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Archive for category: Chinese Philosophy

how to be a happy person

11/29/2019
11/29/2019

弟子問達摩:如何才能成為一個自己快樂,也給別人快樂的人?
Student asked Bodhidarmma, how to be a happy person for oneself and others?

達摩笑著回答說:有四種境界,你去體會其中的妙趣吧!
Bodhidarmma said, there are four stages, contemplate the wonder!

一、首先,把自己當成別人,此是無我。
First, treat yourself as others, this is selfless.

二、再之,把別人當成自己,此是慈悲。
Second, treat others as yourself, this is compassion.

三、而後,把別人當成別人,此是智慧。
Third, treat others as they are, this is wisdom.

四、最後,把自己當成自己,此是自在。
Finally, treat yourself as yourself, is enlightenment.

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Infant fills oneself, gown up nurtures the world

10/17/2019
10/17/2019

Mencius said, when you are strained, take care of your self ; when you attain great height and has spare capacity, help nurture the world.

Read more →

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3 levels of tranquility

11/20/2018
11/20/2018

小靜於林, 大靜於市,大大靜於正行(及正不行)。

External tranquility found in nature, inner tran


quility cultivated in city, ultimate tranquility realised in wise action (& inaction).

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  • Zen

Zen Reality and Practice

12/26/2017
12/26/2017

實際理地不著一塵,萬行門中不捨一法。
– 禪宗祖師

Ultimate reality is not bounded by any manifestation, yet actual practice embraces all of them.
– Zen Master

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  • meditation

action without awareness is child, action with awareness is adult

11/12/2017
11/12/2017

action without awareness is child, action with awareness is adult
stillness with awareness is deep sleep/meditation, stillness without awareness is samadhi
Where is Dao? …shh……
Zen!

有尋無伺是孩兒, 有尋有伺成年人;
無尋有伺深睡思, 無尋無伺無想天;
道在當中那一個? …噓……
禪!

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  • incense

Broad minds see goodness.

10/26/2017
10/26/2017

Broad minds see goodness, narrow minds see badness.
If don’t acknowledge goodness, one would not feel gratitude, if frequently remember badness, one would not feel serenity.

心寬之人, 常記人善;
心窄之人, 常記人惡;
記不住人善的人, 難有感恩之心;
常記人惡的人, 難有祥和之時.

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  • 玉不琢,不成器

Jade stays raw without polish

05/21/2017
05/21/2017

玉不琢,不成器。 人不學,不知義。苦難磨練人,智慧提升人。
Jade stays raw without polish, man remains ignorant without learning. Sufferings refine us, wisdom uplifts us.

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  • Buddhist heart, Taoist bones, Confucius persona

Buddhist heart, Taoist bones, Confucius persona

10/07/2016
10/07/2016

佛為心、道為骨、儒為表,大度看世界;技在手、能在身、思在腦,從容過生活。

– 南懷瑾老師 (1918-2012)

Buddhist heart, Taoist bones, Confucius persona, compassionately perceive the world;
Skills on hands, abilities in body, thinking via the brain, serenely live life.
– Master Nan-Huai-Chin (1918-2012)

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  • practice

Online Class – foundation course completed

03/09/2014
03/09/2014

Dear readers,

After 26 months of discussion and exploration, we have finally completed our online discussion on the core teachings of the three great classics in Chinese Civilization.  

With the focus on personal and spiritual cultivation, we first learnt about the transcendental reality and the way towards it from Laozi’s Daodejing.  After understanding our self, and going beyond it, we then learnt the importance of fulfilling our personal, family and social responsibility in the world through practical advises from Confucius’s Analects.  Finally, after mastering the world and the reality beyond it,  we learnt from the Buddhist Diamond Sutra that all teachings and phenomena, no matter how extraordinary and spectacular, are temporary like dreams and bubble and therefore are not to be attached.

If we can gain a throughout understanding of these three classics, and integrate them into our daily life, then a solid foundation is laid on the roadway of personal and spiritual cultivation.  Hopefully these discussions could serve as an opening door and overall guidance for further studies and practice.

This concludes this series of our online classes.  As Laozi said, “excessive speeches exhaust our reason, it’s better to stay centered.” The foundation understanding of cultivation has been laid and it is time for practice and integration into our life.  If you have further question on the topics mentioned, you may contact me for advice or further discussion.  Thank you for your interest and support all along.

Best wishes to you in your life, studies, and practices.    

Regards,

Li Siming

March 2014

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  • all self-based phenomena

Diamond Sutra – All phenomena are like a dream

03/01/2014
03/01/2014

With every beginning this is an end.  After 9 months of exploration and discussion, we have finally come to the end of this classic.  In this last chapter, the Buddha reiterates the blessings of following and sharing this sutra, and reminds us again that we should not attached to various forms when sharing the wisdom of this Sutra.  Why?  The Buddha summarizes this into a four-line stanzas:

一切有为法 如梦幻泡影 如露亦如电 应作如是观

All self-based phenomena, are like bubbles and dreams;

like dews and lightening, should perceived as such.

* * *

应化非真分第三十二

RESPONSES AND TRANSFORMATIONS ARE UNREAL, THIRTY-TWO

须菩提!若有人以满无量阿僧祇世界七宝持用布施,若有善男子、善女人,发菩萨心者,持于此经,乃至四句偈等,受持读诵,为人演说,其福胜彼。
“Subhuti, if on the one hand, someone gave away in alms (dana) the seven treasures inquantities sufficient to fill all the worlds in uncount-able aeons, and if on the other hand, a virtuous man or woman developed the Bodhi-mind, and received, held (in mind), read and recited even a four-line stanza of this sutra and expounded it to others, the latter’s merit would surpass that of the former.

云何为人演说,不取于相,如如不动。何以故?
一切有为法 如梦幻泡影 如露亦如电 应作如是观
“In what manner should it be taught to others? By teaching it without attachment to form with the immutability of the absolute. “Why is it?
“Because: All phenomena are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble and a shadow, Like dew and lightning. Thus should you meditate upon them.”

佛说是经已,长老须菩提及诸比丘、比丘尼、优婆塞、优婆夷、一切世间、天、人、阿修罗,闻佛所说,皆大欢喜,信受奉行。
When the Buddha had finished expounding this sutra, the elder Subhuti, together with bhiksus, bhiksunis, upasakas, upasikas, and all the worlds of devas, men and asuras who had listened to His teaching, were filled with joy and believed received and observed it.

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