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I wanted to get the CD so I decided to do some acts of kindness until I had a story to share. First I gave money to three homeless people with eye contact and a heartfelt blessing. That seemed pretty easy. Someone saw the response of one of the recipients and told me that I made her happy. Maybe I helped to inspire that passerby to be generous, too. Then I gave leftover food I was planning for the next day’s lunch to another homeless person. He seemed very hungry.The Rev. Heng Sure told a group that there are three types of giving: material (money, food, etc); courage and dharma.My…

Once, there was a huge black spider with long feet on the wall of my room, but, instead of feeling disgusted and smashing it with a broom, I quickly played a buddhist song in my laptop, hoping that the mantra would make the spider more compassion and it would eventually stop frightening me. When I paid no more attention to the spider for a few minutes, I looked back at the wall and the spider was nowhere to be found. I am so glad that I did not take its life.

Thursday after noon, at East Pacific Mall in El Cerrito, CA while loading grocery into our car, I heard my wife’s voice behind me. “Let me help you.” I turned around. An old woman was struggling with a 50lbs rice bag into the trunk of her car, parking next to ours. My wife helped her lift the heavy bag into place. The woman walked toward the passenger side of her car. I opened and hold the door for her. As she got into the car she said something I could not understand. However, I could not help seing a young man in the driver seat, reading a newspaper.

Not sure this is an act of kindness to become a vegetarian for not wanting to harm or make others to suffer. After I read a book about how people farm their animals and how they slaughter them. I couldn’t consume any meat at all. I feel sad when I see meat in the stores and people specially Buddhists who try their hardest to find excuses to eat these poor animals. I like to listen to your song – Ballad of Earth Store. I haven’t listened to other songs in your album because that is the only song I could find on the Ten thousand City website. This song is…

Last month, I heard about the starvation of children and adults of Somalia. So I donated $25 to AmeriCare. After the donation, I was prompted by AmeriCare site to tell my other friends what I have done and encourage them to donate. First I thought I shouldn’t let others know what I did. But then I decided to put in email address of some of my friends, whom I have helped before, in the hope that they would make a donation and share in the act of kindness and compassion. Whether my friends donated or not, or how they would think of me and themselves shouldn’t be of my concern.…

I just finished a seven day Chan retreat. It was a very challenging, but ultimately inspiring experience in which many people from all walks of life came together in sincere practice. A few weeks earlier, I was at CTTB and appreciated hearing Master Heng Sure speak about the act of dedicating merit, so after finishing the retreat, I dedicated the merit from my practice to all living beings, wishing that they may swiftly accomplish Bodhi. As far as everyday things, there are a number of homeless people in the area where I live and when I pass them on the street, I try to make it a point to acknowledge…

Due to injury, I have been unable to work for the last few years and thus making it difficult for me to continue good deeds wider in the world and keep up donations to charities. But I hold these actions very close to my heart, so still do what I can ever day: I speak to my friends daily and help them with their troubles – no matter what it is. I am very close to my family (especially my mum and nan) and help them with daily household tasks. I also have two very loving dogs who I show equally the unconditional love they show my family!I am not…

HiI wasn’t too sure what was “labelled” as a good deed. Was it to speak words of kindness? Was it to harbour kind thoughts? I was thinking of probably something more than that… I started doing voluntary work more proactively and realised… it really didn’t matter how big or how small the act of kindness was. It simply means doing it with a heart of compassion.I find joy in involving in animal liberation and helping out at Homes for the aged. Hope to do more and hope to have more people join in the fun :)With kind regards.

I am currently decorating – quite a large and time condensed project – and I have got an extraordinarily busy time at work due to colleagues’ illnesses. Therefore I had agreed with my daughters that we would need all hands on deck on the weekends to clear rooms, move boxes, clean up etc. My middle daughter asked to go to a party last weekend and my knee jerk reaction was to just remind her of the agreement and bury myself in work and carpet rolls again. she seemed rather withdrawn though, so I put down my stuff and listened. she then told me about the fact that as a rather…