蘇東波與佛印 The stories of Su Dongpo and Foyin: Part 1

The stories of Su Dongpo and Foyin


Su Dongpo: Great Master, What do you think I sit like?
         Foyin: Like a respected Buddha. 


Su Dongpo: But I think you sit like a pile of shit! 
 Foyin: Oh, really?


Su Dongpo: You said I look like a Buddha, but I described you like shit, aren't you upset?
 Foyin: Actually I should be happy, why should I be upset. 


Foyin:  Because I am a buddha, thus who I see is also a buddha. If I am shit, I see others as shit. 


Picture Source: http://www.jieshafangsheng.com/html/2013/fofapic_0207/9422.html

蘇東波與佛印 The stories of Su Dongpo and Foyin: Part 2

The stories of Su Dongpo and Foyin


One day Su Dongpo write a poem to demonstrate his understanding of the buddha's teachings. 


Extremely satisfied with himself, he sent someone to present the poem to Foyin. 


Foyin: You think the eight winds cannot move you? Such FART!


So Dongpo: How dar you say my words are just farts! I'm going to get you this time!


Foyin: So Dongpo! You said the eight winds could not move you?   
          But a simple FART word blew you over the river?

Reformation of the Mind

[悟覺妙天禪師開示集]心靈改革

修行印心禪法淨化心靈，就是心靈改革最直接，最迅速、最有效的方法。

每位同修從心裏淨化自己，對於社會、人與人之間多付出愛心，關懷多餘責備，讚美多於批評，與人無爭多禮讓，與世無爭多寬容，無忌妒人之心，無仇恨人之心，無報復人之心。凡事少感情用事，多理性思考;多培養慈悲心、公德心，多遵守社會秩序和法治，不因個人過度自由去侵犯別人應有的自由，時時多尊重別人，處處多接受別人的建言，萬事退後一步想海闊天空，多給人留餘地，多給人留空間。給人留餘地、空間，就是給自己留餘地、空間，這就是「心靈改革」！

Practicing Heart Chan Dharma is the most effective way in reforming our mind. Each practitioner purifies him/herself from the heart (within) by practice the purification in daily, being benevolent, respectful, and open-minded toward others and the society. Be rational rather than emotional. Praise more than criticize. No jealousy, hatred, and revenge. Being thoughtful of others and leave more spaces for yourself and others. Your freedom should not be build on others suffering This is the mind’s reformation.

Content: http://www.zen.org.tw/web/teachings_detail.php?id=3276

Picture: http://www.bp123.cn/qq/QQdaima/20078558.html

眾生習性 The Habits of Sentential Beings

與您分享禪宗第八十五代宗師  悟覺妙天禪師法語

Words of Chan Master Wujie Miaotien

Translated by Mags

  ~ 眾生習性 ~

The Habits of Sentential Beings

一個人的喜怒哀樂  都是體內眾生習性的意識作用

讓我們產生諸多的煩惱和痛苦  所以要用修行的智慧去解脫

The human emotions (joy, anger, sadness, happiness)

Are all habits of the consciousness for sentential beings within our body. 

They create a lot of sorry and worries. Therefore one must practice the wisdom of spiritual practice for liberation.

“Meditate to sharpen your assertive edge” by Charles Wallace on Financial Times.com

Can you find a way to cool yourself down, both body and mind?

Well, body’s cooling down seems to be easy that just sit in an air conditioning room would be enough. How about your stressed out minds? I believe that many people here would know the best answer provided here is Chan Meditation. It would not only help you to calm down, but furthermore, to help you to figure out how to balance lives which can help to remove the causes of stress.

Through the article, Wallace says that,

“My personal answer to stress has been meditation, albeit practised somewhat erratically and with mixed results over the years. I have tried several types of meditation, including mindfulness, which involves focusing your attention on your breath for certain periods of the day. But the most calming sort I have found – it’s really up to the individual – is transcendental meditation, which involves repeating a mantra for two, 20-minute periods a day.”

Wallace also mentions he is not the only one who gains benefits from transcendental meditation. Relying on medicine will not be a long-tern resolution.

More and more C-levels reveal their experiences.

Believe it! 

Chan Meditation brings you up to transcendental level, even more. 

Give ourselves a regular time to practice Chan Meditation. 

You’ll figure what differences are.

Source: 

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/3ff70a4c-13f1-11e4-b46f-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3A9DiKnpQ

Believe in yourself

believing in yourself, does not mean to accept all the emotions you feel, but a "gut feeling" or that intuition which comes out from within. Try to tap into that unlimited power from deep within! 

"U.S. Workers Face Growing Pressure to Relax" By Diane Brady on Bloomberg Businessweek.com

As more and more CEOs focusing on how to balance their employees' working hours and leisure time, it may become an issue that how to schedule our times well in order to fit company's policies. It should not be a problem if individuals know about themselves. However, from sharing article, people can find that it might be hard for individuals to know exactly what they need. Because many of us have been working intensely for a long time. Thus, some of us might feel worry about how to relax. Though, it is a little ironic.

Chan Meditation is one perfect solution for people who do not know balancing. It not only provides instant inner peace for business guys but can help them to develop their own balanced life schedule. The Chan Master says, "The more calm we can access, the more wisdom we can implement." The wisdom from practicing Chan Meditation can be implemented into any aspects in our lives on both working and leisure times.

Come on and give it a try to treat ourselves!  

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-10/u-dot-s-dot-workers-face-growing-pressure-to-relax

Where is Wisdom?

Give yourself some quality time each day, 

start meditating! 

Here's a quote I found which is really interesting! and totally worth pondering over! Ancient people are actually rather wise... aren't they?

Meditation Zone

Meditation Zone, please keep quite..

For all the meditators out there! 

Wouldn't it be great if this became mass produced and used? 

This was also found on a facebook page a while back! (sorry, no longer able to fine the link..!) 

“Worry Isn’t Work.” by Dan Pallotta on Harvard Business Review

 Many people think that keep “focus” on what they are doing now or in the future about their works could be treated as beneficial for their working status. Like Pallotta says, “Many of us have grown up thinking that if we are properly self-punishing then we are somehow being responsible.” What if one could do so instead of just “worrying” about working, then, that is. Unfortunately, people are being stressed out more than being really concentrate on works.

Do you have any tips to help? Try Chan Meditation!

Through practicing, people can first get the inner peace and this can be implemented while they are working. Also, it helps them to clear their minds. Swiping out useless worries and concentrating what they should do is actual called productive and effective. Moreover, with these benefits, people will not bring negative effects home from stressful works.

http://blogs.hbr.org/2010/08/worry-isnt-work/