is always a vivid memory of my time there beating strongly inside my grateful heart, especially after having left California so abruptly and unexpectedly due to COVID-19. Back home, having left everything, and wanting to immerse myself in “retreat-mode” to be able to sink in everything that I learned and experienced in DRBU, I suddenly found myself faced to the reality of the demands of such situation. So my expectations of a peaceful retreat disolved as the number of people I had to begin to help psychotherapeutically for free increased dramatically. I had so much wanted to have the time to go…

I was fortunate to work at a company where I received a free lunch each working day during the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides getting a free lunch, I also get to take another free vegetarian lunch box home if there’s any left over by the end of the day. One day on my way home, I saw a homeless man about middle age drove a bicycle to his tent which camped next to the freeway entrance. Within a split second, I thought to myself, how fortunate I am to have free lunch at work and even get to take home a second free meal sometimes. I was overwhelmed with so much…

Sent individual emails to students who are graduating this semester and let them know their precious qualities and wishes each of them a joyful and rewarding life!

I sponsored gifts for children who are in need for this holiday. I volunteered to sponsor 4 children. I spoke to my housemate about this wonderful event that my coworker is doing. She happily sponsored 1 child. It was a wonderful thing to spread the love and compassion to these young kids. Their smiles and joys are priceless. I’m grateful for the opportunity to do good deeds in this wonderful time of the year. Wishing everyone have a wonderful holidays. Stay healthy and be safe.