As said, Sat 29 July was the day Buddha first turned the Dharma Wheel. At 2am I had problem getting to sleep. My body is tired but my mind just refused to go to slumberland. Many things to think about and to do, that's why. I was even worried if I stayed awake I will fall sick the next day Sunday, and then Monday I had to fly off to Bangkok! I can't get sick. I was getting paranoid.
I didn't know when I dozed off but I knew I had a short dream. But I can't remember anything about it. Nothingness. I knew I just had a dream something related to Buddha, and in my semi-awake state, I remembered I was quite blissfully happy about the dream because today was an awfully auspicious day! Yet I really can't remember a single detail when I woke up. Nothingness.
Went to ABC for animal liberation at 10am. The turnout today was great, about 70 people gathered in the small space, I think. I always like Fred's (ABC's VP) commentary in guiding the people about releasing lives as well as Dharma teachings, especially to newcomers. Live crabs, different kinds of live cockles and mussels etc today to be liberated all added up to 1.2 million lives, I learnt. And Fred said multiply the 1.2million animals by 100 million times, imagine the incredibly vast amount of merits the 70 of us has accumulated together! I was really blissfully happy again.
After that, went to fetch Mom and Dad as they wanted to go Buddhist Lodge to pray to my deceased grandparents as it is the Chinese 7th Month. Dad was more anxious of praying to my grandparents than anything else. I said maybe they have already been reborn! I wanted more to pay homage to Shakyamuni Buddha, to offer flowers and light to the huge statue inside the huge prayer hall. Afterwards we went outside to pray to the huge statue of a standing Amitabha Buddha. We circumambulated around him 3 times. We also went upstairs to the open-air rooftop to pray to the 1000-arm Guan Yin (Chenrezig) and again circumambulated 3 times. I was happy, especially my parents were with me and also they did what I did.
In the evening, went to Drophenling for the monthly Green Tara puja. Again I offered light and also contributed to His Holiness Lati Rinpoche's long life puja on the coming week in Shartse Gaden Monastery, India. I really felt different for today's puja. I know all the Buddhas were close.
And during supper ( I stayed vegetarian for today), Aunt Shirley also shared something with me about her problem which was resolved. And this something is exactly the advise I needed. I had been praying for a resolution about my problem. And I think my prayers have been answered. Hopefully my problem will be resolved soon. Everything good multiplied 100 million time today! Yippee!
I didn't know when I dozed off but I knew I had a short dream. But I can't remember anything about it. Nothingness. I knew I just had a dream something related to Buddha, and in my semi-awake state, I remembered I was quite blissfully happy about the dream because today was an awfully auspicious day! Yet I really can't remember a single detail when I woke up. Nothingness.
Went to ABC for animal liberation at 10am. The turnout today was great, about 70 people gathered in the small space, I think. I always like Fred's (ABC's VP) commentary in guiding the people about releasing lives as well as Dharma teachings, especially to newcomers. Live crabs, different kinds of live cockles and mussels etc today to be liberated all added up to 1.2 million lives, I learnt. And Fred said multiply the 1.2million animals by 100 million times, imagine the incredibly vast amount of merits the 70 of us has accumulated together! I was really blissfully happy again.
After that, went to fetch Mom and Dad as they wanted to go Buddhist Lodge to pray to my deceased grandparents as it is the Chinese 7th Month. Dad was more anxious of praying to my grandparents than anything else. I said maybe they have already been reborn! I wanted more to pay homage to Shakyamuni Buddha, to offer flowers and light to the huge statue inside the huge prayer hall. Afterwards we went outside to pray to the huge statue of a standing Amitabha Buddha. We circumambulated around him 3 times. We also went upstairs to the open-air rooftop to pray to the 1000-arm Guan Yin (Chenrezig) and again circumambulated 3 times. I was happy, especially my parents were with me and also they did what I did.
In the evening, went to Drophenling for the monthly Green Tara puja. Again I offered light and also contributed to His Holiness Lati Rinpoche's long life puja on the coming week in Shartse Gaden Monastery, India. I really felt different for today's puja. I know all the Buddhas were close.
And during supper ( I stayed vegetarian for today), Aunt Shirley also shared something with me about her problem which was resolved. And this something is exactly the advise I needed. I had been praying for a resolution about my problem. And I think my prayers have been answered. Hopefully my problem will be resolved soon. Everything good multiplied 100 million time today! Yippee!
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