2023
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Zen Cultivation
Zen CultivationJan /28/ 2023 – Jan / 29/ 2023 After the previous 3 introduction of Zen history, I believe we had a better understanding of of Zen now, which is not rely on words or letters but a special transmission outside of the scriptures. It is amazing, but how to cultivate in Zen? We actually got some ideal from couple weeks ago; we call it investigating a Zen topic. Take an example for it, when Bodhidharma had a meeting with emperor Wu, the emperor asked the Bodhidharma, “Who am I talking to?” Bodhidharma knew that the emperor Wu was still struggling about the phenomenon, so he answered him as “I…
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Chinese New Year Celebration Talk
Chinese New Year Celebration Talk Jan /20/ 2023 – Jan / 21/ 2023 Hello everyone, I am so glad that we can spend Chinese New Year here in the Dharma Rain Meditation Center. Today is one of the most important days of Chinese and also for the Buddhists. From today, the spring will come back to the earth, and everything refreshes, just as our old Chinese saying goes, “spring is to one year what morning is to one day.” I sincerely hope that everyone has a bright new year and please believe that today is going to be a fantastic beginning. Before I came here, I got a text from…
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Spreading Zen In the Orient
Spreading Zen In the OrientJan /14/ 2023 – Jan / 15/ 2023 There was a young man who was living with his mother; the only way he made his living was selling firewood. One day he delivered some firewood to a shop when he was about to leave; he heard a guest was reciting a sutra. As soon as he heard the text of this sutra, his mind at once became enlightened. Thereupon the young man asked the guest the name of the book and inquired whence he came and why he recited this particular sutra. The guest replied that he came from Dong Shan Monastery in the Huang Mei…
