Today I cried, but only for a little while. I lost my father on Dec. 9, 2007- he lost his battle with Cancer. I don't have all of the answers as to why my father had to die, I know that God is a loving God and he would never take a person... that would not be loving ...
Days later, it was our Shifu’s class. Obviously, everything was reported to him. He looked at us just like a father looks at his naughty children. He first told us how precious it is to follow the Chinese Buddhist tradition, especially for female monastics. Then he reminded us that Chi...
Therefore, a tremendous sense of sympathy toward yourself, as well as others, is in order. You have sympathy for yourself because you are truly caught up in a situation of confusion and limitations. You must acknowledge that this is so, and that therefore you are responsible for what is com...
Bodhisattvas are enlightened sentient beings who are aware of all sentient beings’ sufferings, feel sympathy for others’ plight, and act to give help to them. Bodhisattvas are those who have faith in the Buddha’s teachings and seek to practise them, who then vow to liberate themselves and...
long grey tube socks. Because of this, I also felt sympathy for Roman Catholic nuns! One day during class, some of us proposed a plan to reform the sangha uniform. We did not ask much, just to change the length and size of the sleeves. In the Buddha’s age, monastics exposed their...