Law prohibits spiritual practice.

Let your mind  be  rested.

Near a teacher of wisdom, a spiritual friend wholesome, natural  time you also  get  to know about machining centers luccua   himself, " rotate back light"  and  guide all his focus on the center that power.

Away from a good level of knowledge, it is  difficult to  keep the vigor  inside . This requires more work,  more attention to stay in the center of the force . Natural tendency is to disperse vim, is shifting up and h  -run place  outside, vicious and not penetrate the "realms" to come to the inner core which is not all things.

Last week at the temple Kim Luan, I got  to know  about  each gesture  of the Master - I could  recognize  the presence of the Master in my vim - like the radar screen. I know this without thinking that Teacher is behind, front, north, or south of me - while we are in the temple. In his presence, I rarely  start  wandering mind - almost his light has pushed that idea out of my head, as darkness disappears before  flame  lights. Each time a thought arises, I can bring that thought back to the center of the force and control it  easily . I thought, "This is how  to maintain mindfulness and deal with delusions , and also to  connect with his vivacity! " 

Being  alone  is harder to  keep  in the center. What is the answer? Use vim to  take  any active  spiritual movement down the center.

Every thought of desire, greed, fear, wishful thinking -  do not  react to it - just direct it down and  put it there . Turn  the light back on and shine inside (reflective light). Let  the mind busy you  are  resting.

Only the escapees are outlawed.

Assume that the law prohibits practicing in the world. I  would have  been a dummy practitioner. Everyone at Kim Son Monastery will be loyal oaths committed. How would that be?

You  will not  be allowed to  focus on the Three Jewels. You are only  allowed to  meditate with half your mind. You must not be sincere in repentance, must secretly cover up your deepest mistakes, must  intentionally  repeat the same mistake. That is the law. 

The real change  in your  mind is prohibited. You have to continue to cheat, to defend your conception of defilements as if they were precious gems. You are not  allowed  to seek enlightenment, instead, you have to take your mind wandering about worldly things. You have  to pay attention to  every vehicle as it passes, read every  billboard  on buildings and on every truck. You'll wishful befriend all  men  and  women  and women you meet.

When the whistle sounds, you must  curse the   driver, when the insect bites, they must be beaten and chased away. Every passing car needs to stir up thoughts of good offerings that will come to him. That is the law. 

The most important thing is that you need to seize every opportunity to wander out of your center - practice complying with this law by directing your focus to the fingernails, clothing himself, on the weather,  the beads , breakfast  food  , lunch  lunch of the day  yesterday, the visit of the laity  in  tomorrow, memories, dreams, and the  criticism .

Always do so and never let your concentration into the center. This is not allowed.

If practicing  is a violation of law , my "freedom-loving" rebellious nature will cultivate with real will  only to  prove that the mind can not be controlled by law and regulations.

Because the practice  is not breaking the law , the only obstacle to achieving the right here is the old bad habits, clinging, lazy and  expectations . Are you practicing? He was arrested! 

Always before the Buddha.

The secret  to good prostration is to remember  the way you behave like when your teacher on the side. Recite the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha, just as they  are  in front of you with all the majesty, as they are here in this world of sirens  on the small earth filled with our land and water . ,  depending on you  have  to practice a  heart as  how.   

Stay ahead of  me  of you, you will not want to have  the  mind of even the smallest. You want to express our mind, the  purest,  purity  least  you can do. You want to try your best. That does not mean  that when you are away from your teacher you  will  do less than your best effort, but we all know that  in the  light of our teacher there is a The special appearance that it inspires us  to  do our best.

How wonderful to see the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas all the time! The practitioner who  attains the first place of the Bodhisattva  Direction of  Holiness  is never away from the Buddhas or left the practice of the Bodhisattva and thanks to that he is always happy. So happy! 

To those of us who have not yet reached the First World, we must work hard to always think of  the  great saints as if they are always present in front of us - on the  way , in the car, at school, at work, in the Buddha, they are never  far away ; The Three Jewels are always permanent. Why? Because when true, the Three Jewels are from you, from within your mind.

Hang Trieu - August 21, 1977

Lunch and utensils

Kuo Kuei and a niece, Kuo Nang and Kuo Chen bring lunch and supplies. Helen and Wesley Woo donned a jacket and a first-aid kit, water jugs and bowels. $ 20 souvenir and Kim Luan Temple sent to a blanket.

Hang Trieu. August 22, 1977

There is no limit

After lunch, as we bowed slowly through the misty evening on the road in Carpentina, I asked myself, "Who is in this smoke-hot world?" Excluding other thoughts, I am in another world. At noon is another world. When we read about the small oil lamp tonight, which world or world we will come in and leave, will dwell in it and will travel? The worlds within the world, "Worlds as much as the dust in the Buddha" (Huayen). What are your thoughts? What world are you in? How many different worlds can you be in at the same time? In our thinking, we move and move to other worlds. Turn your mind a bit in one way or another, towards the light or towards the chaos, everything is shifted and rearranged, and seen differently. All are created by the mind, like the magic they often do. Which world is real?

Learning how to understand and control the "magic" that all of us possess is spiritual. How far can you go? There is no limit.

Mind is:

As big as Dharma

The end is  nowhere

To the extreme,

Throughout all future lives, there is no stopping. (first)

Flower Adornment (Cross-section)

Note:

Bodhisattva accomplished great vow, brave, as such:

Born of knowledge decisive purity generous, bring all the offerings of reverence to all the Buddhas not flawless, vastly legal world, eventually as nothing, throughout all future numbers. vacation

Back to the great vows: May all the Buddha's teachings, venerable all Buddhist minds, vow to all Buddhist, vow to all Buddhist dharma, vast as dharma, eventually as nothing throughout all life the future does not stop.

The great vow: vow in all the world, at the Buddha's birth: the gods, incarnation, birth, birth, ordained, enlightened, sermon, enter Nibbana, I come close to offerings, As the top in them, the reception and the legal administration, and at the same time transformed the law of all places, vast as the world, ultimately appearing nowhere, throughout all lives of the hybrid does not stop.

Reveal the great vow: May all Bodhisattva generous behavior, not to photograph the subject of Ba pa, practice pure bar sites. General, General, General, General, General, General, all Bodhisattvas are all true. Educate all sentient beings to their real life, the mind is growing, as vast as the world, ultimately appearing nowhere, throughout all future generations do not stop.

Return to the great vow: May all beings have: color, color, idea, no idea, no idea, no idea, birth, pregnancy, low birth, chemical birth, system of three realms The six species of all birth places, photographers of rupa and nama, such species as I teach them in Buddhism, to completely eliminate all the worlds that the nuns of the racial. As big as the legal world, the end seems unhappy, throughout all future lives do not stop.

Back to the great vow: Pray for all the vast world of immeasurable: the, the, the head, the head, the head, or the head, or go, or go, or come, The type is not the same, they know well with the intellect. As big as the legal world, the end seems unhappy, throughout all future lives do not stop.

The practice in the vow: May all the nations into a nationality, a nationality into all the country, countless Buddhist are all over the net. The bright things used to dignify. Out of all negativity pure enlightened. Beings of immeasurable innumerable numbers in it. Through the generous scene of the Buddhas, depending on the mind of being beings to show them are happy. As vast as the world ends, nowhere all the future generations do not stop.

Revealing the great vow: May all the Bodhisattva of a good behavior not jealous, contains a group of good, all Bodhisattva equality of a grace, often do not leave each other, as many as possible show off body Buddha, self-minded mind can know the realm of the Buddhas, the wisdom force is the divine omnipotent arbitrary travel the world, embodied in all the assembly, across all the birthplace, the city. Great Mahayana Bodhisattva practice any ideas. As great as dharma, ultimately does not seem to have all the futuristic numbers.

Revelation of the great vow: May the law of rotation rotten bodhisattva practice, body, speech, the three business not to bed, if anyone temporarily see the decisive time in the Buddha, if anyone temporarily hear the sound of the real time , the birth of pure faith time to end the affliction, the body like the Great Medicine Wang, the body as Europeans like, practice all Bodhisattva. As big as the legal world, the end seems unhappy, throughout all future lives do not stop.

Back to the great vow: Pray all over the world into the Supreme Chanhen, do not leave a feather foot where all the legs of the hair market, birth, to the colon, into the right triangle, turn the dharma, enter Nibbana, the great wisdom of the Buddha in every thought of the mind of all sentient beings that manifested the Buddha to their death, using all the knowledge that all the world is Nibbana, Using a sound sermon makes the mind all beings are happy. Implied Nibbana, which does not end the Bodhisattva, the wisdom of the market, all the French.Using Trí Thông, Spirituality, illusion, self-change all over the world. As big as the legal world, the end seems unhappy, throughout all future lives do not stop.

Buddhists! Bodhisattva's head is so great, so powerful, so brave, so great use.Using these ten volunteers as the head full of hundreds of thousands of volunteers.

Real. August 23, 1977

We applaud the title of God every day

Quality is really non-existent

The modern commercial world is full of information - commerce depends on advertising. Advertising depends on product information to get your attention and make money from you. Many clever tools come to you at all times: music, colors, messages about sex, about fear, about happiness and need. The atmosphere was filled with debauched hooks and it was hard to resist them. The words that advertisers use to grab your attention seem to take their own lives, words like: Qualities! Value! Better! Saving! (by spending).

When considering all of this, all of the products are the same "material" that will be damaged and discarded shortly after use. You do not have to search, just watch your eyes, your eyes widen and your clientele will give you the information you need.

The natural world has no tricks and no promises. If you want to find a "quality" seat or campsite with "true" value, then you need to find yourself.Having information to read, you have to know what to look for and where to find them: non-toxic, non-spiny, non-spiny plants, no ants, less rocky, flat, no mud, no plates no trains, no cars, no neighbors, no dogs, no emissions, no motorbike riders, no lover or speeding motorists. Is there any shade for the car? Is there a toilet? Is there a flat land to exercise right? Quiet?Windy? Close to the bow? Beyond the road? What are the good feelings?

We will take it. All the same. It will completely ruin and disappear not too long afterwards.

And now, a word about God.

All-powerful God, in the way that Christians call this god, the Sakyamuni, is also known as  Hida (Indra), this god is the master of the second heaven in the heavens, the heavens of the thirty-third heaven. Noble is not omnipotent. Bodhisattvas, great Bodhisattvas, spiritual practitioners, surrounded the palace of the god Sakai in heaven and Lord Buddha gave the gods a task in the Assembly of the sages - it is not a place. high, which is similar to the power of a notary. The position of the goddess is not autocratic - this position rotates and you can be the god of love in a future life if you really want it. While still in the world, Sak is a woman who has done many good deeds and restored a Buddhist temple with the help of 32 more. By that sincere act, the woman was reborn as King Sakyamuni in his heavenly realm,

The god of Thich now has a lot of power, there are many wives and sons, longevity. We praised the name of God everyday in our prayers: Nam Tarn Nida Da Da. (first)

So, Buddhists accept God and pray to Him, cherish his accomplishment, and one of the lifetimes on our way to full Enlightenment, which may be our turn in the cycle. Samsara returns as God Almighty. Buddhism includes all. That is the teaching of the whole universe. Read the sutra! Live with the Sutra!

Very few Westerners have read the Buddhist scriptures - the wealth of spiritual wisdom in the Sutras will bring peace, health and happiness to so many immediate families. These books are now available.

When people cultivate the Way, the Sutras will enter into life - they will be like road maps and guides. It is not a duty to listen to the Sutra, but like a thirsty drinker, like a lost man in a jungle that walks along a large road to a safe place.

We said, "What a great sutra! Now I have it! That has confused me for years! "Why is it so meaningful now? Because the principles described by the Sutra are beginning to appear within as if the work of cultivation is removing the weeds from the nature.

City  Carpenteria.

While I was bowing, I saw a glimpse of my father lying on the bed in Ann Arbor Hospital - his light gone, his mouth open, cold.

A pair of large hawks, graceful standing on high, above the plowed field finished. Waves, strong fans and observation of the land below. Their striped black wings are a non-verbal version of the blue sky. Clinging to a wind, they move high and into the wind, easily, without suffering,  free from the world.

Note:

(1)  Nam Tarnum Da Da: The words in the Surangama monks note often chanting every day. In the lecture: Explanation of the title of the Great Sutra of the Buddha Sakyamuni.

Dharma About the god:  Ordinary people do not know the Buddha Dharma that birth is natural is the culmination. "Ah! Born to Heaven, to be close to God. "Actually, this god is just a protection god of the Dharma. Do not say he is not great, but even seats are not available, even standing. Someone said, "I do not believe in God standing beside the Buddha." You do not believe! So just try it. You believe in your God, do not believe in what Buddha does, it does not matter.

For those who do not understand the Dharma they always think that God is the supreme being. Actually in Buddhism, this God is a ruler on earth. He was guarded by hundreds of them. He said that he is the highest, in this world no one is bigger than me. I govern you, you must obey my orders. Because he was a land watcher in the countryside, these villagers did not know what the culture was, nor did they know what the Dharma was, and was illiterate, so when listening to the controls of the tablet The guard said to one another, "He is our lord, we should stay close to him."

The mayor himself may visit the Mayor, meet with the Mayor bowed his head bowed. Because no one saw this scene, the people did not know that the Mayor was in charge of him. If you go to the President, then the more polite you are, the President says, "You sit!"

"No, no! I stand here also, I stand is very honored. " He is so.

In the note Surangama has this sentence " male leather mandala ". The mandala is the god of this world. So you have to recognize his appearance.Later, if you meet Indra, if he says I am the King of the Lotus, ask:

"You are God, are not you?"

Surely his face would turn red and say, "That's right, that's right!"

Dharma Realms are boundless, not only a god, but a lot. This god was formerly the female body, because thanks to thirty-two women help her create a statue of Buddha, gold on the statue, gold plate into the statue, then be blessed to be born god. It is a long story about the transmission until today, she is still god. How long is it? There are thousands of thousands of years ago, not counting. You do not, like a historian, have to investigate, see if there is evidence. There is no evidence! This is just what I'm telling you right now. Do not believe? I do not believe in it, nor am I so sad. Why? Because you believe, God is also God; You do not believe, Buddha is also Buddha, nothing less!

Dhamma Deities are many, can not count.

Hang Trieu - August  24  ,  1977  

Bad habits can feel quite comfortable

 

A good teacher is like a perfect mirror you use until you discover and clean your own mirror. Just like Hang Heng correct my seat. I can feel it but it's actually wrong. I can not see that. Now that I know how it feels to feel, I can use my own example.

On a deeper level, Master is showing me mistakes and mistakes in my heart.Bad habits can feel quite comfortable and "right", meaning natural. Thus, with infinite compassion and infinite wisdom, the Master shines light all over us until we can see the "Great Hall of Wisdom (Great Glass Greatness)" of self.

The first training I attended at Kim Son  Holy Temple  in April 1976 was the Great Compassion Mantra Retreat. By the end of the week my body and mind had never felt before. Very cool and clear. My body feels like it has never been touched - pure and virgin. Without pollution and restless discomfort, I am as gentle and gentle as living and walking in a silky smooth liquid, a subtle silk fabric. The whole world looks like pure and transparent like glass after a windy rain which has washed away all the dirt and dirty membranes on the outside.

Last night, Heng continued reading a few lines in the Huayen Sutra and I recalled that retreat: "There is a world called 'Ly Tran (Away from the Dirt)' ... pure purity" (1).

Note:

(1) Flower Adornment - Flower World 

On it, too Buddhist-world number-world, so-named Ly-Tran, using magic-General Trang-Nghiem as the sea, the sea-magic-court-master-court that the pillars , like the string of pearls, using the nanny-moon-optical cover, eighteen Buddha-vi-ceiling world-surrounded, pure bar, Dark-Trắng-Trang.

Ten minds. 
"Knowing these minds is the general aspect of this Da-la. So, he should follow that practice the "
Da Brahmin

Nine minds, also called moods (or states), originate from Da-ni-dhyana or mantras that are stronger than all the weapons in the world. How strong? Weapons use external strength to change people, while the 10th comes from Da La Ni, use virtue to transform the inner nature and external behavior of all living beings according to this law. This is an actual transformation, no need or expectation of any effect. .

As a recipe for perfect food, as a chemical formula for an ideal life, these ten concepts are the concepts put into practice. The important thing is this place. Ideally, these ten things are very nice and noble. When a person uses energy and persistence to practice, these ten things are the steps on the ladder that lead to complete wisdom, to complete enlightenment. What are these ten minds? 

1. Great compassion.  You live and act in a spirit of complete awakening, seeing that you and every being are derived from the same substance and the same factors. Just because of a vague notion of discriminative mind that can see the fundamental differences between beings.We are all one body, we should cherish each other as protecting our eyes.

2. Mind equality.  The good and unwholesome are no different. His behavior is well controlled, harmless and upright. Then why does he have to worry about breaking the rule?He keeps all the precepts naturally, he is a non-gender. He considers all beings as his own, so how else can distinguish beings? 

3. Mindless.  In the ten thousand world, he keeps his mind in the Three Jewels constant, usually and never ceases. 

4. Mind uncontaminated mind (not defiled, not grasp). Finding yourself and all beings alike - in the same way, with compassion for all beings - he does not feel like a separate individual.He does not do anything for himself. He has no selfish desire for attachment; he cares for everyone. He does not have to cling to a special person or a particular style other than the others. That is too selfish, leading to defilement, and clinging. It will not harmonize with compassion. 

Mind inertia does not. Everything created from the four elements will return to the four elements, including the body. Finally, nothing lasts long, all is empty. As such, the Bodhisattva initiates a compassionate mind on all sentient beings, who are clinging to nåma and rúpa because they find it unpleasant to realize that what they see as actually turns out to be empty.

6. Center of glass.  For others, he shows real respect, he feels it. That is the best way to transfer others to Supreme Bodhi. 

7. Center of humility.  For himself, he has no illusions about himself, no self, no "big" and no clinging or planning for the next moment, for the next year. He is humble and expresses that. He searches for Bodhi for himself and for him.

8. mind disorder.  Which of the following is true today? Bodhisattvas do not forget to apply this doctrine in any situation regardless of whether they are pleasant or uncomfortable because he sees all the realms are empty equally. He is not obsessed (ignorance) or is moved and he reacts like a mirror. The mirror reflects the scene completely and without confusion.When nothing happens, the Bodhisattva is clear and clear (luminous) as a mirror. 

9. Mind not hope, not accept. He is not self, no me, so there is no "my". No "my" is not preferred. No preference, no distinction. Without distinction, the mind of the Bodhisattva has no thoughts, no defilements, no "right" or "should". Thus, he is not easily shaken nor attached to any particular dharma. The direction of the director is clear throughout the freedom, the director completely realize the self-purity of light. 

10. Supreme Bodhi Center. Because these ten things are derived from the Great Compassion, they also aim to enlighten the fullness of all sentient beings. It is the goal, the refuge, the safe path leading to the end of suffering, the attainment of peace. It is eternal peace, and true freedom. It is supreme and eternal. In the world of darkness, evil, and ignorance, it is light, goodness and lucid.

These ten things are more powerful than all the weapons in the world because they make people no longer afraid, so who needs weapons? The true transformation from Mahayana to Mahayana Bodhi is an internal change, an irreversible growth from seed to fullness. This world can only benefit from the practice of Dalaiya, starting with this!

Millions - August 26, 1977 - Page 156

Avoid interruptions and distractions

We began to pray at night between 10 pm and 6 am to avoid interruptions and distractions.The time to bow up, sleep time decreases. We still bow during the day, except at this time, after dark, they worship until 2 or 3 am, then quietly go into a secret place to sleep in a few hours. Experimenting. This night's prostration also has its shortcomings and advantages.

Positive: cold and quiet; The silence outside allows us to hear clearer sounds. Not disturbed by traffic and questions. More boost and pressure.

Negative point: stumbling, or potholes, straining with the sounds of the night can not see: "What has crawled through my hand?" Can not see dog feces, horse stools or bottles .Exhausted.

We went to the Santa Barbara market to buy some items. The streets smell and colorful, beautiful scenery and pleasures for all senses. I think of a section in Tao Te Ching as we focus our work and quietly worship inside.

Great leader, 
Go around the world, 
To where not harm, 
Peace around peace. 
Music and beauty, 
Passengers stop.

Dao said the words are bland. 
Dao does not see all, 
Listen not hear all. 
But using the word is endless.

Dao Duc Kinh - Chapter 35

Night is the perfect time for clinging to existence. At night, the cold made us face something interesting and scary. We see the vastness of the universe and other worlds as we look up, and the small and vulnerable of ourselves. At night, we seek affection, hot drinks, fireplace, a cozy place, hot food, and pastime. At the same time, we roam with ghosts this night; go camping, stay up late, ghost stories around fire, and the like. Fear and challenge, surprise and escape - the night is a mirror reflecting the deepest part of man and the window opens something in front. Therefore, night is also a good time to look in the mirror, through the window, and go through to the new place.

I'm beginning to understand the Master's preaching: "Chasing ghosts, looking for the Buddha."And "Let's move the scene, do not let the scene change". It's time for things to become messy and uncertain, familiar or predictable. That is when we light up the fire inside, light our minds, look at things and say "La la la! Let everything come naturally! "

Note:

(1) Tao Te Ching - chapter 35

執 大象,

天下 往.

往 而不 害,

安平 太.

樂 與 餌,

過客 止.

道 之 出口,

淡 乎 其 無味.

視 之 不足 見,

聽 之 不足 聞,

用 之 不足 既.

Accept General, 
heaven current. 
Online pediatric any harm, 
Peace Status. 
Music data II, 
Too guests only. 

Directed GMT export 
Dam Lake an insipid. 
Thi GMT Real sufficiency is, 
Auditorium spend any continuation, 
Applied GMT unregistered

Truly - August 1977

Digging up the bad parts

Notes by teacher Hang Tieu:

Now I have begun to understand the practice a little and practice correctly is digging up the bad parts of myself and facing those bad parts - disintegrate and recreate. The most important thing is that no matter who you are, who you are with, or even who your teacher is - if you are fortunate enough to find a mentor, all that is not important. Evangelism is completely ignored and mostly looking at yourself. Why is it self? Because the self is the thing that helps you to do the practice, and the self is the only thing that prevents you from practicing the practice. Breaking through this paradox is a stinky job, hard work, both physically and mentally. Sometimes, all the words are superficial, and all are tested to see whether you are depressed or abandoned. If you face the test, you are doing fine. If we cover up, we are wasting our lives.

Suspected of "pillars"

Try to lower the air in the person due to less sleep, more prostration. The problem is, we do not stop long enough to sit meditating without being suspected of "staying".

We see the same shapes in the clouds and in the dark

All conditions should not be bound. 

Everyone has ties that are called ties or relationships. With each word, behavior, and thought, we push or pull the causal link to the beneficial or the harmful side. This is true of everything, and everywhere, not just human, but "human" is the subject here. We will discuss the following ingredients.

Why are people getting married? Why did a father kill his son? Why is a person popular when his brother is hated by everyone? Why are you strongly attracted to this friend, and why are your friends cold enough not to attract you? This is due to the conditions that you planted in the past (and are creating conditions in the moment).

Master Hằng Triều and I have deep charms on the positive side. We are so similar that we fit together even in our intuition, we see the same shapes in the clouds and in the dark. We mix the sound when singing in elaborate sessions. Light and dark. I gradually trust in our interoperability. When we prostrate, if I have to pause for a drink or go to the toilet, I know that I just have to wait for Hang Tung to bow a few more times to have the same urge as myself, and Hang Trieu will export is on my right and says "I have to stop here" or "do you want to drink water?". Everything is going on like this at all times and the stages of our journey. We share the same ideas and daily schedule. Our life as a layman is so similar that it feels a little strange - the chance of being coincidental is not there. In short, we have a very strong relationship.

Our relationship in this life, on this planet has only just begun a few months before we started our voyage. Pressure builds on our minds and our minds can become quite heavy - two fiery collisions will not exist - they will use their energy to counter each other and defend against their attacks. . It will be a lonely and painful job.

We get along so well that we have the opposite problem. It is easy to work together, have the best time, do the hard work but always rely on the old exchange to remove the heat from the pressure safely It is useless to continue the journey. So, we guarantee that we will come to the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas without any wisdom compared to when we started the journey. It is tempting to have a good companion, and to be sociable and talkative. Again, this will ensure that there is no achievement and will go against the final good order for us: "Do not speak, only speak when the words come in handy. Do not lose your energy. "

Hang Trieu's view of our relationship makes us see through this current connection. He said, "This is our bond, our condition. When we come to this point, we must be very careful to fulfill our vows with compassion, to be ourselves and to one another. We can and have lost opportunities with each other and with ourselves (how many times?). This is the opportunity to do the real thing, to go back inside and do nothing to make it easy for each other because we can not let go of 'me'. "

We have always come to this point - this is where we know each other - earthly causes are just dark memories of the escapees. It sounds unnatural - why do two people get along, have fun and not fight each other, decide to stop giving and receiving?

The answer is: what we are doing is not natural; it's not normal. We are trying to stop the flow of ordinary people - trying to reverse the process of birth and death. It requires a focused effort to cut off the life cycles and save energy for leisure or play or relaxation. It's like smelting metal ore for gold - if you turn off the furnace at the wrong time or get too hot, you'll damage the metal either way.

Now we are doing more important things, more seriously and nothing will be lost if we let the other person know when we feel we need to tease or mouth or let go of the pressure.
 

 

There are more than 84,000 pieces of Buddhist statue

Weave around the commercial area, through the suburban neighborhoods. "Until now, what have you learned in your journey?" Asked a young couple as they arrived.

"Say little, work hard, and be patient."

"What will happen when you go to the north of this place? Nothing. It is a desolate countryside. There may be no food and water for many miles. "

"What are we going to do?" I thought. But somehow I know that no matter what happens - no matter what. "We will try to stop it sincerely .  If we can do that and work hard, we will have enough reachable  whatever necessary ". If we can  step  right one step  only the right thing in the back and front there is nothing to fear. We also learned something else: simply work hard and do not hope, do not plan deductible conventions .

A buzzing bee flying frenzy in the car, it crashed and smashed itself on the glass front of the car hoping to lure reachable  fly over. The windows and the car windows were all open. Just a simple twist and in a flash the bee can escape through any door. But the poor bee is always in the old way, so it continually tries in vain.

All that is between us and enlightenment is attachment and delusion. This is what Shakyamuni Buddha said after his enlightenment. Like a windshield, we can often see through but can not bite through it. We expect freedom and true wisdom, but seem unable to make the first step: "S u  desertion reachable  grand" turned away from dust and bodhicitta. Like the bee, we silently flap our wings on our stupid habits and at the same time yearn for freedom. "Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz. Oh, it hurts. Why me? T ội now  I am too, "Bee said. This is the meaning, I think, in the Lotus Sutra, "Lhe wants to give up suffering "(1).

I lined m ot  t warm up cardboard  window. The bee rushes in, pauses for a moment. "It'sgone . I can not see the sky and the trees anymore. M Land  already. Empty. There is nothing more. Then she turned and flew over the open door. Free!

For me and many others, the Gold Mountain Temple  and the Master Classroom Hall  have put up a cardboard - more than 84,000 of them - to put an end to all the humming and banging. I, and allow me to see all the other windows and doors around me. All are open, waiting to be explored.

Contribution:

Pat and Bill Chiang: $ 10

Chen Lee and his family: $ 20.

Nguyen Thi Gai: 20 USD.

Hieu: 50 USD.

Huynh Thi Kim Ngan 10 USD, offering lunch and other items.

As a novice, the process of ordination progresses slowly and is full of effort to "go home", that is, contrary to the habits and clinging.

Basics and "natural" is s u  desire. It is said that sexual desire is the origin of birth and death;Surangama said, " Sex is not end, Chen space does not escape  ."

Once you develop the mind to understand compassion ết  this, and "out of the house - ordained", the task then is to receive this commitment and makes the "shuns any lust and defilement" become nature. The rules of dhamma and precepts are established for that purpose and also as "birds need wings," and "seekers of silence" (novice) need these rules.

When the situation arises and if only a little bit of concentration and wisdom, it is easy to be "e amniotic mistaken view do not know " and r peppers the  assay. 

One of the guiding principles is "do not talk to women, especially only two people or private places". Today, while we parked in the trees outside the highway for lunch, a police officer came and examined us. " Du reachable and then , out of the car - hurry up, let's go!" Reached for the "box of papers law" g OM business cards,  poetry moving, these official documents, I go out of the car incident Try to control and calm the situation. But after a long conversation with the police, suddenly the rules flashed in me as I could not even get past the badge and the blue uniform. 

Heng Fan sat in the car listening and watching, while both my lunch and energy became cold."You do not have to talk to the police officer, but you talk to a woman," he wrote. How did I feel? How does it feel if it lacks wings?

Buddhism is the doctrine of the universe. It includes everything and does not exclude anything. As great and great as the ocean and nowhere, can not be separated by fences or split. Sometimes it's  too  big for us. Our minds are clinging and confusion. Therefore, instead of expanding our limits, we limit our expansion. With nh ững  scalpel and knife, we cut it in half and dissected. Partially, part by section ! We trim and trim until we find the piece that suits us. "Yeah, that's a nice piece, I'll get it!" We say a word happy. "That's what I'm looking for." "What is your denomination?" Asked a man in Santa Barbara. "I can not keep track of it, must be 80,000 or so?" He added.

Having the same  nature  with all beings and beings is called great compassion. Compass is the glue needed to attach all those small pieces back together - " to return to the roots ". Or as a woman says when she hand over the fence to give us some tomatoes picked from our garden, "No matter who you are, it does not matter. All of us are the same e ến  and go from one place only, all other issues are not important, right? "

It is difficult to find a campsite in the city. The police stopped and asked us as soon as it began to dusk.

Make a note of it for me:  A few nights and nights and nights sleep, you get to  the very basics - as clinging to existence and "family." If you can give up, give up and move on. But if you give up and your mind does not really give up, it only wastes time and effort  and is not genuine. You have to choose and determine the idea: go or stay. The key is to pass from that both may To  be, half in and half means go. You have done it so many times and this has caused a lot of pain and trouble for others .

Remember your comment about the ordination? When you walk in the door, Kim Son Pagoda, bu guava  faculty has just begun. If ye are prepared shall resolve to you, then you need to do it immediately - no time to think. Inwardly, you know that you can only go . You know you can not stay and neither can you. So, in the deepest mind let go of everything. Do nh loud and  su  desire to stay with the benefit of your family.

The benefit to them is that the one who cultivates the Tao of his ability is much larger than any mundane thing that you can do or meet for them. This suspicion is "wrong one" at the beginning. And at the end you are thousands of miles away. Let go of it. Practice the Way with your heart. Do not chase the small and easy, okay? OK.

Things change, nothing stops. Friends, family, husband, wife, children, all moved and disappeared. You have to give up when you have a chance and actually can do some good things. Please practice now! Do not wait to die and wait to separate yourself and others. In the end everyone must face it himself. Your parents will be like that and they all know that.Their parents were like that and they already knew that; That does not face it honestly, this is wasteful and foolish; and finally the most selfish of all actions. If you sincerely want to repay the goodness of your parents, do not be stupid and waste your life like that. Be absolutely clear about the truth of these issues.

They are not just words and ideas. Be clear about this and do your best to do something that really makes sense. Try your best.

Conversation with Dan, a car mechanic at a gas station in Santa Barbara.

Dan: "What are you doing?"

Me: "We have two big rusts, need gas, water and some leads  if you have time."

Dan: "It's the classic 56, is not it?"

Me: "That's right. Guess or so. "

Dan: "My brother has one. Let me see what can be done. What are you doing out there? "

I explain the pilgrimage.

Dan: "Looks Any qu ặc ".

Me: "Things are not always the way I see it."

Dan: "That's for sure. Hey, two big snails are loose. So it was leaked. Tony, give me a 5/16 "hook.

Me: "Why?"

Dan: "The teachers will be the slowest car in San Francisco."

I'm okay. We need to slow down. "

Dan: "Me too, but not so slowly. If I have to do that, I will bring my motorbike. "

Me: "Well, we're going to bow down the railroad tracks, so ..."

Dan: "  Will be fine !  Still wondering, " I thought .

I: "On the surface it may seem strange looks, but inside it is against the EC  best I have ever done through".

Dan: "Really? Engine block was n UT . I see white smoke coming out when he drives the car.That means there is water in the engine. "

Me: "Th ailings  you?"

Dan: "It will be  a problem ."

Me: "Machine car n UT ?"

Dan: "No, that's  a joke . He has been walking though Mr. Ray  before? The patch is not flat.You never have to go beat a specific magnification or step e ều regularly ". 

Me: "Maybe you should follow us. We have no planning mind . You can understand them  . " 

Dan: "I'm going to use a bike - faster. The old Plymouth car could be reached . Hmmm. It can be. Whether as v whoa, it  v hidden in a little odd . "

Me: "When we Moving for the decay  and change that is inside, it does not matter whether we run no matter how fast and how it looks."

Dan: "No charge. It's easy to fix. I do not know . " For the first time he spoke slowly and earnestly during the conversation: "I've been in a place for over five years," he pointed to the gas station. "Five years in a place and I'm still not anywhere."

Me: (quiet).

Dan: "Good luck. Anyway, it looks odd.

Echo of the heart  from  bi

A truck cake boxes School won ợt  into the driveway in front while the driver shouted at us. A fierce, muscular man stepped out of the car and stood in the attacking position in front of us."This is my home, this place - get out of here!" Heng continued quietly forward. As he passed the rear of the car, another man climbed up the station threateningly, passing through Master Hang Jing. Heng Real gentle recitation, "Huayan Hai Buddha Bodhisattva Association" and three steps steadily. The truck moved and shutdown. "Get out of my yard or ..." Not reacting.Finally, as we passed, "What are you doing?" We gave him a statement and answered a few questions. " Always out of San Francisco? "He continued and then said," You take care. "

During that time I continued to recite "Namo Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" and think of him as his father or uncle. But patience, slow movement, and real silence have made people stop and think about what they are saying. The silence of Mr. Heng is like an echo t yeah  balls - all that people hear are sounds from his heart. I have witnessed a lot of people turning their minds back to silence when his silence left them wondering. "If you keep silent for a year, how will it be? What will I find in me? "And in that silent moment, if people ask themselves questions, then they will find something.

Dharma is subtle, wonderful and difficult to measure. All words and words can not be described ...

Practice not fear

Away from words (3)

Flower Adornment - Quang Minh Giac

 Note:

(1) Sutra, Means 

By self-cover

Blind not see

Do not ask the great Buddha

The end of suffering

Deep into the wrong view

Suffering the suffering

Buddha because they are-this

It is born of compassion.

Hang Trieu - September  3 ,  1977 

It's like being knocked down by hand

Labor Day weekend - heavy and careless traffic congestion.

A car runs past. A bottle of unopened beer flies from the car window toward us. At the last moment, like a slow curl in, a bottle of beer spun between us and burst into the nearby dry blades at a speed of 50 mph. I heard the engine crashes, the engine was down, the number and the brake pedal was behind us. "Ồ! It's not over! ", I thought," They're coming back. "

The car pulled out of the road opposite us. Two men came out. They shook their fists at us - half laughed at, half angry. The first, and then the other, began to throw the loops and threw large stones with fists at Teacher Heng Real. But the stones do not seem to touch him. I watched unbelievably and did nothing ("Some Protector," I thought). Each stone moves or slides. A stone was thrown high over the chest and at the last second the stone dropped off and rolled off the freeway - like a stone being struck down by the hand. Heng continued to bow. After seven or eight throws, I took out the paper and the pen, pretending to record their license plate. They jumped into the car and rattled the car away.

Ms. Hsiao and her daughter, along with Pat Chiang brought us an unexpected lunch, some incense, utensils and a thermos for hot water. They drive from Los Angeles. Ms. Hsiao wakes up at dawn to prepare food.

When I was bowing, I "saw" the people at Kim Son Pagoda. Their faces sparkle and shine, each of whom has the opportunity to perform the same "pilgrimage" as they practice their mind to find their true nature. Their faces are happy, full of joy and pure. All the wounds and wrinkles of affliction disappeared. This photo has really touched me.

Note:

(1) About 80 km / hour.

Real. September, 1977

An ideal is understood very badly

It is said that, "In all  generosity ,  Dharma generosity  is the  highest  ." This is another example of  the mirror m reckless  conduct Bodhisattva of Venerable  Abbot . Kim Son Pagoda at  St. T U , every day of the year,  and  two  times over the  weekend, a conference was organized and have the opportunity to hear the words of the Buddha and the words interpreted glossary . Nowhere in this world has such  great generosity been so large. All sincere devotees can participate.

To do a Bodhisattva, need to practice alms. Bodhisattvas give all of their belongings to others.

Strong  M E  H thanks  C Arab  T Dinh  Thuong Y êu:  C experience available  M OT  lemur. 

Evangelism requires energy to empower enlightened thought. This idea is more powerful than the  injured  love. Although you can not see the determination of the Bodhisattva to get  cGulp optimistic  and end suffering for ourselves and all beings, it is a powerful resource most: strong enough to enough a  him  out  nh ững  habits of  immeasurable  ki the matching words; strong enough to defeat the pull of all desires,  the  stick  like glue  of all sorrows,  the refuge  " natural "  in  the family,  in the comfort comfort, and material assurance. Before you  Bodhisattva eligible to get the Great Compassion,  you then  need to cut lust and abandon  s u love injured (period reduced sexual lust) . For us Westerners, the concept  of this  may sound harsh and unnatural. First, we  've  been  raised  taught that the love  trade is  the most important thing  in life. If you do not  feel  love  injured , then you're not living right. That is what we are taught. But love  injured  , then just a  word  , An idea understood very bad, and the damage was caused  in the name of  love  injured even  more  as  we want to believe. Y êu  injured  most often is an unconscious desire to be thrown to someone else. Yêu  injured  often driven by  the  selfish desire to  become  greater or happier by "owning"  a lover, or join a  group claiming  to love  the group  another  doing d early performance characteristics of their. Pure love is hard to find and harder to keep.

When the  injured  love  is  pure, then the  injured  love  has tr in the compassion.Compassion is broad,  not self,  and completely indistinguishable. Bodhisattva, because of compassion, should rescue all living beings, including insects, bears and demons. No one has ever claimed to love the devil, but the Bodhisattva vow  c experience available of  even the devil. This is the work of great compassion and it's stronger than the  injured  love. 

French  M through the  pledge of silence.

Who can imagine that to keep  silence  requires strength and effort? Close your mouth  to naturally and without effort. A amniotic for some  people, not  diverted  energy from the head to the eyes or mouth, the hard work is not moving legs  when  pain while sitting. If you feel tired or weak,  helpless , then  the  talk  start out , not enough  n ội force  to keep the mouth closed it.

So do not talk become a practice authentic, is a way to  rotate the  moving vehicle white buffalo large  (1)  and the island of  fishermen reachable natural flow of existence  (organic) down s a nh and death  (2 ). 

They Perfection T coriander  H UE  B ình  A. Eli,  C ủa  T ất  C ả  C wicked France

This bodhisattva lived in a garbage dump. He made a house in a pile of warm, wet garbage.Chair  of his  is made of discarded tires, dining table  he  was  the  refrigerator  was h u hpipe, bed  he  was the bathtub  old . He meditates under a pile of rusty cars . He prostrates the Buddha and sits beneath the  eucalyptus tree in a small forest beside a waste car  dump .

He did not feel unhappy or deprived. He feels free and affluent. Flowers bloom all over the rubbish dump ; Car ng had  rats, cats, bats and insects are m  neighbor. They are not afraid of him and he is not afraid of them. His food was never the same, and he never wasted a  small morsel of food . He  t ắm washing  when it rains in the  lid wheel  Cadillac; His mind and heart were  not stained  - completely  pure  . This Bodhisattva has t ser  enlightenment is not out of this world.

This Bodhisattva is not dismayed by the dust and dirt that exists in the world. Being "dismayed" will be an effort and this will only bring about misery and misery. Instead  ,  his eyes are  pure and limpid through the outer generals .

He  said  the  the  change that everything experienced: students, office, septic, and then back to  no . O ng  did not choose or prefer  m ot  stage than other stages  both . O ng  was please  to live freely and happily in thorny  or in  commissions  (upon the scene or adversity) .

The existence of the dirt and evil is not a problem at all. Fretting about evil is clinging and the general state of  the outside and forget work purifies the mind inside. The problem is, you have  to distinguish good from evil  , or  not? The so  what choice? Is not it self, its habits and attachment to desires? Only these are  the chains of  afflictions that blind the eyes so that they do not see the true equality of all the Dharma.

Looking at this in a different way, the  Bodhisattva does not choose to live with the material when  it is  in the stage or tower. The material things are disappearing or have returned  with four elements are  also all  fit  well  with cells ng  it. When cells ng  was mindful of the metabolism and changes everything around these methods, the cell center ng  did  find enough reachable  the  peace. O ng  that pass  n oi fear of his own death and does not cling to their own existence or in the  law . He knows c great liberation and  peace .

Venerable writes poems in the "Ten Dharma Realms" that,

Friendship enlightened, jump out of dust; 
Hypoxia, always accretion. (3)
 

Like the lotus in the mud but still  blossomed  , the mind of the Bodhisattva is not contaminated by external rubbish or by the bodhisattva. the delights are in. The light of his wisdom is always clean, not covered by dust, because he uses the sword  wisely  for a long time. Cutting off all thoughts, the wisdom sword allows the Buddha's personality to be manifested, develops great compassion and he recognizes the unity of all things.

Copper  T hể  T inhibition Great Compassion.

He does not distinguish good or bad, clean or  dirty , we or people.

What does this help her? B ình peace, happiness and freedom. Is there anything worthwhile?

The thought of desire arises; I became stressed. Then I thought, "How stupid. That is just thinking like every other thought. Cut it off! Cut off! Net back. Beyond the afflictions is simply so. It is positive, it is applied, it requires elaborate and patient step by step. Disciplines carefree How-To .

He always grows up his practice.

 

Note:

Pho Lotus Sacred  Lotus  said white buffalo car, is a dignified car.This buffalo runs very fast, runs very well, very comfortable, people do not know that they are sitting in a white buffalo, the opposite direction looking for goats, deer, buffalo, it is because people do not have mind. hue! The text clearly tells him that there is only  one Buddha is a large white buffalo, no other redundant.Or bisexual - Thinh van, Prongspring; Or say the legacy - Thrifty, Pratyekabuddha, Bodhisattva, or countless legacies - this is the means, all kinds of conditions, examples and words only. All Buddhas are because of this particular Buddha, which says, why do not you understand these three cars are simulators only! Thinh Văn, Pratyekabuddha, Bodhisattva, the legal conditions of the three legacy, is because of the old saying. The redundant Buddha (big white car buffalo), the new legal practice because now that say! The Principles of the  Lotus Sutra is to teach people to abandon the right teaching of the three surplus, but referring to the real, but after attributed to the truth, this practice also does not have a name, the law does not exist. Therefore, he needs to know all the Dharma, belongs to his inherent inheritance, himself available, not by the outside, depending on how he used to be.You do not have to think: This is my father's property for me; I do not need to think that I am a child, I must inherit the father's business. You do not have to think anything, get used immediately. That is  the French Sutra . If it is so, from the first life to the last great, hands do not leave the Kinh, from morning to night there is no time to recite the  Lotus Sutra .  

(2)  A virtual  fishing reachable natural flow of existence  (organic)  down s a nh and death :   Venerable Master Hsuan Hua lectured on "Twelve Causes and Conditions": 

When all these twelve causal relationships cease to exist, it is like the sky in the far distance, like the bright moon reflected in the clear water. If you truly understand the Twelve Causal Powers, it will be like drinking water. When you are thirsty and drinking water, you will know for yourself whether the water is hot or cold.If you do not really use the tools to cultivate and realize the doctrine of the "Twelvefold Causality," then it is useless even if you say, "Yes, the twelve causes are all not, are not!".

Millions -  Ngay  5  month  9 ,  1977

Yes, I'm not afraid!
 

A man and a woman in a redundant army truck say, "Thank you. Thank you for coming to America! Peacefully, thank you for coming here. "
 

Master's Guide:

"Do you want to go back and become emperor?" Teacher asked.

"No," I replied.

Master:

"The good does not come out of the house,

bad luck spreads to thousands of miles. "(1)

Working silently, backstage. Avoid all praise or recognition. 

Practice! Do not talk about it. Practicing almsgiving, morality, patience, diligence, meditation and wisdom. Look at the heart. Practice compassion, joy, discharge. 

Modoe Boulevard in Santa Barbara: A group of teenagers clamber up, mock and mock us. "Eat the soil, it's so harsh." "Hey, maybe they're praying for us." "Never, they're just kissing the ground." "Do you enjoy this? Ha ha ha! " They turned around in circles and sat on the bike screaming. We gave them a flyer, but they did not come close. "I mean, I want to know, but your appearance makes us scared!" One answered. "Ha ha!"

We smile and continue to bow. One enjoys perseverance and finally says, "Yes, I'm not afraid.I'll take one. " Then he boldly but cautiously stepped forward. They clucked together and read the statement in silence. After a few minutes, they slowly climbed into the car and rode away.

One turned around and waved, saying, "I am sorry for what you said." The monks smiled, and the kid laughed.

We are in a bubble: The outside is the vajra, but the inside is fragile. If we make a mistake, then "pop", bubble burst and everything is gone. If we do it right, nothing can turn around or make us cling.

Being able to behave in all circumstances is not free from fear. No real fear is that there is no "I" in any situation.

Sincere - September 1977

Start from now and never stop

Prayer and encouragement to work.

May I be honest in everything you do. May all your words be true and pray for all actions to be true. Pray for the child to return to mindfulness to clarify all thoughts.

May your child avoid any evil, no matter how small, and do good deeds just like you are serving your teacher.

Offer courage and fearlessness, and do not tire of practicing. In work for others, you will use your best and do not expect rest, no holiday, knowing that life is work and rest is not a reward.

I will dedicate my life to the Three Jewels to serve all beings.

I will start now and never stop.

Hang Trieu, September 8, 1977

Try your best not to create more

Idiots dressed in patches, 
Cheerful rice belly, 
Cover coat to cover the cold, 
Want to leave grace. 
Someone scolded idiots, He 
just said good. 
Someone beat old fool, 
Lie lying down to sleep. 
Spit on the old man, 
let it dry himself. 
He does not waste his energy either 
. 
Such a secret, 
is a magical treasure. 
If anyone knows this, 
Lo does not reach the direction. Maitreya Bodhisattva

We are passing through Goleta High School. "Welcome to the New Students" in front of the school gate. A car rushes past and the six eggs soar. Teacher Truong is bowing down 5 sow.Two eggs spilled out onto the shawl and his back. (The eggs did not hit the teacher, but splashed when falling to the ground behind the teacher). Slowly he stood up, chanted and continued.

Sitting meditating on a moose, we were exposed to hail from a car approaching. We continue to sit.

"Self-cultivation is simply not angry," Venerable Master Hua

One thing has become clear to us, that is, we have come back. And it works the same way the other way - what comes back is due. Why are we angry? We can not avoid retribution. All we can do is let karmic retribution come and not create any more. When there is no greed, anger and delusion come out, it will come to appear a pure place for "pearl inside". Without creating waves, the surface of the lake is calm, reflecting like a perfect mirror.

We turned off the engine and turned off the headlights and slipped into a quiet, dark place in a residential area of ​​Santa Barbara. Around midnight, we were startled by the screams and jokes. There are cars around us. A few teenagers were on their way to and from returning to school on Friday night to stop drinking beer and smoking marijuana around our car. A big mobile party!

About an hour and a half, we woke up when we were overwhelmed by the police car's floodlights. We waited and they waited. This lasted about 5 minutes, and then they drove away. 
 

Truly, September 1977

When a person sincerely cultivates

Cultivate through the Dharma Ending Age

In the monkhood of the United States, Prince Dai Oai Quang, as head of the 500 princes in Diem Quang Minh, saw the Buddha appear on the lotus in front of him and some things. Unexpected occurrences. He has 10 testimonies. He attained a samadhi, a dhyana, the realms of compassion, compassion, joy, equanimity and other inconceivable things. (first)

Why? Because in the past, he was "well-heeled". This means that he practices good deeds, avoids evil and purifies the mind. When did he act? He has practiced in every life since the relentless lives.

Even during the period known as the "Statue of Dharma" and "Dharma Ends," he continued to practice - he never gave up or vacationed, waiting for the Buddha to come.

Pig appeared, but he continued to work and sweat. What happened? When the next Buddha appeared in the Prince's residence and in front of the Prince. Compassion that the Prince planted in the past was ripe, and he immediately witnessed 10 magic realms on the spot.

Obviously, if the prince did not cultivate from the past, when the Buddha arrived in the forest of Thang Long, he would not be in a position to witness the event or be prepared to receive the divine reward. As the abbot of Gold Mountain said, "When a true person practices, the Dharma Ending Age does not exist. I do not allow the Dharma Age to exist wherever I am - the true Dharma practice is the Dharma. "

If we strive and pursue any of the 84,000 paths to enlightenment, all of which are equal, all of which are effective, then in the future, like Prince Mahidol, Any good world, we will meet the Buddha in his own town and see his brilliant light, we will also experience great joy. 
 

Note:

(1) Sutra Flower  Price 

Buddhas-death! In the great Diem-Quang-Minh, National-Wang-Hy-Kien-Thien-Hui system received hundreds of thousand memories na-do-tha. Phu-Nhon Phuoc-Kiet-Tuong as the ultimate ability of the seven thousand women Phu Nhon. Tai-Dai-Oai-Quang as the uppermost five hundred Vuong. Tai-Nhi has a thousand Phu-Nhon and Dieu-Kien Phu-Nhon is the uppermost player.

Having seen the optical-clear of the Buddha, thanks to good health from before, Tai-Dai-Oai-Quang has ten legal solutions:

One is the Buddha-merit-patriarchal-dam-black. The second is the Buddhist-legal-universal-da-la-ni. The third is the Quang-Dai-means-organ-bowl-delicacies. Four are subject matter-of-life-great-grandmother-from. The year is Prussian-sound-level-equality. The sixth is the Sanh-infinite-merit-dark-win-the-great-great. Seven is the subject-like-truth-enlightenment-the-utilities-great-discharge. Eight is the subject of Quang-the-medium-level-organ-sense-organs. Nine is the subject of Sangha-credit-power-of-vow. Ten is Prussian-entry-design-optical-intelligence-measures.

Sincerely - September 1977

A greater power than love

Bodhisattva Strong-Than-Love-Love

He is the best of a new race. He left the country and traveled all over the world. Passing through the peaks, sewers, he sought something to satisfy what he needed to believe, to belong, to become his dream. His life was very hard, and he liked it so much. Others find comfort, easy. His colleagues talked about wealth, sex and fame; They sleep and eat, sleep and buy cookbooks, get married, give birth, and build nests to prepare for the gradual sliding down of the tomb.

He wandered and searched, not paying attention to riches, giving up sex, turning his back on fame, solidifying his body with practice and discipline. Sleep less and eat less. No one understands him, especially his parents. As a loving child, reflecting the good qualities of his parents' healthy teaching, he found it most difficult to leave behind their habits. He saw clearly the liberation that awaited him beyond his grasp, but only after cutting off the bonds of life that he truly transcended death.

He found in a monastery the path leading to the freedom he was seeking. It is a steep road and climbing to the summit requires both physical and absolute truth. This is the life he has been waiting for for so many years. Without hesitation, he was ready to leave. His deep intuition recognizes this journey as if he has been through a long time ago. But wait, your heart has more than one compartment - how about the happy and healthy years your parents gave you? What about the strongest gift-the invisible, invisible love that they give us? How could he face the pain he inflicted on them by cutting off their familiar ways of loving? Even deeper: what about the father, What is your mother's own character that depends on their existence in giving and receiving in relation to the family? By abandoning that profoundly rooted habit, do you lose something precious? Can you go and become the person you want without those parts in your original life?

These were the problems that weighed on his mind - he felt himself sitting on the fence. One side feels natural, familiar, and comfortable. On the other side feel thrilling, attractive. Your heart aches, trying to decide what to do.

A book he noticed and in the book, he found a letter from twelve centuries ago, a man in the same plight as he wrote. The letter says, "How can I leave my family to do what I know is best for me and still be a filial child? While looking at the sutras, I found a sutra, in which the Buddha, for his disciple, gave a lecture on the true origin of filial piety. His teachings cut off my last suspicions and led me to the decision to go on the path of liberation, despite the turmoil in my family. The Buddha said that all beings were my relatives, either father or son, my brother or sister. My parents in this life may also be my last child. Since I treated them well, So I was loved and protected in this life. My charms and they are very nice and strong. I want to repay their kindness and love. Here, the Buddha explained compassion, great power over love. Compassion can bring other beings to overcome the suffering to the shore of eternal happiness on the other side. He learned the great compassion by following the path of the Buddha. The first is to cut off the family relationship, leaving all the attachment that binds the person to life as glue. After that, after experiencing solid, true and non-stop practice, that person can attain liberation, which is the key to getting others through the hardships. There is a sentence, "when a monk, enlightened beings are born heavenly beings." My charms and they are very nice and strong. I want to repay their kindness and love. Here, the Buddha explained compassion, great power over love. Compassion can bring other beings to overcome the suffering to the shore of eternal happiness on the other side. He learned the great compassion by following the path of the Buddha. The first is to cut off the family relationship, leaving all the attachment that binds the person to life as glue. After that, after experiencing solid, true and non-stop practice, that person can attain liberation, which is the key to getting others through the hardships. There is a sentence, "when a monk, enlightened beings are born heavenly beings." My charms and they are very nice and strong. I want to repay their kindness and love. Here, the Buddha explained compassion, great power over love.Compassion can bring other beings to overcome the suffering to the shore of eternal happiness on the other side. He learned the great compassion by following the path of the Buddha. The first is to cut off the family relationship, leaving all the attachment that binds the person to life as glue. After that, after experiencing solid, true and non-stop practice, that person can attain liberation, which is the key to getting others through the hardships. There is a sentence, "when a monk, enlightened beings are born heavenly beings." Great power transcends love. Compassion can bring other beings to overcome the suffering to the shore of eternal happiness on the other side. He learned the great compassion by following the path of the Buddha. The first is to cut off the family relationship, leaving all the attachment that binds the person to life as glue. After that, after experiencing solid, true and non-stop practice, that person can attain liberation, which is the key to getting others through the hardships. There is a sentence, "when a monk, enlightened beings are born heavenly beings." Great power transcends love. Compassion can bring other beings to overcome the suffering to the shore of eternal happiness on the other side. He learned the great compassion by following the path of the Buddha. The first is to cut off the family relationship, leaving all the attachment that binds the person to life as glue. After that, after experiencing solid, true and non-stop practice, that person can attain liberation, which is the key to getting others through the hardships. There is a sentence, "when a monk, enlightened beings are born heavenly beings." Get rid of all the attachment that binds the person to life as glue. After that, after experiencing solid, true and non-stop practice, that person can attain liberation, which is the key to getting others through the hardships. There is a sentence, "when a monk, enlightened beings are born heavenly beings." Get rid of all the attachment that binds the person to life as glue. After that, after experiencing solid, true and non-stop practice, that person can attain liberation, which is the key to getting others through the hardships. There is a sentence, "when a monk, enlightened beings are born heavenly beings."

The letter continued, "As I read these doctrines, I immediately recognized the truth. According to the positive presentation of the Buddha, the other side of filial piety is hopelessness: only at home and witness the elderly parents, sick, and death, then worship them as ancestors, blindly offering For the darkness, hoping to save them, but become helpless in salvation. Is not this the second best thing? By avoiding them the brief pain of disbelief and anxiety when I am ordained and reestablishing the rules of separation, more formality, and by showing less affectionate expressions I also refuse them the great joy of the future, which I, as a monk, can bring to them. Of course my appearance changes will shock parents and this time they will not have grandchildren, But I was a good child and would be a good monk because of the kindness they give me. To save the body, the doctor cuts off his leg or hand - neat and beautiful. For mature, mature trees, the tree growers must prune the branches off. To reveal the inner beauty of granite, the sculptor must chisel out some of the stone. To learn enlightenment for myself and then for all beings, including my parents - this is the path to wisdom and compassion. This is a new land where we will stand and set up the practice and vows of the great heroes of the past. To reveal the inner beauty of granite, the sculptor must chisel out some of the stone. To learn enlightenment for myself and then for all beings, including my parents - this is the path to wisdom and compassion. This is a new land where we will stand and set up the practice and vows of the great heroes of the past. To reveal the inner beauty of granite, the sculptor must chisel out some of the stone. To learn enlightenment for myself and then for all beings, including my parents - this is the path to wisdom and compassion. This is a new land where we will stand and set up the practice and vows of the great heroes of the past.

"This is the first step, the most important to truly repay the goodness of our parents and help other filial peoples do the same. My parents are current parents, but our conditions are beyond the scope of this relationship. This is the only opportunity to close the loop and bring the eternal peace I wish they had received. This goal is certainly worthwhile in exchange for the small tolerance of "losing" a son to the Sangha. They have not lost a child, they have a ticket to heaven, I just practice fine and never forget what we owe them. I have to eradicate sex!

"This is called compassion and that is a greater power than love. When facing my parents again, I must not forget my goal: to help my parents learn to believe in the Buddha and the glorious transformation of Buddhism. First, they have to believe in me - to see that I am truly exalted and changed better - they will understand that calmness is an important part of the gaze and the virtue of the Bodhisattva. I will treat them kindly, kindly introducing them to the new room in my heart and the Dharma that they contain. When I see what Buddhism means to me, they will quickly find a similar place in their heart and my vows to take them through the pit of suffering will soon be realized. The older the relationship disappears, the sooner our parents know the truth is hidden behind my new behavior. The joy and pride of having a good child of them sooner or later is as great as my great joy to have such good parents, even the way to express it is more effort and Focus on my spirituality. Lazy the opposite way: I do not care whether I have liberated them or not. The good they give me is not worth the reward of enlightenment. I will be different when they see me again.

The letter closes: "The question has been answered, my doubts have been resolved, and the way forward is open and waiting." Like the daddy of Tang, he feels a surge of energy and dedication to this new option in life. The decision to become a monk is your most important choice and it promises the highest reward of all paths. How lucky you are to be able to give this gift to your loved ones. It is a rare opportunity to reconcile relationships and solve them again in the supreme embodiment of gratitude to life: the compassion of a Bodhisattva

Love for parents is important, but compassion for them far exceeds love. I vow to use compassion as a goal and use it to bring my parents to the brink of enlightenment - I will become a stronger Bodhisattva of Love and I will teach my method to all those who petition, Even those with or without karmic affinity with me, to the end of nowhere, throughout the world. 
He is the best of a new race and the others follow his example.

Note:

(1) Original Chinese: 一 子 得道, 九 祖 升天 - The most beautiful Dao, ascendant Ascension.

Hang Trieu - September 10, 1977

Ancestral feast

Wake up by the sound of the table to wake up late. While chanting, I am completely out of myself. The room was full of light but I did not know anything about my body. Only light and nowhere.

During the day we recite the title of Amitabha Buddha, alternately sit and recite (meditate).Last sitting of the day: Empty for a few seconds, every mile in all directions are the same nature. As soon as I open my mouth, this world disappears.

Ancestral Supper: Some Impressions and Emotions.

The abbot, with his virtue, opened and paved the way for these ancestors and relatives. A path of light through deep black. He kept the door open at the end of the road while we were gathering with his aunts, uncles, parents, grandparents, cousins, brothers, sisters, friends and prizes. escape them.

I sweated profusely. I glanced to my right and saw the same teacher. We all went somewhere with the Venerable, opening a door and a path while chanting - not to waste time. I shudder when I call "Mr. Frank, Aunt Leone!" And they come! (Later I learned that she was not dead but dying).

Not all "people" know Buddhism, especially in their last life, but hundreds are running through the aisles. They all recognize the liberation and what is happening. They are all ready.

The abbot is paying close attention to the people behind this small room at Kim Luan Temple as they chant the sincerity and one-pointedness - a very close group after a day of chanting and meditation. The Master's work is vigorous and majestic but unobtrusive.

We ran into and disassembled them "hanging upside down" as the Venerable described their condition. I cold spine to see each face joyfully reply and run towards the light.

Mr. Hang Quan and I burned the paper on the name of the relatives and friends have died. All done. I'm not trying to understand this experience anymore. There are some things and things that science and "reason" can not explain. I just started learning.
 

Sincere - September 1977

Model of a perfect person

The visit to Kim Luan Temple was a big surprise. As usual, it stunned me. I had the opportunity to pray for my father and grandfather - the virtue of the Venerable Master kept the door open to hell long enough for the people to be called up to squeeze out safely. During the ceremony before the hour, I could see my father's face in the lotus-blurred but there and there.

As soon as we arrived on Saturday morning, I began to see my thoughtless selfish actions appear. The example is the presence of Master Hang Quan. I can measure my progress with our old-temperament relationships. Another example is the constant expression of the selfless selflessness of the Most Venerable. In situations like this, my selfishness manifests: a glass of orange juice appears; I took and did not transfer the orange juice. It is time to meditate; I grabbed the center position. Hang Heng was in the first place, and Hang Quan appeared after that and sat at No. 3. I should have informed him of the position and moved on. People burst into the ceremony, loud noisy; I feel hot about this. The monks smiled and accepted them.

If you carefully watch him and his actions, you can pair the pieces together to form the model of a perfect man, a nobleman, and illuminate the way You can see the background, the selfishness, the subtlety of your own realm. This is an education. That education is invaluable and hard to repay.
 

Hang Trieu, September 11, 1977

Your own Bodhisattva on the road

In the early morning, Pat Chiang drove us back to the position of the Goleta. Going further away from the Kim Luan Pagoda, I can feel the extraordinary protection and light that the Venerable Master has created - a place of refuge and safety - fading away. It is time for us to do our best to light our own light, and to create our own Bodhisattva on the road. The light and aura of the sanctity that his own Bodhicitta creates is a function of the spiritual practitioner.

Truly, September 1977

Do not shake for anything

How is it today? Why did you have lunch with this laywoman? Why do you write, think, and be moved? 
1) You take pleasure in food. 
Strange ... 
2) You do not use that method.

Now you are someone else. You have methods, the method of Buddhism has changed your old habits. When the challenge comes to the bride, you just sit there and let your mind sink into the old response - without control. Do not practice. No elaboration.

If you do not use your methods, you will not be well-acquainted. Draw the sword of wisdom.Keep in the center and swing the sword. Do not shake for anything - even Chinese women, chats in Chinese, or picnics!

Watch out for social etiquette and old-fashioned partying. Die!
 

* * * *

Send Truth:

You know, if you eat a little and stop when you hear the new voice say "enough" after about 15 minutes, people can translate the business or exercise Tai Chi or meditate or bowing - that is The things that people should do more than sit and chew for an hour and then take two hours to bow to try to recover from eating too much. It is clearly a waste of time and has no merit in the practice. Try it. 

 

Sincere - September 1977

Hammering and sawing began

It's been two years since I've been doing fine meditation without sleeping. Now, as I meditated, I felt like there were a few engineers, workers and truckloads of material coming into my head - a huge airborne dome. They closed the door and the hammer, pulling the saw began. Inside the dome is all my pipes, fuel and designs. They are rebuilding my job into something stronger once more. I nearly collapsed from the age of 17-24, leaking and wasting my treasure.

There is now a sign on the door, which says "Do not bother!". Soon, the dome will open and we will see what kind of aircraft we have built. Meanwhile, when I was sitting in meditation, nothing but the hammer, the smoke and the iron.

Hang Trieu - September 14, 1977

Good thing not to leave the front door

Car malfunction - car brakes are broken and engine cracks. We decided to continue to bow and see what would happen. Anyway, there is no money.

We found a good "hidden" campground next to the railroad at the end of a residential street.It is hard to hide in a small town, bow at a speed of 1/8 mile per hour and drive an almost ancient car. 
We sleep in the shade of a solitary tree in front of an outdoor movie theater watching from inside the car. Master Heng Tum shaved his head while I was doing Tai Chi right under the tree. The Santa Barbara County police officer stopped talking about our progress and said that they had received several calls about the Jade Trip.

The fugitives always ask us where we stay overnight, because although most of them ignore our "illegal camping", they are professional. Can not find us when they know we are right in front of their eyes stabbed their pride and curiosity pride.

We are always mysterious. If we let them know, it means acknowledging the law violation they have to enforce. If we refuse to camp, it will be a violation of the law that they know we are strictly enforced (the world does not lie). They like it!

Overnight of any job can be boring and lonely. Often, the relationship between us and the police comes from our concerns about our work and because it's fun talking to ordinary people who are fun and like what they do, rather than solving things. endless complexity and tension inherent in the work of the police.

In any case, the police quietly monitored us to ensure our safety and help the pilgrimage.Here are some examples: One day, some people stopped the car, stared and laughed at us.Immediately, John, the police officer, was there, sternly informing them, "If you do not have traffic problems, keep driving."

An obedient voice called "Sir," and they quickly drove away.

Another cop stopped because he had read one of our announcements circulated around the police station. He enjoyed the monastic life and non-violent and non-violent principles. This is part of his work that he fears and does not like most. He was surprised and very impressed that we did not fight or quarrel with anyone.

"I will keep an eye on everything for you," said Santa Barbara police officer Foster. Please do not worry. Whoever is causing trouble for me, I will stop immediately. If I take a break, I will stop and give you little beans and fruit. I really hope your work will be successful. "

These police and women are the case.

"The good does not leave the front door,

bad luck spreads for thousands of miles. "

Few know the good they do; But everyone knows the bad. The silent guardian of the Dharma, no one saw the Three of the most cult - that is the police.

Burying in soft soil on the curb is spiky and "pointed". If we touch down too hard or fast, our hands and knees, and sometimes our foreheads will suffer from 7 or 8 thorn stabs at the same time. Even when we are careful, it is inevitable. This is the challenge of patience and letting go, especially in the last hours of a hard and hot day.

We found an empty area and hid the car in the corner behind it. One of the twelve ascetics that the Buddha taught was "in the desert" (A lingual). So, no problem at all. Heaven will be colder and darker.

Do not get involved with "homeowners"! In both cases we expanded the prayer (an invitation to bath outside and an invitation to park inside). Strangely, when we got there, we failed.Even if the proponents say they will be there, then they are absent. Leaving to find our delicacy always brings a better feeling. I think failure is better.

We started to understand the "devil" and where the Buddha came from - that is our own mind. We can see the transformation, both the good and the troubles that have arisen in our minds in the triple trek. Our precepts and vows provide a place of pure purity to cultivate within. When we left this area and ran out of mischief, our shield broke open and never knew what was going to happen: ants, cars, thieves, and temptations. . "Chicken on rest".
 

This whole journey is a never-ending awakening to the functioning of our mind. It's like the echo and the return of our mistakes and struggles to purify our hearts while patiently endure our karma.

World immeasurable strain 
Depending our mind arises 
Beings difference now 
World immeasurable many 
of which being obvious before 
Tho copper suffering such fun.

Chinese 
Flower World

Hang Trieu - September 15, 1977

Where will we go?

A girl, running out of the house, want to join us. Wash the dishes after a meal under some eucalyptus trees in the corner of an undeveloped field near the railroad tracks. I heard a voice saying, "Is there a place for me?" She carried all belongings contained in a pillowcase and handbag. I guess she was about 14 years old. If I had any wisdom, I would have made the filial text of filial piety come alive to her, just as this text did for me as Heng continued reading this text. at the brunch. It is very basic and direct. All I could do was keep her from throwing her stuff into the back of the Plymouth and follow her. "Where will we go?"

We should have told the reporter when he asked, "What do you want to say?" Is "Yes! There is so much hatred and suffering in this world. There are so many accidents and disasters. To put an end to this, we first need to put an end to these things from our hearts and our thoughts. That is why we are bowing. "

Instead, I said, "Well, no, I can not think of anything."

Soon after, I thought, "Who are the victims of disaster and disaster? They appear everywhere.There is something about seeing distant suffering awakening and breaking through the walls and fences that surround our hearts. "Hey, that's my father, that's my mother" was a recognition. Just as you are being cared for when you are sick and not being able to take care of yourself as a child, you give this good heart to all who are suffering and needing it. Why can not this be done? "

Strong winds appear after the meal. There is a big fire, northwest. We could see smoke columns and hear sirens. An emergency firefighter is taking off from the airport next to where we are bowing.

The dragon clouds come and fly down from the ocean to spread out and sleep along the mountain peaks and ridges at night. When the sun rises, they also wake up. One by one the clouds covered the sky and did what the dragons did all day long until sunset, one by one.Some clouds remain to catch the last rays of the sun, and then the cold and clear sky, which is covered with infinite amounts of sun. How far is this whole, how great?

I'm just beginning to get a sense of the powerful and extraordinary things that we can do when we put our minds to it. This is the force. We do not know how far or how wide or how much strength or wisdom we can bring until we focus on doing it. Each time Master Heng and I reached a point where we thought we could not continue, we continued. This is the magical and unknown element of this pilgrimage and of the practice. You never know how far you can go, or there are limits. "There is no fixed dhamma". Worship hard and the vast vow, who really knows?

For example, the long- 
cloudy clouds floating around the not- 
so-Buddhist-force- 
born countries of birth.

Chinese Harmonized 
Flower

Note:

(1) Stars. Stars are the suns in the universe.

Sincerely - September 1977

The weather is a being

California never knows the four phases of change brought about by the weather. There are fierce changes such as earthquakes and tropical storms, but rarely are the gentle movements of water, air, sunshine, and insects a clear limitation on human activity. California's endless summer allows you to reach the extremes year round. Where else does the circus pass on a Thursday morning like this: cold winds blowing through two thickly clothed monks wearing woolen hats and scarves - dozens of students cycling down the hill They all wore t-shirts and sleeveless ponytails, snogging in the cold but riding as fast as the wind. Some boys were bigger than their breasts and bicycles crossed, and one, extraordinary, just hit the guitar pedal while the bike hit the ramp.

At home when the weather changes, so on. You follow the weather or you stop. And feel different taste when living in four seasons. The weather is a being, you interact with the weather and follow it whenever you are outdoors. Seasonal changes also change their personality. Winter is hibernation. Breathe deeply and sleep. Spring bursts everywhere and plastic flows. Summer polls and expressed, autumn gather, ponder, and prepare.

Hang Trieu - September 17, 1977

I wish the teachers peace!

At the end of the Hollister Road. A motor-modified car with a high tail stopped at the side of the road and a man shouted something. The car was so noisy that I could not hear what he was saying. Shabby, plump soup, rattling. He shouted, "I say pray for the peace teachers!" He showed a very bright smile that meant he was like that. Then he wrenched the car away, the wheel swirling quickly, hissing and running down the Hollister Road. We added some quiet bows while the sun went down. Tomorrow we will return to the highway.
 

Sincerely - September 1977

Only by trying

Basically I'm not anywhere but a cleaner and quieter place than I have ever been.

How did I get here? Not from anything I have read, not from anything I have said or thought of. Only by listening to instructions, making mistakes and returning to instruction. Just by trying, failing, asking han, and trying again, I have started to move forward.

Hang Trieu - September 18 and 19, 1977

A meteor shower

Offering: Duk Khai and her children together Chin Lee and their children, all go to the meal offerings. A lot of food, lots of people, and a lot of good energy.

We go back to the highway. The dark and cold. Yesterday, when we were meditating outside, I noticed a big star glittering in the western sky. The stupidity and hard work of the universe surprised me. How far is the universe going? And the universe is moving and changing as I am observing now, just as I am observing, the earth is moving and changing, and my body is changing.

It was an utter astonishment, which made all my small problems and concerns shrink and disappear. A meteor has been interpreted. From another angle, our whole galaxy may look like a shooting star - coming and going in the blink of an eye.

For the first time since the beginning of the trip, the immensity of the whole space gave me a warm feeling, not cold. The bright stars floating in the night with no stops made me feel like a cozy home rather than the sparkling lights of the towns and farms nearby.
 

Hang Trieu, September 20, 1977

I certainly spoke to the Venerable Master

Ceremony 101. An oil-powered truck ran through our ears at a speed of 70 mph, just three steps from us. We consider obeying or opposing traffic. Consideration: dazzling sunshine, vision, wind.

Dream.

I came to talk to Master in an ancient city. I have a series of questions. But, before I could ask, he surprised me and answered the real questions in my mind. He highlighted a number of points and gave advice for the most cultured Trip. The key word is "patience." He emphasized the importance of the pilgrimage to many other people and for the sake of righteousness we still can not understand.

When I wake up, I am sure that I really have talked with the Venerable. I feel washed, caring, submissive, and honest, just like the presence of the Venerable Master.

There is another story. I realized that I had "met" Amitabha Buddha. I constantly say "Amitabha Buddha. Amitabha Buddha. "It's not a very special character, but a panorama of light and purity. When you walk into the cold, dark tunnels you realize you were in the warm, bright sunshine. While engulfed in this encounter and in the congregation around Master, it seemed unlikely. The power and miracle of this incident was not noticed until I woke up and returned but was still reciting "Amitabha Buddha. Amitabha Buddha".

Our most important insights to date:

1. "All are created by the mind." What you see is what you have. Mind is a place to practice and understanding. Outward looking is a dead end and does not create light, and has a lot of trouble.

Follow the rules (volunteer, gender, special instructions for the journey).

3. Practice hard.

4. Not expected. Goodness brings the offering; bad thoughts bring trouble. Good or evil, are false and false.

5. "Illumination". Looking inside at every situation is the key to awakening. That means closing the gates of the eyes, ears, tongue, body and mind. Stop talking, stay away from home owners - "dead birds" do not sing, but they really fly (1).

6. No greed - this is the key to liberation and wisdom.

7. Do not let go and stop for a moment. Be "honest" all the time, even when alone or at bedtime. Do not cover up or take a vacation.

8. Practice. Self-cultivation is the most important thing. The guidance of monks and nuns comes alive when practiced.

Hollow chanting only, 
the New Bodhisattva. 
... 
I believe in the Buddha. 
United States mouth mouth play (2)Sixth Patriarch Kinh - Product Coating Coast

Let go of everything and practice. With practice, the Sutra does not say anything we do not know. With no practice, the Sutra says things that we will never know.

9. "Ung no head of the heart". Do not cling to nothing.

Zen is very important in melting and reflecting on our mindfulness or lack of mindfulness in adulation: better bowels are better meditation.

11. Consider all women as my mother, all men are my father, combined with loving kindness, compassion, joy, happiness, can help us through all situations. Fear is only the view of the self (self-ant), too self-confident too.

Still hurrying with police and camping. We still have to hide but not thoroughly. Farm owners are very scared of fire, so the camper is considered a danger. The rolling hills filled with dried leaves tinkled. Once the flame comes in, it is almost impossible to control it. These are called "wild fire" areas.

We found this handwritten paper with some money underneath the glass wipers when we returned at the end of the day:

"The work of teachers is a testimony of determination. Pray for the teachers on the journey for peace. Ned, a man from Ventura, where the catastrophic accident took place. 
 

Note:

Diem Ma to China has not met the tri, this is Anh Vu is his voice. Listening to the bird, Dama was happy to teach her the secret: "To get out of a cage, straighten your legs, close your eyes, this is a miracle, help me escape the cage."

Mr. Vu, after understanding the method of escape cage, said: "Now I understand, thank you teach." Mr. Vu sees the remote host back, waiting for the owner to approach, it immediately uses that method. Every day, the owner came back to play with his beloved bird to spend his grief late, now see his lovely beloved lying in the cage is very anxious, opened the door to bring Anh Vu to the palm: "Oh, the bird's body is still hot." Because the bird died, the hot air was still there. The owner opened his fist to Anh Vu fly away! Successful escape from the cage.

We are still in the cage now, do not think we are free. To eat, eat, drink, do not preserve the rules for freedom. This is so confused as to misunderstand freedom. Freedom is true freedom birth, want to fly up to heaven, up to heaven, want to land on the soil debris; There are so many things called true freedom.

(2) Original Chinese:

汝今 名 誦
誦
有 有
口 口 口 口 口 口 口 口 口 口 口 口

The name of the Dhamma Met

Retirement paternity 
Non-recurrent chastity

The mind of Bodhisattva as well as good 
luck charm

Ngô needles the theory of the 
Buddha

United States congestion.
 

Sincerely - September, 1977

Young people like the miracle

At Kim Luan pagoda, it is interesting to see young men and women discover the dharma through the reverence of their parents towards the Venerable. We learn by imitation and because lay Buddhists in Los Angeles are very dedicated to their teacher, young people are receptive to miracles. When the Buddhadharma gradually enters the next generation in the West, these young people are dharma protectors, who will help the Dharma flourish in the Buddhist community at home. Learned firm belief from parents and elders, they will continue to progress in spiritual practice as they grow older. The work of the monk is to fully subdue all desire so that we can educate others and help them cultivate blessings and create good deeds deep in Buddhism.

You can see that is coming.

SELF - September 1977 

Stop it at the door and turn it

After you learn a lesson, the challenge will appear to confirm your progress. I realized that awareness, control, and ability to control the mind slowly. Old habits of mind, the mind does not go out through the door of the base to contact with all realms. Once you know how to control the power, you can control the energy you want to escape. Stop it at the door and turn it back. I believe that when cultivating long enough, you will accumulate the ability to subdue it at all times. If you can turn back the old gas.

Hang Trieu - September 22, 1977

The disease is gone
 

Bill and Pat Chiang drove in, offering a meal, food, utensils and $ 10 in gas. Bill told us about chronic heart disease worsening, but after taking refuge in the Three Jewels Monastery, the disease "disappeared". He has met many experts around the world, but no one can help."When I take refuge, I want to ask the Master about my heart, but I'm afraid, so I did not say anything. But, strangely, after that day, the disease disappeared. I have not had any heart problems since then! "

We understand very little how and why these things happen. And yet all come from the mind-root, which is the source of all the Buddhas. How can these realms measure or "gain?"

As-Lai-world-depth 
The amount that all-nibbler 
All that-born into 
That is not real entry. 
As-Lai-world-depth 
How much nhmon nhc Win 
often said life 
can not be exhausted. Flower Adornment

A local farmer stopped to warn us about the dangers of the forest fire and said, "Oh, yes, and you watch out for the rattlesnakes!" Trains, trucks, cars, poisonous spiders, falling debris, murder, robbery, theft, dangerous roads, and now the rattlesnake! What's next? I would ask someone another day: "This must be boring, is not it?"

Police inspection; The result: "You can bow to any side of the road you want - no problem, good luck."
 

Sincerely - September 1977

Do not look for results

Sometimes I feel mad. I can not stop thinking - too dense and rough. "You will ruin all this work and you will lose the game." Efforts to waste, dissipate hope. And inside, I fight, smash and scream. Then something will change all at once; Water vapor that opens the steam valve or melting work is safe and all will relax. My head will report, "Please relax, buddha, the Buddhists are also compassionate to themselves, you know.You should be happy and relaxed.If you are not stressed and sad, and you You do not want to be like that, but you have a long way to go, there's a lot of time, just step by step, and then take the next step. And check the mind. Do it for long enough,

Then, I thought, "You do not dare to take refuge in the future, you do not know when this trip will end. Tomorrow can be all and if you keep going on the interest inside it can. Do it now, do not think, and do it all the time, just practice it properly and fully, just rely on the instructions. All the thoughts that come up to talk about this are actually to stop it. So close your mouth, stop your head. "

Hang Trieu - September 23, 1977

Rules of glass, glass tanks
 

"The car is teaching me," is the Master's comment after we talked about the following events at Kim Luan Temple on the weekend:

Beverly Hills: Break the rules, wasting time at a gas station. A truck shuddered and shattered the rearview mirror of our car. Rules of glass, glass tanks.

Outside Malibu: make an unnecessary trip to the food market - for fear that we do not have enough food to eat. Exit the market and the car will not start. Death machine.

Santa Barbara: We decided to increase the prostration time and skip the rest. Soon after, a car mechanic saw us and corrected our oil leak. Free of charge.

Santa Barbara: During a trip to the town, we decided to loosen our rules a bit and drive past the historic Mission area (see scene). As soon as we turned the corner to Mission, the braking system stopped working. As we roll back and continue our work, the brakes start working again.

Isla Vista: When faced with major and expensive repairs, we decided to devote ourselves instead of trying to find the money and where to repair the car to do so. Soon after, a friendly car mechanic took care of this "big deal" for no more than $ 20!

The vows are your future. They are the seeds that emit light and sound that guide you home.Somewhere, somewhere we all sow the seed of Buddhahood. We bite, chew and bear the karmic cover of these seeds until we come back. Faith and prayers haunt and whisper, "You have not come home yet. This is not home. Go ahead, go ahead!" The prayer is done on faith.

Decisive determination is bothered As-Lai. 
News makes the clean-up, bright, fast 
Tin or birth of the Bodhi Tree 
Flower Adornment - Hien Thu

Sincerely - September 1977

And you will not be reborn
 

Need a Who?

Yes, this is the Zen of Fruit, and it is time to expand the work of prostration into both day and night. Bring along the wisdom sword. Mantra is an important bridge, clean nowhere, shine on them. But I need something on the mantra to use in rituals, while sleeping, when bowing - opening the eyes to see what is deluded, what is not deluded. Subtract all and put me in every scene - calm and empty. It works when bowing; The next will be in the absence of praise. Like meditation:

I talked my head 
All day long live 
I talked my head 
All the defilements are broken 
Who is the Buddha? 
No, no, use swordsmanship. 
Stop the thoughts as they arise 
And you will not be reborn 
 

Hang Trieu - September 24, 1977

Our mouths and lips are dry again

What will you do when a diesel truck spits out of the road and heads towards you? Give way to lightly and quickly. There is a saying that "Sometimes backward is forward".

As the land of one 
species All alone in the 
Land do not think the other 
Buddha Dharma Such Buddha Sutra - Bodhisattva Book of Wisdom

To go home

Very dry Everything cracked. No soft rustling sound, only rubbing and scratching. Brittle and unbalanced. Moisture is off the ground. As we walked along the road, the ground fell apart and sagged like a hollow shell. The trucks and drivers' groups drove past us, toward the dusty brown hills.

When the wind stops blowing, this rural drought is truly a hell on earth. Cattle and wild animals are fed with dead dry grass, without a shadow shading the sun and no water to quench heat. Minutes after drinking water from the ball, our lips and mouth dry again.

Scientists call this a "cyclical low rainfall trend." They "can not speculate" what caused it or how to end it. "Those who are not scientists" also call it a cycle, a cycle of cause and effect, of behavior and retribution. That is karma. After the abuse and waste of water, especially in the "progress" of chemistry and atoms, we lose it. We are the same, and we all share the four elements of earth, water, wind, fire. We are one body, one mind. If these four elements are not harmonious, that is because our minds are crooked and not harmonious. When will water come back? When we repent of past mistakes and modifications. When will we purify our hearts?

There is no drinking water at this petrol station, as pollution from spillage dumps. The garbage dump was created because there was no place to store all the waste of the nearest major city.The mechanic said, "This place was a clean place." Great greed, great expectations, large garbage dumps, and polluted water. Pure or polluted water is "not leaving one's mind" (1).

Sincerely - September 1977

For a moment I can see through the road
 

Performers

As soon as the topic of music, singing, or performance is discussed, a joke appears. Hangeng wears a dark and rigid mask. His eyes and mouth changed in a special place, and his head moved unnaturally in a gesture he had practiced. Each time, I felt immediately - I felt heat and conflict increased. I wear the same mask and do not want to see it in him or in me. I thought I had dissolved this part of my past but it was not. He has not left, he just stepped out of the stage. It is so ugly.

Did not know what the performance was that made such a deep and negative impression on both of us? Are we still craving for applause? Does it nourish a place in the great self like Mount Meru is still hungry? It was a strong reaction and was deeply rooted. It's not a place to let go or be a fun place to share. It was "I was really good and I knew that, and I was forced to fake. What a shame for you. " Too bad.

The biggest discovery this month is that energy and light and insight come from actually turning desire, cutting it and turning it back inside. That's it! Power! For a moment I can see all the way to enlightenment. It's like this.

We have not had interviews from newspapers or television since we were in Carpentina a month ago. I feel uncomfortable, as if I do not hold the responsibility for the Gold Mountain Temple or for Buddhism. At the same time, I realized that something was going on - that was not a normal situation. Newspapers are being kept away for some reason.

Then when we finished the prostration in the evening, I asked myself about my delusions: Is not that a case of greediness? Something inside is understood, and I realize that all the thoughts on this matter are potential energy for prostration. That is, instead of looking out for journalistic interest, I should turn that energy around and keep it inside. As soon as I realized the truth, I was like having a ZOTZ candy! the giant of pure energy and the anxieties of the mind become silent. That's it! Turn the light back on when done correctly and thoroughly to bring you the best of everything - it does not leak. The greatest desire - of existence exists through clinging to sex - when it is annihilated and turned backward - How wonderful! It must be a big step to wisdom and compassion. The administration is the same.
 

Hang Trieu - September 25, 1977

The prostration caused the pain to disappear, I guess!

I have many lower back pain and find it difficult to bow. I forgot my watch, and we bowed all the time. We forget everything else and just bow. Duk Khai and her two sons, Nguyen Thi Gray and Gao Reig Snider, offer meals. They cried when they came to see us on the highway.When we sat down to eat, I realized the back pain disappeared - I guess the prostration caused the pain to disappear.

Sincerely - September 1977

Association for Protection of Rings

One of Tolkien's best books, The Lord of the Rings, recounts the pilgrimage of Frodo and Samwise to save all the good things of the world and destroy evil. Their journey was supervised by Gadalf, who was the supreme sorcerer of that realm, a good-looking, white-minded, well-guarded, white man who was linked to ancient wisdom.

In the end, the only thing the two Hobbits won was their innocence, their selflessness, and their prayers. Their journey occurs both inside and outside. When their heart is upright, they do not have any difficulty, or they meet strong friends and wisdom to help them. When their mind is not good or not true to their task, the trouble occurs.

Completing the mission, the Hobbit and their companions return to the Shire. Samwise learned courage, self-respect, and a little wisdom. Frodo was severely injured by a spider and lost a finger on the edge of Mount Doom, and he no longer clung to the pleasures of this world.Instead, he goes to Gray Havens, a kind of pure Buddhist land. Frodo demonstrates his compassion for the Shire. He forgives an enemy and forgives his evil deeds. Frodo has seen enough of the killing and has experienced the unity of all the living creatures and the fragile death of the creature.

While the characters in Tolkein's Trilogy do not meet the Dharma and they all seek the truth outside, the best thing is that the Book of the Rings reminds us of the great Bodhisattva vows in Tackling all evil and doing all good. The book is pure and lyrical. There is killing but it speaks much about devil's surrender and transforms beings rather than killing.

There is a great sharing of integrity and goodness among many different races and beings. It is like the ideal of the "great" of China. Hằng Triều and I more than once felt the call to make our journey from this good story. The experience we share sometimes reflects the efforts and joy of the Forbearance Protection Association. Sometimes it's a bit weird and we wonder how Tolkien could be so close to Buddhism and did he draw from his own Bodhicitta when writing on the trilogy? . We look forward to this series.

It is good that this book exists in the world and it will attract many good people to the Dharma.
 

Hang Trieu - September 26, 1977

Success depends on sincerity

Prostrations on a small isolated road, parallel to the highway. Quiet, overcast.

A local Tai-chi teacher has long hair and a long beard with the followers performs a ritual to unleash colorful bundles. Inside the suit was a long soft gown, scarf and stuff on his head and he was wearing it. After chanting and dancing in front of us as we bowed, he asked if we could pray together on the road and film the scene he was giving us some fruit. corn and sacred objects.

Heng explained in writing that the success of our work depends on our sincerity and we continue to prostrate, whether they understand it or not. 
They left their food offerings and said they would meet us at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas within a year. They are working for world peace.

Sincerely - September 1977

The sorrow is what you receive

More is not better: Difficult to understand the word.

This is an old habit that you should identify and cut off. You are distracted and still find pleasure in what you read. For example, during lunch, people read the Dharma. Okay, but only part. All you have to do is digest half of it because you never review it again.

"Are not you happy to learn and often review what you have learned?"

What did you do? Reading Da Ni; copy some lines. Then you put it down and do the same with the Sixth Sutra. You realize value and start learning it, but you give up before you get it.Siddhartha, the Dharma Dharma, Bodhidharma, the Divine Resurrection, and now you are about to begin the Vajrayana and the Amitabha. Do you recognize a pattern here?

Do you want to go around the outer ring forever and never enter the main gate? The sorrow is what you receive. You have to give up clinging to the old view. The new waves of my life, so powerful and pure, can not be denied, washed away the old things into the sea, dissolving useless things and purifying useful things.

Hangeng said, "In the colonies with a person of true morality, you drop your shields. Out here on this road, I felt the Master's armor borrowed more and more thin. Now we have come and we have to switch to our own armor. "

Hang Trieu - September 17, 1977

The simplest basics are still the most valuable

The moon is full. It came and went and as one of the watches for us. Dawn and sunset, the stars at night, the ocean waves repeat the change, change but repeated. 
The state of comfort or pain, defilement and purity, our anger or kindness come and go. No matter what comes our way or what happens, "we" will surpass it and "it" will pass.Dangerous and comfortable, sick and ants come and go. The equality of things (the dharmas) is really becoming clear to us.

Someone or something always goes through, and we can look back and say, "Oh, that's nothing. Now it's like a dream for me. " What is not? And who is still alive after all the realms of things, but does not disappear or overshadow, neither come nor goes, grows or shrinks?

After five months on the road, the simplest things are still deepest and most valuable: "Practice hard, be patient. Not be rotated by the realms. " The best method is to practice more and say less.

The mind or observation 
is the general is impermanent 
The dhamma, no, no self 
. 
The speech in life 
are due to distinguish both 
Unprecedented a juridical 
Sanh the dharma 
Chóng away, not pausing 
mindfulness concepts are the same. 
Flower Adornment - Bodhisattva Qin Ming

On the long stretches of Highway 101, the prostration begins to feel like a snowstorm in the highlands. After a while, "no longer general fall, general, general beings, general life" (Four Generals). The sun breaks the knot and glue, and the wind blows away the mind like a stream of water. Clean and empty, the vastness of the sea and stars resemble your own quiet inner space. How the world must be like, where:

The body is full of nothing nowhere 
A cylindrical stationary ten. 
Flower Adornment - Hien Player

Last night I had a dream, in that dream some men tried to break into our car and steal our belongings. At that time we were bowing and doing things right. I saw them and walked towards them, and somehow convinced them not to steal our belongings.

This afternoon, as we bowed along this isolated road, I thought I had seen from the corners of my eyes the silhouette of two people - like someone jumping over the highway fence and toward the car of we are parked. The car is on the other side of a hill and outside our sight.Strangely, at the same time, Hang Jing, for whatever reason he could not explain, began to bow faster. Feeling something was happening, I walked up to the top of the hill and saw two men pulling the door and trying to open the windows of the Plymouth. When they saw me coming, they ran back across the highway. What amazed me was that they were also the ones who appeared in my dreams - clothes, hair, and everything.

At the edge of the oilfields north of Ventura, there were similar dreams of having our sleeping bags stolen. In those dreams, we broke the rules and brought the devices to the thieves as if they were old friends. It turned out, a few days later, we actually broke the rules (late and many things) and that day, our sleeping bag was stolen.

In the dream last night, we obeyed the rules and stopped the theft. The next afternoon, we decided to go out and bow to "punctual", instead of spending time shaving and washing. We did not talk and we were on time for the ceremony and bowing. No stealing.

Is it a coincidence? Maybe so. However, things do not feel that way. It felt like we were in control and responsible for what happened to us. It is a practical lesson on karma and the doctrine of "All created by the mind." Get the wrong results run erroneously or erroneously like the hair. That night we read verses in the Flower Adornment:

Newspapers, as the birth of 
falsehood as a dream. 
Always often ruined 
As before, after so. 
Flower Adornment - Bodhisattva Qin Ming
 

Sincerely - September 1977

Tam met gas

(The following lines are written after our recent visit to Kim Lanh Temple - the first weekend of September. Much has changed since then. the carriage of a layman is driving back to Los Ageles to meet the Venerable again. Here is my reflection from the last visit.

As the trip started, our defense against the world of Los Ageles was very high. The first time we returned to KimLong after a month outside showed our stress. Going back out again and we feel less stressed, and more real. We both had a bigger capacity to cover the "real". The second time back to Kim Luan is clearer. We reflect on the transition from solitary stress to a completely social environment. "The monk was not moved." Start feeling more flexible, more realistic in both worlds. Return to the oilfield and we were blown away and wasted needles (golden light). Get sick, recover and continue. Suddenly, there was a surprise visit by Master and Kim Son Holy Temple to the city of Santa Barbara. We really yearn for old friends to see what we are doing, how to feel outside. An energy gift from Master along with the visit.Followed by a sudden trip back to the Kim Luan pagoda, more clever, transition less bumpy.Aware of not wanting to release energy. Fight with the senses, using that method, another dose of needle energy.

Driving back to Hollister Street, the tension increased as we crossed Ventura. Feeling naked when we arrive. Drop all shields down. Which one is more realistic? All realms are mind-met with gas. Be in the middle with the light; Please be careful and quiet and everything will be fine. You will fight with greed as soon as it arrives.

Feeling peculiar in his robes when outside the gas station after feeling completely at home in the monastery with the same coat. "Wait. What are you doing here? " Look at the car and it looks like a dear home. We go back to the center. Go in the middle and walk towards truth and no one can harm you. Use your sword skills to spare your thoughts and do not let the sound of your own wheels get you mad. Make an effort. All are there, do it.

Hang Trieu - September 28, 1977

Children from awareness are available to recognize this fact

When doubt and suspense are full, I envision my parents, and then all the beings I have met or known. I remember their kindness and feel their fear and suffering as my own. I think about my debt and the opportunity I have to pay for all.

I envisioned the Venerable Master and evaluated my lack of diligence, lack of accomplishment and lack of compassion. The abbot gave me patience and lit up the Way. My parents have solidified my roots and fortune. Both of them "recharge" my vow to "help and support beings everywhere," and let me "do my best."

Parents and Master gave away and sacrificed so much with the spirit of no-self! How can I waste time on small and unclean thoughts? Let's go, Hangeng, just do good, do not do wrong.Make offerings through your actions and purify your mind. In each move "go, stand, sit", purify the mind.

I can remember "meditation" as a child. That "meditation" consists of staring at a spot or closing your eyes, trying not to let any thought or image arise. I try to do everything inside me "behave consciously and quietly", like mud at the bottom of the pond in clear water. It's fun, it's a game. Whenever a thought or word or image arises, I will have to start over. Riding or sitting in the church, at night or in the morning when everything is quiet and still sleeping are the best moments.

I know the kids make their own mantras. They "keep the mind" with repeated sounds and syllables that sound like "meaningless" to adults. Whenever they feel nervous or in need of concentration, the sounds automatically appear. Other children make hand gestures and fingers seem meaningless, repeating the pattern and process. They use these patterns when they feel scared or alone. Some children only count 2-4-6-8, 1-3-5-7, etc. in the opposite direction or forward direction and sometimes in sync with their moves.

All these techniques are just methods of concentration and retreat. They are natural and point to an inability to learn that everything is created from the mind, that is, inside and outside, or subject and object, we and people - distinctions - are false.

How does the child from the available consciousness perceive this truth and find every natural way to purify and use the power of their mind? How do we forget?

In terms of groups, the children are the most sensitive and sympathetic to the Three Kingdoms. Why? It is said that children rapidly progress and develop spiritual penetration because they are not defiled by sexual desire as adults. Unbounded by sexual emotion and fear, they reduce a great clinging to their own nature, obscuring their pure mind.

This seems to be true. Most people describe the change of puberty as terrible and difficult, marked by "loss" and pain. When sexual desire dominates thought and spirit, confusion and disorientation will follow. If one can reverse this process - "reflective reflection", that is, uncontrolled sexual desire, that person will soon begin to "see" again, and be on the path of consciousness. realization. In Ethics it says:

"So often, no desire to see the magic; ordinary people only see the outside "(1).

If you can not turn your sexual desire, you will be in the dust and sunk, suffering in samsara.There is no big secret or special gift on this. That is just hard work and practice. It is not easy, as Tung and I are discovering so. But it is not impossible, and the more you practice, the easier it is. Learn to stop the leaks like becoming a kid again. This is really fun and is full of surprises every day.

Note:

(1) Original Chinese words in Dao:

故常無欲以觀其妙;  常欲有以觀其徼. 

Attempts are often beautiful magic; often sexually curious.

Hang Trieu - September 30, 1977

The way the world does not go

Cold winds, jerky storms - gusts of wind blowing day and night.

Teacher Heng and I squat on a cold hillside before dawn, overlooking the ocean and rugged coastline. A faint red light on the horizon eastward slowly through the black sky. Then, while sewing under the oil lamp after late night, a thought occurred to me "I used to want to live like this. And now we are! Unbelievable!"

The cold north wind shatters the skin to help the air and the scene appear miles clear.Everything is clean and clear. No dampness or smoke. Cleansed and purified by a cold wind, we bow through, feel light and clear.

Benevolence, the "ascetic", the same effect. Ascetic helps to avoid the negative attachment and dust "guest" (ceiling guest) brought by the desire. In Ethics it says:

Colors in the color of our eyes, the 
bar in the year of ecstasy. 
Year of soft tongue numb wrong, 
Wrong hunting, human heart crazy. 
Rarely tilted virtue
(Chapter 12 - Examination)

What is "ascetic"? A total of twelve practices that the Buddha advised, such as: wearing a torn cloth, begging, eating a meal at noon, eating enough or eating, outdoors lie down, in the desert (a delicate). Why call "suffering"? As it is like when you are sick, often the first cure for pain, the remedy is very bitter. In the Lotus Sutra it is said: "Bitter or subtraumatic diseases are suffering."

Before I left home, I was really scared of this asceticism. I am afraid of abandoning my good food and clothes, afraid to eat a meal every day, and afraid to sleep. I had dreams that never could eat strawberries or donuts. (How can I live without fried bread?). But the water gives us lessons when we are wet and the fire burns, the "benefit" of asceticism lies in the practice of asceticism. How long have I thought that genuine understanding is a "knowledge journey" that separates direct experience and effort? How simple! In Buddhism, there are innumerable ways to experience endless wisdom. One of the four vows of the Bodhisattva is, "the unlimited course of vow of learning".

The same method, "Dharma", which Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva used to "penetrate deep wisdom" is available to anyone who wants to try. That is really something! Understanding is not out of the ordinary - "Practicing and touching each other," and non-dualism. This is fullness, infinite and infinite. This is Buddhism. "There are different names, but one has one."

Hang Trieu - October 1-3, 1977

If you can pass on citta, you can go forward

Random thoughts and thoughts.

Upon arriving (late) we entered a car with Master, Kuo Jing, and Kuo Hsiang and visited another Buddhist temple somewhere in Los Angeles. Master Heng, Master, and I sit in the back seat. I clumsy with words and emotions, trying to express my frustration and tension last month with a lot of emotion and less clarity. Master's hands rested on my knees, and with my other hand, the day surprised me as I rubbed my head. A moment later the Venerable, gently pulling the hair about an inch long and rubbing his head. I denied any thoughts about my girlfriend. Master smiled. Everything is cool and overpowered, the flame settles down. Then the Master rubbed his head and said, "It's ripe."

Q: When outside the Bodhi tree, what should we rely on?

Master: Rules, rules. As soon as you begin to practice, if you send a glass, you will go one mile.

Sexuality and Evangelization.

Q: What is gut freezing?

Master: They are more than evil deeds. They are lewd. If there are no lewd thoughts at all, then this is the "escape of escape" ... "elaborately" is really controlling this thing, subduing it, actually let go of it ... The worst In this world is cognition. If you can pass on citta, you can go forward. But nobody wants to do it.

"Oh, I'm so lonely." If you can get lonely, alone, that's the best thing.

"But people say, 'Oh, this is a huge loss, if I exclude it.' This is the only way to explain it.Everything else is just superficial. All the Sutras talk about this, but it is only temporary; No one knows ... What is affliction? Affliction comes from escaping. When you have desires, it leads to selfishness, and then selfishness leads to anger ... This is the basic thing. If you should cut it off, you will not get rid of it, you will get in trouble. Men and women should not be rubbed in contact. Keep the rules, otherwise you will be dead "

During the meal.

Hangeng: Ah! I've started a small dream ...

Master: Ah, now he admits! Before, when I asked him in the car, he said no, but now he says yes. Just the slightest difference makes everything else.

Hangeng: I was hit by lemons, Master White. "

Master: Inside I was sour (laughs), afraid someone would be dating my girlfriend.

Hangeng: (wonder) How did the Master know we had that thought? Who do you tell?

Master: This is still the ego. I see the ego too obvious. All this trouble in the world comes from the presence of the self. If you do not have an ego, how can your body feel insecure? Your thoughts also inspire the wind. What do you think about this?

Hangeng: (I'm stiff) - How can the Master know about big winds and discomfort? This is too much! Master knows that even if she never says a word!

Master: (laughs) Now that you know it is not good, you should stop. (To both of us) You must be enlightened right now. Who is there to feel afraid? All the trouble comes from this: the ant beams are too big.

When self-nature in the devil, the devil is subdued. 
No hope, every day peace.

Your adoration will have a great effect.

Non-sentient beings 
craving love poisoning because they save the Buddha

Bridge of the Bodhisattva non-upper

The Buddhas are the same. 
... 
Master of military force 
Dũng sue no more than 
Quang minh performance magic 
Compassion should be so. (1)Flower Adornment - Quang Minh Optical
 

Note:

(1) Original Chinese:

眾生 無 智慧, 
愛 刺 所 傷 毒, 
為 彼 求 菩提, 
諸佛 法 如是. 
... 
導師 降 眾 魔, 
勇健 無能 勝, 
光 中 演 妙 義, 
慈悲 故

Beings of intellectual property,　
secondary business poison, 
Vi bồ bridge Bo,　
Buddha Dharma as market.

...

Masters of the mass they, 
Dang eventless power wins, 
Quang meditation magic, 
Compassion as trying.

Hang Trieu - October 3, 1977

Do anything to sabotage prostration

We are back on the asphalt road. As Chin Lee picked us up on Saturday, we bowed to the beginning of a narrow and dangerous bridge. There is no way to cross, especially when traffic is too dense on the highway. How to go through?

When we returned from the Kim Luan Temple, the Xa Lo Maintenance Agency was making repairs, and the road on the left was closed.

We walked leisurely. After ten prostrations on the other side of the road, the road opened again, and the traffic was over. We have succeeded!

My ego is fighting to survive: abdominal pain, diarrhea last night and morning, and now nausea and dizziness. Evil is a complete change of mind and body. I can remember to make myself sick as a child when I did not want to go to school. So now a desperate self is doing the same - doing anything to undermine the prostration. "You will feel better if you rest." The sick man can not bow. This prostration is not healthy. "The despairing self desires sleep and begs but in vain.

Each bow is a complete wash of thought. Each time I touched the ground, my mind was silent without trace. I lost the chanting and went into some kind of dream where that time the same ground disappeared. When I got up from one of these dives, I saw my mother in a car passing by. I know I created your image, but it was too real. Unbelievable. I can hardly believe it. My mother is nearly 3,000 miles away from me.

 

Hang Trieu - October 4, 1977

Maintenance is right there

We are camping near Santa Barbara Landfill on Highway 101.

Things are breaking the words of the past. Seeing my mother yesterday and the recent dream of my ex-wife showing that I was holding on to a deep bond and clinging. I try not to interfere by stopping anything that is happening. I said to myself: "Keep on bowing, be patient and do not be shaken. Get rid of your greed and ignorance. Do not just avoid other things. Take them, do not delete them and bury them. "This works.

The gain is empty. Maintenance is right there. Cham just every minute, patience in every move. Use your method just like a cat catching a rat. No clinging - no self. "Ego is the cause of all troubles in this world." Look inside yourself for understanding, not towards others - not even one.

All this only makes sense when we practice. When the practice stops, the words die, and right before our eyes, we lose it.

Walking sitting lying 
not leave this 
summer and then this one 
Thì mistake. (1)
Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

Note:

(1) Original Chinese:

行 住 坐臥,

不離 這個; 
離 了 ​​這個,

便是 錯過.

The head,

No price fish, 
willow fish prices,

Utilize too much water.

Truly - October 1977

No, look at me now
 

Too fast.

Ồ! Jack, hold on! You may regret making a big mistake because of your desire for results.Slow down. You are absolutely new in this energy game and you can not push it but it does not push it back.

Your pipes are completely new. Water pipes and sealing rings are just fitted. Do not risk breaking them before they are used. Your new circuits are real and solid. You will not run out as before. Your feet are on solid ground; Your awareness and attitude must grow to fit your new strength.

You have to operate really. You can not be careless and say "No, look at me now". All left behind. New attitude: Just move on! Only win! Use your method. Stay slowly, slowly.

 

Hang Trieu - October 5, 1977

All done as if on stage

I observed Hang Jing. The more you keep the vow, the more you change. Close your mouth and open your eyes. I tell people that "so you can focus better, really focus, and look at everything." It's like using a laser, instead of using a light bulb - the bulb is scattered, not penetrating, but the laser, thanks to the right spot focus, can cut through the unthinkable.

It is said that divine power is the same. We all have divine powers, but divine beings do not work - they do not know, because we scatter our light and waste light through our body, speech and mind. The little insights that we have so far opened up on this journey are available during prostration and during one-on-one intervals.

The ear can not hear when the mouth is squashed. Eyes can not see if they are looking at the "self". The mind can not see the life and thoughts of others when it is manipulated in one way or another by greed and clinging. There is a saying that "a single thought does not manifest itself." With a mind full of pop melodies, food and reputation ideas, gains and losses, and forever calculated, what else can be found?

Therefore, his silence is a constant reminder to me to concentrate and keep my mindfulness - to close and open up. With every thought arising, our lives are rotated. 
Two people said they were "free therapists" just before the meal and wanted us to "walk in the van and share the energy." This is a certain situation can not be - a situation of "Little Red Riding Hood meets the wolf therapist."

I slowly learned that my mistakes in judgment or delusion caused trouble (the ants, big winds, stolen belongings, damaged cars, etc.). There are so many people who do not like what they show or say. I'm looking to prevent unwanted guests from coming. In Los Angeles, I had a polite and cordial conversation with a thief while he was breaking through the window breaking into our car at 3:30 in the morning. "Can I help you?" Etc.

As usual, it was the prostration that "talked" and my own words were mistaken. If I could be more quiet inside, I'm sure we would attract less "unwanted wolves" from the outside.

As we walked north on Highway 101, a high-speed car suddenly lost its control a few yards from us. The car dropped off the road, crashed into the steep bank of the road, almost overturned, and then dashed back into the traffic, turning around and whistling past the tracks, completely out of control. The traffic was dense, but so marvelous, there was no collision, and 10 or 15 trembling men continued southward, barely escaping death.

All this happened in less than 15 seconds, and we were in the middle of it, with no curb or time to find safety. How did the car suddenly get control back? How does it avoid touching five or six other cars just a few inches apart? Why does not the car get out of the way by running into the emergency road - the road we're bowing to?

Heng said that he saw clearly the Master before and during the incident. We both feel protected and see the images of the Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva during that time. The car headed straight for us and suddenly regained control and passed. That made me wonder and a little shocked.

I look at the clock to see the time and have this "scene" or sensation: this exact moment stands here on the highway with Genuine Teacher, I have "seen". I also remember the time I saw. That's when I was sitting in a family car on a dark early winter road in northern Wisconsin. We are returning from a trip. I was 16 or 17 years old.

What did you do with your light?

The path begins with "becoming clear" - untangling and breaking the casing and the jam of the heart. With a childlike honesty, you look at every corner and cell, cleansing lies and wrongs. It is very difficult to push out this falsehood, but over time, a real sense of freedom will come, and gradually your appearance will reappear in the mind. A very happy event.

Amazingly, we can get lost in any place from the "road to the heart", think we are okay. An example of this is the representation.

Teacher Heng and I, with the increase of quiet time and isolation from society, have begun to wake up to see that our life is a performance, a play like. What were we, how we laughed and gestured, the sounds that we created and heard, expressed 'emotion' etc .. all done as if they were on stage, with consciously or unconsciously. We alone have a style that when different people have different style. We have a repertoire of performances like masks, moods, "social skills", and seduction. And, from dawn to dusk, and even in our dreams, we make and perform, imitate and pretend.

We both performed some plays and entertainments before leaving the house. Now we are tense and out of nature when asked to sing a song or speak in public. Why? We have never been sure, exactly. This week, while bowing alone on a long stretch of our way, that part of our life opened up a bit, and here's what we noticed:

Music, movies, stage, etc., are "sharp" and such things are just like sex. Sacred is one of the five aggregates, along with feeling, perception, form, and consciousness. At the root, they are all empty. The aggregates are described as "the illusory elements of personality." The aggregates that rotate and blur are the cause of suffering.

Performers are good at moving and arranging forms. Color lights, costumes, music, makeup, etc ... skillfully show how you want. Feelings, emotions and lusts are stroked and directed just like puppets are guided. Your natural light is drained of a spotlight. Good acting involves using your "share" of light energy to manipulate and influence others and immerse yourself in a fantasy trip of the self.

Turn your light to the limelight to exhaust. A person who is always pressured (always "come to me") to keep the mask and the stage curtain up. Turn the light back on, no one sees, but many benefits. Turn the lights out, everyone sees, but do not do anyone better. We all have this kind of light or energy. It's a waste to use it to milk and cheat, to hide and hide! We destroy our interior when trying to look good.

But actually acting is not just on stage. Make a pupil, lover, leader, teacher, good husband, etc. Often is a type of acting - another play, another audience. How stuck! There is a song that says, "I have to stay away from this day by day, everyone knows this is not going to happen."

In sharing this insight, we feel like a big burden has been lifted from our back. We both feel ashamed and disgusted at all of our performances - of what we have done with our light. But by simply turning off the limelight, the primordial light will return itself. That primordial light is not wasted or lost. It does not decrease nor increase. We just turned away from it. And we can, with unanimous repentance and transformation, unite with the "true nature". And a meditation verse says,

A concept of a recitation of the Buddha, reciting the concept of the Buddha. One concept is a concept of being beings, conceptions of mindfulness are sentient beings. (first)

Sixty French Patriarchs

:

If not enlightened, the Buddha is also sentient beings. If in a short-lived concept of natural enlightenment, beings are Buddha. This is also known as "Siddhartha Siddhartha, the human beings are sentient beings (Enlightenment is the Buddha, the mere beings)." A concept of a recitation of the Buddha, reciting the concept of the Buddha. One concept is a concept of being beings, conceptions of mindfulness are sentient beings. What is called enlightenment? Instant enlightenment is what sexual harm , damage to the body and makes you foolish. One of the main concepts is a concept of mindfulness, which is mindfulness, so say: "Karma all the love is not the Buddha, heavy Karma love beings." To let go of the thoughts of pollution, in this way out there is no way.Mindfulness pollution is cognitive, more clearly, is the concept of lewd. If the body do this lewd thoughts, is the body is not pure. If the mouth speaks idioms, the speech is not pure. If the mind often thinks of lewdness, the mind is not pure. If the body language is not committed, the day Buddha is not far away.Human beings often go against the enlightenment, with the ceiling. What is the ceiling? It is the same with the impure ceiling of impure. If you fall into the sex lattes, it will be contaminated. If you break up sex, you can leave the pollution.So to say: turning away from the ceiling is the union with enlightenment, Turned back to enlightenment is the roll in the ceiling. If you are not clean, you can not become a Buddha. If you want to be pure, it should not be contaminated. Pollution means beings , it is very clear morality. But it is important to have some help to calm you, so it is important not to have selfishness. Having a selfish mind can not be pure. If all are not personal, then will be pure, because you have no greed, heart, doubt, ants, it is enlightenment.Should say: a conception, beings into Buddha.

Someone asked:

Is everyone a Buddha?

Yes, but it should be enlightened, if not enlightenment, the same as the previous say an ordinary citizen, claiming King, if the king knew it would take him into prison, because this person buoys make people fascinated, want to create counterparts, so say: "Heaven does not have two sides, a country without two kings."

So all new knowledge that is from the heart of the birth, so why not from the heart of spiritual practice? Self-centered mind, just leaving thoughts of pollution, dust, can immediately see the legs as self-nature.

Truly - October 1977

Practice based on true principles
 

Chan, Thanh and Hang. (first)

Maintain a strong mind for the practice. Please be patient. Do not wait until these doctrines become clear in your mind before you start practicing. Your mind is not where these virtues operate. Practice and comprehension are one, not two.

Buddhism is a series of practices based on the true principles of purifying the mind, transforming your life in a good way and making you free to be happy.

The problem is that you have gone so far to this level by using that method; The new positive light is real and it will not disappear overnight. This new positive light came naturally, coming on its own. Do not behave with a stupid head and force things. You behave like that just ruin everything. Let it come naturally; You do not know what you are doing. Pay attention to the core - by making regular and proper bowing. Do not pay attention to results.
 

FOOTBALL, HAPPY

(Thousand Buddhas on October 22, 1982)

Monks are not allowed to sell, advertise or promote their spiritual practice. When selling, advertise your tu story can be devastated by the devil! 
Some people are Buddhist to bless; Some of them are guardians of the Bodhisattva, some of whom are Arhats; Someone supported by God; Some people are demonic; Someone is the person to attend; But some people are demonic evil to guard. Because those people have evil minds, so the devil new friends with them. Whenever there is misunderstanding misunderstanding, wrong view wrong, you will generate a lot of evil; ie high culverts, arrogant, arrogant. If you do not know humility, patience, do not know self-errors, then you can encounter many obstacles.
So today I want to tell you a method of spiritual practice. The secret of the practice consists of three words: 
1. Legs: meaning not spoiled, not faked; Doing anything very true. 
2. City: means sincerely, very reverent, very sincere, not lazy, not to do through loudspeaker. 
3. Constant: meaning is always consistent, constant constant, unchanging. 
Every action, every word must have mind, foot, constant. Doing what you have three minds that the future will definitely accomplish.

Hang Trieu - October 7, 1977

Fortunately, it's only one

We are reading the book The Great Divine Resurrection of Zen Master. In that Master wrote that "purity of mind to observe three thousand world paradise, bad kamma full". I remember the feeling that I and others were the first children to go to school, reading through the new textbooks. The history books have the most images, so it is an award, especially the 20th century chapter. How we are so stunned.

Pictures of war and conflict are full of pages. The trench war, the dust storm, and the Great Depression, Nazi Germany, World War II (as it was the natural continuation of World War I, "the war to end the wars", a huge picture of a giant mushroom cloud, a fatigued and sad Einstein, Martin Luther King, Kennedy's family and their assassins, the Berlin Wall, Mao Zedong, and a chart for We see the difference in Gross National Product (GNP) between "developed" and "underdeveloped" countries, and that is before it really becomes heavy! We all know what the press says, And every night the news on the TV brings only gloomy clouds into our lives.

And none of these books or newspapers have adults answering our questions like, "Why?" Where are the great lights and peace in this world? Why do not there be more heroes or expeditions turning this tide of slaughter and suffering? Is there any hope?

No words are clearer than this, the Master responds to these straightforward questions, the Venerable Master writes: "The inexorable quantity of calamities is caused by karma. If we do not timely aware of the cause of killing, predestined attachment, method of killing, killing karma, it is difficult to change the yoke to be peaceful .. " 

This little book Going straight to the heart of the disease era, "Disaster incidents are caused by the killing of the birth, the killing is caused by the mind born." And, later, the message was brought home. "If the heart does not kill, robbery, adultery, lied to, drinking wine, but strict discipline, immediately be eliminated ".

The words of the Venerable Master are full of hope and, yes, the mighty. They speak directly to good and compassion in all of us. "Great people start to turn towards good ... Why do not we think instead of such (bad idea evil), then wash the body mind; clean dust, start shame;Have to change the past mistakes to create a new life; become special people with great power; Do the benefits to beings in the Dharma; see the citizens of all nations are brothers and create virtue; Let's set the pattern for everyone. "

These words should be written under the mushroom cloud in historical books. It is exactly the straightforward talk of the heart that we seek as children and we have not been able to find, these words are an antidote to the inevitable despair. Grab us when we look at the "Civilization Age."

Walking along the far side of California 1 in California, the thought came to me that the Bodhisattvas had kept the world together. By actually practicing these simple truths, the Bodhisattvas affect all sentient beings so that they make the minds of the living beings straight and calm the minds of sentient beings. I thought, "It's so simple!" The "secret" of why and everything happens so whispers in the hearts of all of us. "All created by the mind, all created by the mind, all see me."

As children, we know that behind the depressed portraits of "cruel progression", there is still good and great might. How do we know so? Because it is still beating the beat in each of us and looking for a place and a way to cling to and flow. This is called "landmark". It does not disappear by the times and can be "refreshed every day, day in and day out."

At that time I did not know how to initiate that wisdom and compassion. And all the pictures that made my share seem small and farce. Venerable Master wrote: "Duty of geography optical has a wonderful personal interest that the taste is extremely endless! If you want to enjoy that idea, you have to start the good heart, filter the xinxing. How can one put this factual data out of our textbooks?

Beauty: Truck, stone, shoulder bag, blood and smell, and even Hang Jing's back became very familiar - like returning home you care after a long time away. long time.

I have the feeling of the Master and his disciples while bowing on a quiet road: karmic affection, karmic retribution, vow and a teacher describing our arrival and distances. way."Refuge" is "turn around and take refuge." Most people, when they take refuge, feel they are returning home, as if they have found their way back from a long and arduous journey. Time and memory were lost and anxious, many obstacles and afflictions - struggles and searches, there is always something urgent "there is still something, there is somewhere we belong "

With deep roots, we meet many times on the path and leave. The feeling of being met (deja vus) and the feelings "Hey, you look so familiar" are the remnants of long-distance relationships and experience together.

If this time we can do, we can get out of the wheel of samsara, and come and go, happily chanting compassion. Enlightened one can leave the dust and become a place of trust for all sentient beings - a vast Bodhicitta.

Master: (Conversation on the day I left home, April 1977) Will you go back to the palace? Do you want to run away and be the emperor again?

Hangeng: No, Master!

Master: Good. Do you remember anything in your dreams and realms?

Hangeng: A little.

Master: You can say these incense burns on your head that you never run away. "Master smiles and blows the heat and ashes (from burning incense on my head) flew off my head.

"Wisdom Teeth". (Wisdom teeth)

We did not stop practicing to take nourishment. Eating is a mindfulness. What is consistent? 1) Where do foods come from - sweat and labor to get a bowl of rice right in front of you; 2) Does my religious practice have enough virtue to receive this offering? A monk at Kim Son Holy Temple said, "You can always say" no "to this question. 3) watch for greed - not like a pig; 4) see food as medicine and do not take the taste and eat the "best"; 5) Receive food to help cultivate - do not eat more or less than needed.

The problem of this "Five Things" is to control mindfulness and concentration, even when eating. It is said that "Dich Hue is not two". Tue market with determination; no other wisdom.They are not two but one. One-pointedness, right before your eyes, you become foolish and create chaos. At lunch, the light of the lightning flashes. Eyes bigger than stomach. People bite their tongues and hands, hiccups, and almost always because they swallow up faster - the demon is in control.

However, mainly, eat to help us keep our lives. It helps slow down the damage and break down into our soil, water, wind, and fire elements. So there is some anxiety that goes along with food: We know very well that if we do not eat, we will face what we fear most: death, illness, impermanence of ourselves. So when we eat, we worry, be mesmerized and think a lot about ourselves. The opposite is true: when we are anxious and afraid, we eat. Fear from the root is a function of ignorance. We fear the unknown and do not understand, the darkness, the noisy sound, the physical harm, the ghost, the soul, the death, the scourge, the things we have, etc. All fears come from The unclear about birth and death - "Where do you come from, and when? Where will you go after you die? "

So we panic and cling to anything that happens around us shows the impermanence of life. So there is the saying, "We live in a dream." From the cradle to the grave, never know, never peace - map and dragged by the shadow and speculation. This is natural. This is called "drifting". Living is easy, but dying is difficult.

Going back to the birth line is the essence of spiritual practice. For over 2,600 years on this planet, tools and methods to "get on the road" are always available. The purest way, the most direct in our minds. All Buddhist do is provide tools and a map. Do it yourself. Every method (toolbox) is just a tool, created to prevent endless stream of thought. When the mind goes mad, the scattering stops, the "fullness" of nature.

Understanding, fullness and clarity, like the water reflects the moon. The mind is like the sky, miles without clouds.

I have a broken tooth with a dental pulp. It helps keep my mind from wandering. If I try to talk while eating, my teeth hurt terribly. If I eat too fast, too much, or let go of my candy, this tooth hurts immediately. This happens all the time. You can say it is a "wisdom tooth" (wisdom tooth) that keeps me honest and mindful when eating.

In general, feedback responds to the tacit system becoming more and more tense. We have few places to make mistakes. Every small mistake is a thorn or beer, a tooth or a broken car.The message is clear: now that you know it is wrong, do not run away to do wrong - focus.

(continue)

TALENT - October 1977

Cold wind made me turn

Within the Gaviota mountain pass, the cold winds of this morning caused me to turn - not enough clothes - I just wanted blood to flow - could not focus on anything.

The sun rises and the state disappears.

Hang Trieu -  October 10, 1977 

B surely  grapes are dried and  teach lessons

The mountain road is narrow with big winds and fog. Sloping, rocky, rugged mountains, steep, and almost vertical; Only the red-tailed hawks can be found here. Diesel trucks and long-wheeled vehicles scurried through our books, turning like dried leaves.

Wisdom is to understand how things really work. It is the knowledge that transcends the limits of who we are, where we go, of birth and death, and of innumerable things that come and go not together.

It's so obvious that we are all related. All men are fathers, children, and brothers. All the women are my mother, my sister, my sister.

What we call life is extremely short compared to the past and the future. Our body and the earth are like the house we live in for a moment and then move on. Nothing stays and nothing goes away:  " Silence and emptiness ", there is no beginning nor end.

Why fight and trouble, kill and hoard? There is no place and time for little things. Open your heart and mind until the whole universe becomes so small that you can not even distinguish them. This is our home. This is great compassion and a fleeting glimpse of the Buddha, all within us and waiting for us to open. Too simple.

"Like the mind, the Buddha is the same

Like Buddhas, sentient beings

To know the Buddha with the mind

Emptiness is endless "(1)

Flower Adornment. The product of praise.

"Do not despise evil,

For not yet come to me

As the water drops each drop

Then the tank was full.

Commits a crime

Distant land of hell

If out of humanity,

Unhappy hard back "

Dhammapada. Evil

We eat one meal a day. That's all. No snacks and no special exceptions.There are too many good reasons  beautiful  for this , but the essential is that eating too much will create desire and reduces the amount of food in the world which was really not enough for all.

While storing appliances in the car this morning, I suddenly saw a small lonely raisin. I took it and put it in my mouth but suddenly stopped. Anyway, in my mind I swallowed it even before I saw what was going on. Great number of. That little raisin has shown me the real me, where I really am, before I have time to hide or defend. I was grafted and taught a lesson.

On the one hand, no one at my side saw me put my raisin in my mouth. This thought really goes wrong. Is not my perception of virtue a performance that is only maintained if someone sees it? Will it be less sinful because I will not be discovered?

Anyway, who is it?

"Oh, it's just a raisin ! "Another thought came. Ripe grapes are small, but the greedily grasped grasp of it is great. The urge to start from the small, but the small one seems never to be small. There is a saying, "Wrong one glass, go a thousand miles." "Adding a little" or "small wastage" or "little hatred" multiplied by a million times would instantly become an uncontrollable crisis.

When I was sitting there looking at the raisins and my mind, I understood a little: "Three steps a prostration are these things - make everything right and pure, right in the small place. Best. At first it was only one inch, followed by one step, then three steps, all the way to the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas.In every mind and in the first intention, it is necessary to clear the house until it is no longer even a small dust of greed, hatred and delusion. That is called cultivation: The Buddha taught that,

" As iron workers remove the residue and make furniture, the utensils are fine; The student who renounced the mentally impaired mind is immediately calm. "(2)

The Four Sutras

It was the "small raisin" that I imagined. I was careful to leave it in the bottle and go out to the bow.

At that time, the Buddha discovers the Terengganu,  "beings are not liberated, the nature is not determined, familiar to do evil, to become a karmic, to do good, to be fruitful, do good to do evil according to the scene birth, rotation in the Pentateuch, do not pause, go through life, fascinated, like fish swimming in the net flowing water, temporarily out and then caught in the net. to worry ... "(3)

Digitus.  Fourth. The affection of the living beings in the world.

The space was quiet in the early morning. Cold and pure, there are plenty of places for sound and thought to scatter. In an open forest on the right hand side, I saw a small deer graze calmly. A few minutes later, I heard and heard the yelping of the dogs scouring the fields. We chase the little deer.

They made the deer run away; They bite and wander around the deer until they drag the deer into a large shrub. The roar of the deer roared for more than five minutes as it slowly bitten and torn to death after a run of exhaustion for freedom and life.

It was not the deer's death that touched me deeply. We have seen dozens of animals and wildlife die in this journey. The cry of the deer: I have never heard that before, crying and crying like a man in agony and fear; deer cried like a baby "Ahhh, ahh ... aaahh, aarhh," cries la long  ached , then known as AC cried Ang its blood was  clogged And blocked in the throat and lungs.Gradually, the bushes no longer rustle and the screams weaken, "aah, ah, a ..." and dissipate in the sounds of traffic and the wind through the trees. The smaller, more attentive, quiet dogs looked away and noticed and absorbed the sounds that had passed but still echoed through me.

I want to jump across that field and say, "Stop, stop! Do not you hear anything? Do not remember, do not remember? "How many times and how long I killed other beings? Do you remember? Just remember a little bit, the rest is suffering in ignorance, and we call it "destiny" or "breakdown" or "our fate." But that is not fate, it is karma: the actions that we have caused and the consequences of such actions. Good health brings good results. Evil will bring about bad results. All that is due to us - from thought to action - is not wrong.

Now as a hunter, it will be hunted later. Now do the deer, the dog will do.Now the bombers, who will be bombed. Winners - losers, winners - losers, so on forever when we "float in five lines never stop (The road is the animal, the hell, the devil, people and heaven).

In extreme fear and suffering, the karmic retribution is repeated, extended and extended until, as in the net, we are "caught in the net. Again"

Angry

Anger comes before every act of killing. And, every thought of anger starts from the mind. Replacing anger with a compassionate heart and patience, that good will grow and turn every war and disaster until it never hears the cry of the little deer on earth. this time too.

Why do animals run away when they see us? For fear we will kill them. A man at a pump station joked, "You gag your ears off" when he buys a good ribbon on the phone. But, the sounds of the deer and the dogs still ring inside me, and I can not see anything funny here.

Why ? Because of the sounds and images of suffering and terror that we all experience and fear; We will do anything to stop it if we know how to do it, starting right now. Karma is a chain of connections and most of us only see a couple of links at the bottom. What is the price we pay for ignoring the sound of the slaughterhouse? In the end, what is the price paid for the perfect ribs?

Real. October 1977

Fear the open space ahead

Are all the dharmas talking about the realms?

I am seeing / feeling all the teachings in the form of body energy these days, and I know that I have only touched the surface. "Move scene, do not be moved scene," refers to the will power, is elaborate. Any energy that enters (any dharmas), which may be the emotions, or thoughts, or energy of the old habit, transforms them into energy that nurtures the mind. All of them are neutral because all things are the same, the dharmas are equal because they all come from thoughts and all thoughts are the same. The swords cut off all the dharmas, bringing the energy into the circuitry by the zero zero, leading the energy back and seeing the light in. 

This is called transposition, which is also called "Changing Enlightenment into Bodhi".

For example: This morning, feeling stressed and frustrated with everything - completely externally (the ants, hot, cold, rocky) - and feeling a throbbing stream inside made me real annoyance We stopped to urinate, and teacher Hang Zhao hit the weakness. "We have successfully crossed the pass without making any mistake, but we are scared of the open space ahead. It felt like a tangible drain, but was stopped. So, I think it's in the mind, where we are letting out the gut. " Right. My head told me that three times in the past three days, but I did not catch that. Therefore, the problem today is only fear. To work. I started the scene, and soon the entire context is changed - all negativity is transformed into light, like that. The flowing breeze inside me immediately stopped, and I began to feel as if it was closed tighter. Well, once you do a good job of transforming energy, when the heavier the scene, the more you hit on my sensitive points, the more light you will have! Desire will be transformed someday. Bright light!

 

Hang Trieu - October 11, 1977

Always hunted and hunted

Early on the highway, a pack of North American cats stopped and watched us for a moment, then they crawled into the bushes and groves. Soon we saw the deer running out from the wolves and wild dogs, they were running around us. Dogs set up in the jungle right next to our campsite last night - they howled and snarled, snarling and sneaking our way through the early morning fog, while we were practicing right and sitting meditation. in the dark. We feel a little bit about the fear and vulnerability of the animals living in them. Always hunted and hunted.

Cows in fenced fields experience this in both senses. The calf ran towards her mother to be safe when hungry wolves were lining up in the grass. Now escape the wolves, only then will be killed for minced meat. Murder and fear for your life are just two different sides of a coin.Now this is the face, and then the other. Flip over, the life after another, when debt karma grows and pursue forever.

We hear resounding gunfire from heavy dry hills. One can feel the grip of growth and tie more and more beings in bullets.

We have a choice: to continue to engage in the chain of "sowing, creating, the modes and karmic way of killing" and the countless lives we move back into water just to be caught in the net. , and then like forever. There is a saying, "The people in the world are like fish in the net.In the country it feels good. As soon as the old fisherman lifted them out of the water, the fish found it hard to bear. The main thing is that. "Or, we can end the killing and keep the precepts.

The compassion and power of the Vinaya are becoming very clear to us. It's a ticket to get rid of the net and the water. Precepts are the first step and the most important step to end all fear and suffering. Regardless of the karmic conditions, they can not pull you back, "if you change and cultivate the Tao. The law will clean the road. Vinaya is Sanskrit, meaning "good cure". Rule of law is very effective!

Translation:

"Keep the precepts that make one never fall back into the evil lines or the eight miseries ... and will always be born in the heavens and the human"

The Brahma Sutra, Chapter Bodhisattva

By all means of practice,

By all means of reverence.

Always practice reverence,

Always practice respect.

Real. October 1977

So he was led to believe

Do not believe everything they say.

He always hears that he is attractive, talented, gifted, intelligent, worthy and humorous. He was interesting and wise, and so he was led to believe so.

Hey brother, you really have talent, but it's not what you think. His talent lies in deceiving people, making people fascinated, lying, cheating, shirking responsibility, never fulfilling their duties and ultimately, his greatest talent. is false, by masking any true light under the different mask layers.

He has nothing real to give to anyone, except his practice, and that is all of the old days. If he never said another word, he could only barely compensate for all the harm, trouble and pain he had caused by the words he had spoken in the past.

As a performer, the only entertainment I have ever done is for improper purposes - to make people excited, to confuse them, and then to take away their energy. . All my acting, acting, singing, dancing produced very little light. It's easy to hide in a role - Ah! Freedom to do what "I" does not dare to do. As an actor, his only responsibility is for the fictional character he plays - everything will pass and leave no karma - everyone knows it's just a game, a role, right?

It's only when we leave the stage and live "real", ha ha, look, that's someone's bond. See who is not free. Masks are the only truth. Fake is a form of distorted truth. It is on the surface, the lie on the bottom and the truth again at the level of karmic can not escape.

Now it is time to acknowledge all this - remove all costume and mask and step out of the sun. I do not want to carry them any more. This forge requires too much light and energy; It does not do anything good for anyone. Throw it away. Be kind and compassionate, be cheerful and give up all that. Let's face it: the true and true man - whom he is seeking to discover - is the most important actor, the hottest face of all. face - too big, and he has not even seen it yet. Caught in battle. Screen it. Throw the mask away, no matter what the mask does, always be true.

It happens naturally, from the heart

"Simply let your mind be empty, without clinging to the empty scene, and the application will be unobtrusive. In motion or static, not arise ideas; forgetting the divine feeling; End subject and object. Tanh, General will "like" and not always be in the scene.

"Get the Dharma to do. Invisible to the general will be formless. Get nothing to do cardboard. Take the word, ball, happy, discharge work, do your own.

Venerable Hsuan Hua - Zen talk.

We are on the other side of Gaviota Pass and are leaving the freeway. Route 1 starts again.We will offer a stretch of uninhabited hollows with uninhabited hollows, toward Lompoc City and through the Vandenberg Air Force Base. It was hot, dry and quiet.

4 pm. The roadblock covered the sun and looked up into the sky, and we could see the air was full of tiny bugs and flying dust. It looks like a blizzard of all living things and inanimate objects. Pollen, dust, insects, seeds, clouds and birds are swirling and swirling in the wind. The air is full of dust. The water tank came to light, which was filled with small creatures, a lot of silt and bubbles floating around.

Land and air are in the water. The fire is part of the land, part of the water and part of the air.The star is the farthest and the tip of our nose touches and connects. We breathe and drink it.Then it becomes us. We are  bornand back on it. We become it. We are all part of this, and all this is part of us. Look at it like "really like that";  There are no sections or pieces, no boundaries or differences. The whole Dharma is like that. No appearance or name, no past or future; All are equal "to the end of nowhere. Differences and distances exist only in our thinking. "The truth, the way to enlightenment, the ways of enlightenment are the same."

As land only one nature

Every single species of dwelling

Land not think other

The same Buddha.

As fire only one nature

Burning all things

Fire does not think another

The same Buddha.

Just like a great sea

Thousands of waves

Sea water is still the only one

The same Buddha.

Just like the wind of nature

Blow all things

Wind do not think other

The same Buddha. (first)

Flower Adornment, the Bodhisattva Tenth Edition . The poem by the Bodhisattva Himself said reply to Manjushri.

Now I realize three reasons for me to become a wholesaler and make a journey. Three steps, one bow:

1. Understand the mind of all things      

2. Do something good for others with your life      

3. Thanks for the kindness of parents      

Actually there is only one, not three.

To benefit all beings is to repay the parents. To respond to the good of parents is to go to the center of all things, seeking the highest wisdom. If all I do is eat, sleep, get dressed, what value does this life have for my parents? Evangelism is no different from "helping and supporting beings everywhere".

Like the four elements: earth, wind, fire and water, they are intertwined and inseparable; We and the same things we do. How happy it is!

There is no place where one can point and say, "This is where I ended up and where others started." Between all things and the whole universe, it is this: all beings are my family, everything is my body. Demolition of all fences is the return of our original nature. Nothing is better.

The father asked: "Where are you from, come here for what?"

Sixth Patriarch Hue replied, "Disciple is the people of Tan Chau district of Lien Nam, in the far away here, he just begs the Buddha, not the other"

The Five Patriarchs said, "You are the South, the man is like, how to become a Buddha?"

Huinan replied, "Man still divides Nam Bac, but Buddha nature is not North South. This venerable body with the Venerable Master is not the same, but the Buddha nature is different! "(2)

The Sixth Patriarch, The First Doctrine.

Finally, there is no reason to go out and cultivate the Tao. No decision or choice, really. Living near Master, becoming the Sangha, three steps a bow takes place naturally, from the heart.Seeds are ripe. That's what comes naturally and honestly. No goals or goals, no search or need. So what needs to be open and make progress?

No work or effort. It continues this way. I am very happy and not worried at all.

Do not be afraid of us

The second wind.

It sounds strange, but when I bow I feel as though this journey has just started from the Gaviota Pass. What? It's like I'm starting all over again and having to re-focus my mind and fearlessness, and controlling not being involved in anything, has been doing so well on the highway. 101.

Physical, I express fear and stress. This afternoon, my head instead of cutting off all delusions, it draws on African black spiders as big as the cow jumping out of the rocks to eat us. I saw a glimpse of one of the two of us lying on the sidewalk and was severely injured by something, the other standing there helplessly, feeling very hurt. I was fast enough to respond to the illusion, but I saw it.

What's behind all this fear? Climate change and regional change are catching on to my existence. I'm afraid of the dry and lonely road we are passing through - from seeing it on the map, and I'm afraid of the cold and the cold night will bring misery. I have the principles and the reasons to deny these weird thoughts, but the reactions from deep within are revealed. I hope that these things will soon fade as we get used to the new condition.

 Insect declaration

We realized that our attitude towards the bugs was not compassionate. We vow to change and modify our actions and thoughts for all insects. We hung a sign in the car:

"Notification"

For all flying insects, cows, jumping and other small creatures: Do not be afraid of us; We will not harm you at all. This is a great Dharma, you can freely go to freedom. We will share this space as you like. However, when you are in the rectum or on the body, please follow these guidelines:

1. Always follow the five precepts      

2. Do not commit suicide in oil lamps, beverages or in adhesives or oily substances.      

3. Do not commit suicide in clothing or blankets.      

4. All food and beverages are used to make offerings and not to be used negatively.      

5. If you drink blood or eat meat, you have to go out to get enlightened.      

As soon as we implemented this solution and publicly announced, the flying clouds around the car flickered, they flew around and gathered in small crowds outside the door and on the curtains. They did not bother us at lunch afterwards. I looked at the flies on the curtain and realized that I was defending the disgust with the flies in the previous journey and I quickly swept the sword of wisdom to cut that thought. As soon as the thought disappeared, a black cloud of energy was smashed and disappeared.

I realized the great loss that I had always received through discrimination and the denial of "annoying insects." What a waste of goodness to waste. I will immediately end this action.

At the same time, I did not return to the melting process from within. It slowly changes from yin to yang - work without having to follow my screaming head. Master told Chou, "They will come this spring." Master knows that next spring we will be in Monterey or nearby, so what does "Master" mean? I hope that Master is referring to the things that my bodhicitta teaches about what Master means.

Hang Trieu. - October 13, 1977

You may never become a Buddha!

We are trying a new way of dealing with beetles: stopping discrimination and beating them.Master Heng Real invites them into the car and onto our bodies as guests, not as harmful insects. Since we can not change their habits  of  being everywhere and biting anywhere,  we decided to change their minds. Essentially,  we new is the problem. It is a great concept of self to strike an insect. That little fly jammed "me". The mosquito is bothering me. If we do not have a small heart and a narrow mind like that, they will not notice too much difference and be very upset. Besides, beating the bugs is just a bad habit and can change. I tried this in the afternoon. Potent. This is not difficult at all. Suddenly, I feel better, more relaxed and relaxed. Dust and fiery fire have cooled down, the world is soft and comfortable.

We made a vow that any beetle on us would become a Dao and would only require them to observe the five precepts in the vehicle, just like everyone else. Incidentally, many of them left after setting the rules. Just like so many people, they are not really ready to "seriously" switch towards the good. This is called "meditation first" - say many but do nothing.

Our awakening of compassion for  all  beings is suggested from a story that we heard from one of the families visiting and offering. When we were cleaning up after lunch, the family was very careful not to crush or harm any ants on the food and blanket sheets. The mother said, "When my son was two years old, he ran to tears and said, 'Mommy, you can never become a Buddha! I killed an ant! "The Buddhas do not kill. This is filial piety.

Hang Zhou. October 14, 1977

Go slowly and never get angry

A weather report:

It is very hot and dry. We began to bring water bottles. Sunny and high fever are really a concern. The candles we used to read and write at night were melted during the day in the car. They look like wax biscuits.

I began to understand why people living in the desert they were wearing robes: to minimize the moisture escape from direct skin contact in the sun. Dry air and dry air suck out our body moisture in minutes. We keep our mouths as long as possible, otherwise we will become "dry mouth like cotton".

This area is exactly like Dead Valley. No shade. Some oak trees are surrounded by poisonous oak trees and behind the barbed wire fence of the farm. There is no town or gas station for miles. We have limited and limited amounts of water. Soon things will probably be different.

Keep yourself cool and focus is on doing this: go slow and  never get angry ! Keep the conversation going, "Who's so hot here ?," Who's so thirsty? " This is very effective. All virtue is deduced to end suffering and anger (anger and affliction) for all beings.

The seeker of silence

One of the meanings of Sa di is "the seeker of silence". Silence is the result of subduing self and decreasing desires. No desire means no grasping. And, when there are no obstacles and wants, where are you not free and quiet? Seeking silence by  not looking  is all that this is aimed at.

I sometimes taste the silence. Today it was at the top of a solitary hill after a long, hot climb.Without traffic, the only sound is the soft rustle of our robes and yarns in the light breeze, so that the ears and mind can follow many miles away.

Not wanting, do not worry. Silence. Tomorrow and yesterday are just words that are not real.Silence.

"... knowing all the sounds is not possible, it is impossible, neither the author nor the priest, nor the Dharma is not wrong." (first)

Flower Adornment . Thuc Hanh 21st.

Right! Slowly walking our way through the canyons, two or three times all the sounds stopped.No cars or trucks, no birds, and even a rustle of dried leaves for miles - only silence covering, deep and wide as if nothing. When this happens, all things - the ocean, the rolling hills, the sun and the air - become a small part of the mind; and I, a mote of wind blowing through this vast land. There are not even parts. All is like a continuous flow.

I've known this kind of silence once before. As a teenager in the forests of northern Wisconsin after a snowstorm. It was 2 pm when the storm was over. I stood outside the wooden house for a long time, only listening to nothing. Only the stars and perfect silence. Not even a breeze. Only silence. I got lost and found something on that cold winter night. Like tranquility, it is thought and words have passed.

Both times, today and today, feeling very real. It's not like the sound and the sounds coming and going down that we hear all day. The sound of this tranquility brings a sense of home-like feeling. These are the real experiences that we all have but can not say. What to say?

Tonight, while sitting meditating on the back of the car at the ramp-splitting off the freeway on Friday night, I recall two instances of this quietness. The "me" realizes that "no sound" is always in my mind, in my heart, always like that. The silence outside was just a reminder, a glimpse of the place where I had lost a long way from here. The sound of car and radio music and my voice is hollow, charming. And then I recall this verse:

Eyes do not see the mind.

Headphones are not interested in heart.

Right!

The universe is created by the mind

Stumbledthrough the realms.

When will I learn that: Do not believe in your mind and your thoughts. When they  hit  trick you. Many "realms" ( extraordinary   and extraordinary experiences and  conditions) arise during the process of spiritual practice. This is part of the religious practice. Some of the realms are horrible, some are bare. All of them are  empty,  like "dreams, illusions, bubbles, images. " They are just functions of deep attachment and delusion. The  only true  thing is always  practice the practice. Anything else is just a scapegoat of the  fearful ego  and a trap.

"Do not consider the states of the mind as  true  or  false . Practice  hard is new  . For those who are not being taught and this lack of understanding, as having a  plane , they are happy to  celebrate  and thought I was  feeling enlightened or awe  for  that haunted her. Do not cling to fear or  joy  fun. Do not cling to any  so-  what,  so  you're  new  to reach  the  realm of achievement  indeed. "

Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh - Exhortation, December 1972

And the more you  cultivate  , the more likely you are to be touched, the more unusual it will appear. If you cling to it, for example, think "I've  achieved  something  something  ", then you are going to be falling, and "For scenes that do not know, to practice from the beginning".

"Not accept nor discharge, because not acquired, the Bodhisattva rely on the Noble Ba la secret multi mind so not afraid ..."

The Prajnaparamita

Ignorance is the root of all my problems and afflictions. The roots of ignorance are  the ant beams . Invariably and ridiculous, I like the  uncle  dog cartoon knows only run at full speed chase  under the cat, forgetting that it is still being  clinch with kennel . Just when I think  that has  caught it then ..  Who! Still trapped and trapped. If you want to catch the cat, they first need to stop  being  leaked. If you want to terminate the perversion and negativity,  you  need to clip ignorance. No search or desire. "Ung no head ,  dear students." Try again, do not try.

" Tri does not know the scene that scene does not know the mind."

Flower Adornment. The Bodhisattva Quran. (first)

"By living beings,

Many births.

Fill the place where the rotation,

And uplifting - the roller.

...

In each of the pores

Unreasonable realms,

The generals dignified.

Never had a cramped "

 Flower Adornment. The world organ dislodged. (2)

Where is the universe? I always thought it "out  there ". Right now, we are in the universe.Our body, our planet - all that is in the universe, even our words and our place. There are countless suns like our sun, there are countless planets like the earth. Maybe that is the meaning of the sentence 
"inside each hair has millions of Buddha, can not think."

If someone understands the mind, they will understand it all. The universe is made up of mind. No direction, above or below, high or low in the universe. No beginning or end, no value or self . It's all the same. When the mind goes mad, the universe disappears.

Silently along the empty road in the hot sun, I realized "Asia, right now I'm in the universe! Tis pleased to the floating floating in nowhere on a small speck of dust! Strange  how ". How many different worlds and realities are I part of  that I can not  see?

We are careful to encourage the African black spider to reach out the hand of Master Hang Jing from  the  middle of the road so that we can continue to practice.

At night, we could hear the yelp and the howling of a wild dog in the forest behind us about 75 yards (68m). There is a crescent moon and fogs near the ground tonight.

Redo the diamond

Toxic sugar

Teacher Quan Trieu today pointed out that even a very small amount of sugar in bread and candy had the same effect as poison to me. He is right. No more sugar until my body is completely recycled into vermicelli.

Another big thing to cautious about is water. I have enough water in my body and not enough fire. Drinking too much water put me in a negative state, too full of water and heavy, making it very difficult to concentrate.

Hang Trieu. October 16, 1977

Do you hear the name "crazy" this will do?

A teacher from Lompoc with his son stopped and offered. They are very concerned about the religious life and the physical changes of the hundreds of miles outside. They are underwater divers who do not carry oxygen and have special gratitude for the tranquility of Master Hang Jing.

"Head talk" works. I used this "head talk" whenever I got lost out of my center, and told myself, "Who's so busy?" Or, "Who's so angry and hurt? "Recently, whenever the prostration nears the point of madness, I ask," Who is bowing? "Calm down and calm down.

Today, I could not find "Ai". Not only calm, but also something more. It is like the sky itself that opens with my mind and my heart, releases a very strong pressure. There are no starting and ending points. Empty, peaceful and free until the next thought.

The heart does not lie in the body,

The body is not in the heart.

Which made the Buddha,

Freedom never existed.

Flower Adornment. The Dark Side of the Twentieth Century. The poems by Giac Lam Bodhisattva said.

Recall:

In October 1976, Kim Son Thanh Tu. View: in the kitchen, after the evening lecture. Hangeng, Hangeng, Hang Lai and Heng Jing are discussing something when I walk into my backpack and prepare to leave for the East Bay bus back to Berkeley.

Teacher Hang: "Hey, do you know what this" crazy "name will do?" (Nodded at Master Heng)

Me: "No, what will you do?"

Heng Quan: " San Bu I Bai ."  (Three, most cult).

Me: "What is that?"

Teacher: "Three steps a bow"

Master Hang Quan: "Yes, he will ignore all the hard work here and bow to the shore" (jokingly)

Me: (There is something that echoes inside, I put the backpack down). "Really? Just one?"

Master Hang Lai: "Of course, being alone. Who wants to go with him to do crazy things?(Laugh)

Me: (To myself, "Who would not do it?"  I mean, I want to, but ... "It's too late, no matter how hard I can, I know I want to This idea hit and deepened into me, just like my name. "And yet," I thought, "I'm going to be away from my girlfriend, my job and my teaching position. , and, and ... and, three steps, one for all beings "" When? "

Practical Teacher: (Finally speaking after sitting on a bench pretending to be reading a book with no interest). "Not sure, but maybe late summer, maybe sooner"

Me: "Who would go to bring equipment, cooking and ..."

Teacher: "Do not know". (shrugged) Anyone want. Maybe I will do it alone, if no one will do hu fa  ( guardian) . "

Me: "Hu ... what? "

Master Hang Lai: "Hu fa. Means the Dharma "

Me: "Where to start and where to go? "

Master Hang Quan: "From Los Angeles, to the Temple of Ten Thousand Buddhas"

Me: "You can not do it alone." (The planning head and the execution plan gave me details.) I used to do a lot of hiking and climbing, but This will take almost 2 years!

"You will have to calculate at least 60-70 pounds (27-32kg) for one person, and if you go along the coast ..." I'm passionate.

Teacher: "That does not even mention the special equipment that the monk must carry, and the entire Flower Adornments, and ..."

We caught each other! A long distance connection between the two emerged. We have known each other, and the long-established common prayer is being ripe. Suddenly, I find myself concentrating on planning a difficult journey with teacher Hang Heng, on the one hand I know I can not ignore, and on the other hand I can not imagine - there is Enlightened and free inside to go out. It's a dilemma! I missed the bus.

The energy inside the kitchen (of the Gold Mountain) that night was so strong, pure and close.Everyone was happy and supportive of Heng Sure's decision. That is called causation. I was home, at my house, so I did not realize that I was the only one who did not shave my head and did not cover him, until I walked to the front door to leave the temple. Where are we going? Why are you so messed up?

The sign above the door read: "Do your best."

Things are going very fast and deep. I finally realized the truth that I was moving too slowly and shallow. Things happen naturally and things will be like that. Only I am too entangled and bound to walk with them. One foot on the boat is leaving and the other on the dock. It is time to make a choice, or to be torn in half.

For France to forget

The confrontation at Rancho San Julian.

Third afternoon: sudden, violent attacks of thoughts, emotions, impulses, vibes, flashes of lightning. With all of that backed up, I almost cried, broke down and ran away. Without thinking, just pick up the sword, keep the sword in the center, and fight back. Feeling like a soldier against an army of invaders. Soon, I wanted to scream to Father, to stop and sit, to call Master, to give up. Suddenly realized: right it is, a trap. You have to fight yourself. You have to use that sword skill and energy conversion technique. This is what you will do from now, and if you can not bear the heat, go out of the fireplace room and stop whining about defilements, obstacles and enlightenment. How can someone else take refuge in a child who can not even be self-conceived? This is your chance to reap the worth of your battle. You are being watched - can you fight and win? If possible, go ahead. If you can not, go home.

Use your means correctly, skillfully, and win some battles, then they can let you use the light.

Stop looking for help. You've done it all your life, and take a look at where it leads you ...

When I decided to continue fighting, no matter how bizarre and my mind exploded, suddenly I got some help, the big step passed, and suddenly I heard the sentence "For the forgotten French I ". And won! Bingo! The mind was empty, and the sword cut off every thought - the trial and the battle was over. I won 60%. The rest stole the light while I was running back and forth. Next time I will do better. Next time I will do more. It is so!
 

Equipment needed the best and most reliable

We continue to go back to the basics, to be equipped with the best and most reliable of our needs.

1) Keep strict discipline without exception and keep it all the time. Regular recitation.

2) Always practice, always doing your best. Not a moment to think that you have achieved something. Practice and understanding are the same.

3) Seeing everything is conditioned and impermanent, especially the body and mind.

4) Use the inner strength and effort to overcome the states (happy, sad, sleepy, distracted, hungry, painful, cold, fearful). Understanding is hard, not before hard.

5) Bearing tolerance. Never use force, never get angry.

6) Based on Master's teachings and scriptures. Master's teachings and sutras are one. The scriptures illuminate the Tao, the practice of illumination of scriptures.

7) Repentance. Do not make mistakes and treat all with the Four Immediate Mind: words, bi, hả, discharge.

8) "Everything is ok!"

Three "college students" came and conducted a recording interview for their philosophy class.Then we discovered they were Lompoc Record reporters and are trying to find a real story.
There is only one way to deal with the media that I find: Interviews are not performances or rehearsals. There is nothing like that. If the interview does not go well, it's not because I'm not "good at it" or "not experienced". If the interview does not go well, then the reason is the same as the other reason when things are not good - the me. When you shake from your heart and talk about what you know, everything is natural and ok. All troubles come from me.Without the self, there is no trouble. Evangelize all the time. Then everything is wonderful and "right".

The larger, the less knowing, 
When the I disappear, Dao appears.

Two local farm owners offered a box of organic fruit and vegetables in their garden. They point to a black spot on a black hillside, where a fire occurred last week. They are lucky to have a well. They say other people are so unlucky and really "hurt each other because of water". The threat of uncontrolled hell is weighing on the spirit of the people here.

There is nowhere to separate from the highway and the whole area has fences and tabs, Hang Jing and I face the possibility of finding a camping spot tonight. When we finished bowing at sunset near the San Jaro Creek Bridge, we were greeted by surprise. Rich Danaho, a member of a family that owns a large San Julian farm, drove a truck and said, "How old are you using the isolated area behind the creek? I know the teachers are not in the house, or on the yard, but there is no one who will bother you. Very quiet and peaceful. How do you feel? "We happily accepted and shared space with some curious cows, but happily grazed around the car and stared at the windows of their cars. I.
 

Exception will be more profound

Do not assume anything, brother. Practicing hard and patience to the extreme is what will save you. Patience and effort are the armor of the Bodhisattva. Repentance, modification, practice by method, set up the vow, develop mind Bodhi!

Sting and Fruit came with a car filled with candy. The last minute was good and clear. The next moment is in the car of the Central American Buddhist Association with greed. The next minute is talking about marketing, food, books, and testing. Which one will you cling to before? Feeding? Stick to books? Stick to the news? Posters? Friends? Tea? New thing? Your own realms? Which one?

I hold the umbilical cord and my mantra, this time and again, check and check, "Is it solid?Keep". This sentence is always gone. Take it - this is yours and the only thing that is real.

I have practiced hard to dedicate to the good. For friends, brothers and sisters, brothers, I will give them all, give them what I have, but not through my mouth.

What inspired me the most? A new gray suit, new Sutras, a new picture of Master, and the information that the Huayen Dharma Festival will begin at the Great Wall of China on November 1. And as you know, pretty good. Improvement. There is a change - now the circles are tighter, the sword swings day and night. Even the bridegroom life becomes useful in new ways: a lot of noodles for burning and recycling. The metaphor becomes more difficult - less mindful, perhaps, but more subtle. Late at night and Tai chi is the hardest time. I rely on the Compassionate Mantra until I begin to bow.

What is the difference here? Continue to worship at all times. Cleanse the mind, purify the mind all the time. Advanced meticulous. Be good at it and see what happens. Exception will be deeper and the mind will develop more quietly.

Hang Trieu - October 19, 1977

There is no time
 

Late! All my life is late. Late appointments, late class assignments, late work assignments, late meetings, late waking, and late nights. My parents often rebuked me saying, "You will be late for your own funeral."

I often explain that "Do not be too dependent on the clock. Be free and natural. Time is artificial, unnatural. "But behind this rationalization is a big" me "- so big that even time is expected to be delayed." I "will decide when to come and go, when to start And somehow I can never see this as a problem for others and it hinders the rest of the lives of others. Even if I have tried, I can not Simply stop the delay.

This morning I was late for morning prayer. Immediately I tried to blame the alarm clock and then the real teacher. (I said to myself, "Master Heng has not adjusted the alarm clock properly or has accidentally turned off the bell at night.") However, as I walked towards the porch, I remembered a verse we read in the Grand Patriarchate. in this morning. It is a verse written by Bhikkhu Hai when he enlightened the sentence "Mind is Buddha".

The mind of the original Buddha, 
Infatuated children hidden. 
Ignorance of intellectual property, 
Song tu ly ly. 
Translate:

Concentration is the Buddha, the 
Enlightenment is self-righteous, 
We know the wisdom of the heart, 
Song tu dang dai dien.
 

This verse inspires me to "recover" and finally overcome this mistake.

So, every minute I'm late in the day, that time will double, except for the next lunch. I have a stack of 3x5 cards and draw a graph with activities, start time, and squares to mark + or - when late. Just before lunch, I will count the points, and eat or wait all the punishment and observe the feeling while waiting. I will set goals until my behavior changes. It does not take too much time to change when food is the main factor to reinforce change.

Like a good pharmacist Can 
not save his disease 
Where the French do not practice the 
same language. 
Flower Adornment - Bodhisattva Qin Ming

We both find a lot of energy and happiness from being honest and changing our bad habits. I am ashamed to have changed no sooner, and because of all the trouble that I caused to those who were dragged into my "no time". How can I end birth and death if I am late for my own funeral? How can I benefit others if I "can not save myself"? We camped on a desolate stretch of San Julian farm.
 

There is no real world
 

There are 84,000 items. Let them go.

Do not accept the realm. I never had a realm before accepting it. Now I see the meaning of the Shurangama Sutra when talking about sensory experiences that arise in the realms, no real realms in or out. Taking and taking on a realm is a waste of time and danger. Although the realm is the body or mind - let the realms go.
 

Just do the right thing

Buddhism begins with filial piety and extends into unlimited compassion for all sentient beings.My Master began training with warming his old parents' bed at night before they rested and quietly bowed to them while they were sleeping early in the morning. He sat next to his mother's grave for three years in an open tent with a boar tree to spend the cold winter in Manchuria.
My father gave up attractive and promising opportunities in business and travel to stay and care for his disabled mother for over 25 years. My mother carries her dying sister when no one can find a place in their home for this helpless woman while she is in the final stages of cancer. I still remember the stench and the unthinkable sound of suffering. I remember the quiet and patient efforts of my parents when I just did "the right thing".

This is the teaching of all beings, and is the essence of Buddhism: we are all the same nature.Achieving the highest spiritual attainment starts with the small steps of truth. You start this at home, with your parents and your family. Identify the cause and the debt. Go to the core of all things. You can never deceive yourself. Why try to cheat others? Let go of greed, hatred and delusion right now at home, in every little thought. Then everything will go well and a "blessing" will be abundant for everyone.

As the sun rises 
Brighten the whole world 
Blessed Buddha also 
Break the darkness. 
Flower Adornment - Bodhisattva Qin Ming

When children and parents get lost, the family will break down. When families break down, nations will war and around the world will not know peace. The cultivators keep the world intact. They do it without ostentation and they do it where it really is needed. The daily "small" acts of compassion and generosity, caring for the whole family of beings shine like the sun.When there is no more filial person, the sun will not shine and the world will collapse.

Little knowledge: As the Buddha taught, "... for the idea of ​​grasping and grasping that beings are not effective." All my troubles come from looking outside, from seeking. Seeking is grasping and there are many forms. But always the same: no matter what I possess, I am never satisfied. I always plan ahead, move forward and look for the best deal; Always fade and clinging. I guess it's too simple and easy, so I skipped it. I left the religion do not leave me.

The Venerable said this once at Kim Luan Temple: "The Tao never leaves us in a moment. If Dao can leave us, it is not true. You can not leave the religion for a moment. If a second is left, it is not Dao. I'm still working on that. My "little understanding" is smaller than I thought.
 

Add negative vibrations

Be soft in the wind.

I waste a lot of energy in not liking the wind and struggling with it. Let the wind blow. Like the flies: I brought them bad vibrations. That requires work, and the result is a negative vibe. Why bother? Keep the energy, return the energy, let all the dharmas - all phenomena - return to the source. Destroy them if they last long. Relax and practice.

 

Truly - October 1977

10 practice to cleanse the mind

What cleanses the mind the best these days? 
These practices: 
1) Do not talk inside. Please chant, be silent. 
(2) Because others give up small ones. 
3) Forget yourself for the Fa 
4) Do not follow. Relax under the sword. 
5) Shame. Make the Buddha silent 
6) Report all. 
7) You have nothing to contribute to your tongue. Hold your tongue. Use it. 
8) Mark the distance. Silent in that distance. 
9) First and foremost: Use the sword to remove bad thoughts and bring light to the center, pulling from your feet on the ground. Reflective light 
10) The dharma is the means. Use this medium
 

You must close the door
 

Walk through the canyons and small rolling hills. Peace. Silence.

The persistent silence of Teacher Heng actually left him dead, like a pile of ashes. Our ego is like a flame inside us. It burns day and night and should be fed. It eats greed, reputation, money, food, sleep. When not fed, it roars anger and flames until we actually do stupid things.

Cool, cool. Feel good when it's cool and clean. No more fire or dust, well, that's good.Practitioners turn the light inside. They allow the self to burn into soft, ashes. From the ashes, the phoenix flew - the myth of liberation and rebirth; beings are enlightened with autonomy and independence. Genuine Master may look a bit dull, like a pile of ashes. But, like the phoenix, there is a new light and a blissful light emanating from the ashes. A practitioner may look like a "dead bird," but that's because I'm used to seeing people on fire. The flashing and burning of passion and seeing is transformed into loving-kindness. and the wisdom of those who cultivate the Way is not in the limelight, they have left the theater, away from costumes and stage costumes. The light is inside. That light is amazing. We all have that light. With that light, we can light the mind, see our original, natural face.

When you are ordained, you must shut the door behind you.

Turn me away, do not look back to find me and the name, 
Like a breeze, it will stir up a fire is dying; 
Leave no trace of fire in the coal, 
And close the door when you leave. 
Let go of your fear, they are the pride of somebody; 
Consistently worship, until there is nothing left inside, 
Mindfulness about me, drifting like snow, 
And close the door when you leave.
 

Keep your sword active

Hurricane Alert.

I sniffed out a big test in front - the harsh weather and the first whirlwinds blowing through today. It is very important for my job momentum to continue uninterrupted by evil energies in the past or any realms or events.

The visit of lay Buddhists was a big step for me throughout the journey. I always take time to recover from 1) the energy lost after the loss of sight, speech and vision are not controlled; 2) eating too much food; 3) make mistakes about cause and effect. "Just a little greed makes me lose. So is delusion and delusion.

To keep the ship afloat in the coming storms, I have to continue to work at today's meal.Whenever I come, I have to keep my sword active, leave the stage, see all the women like my mother, or my sister, hold on to zero, avoid milk and sugar. Do not talk, write, hear or look.Please practice. Continue bowing. Watch out for yourself.

Give up the reactions you have gathered
 

Master your desire: It comes from yourself.

Today the wind blows, but it is the sweet breeze and the wind of discovery: the desire for sex from myself. It's all my projection, and today I saw it. Sexual desire does not come from the heart - it comes from the old habits. Sexual desire is the thought of self. It does not come from other dharmas, it comes from me. Dhamma and others are not to blame. "The dirt is not dirty clean."

At some point, in my life, I learned to laugh at certain things and call them "sex," and see them as dirty and special. I reinforce that habit every day, for hours, giving it some stimulus value associated with my own body and that habit has become very important in the nine years of my life. At the moment, I'm giving up on the reactions that have taken place and are devaluing the signals, the causes and conditions of sexuality and sexual behavior. Little by little, the habit disintegrates, and slowly I come back to the equality of dhammas - there are no special dharmas, no special dances or joys.

I feel cleaner when not avoiding certain parts of the world. Feeling free when not responding in fixed ways to other parts of the world. It all comes from my mental habit, and I'm cutting it off every day so there is no clinging. Today was a big jump.
 

Where does the mud end and the lotus starts?

Teacher Heng and I have finished the son of Buddhism in LA. They went a long way to the offerings and they were very happy, excited when we sat down to eat again. 
We eat too much, but it does not matter. Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh had eaten thirteen tidbits of food in a lecture that everyone was not entangled in the taste and food. Until then, no one would eat that food. They all just sat in the stool staring at the food and cheering. The Master came in and moved from place to place, enjoying the food they did not want to touch.Soon, the feeling of shame spread and everyone started eating. That is giving.

With that mirror, our second meal was nothing. It made me even more grateful for Master's compassion and wisdom.

At that time Bodhisattva  wanted to make the mind  -beings  in the outside are  satisfied,  Bodhisattva let go of all,  no attachment,  and then the Bodhisattva has the capacity of pure la ba-la .  (first)

Flower Adornment - Minh Phap

Who am I? Who is this?

The Bodhisattva is a self-aware and sensual. Why not just take care of yourself, and let people take care of themselves? In his awakening, the Bodhisattva sees the non-duality of everything.He fully understands "the truth of selflessness", and knows that beings will suffer for as long as enlightenment. We all seek enlightenment, we are all suffering.

In the suffering of understanding, and in the knowledge, we suffer. Witnessing to his mother's suffering, you feel like your own pain. Witness the suffering children, the feeling feels like the pain itself. And when your family reunites and is happy, does your heart fail? Who is not calm heart?

When we enlighten the unity of all, our mind is open and indistinguishable from the mind of beings everywhere. This unique heart, the heart of compassion, is the desire to end suffering, for all beings, everywhere. I am here, there is no place where I am not. The results are enormous, but the start is small.

Lotus grows from the mud. Mud generates lotus. Where does the mud end and the lotus starts? It starts with a thought. First, change mind, then, change the world. Transformation of greed, hatred, delusion into gender, concentration, wisdom. In one mind, the mind goes from mud to lotus, from lotus to mud.

If I can not do the right thing, how can big things be accomplished? If I do not purify my mind, the world will never be able to rectify it. When the mind is pure, the world is pure.When mental disorders and defilements, the world pollution and disturbance.

For example, the mind- consciousness can see the 
color of 
mind because of their mind-net-net 
See the pure realm. Flower Adornment - Flower World

Impure and barren 
world-world-Genetics-Kind of 
mind-born beings 
Bodhisattva-life. Flower Adornment - Flower World
 

Note:

 Bodhisattva micro-orders are full of consciousness, internal, all the discharge of the empty room, the net power of the three secret.

Everything should be
what I want to do.

I like to talk about Buddhism. This is what I want to do forever. Why? Because it is good.Being near the Dharma is good. Cultivation brings true results. That's right. Everything should be so. Can not talk about this simpler or stronger. That is the Dharma. This is where I put my life into "experiencing a lot of non-stop life".END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.21/2/2018.