Master was singing for us again the day before yesterday. He had been doing that for three days consecutively. Altogether he wrote three songs, pop in style and educational in purpose. The songs are not only beautiful, but carry rich Buddhist culture. They are lyrical to listen to and I am just passionate about them.
Master Zhenlin is like the only drop of clean water in a murky lake. We are the filthy water around him. He is always that clean and bright. Not only is he able to keep himself clean and from being polluted by us, but also helps to purify us. Under his impact, we apply efforts to cultivate, to improve ourselves, and gradually, get purified and clean.
Nov 25, 2008
The Merits and Virtues from Upholding “Sutra of Infinite and Wisdom”--Master Zhenlin
I have met recently a number of Buddhist believers who are either diagnosed with cancer or strange diseases or have encountered tough challenges in life. They believe in Buddhism, but are unable to change their fate or rid themselves of the pain, either because they are illiterate, or disabled. I would like to share with you the merits and virtues of upholding the Sutra of Immeasurable Life and Wisdom (《佛说圣者无量寿智大乘陀罗尼经》). This is indeed one of the best treasures that the Buddha gives to us. I hope more can be blessed by the light of kindness and compassion of Him by upholding, learning, and reciting it, and attain bliss and be free from the pain.
Humans are short-lived. Some can live up to 100 years old, but most cannot. If men and women of pure faith can recite and uphold the Sutra, or write or copy it down by themselves, or ask others to copy the Sutra, or hear the name of the Sutra, read and memorize it, or make it into a book and enshrine it somewhere clean at home, and make offerings to it of fragrant flowers and incense, they will be able to live up to 100 years old even though their predestined lifespan may soon be over. After death, they will be born into the Worlds of Infinite Life, Wisdom, and Merits, and Virtues.
If men and women of pure faith often hear about the 108 names of Buddha of Infinite Life and Wisdom, their life span will be extended. If they are about to die, they can still survive for a longer time than otherwise would should they be able to uphold the names of the Buddha. If they can write the Sutra down, copy it , or ask others to copy it, they will not be born into hell, or a beast, a ghost, or somewhere they may suffer after the present life is over. All the beings, wherever they are born, will be able to recall their previous life. If you can copy or photocopy the Sutra, or tell others to copy it, the merits and virtues amassed are as enormous as having copied all the eighty-four thousand kinds of teachings by Buddha.
If some can copy the Sutra, or ask others to copy it, the merits and virtues amassed are as huge as upholding and making abide the eighty-four thousand kinds of teachings by Buddha.
If some can copy the Sutra, or ask others to copy it, the five grand offenses committed (killing the father, harming the mother, abortion, injuring the Buddha, and creating disharmony among the Sangha Assembly) shall be extinguished.
If some can copy the Sutra, or ask others to copy it, , they will be exempted from the offenses committed even if they may be as huge as Mount. Sumeru.
If some can copy the Sutra, or ask others to copy it, , no devils, yaksha, or raksha can hurt them even they have the intention do to so.
If some can copy the Sutra, or ask others to copy it, 9.9 billion Buddhas will appear before them to preach, and there will be 1,000 Buddha hands rubbing their heads. They shall be able to travel from one Buddhaland to another. You should not harbour any doubt about it.
If some can copy down or photocopy the Sutra, or ask others to copy or photocopy it down, the Four Heavenly Kings shall always protect them and keep them away from danger.
If some can copy the Sutra, or ask others to copy it, they shall be born in the Land of Utmost Bliss of Amitayus after the present life is over.
Where the Sutra is written, it shall become a stupa. Should an animal hear of the Sutra, it can attain anuttarasamyaksambodhi.
If you can donate even one cent to help make the Sutra known by more, the merits and virtues of doing so are as big as having donated all the 7 gems in a Three Thousand Great Thousand-World System.
If you make offerings to the Sutra, it is as good as to all the Dharma gems.
If someone makes offerings with the seven gems to Vipasyin, Sikhin, Vessabhu, Konàgamana Krakucchanda, Kassapa, and Sakyamuni, the merits and virtues of doing so can be measured. However, if you make offerings to the Buddha of Infinite Life and Wisdom, the merits and virtues are immeasurable.
If you make offerings with the 7 gems as huge as the size of Mount Sumeru, the merits and virtues can be measured. However, if you make offerings to the Buddha of Infinite Life and Wisdom, the merits and virtues are immeasurable.
While the water drops of the four oceans can be measured, the merits and virtues of upholding the Sutra is immeasurable. If some can copy the Sutra, or ask others to copy it, , and make offerings to it with full respect, it is as good as to all the Tathagatas in all the Buddhalands of the ten directions.
Humans are short-lived. Some can live up to 100 years old, but most cannot. If men and women of pure faith can recite and uphold the Sutra, or write or copy it down by themselves, or ask others to copy the Sutra, or hear the name of the Sutra, read and memorize it, or make it into a book and enshrine it somewhere clean at home, and make offerings to it of fragrant flowers and incense, they will be able to live up to 100 years old even though their predestined lifespan may soon be over. After death, they will be born into the Worlds of Infinite Life, Wisdom, and Merits, and Virtues.
If men and women of pure faith often hear about the 108 names of Buddha of Infinite Life and Wisdom, their life span will be extended. If they are about to die, they can still survive for a longer time than otherwise would should they be able to uphold the names of the Buddha. If they can write the Sutra down, copy it , or ask others to copy it, they will not be born into hell, or a beast, a ghost, or somewhere they may suffer after the present life is over. All the beings, wherever they are born, will be able to recall their previous life. If you can copy or photocopy the Sutra, or tell others to copy it, the merits and virtues amassed are as enormous as having copied all the eighty-four thousand kinds of teachings by Buddha.
If some can copy the Sutra, or ask others to copy it, the merits and virtues amassed are as huge as upholding and making abide the eighty-four thousand kinds of teachings by Buddha.
If some can copy the Sutra, or ask others to copy it, the five grand offenses committed (killing the father, harming the mother, abortion, injuring the Buddha, and creating disharmony among the Sangha Assembly) shall be extinguished.
If some can copy the Sutra, or ask others to copy it, , they will be exempted from the offenses committed even if they may be as huge as Mount. Sumeru.
If some can copy the Sutra, or ask others to copy it, , no devils, yaksha, or raksha can hurt them even they have the intention do to so.
If some can copy the Sutra, or ask others to copy it, 9.9 billion Buddhas will appear before them to preach, and there will be 1,000 Buddha hands rubbing their heads. They shall be able to travel from one Buddhaland to another. You should not harbour any doubt about it.
If some can copy down or photocopy the Sutra, or ask others to copy or photocopy it down, the Four Heavenly Kings shall always protect them and keep them away from danger.
If some can copy the Sutra, or ask others to copy it, they shall be born in the Land of Utmost Bliss of Amitayus after the present life is over.
Where the Sutra is written, it shall become a stupa. Should an animal hear of the Sutra, it can attain anuttarasamyaksambodhi.
If you can donate even one cent to help make the Sutra known by more, the merits and virtues of doing so are as big as having donated all the 7 gems in a Three Thousand Great Thousand-World System.
If you make offerings to the Sutra, it is as good as to all the Dharma gems.
If someone makes offerings with the seven gems to Vipasyin, Sikhin, Vessabhu, Konàgamana Krakucchanda, Kassapa, and Sakyamuni, the merits and virtues of doing so can be measured. However, if you make offerings to the Buddha of Infinite Life and Wisdom, the merits and virtues are immeasurable.
If you make offerings with the 7 gems as huge as the size of Mount Sumeru, the merits and virtues can be measured. However, if you make offerings to the Buddha of Infinite Life and Wisdom, the merits and virtues are immeasurable.
While the water drops of the four oceans can be measured, the merits and virtues of upholding the Sutra is immeasurable. If some can copy the Sutra, or ask others to copy it, , and make offerings to it with full respect, it is as good as to all the Tathagatas in all the Buddhalands of the ten directions.
Health Comes from Heart------Lingwang
Health comes from your heart, not food. Master Zhen Lin was talking to us about the importance of staying vegetarian last night. I then asked him whether I could start doing so a few months later as I just had a big operation and would have chemical therapy very soon. I kept eating a lot of meat food these days for fear that I might be too weak. This is what Master Zhen Lin told me and I totally accept it and decide to do it now. “Cattle eat grass only. Are they weak? It is a must that a cancer patient stays away from meat food, otherwise he or she would never recover. The more meat food you eat, the better the vicious cells will grow in your body. These vicious cells want us to eat meat as in that case they grow faster. If you take a look at Nature, you will notice that while animals like elephant and cattle eat grass only, their milk is just as nutritious as humans’. Health comes from your heart, not food. Keep your heart pure and calm, and you will be healthy. Amita-Buddha! Thank you, dear Master Zhen Lin!
Nov 22, 2008
Love and Blief Bring Us Together----Lingwang
I first got to know Master Zhen Lin on May 31st, 2008, through a blog article by Sister Ling Ju titled Ling Xi, I Feel So Happy For You! I learnt from the article that Sister Ling Xi had fully recovered from lung cancer. I soon googled into her blog and then got linked to Master Zhen Lin’s world. After that, I kept visiting their blog sites from time to time, and felt happy for Sister Ling Xi and touched by her stories. Nevertheless, I never was able to really sit down and read through Longevity Scripture. Once I even threw it aside after reading it for only a few paragraphs. I just could not calm down. On October 20, 2008, I was diagnosed with cancer, small cell vicious tumor in the left mandible. I was totally despaired by the fear of recurrence, of metastasis, of death, of dying too ugly, of having to leave my beloved parents too soon…In that despair, I read through all of Sister Ling Xi’s articles of how she got to learn Buddhism, read Buddhist scriptures and in particular, Longevity Scripture, and got cured. Gradually, I come to get over the despair. On October 31st, just two days before my operation, Sister Ling Xi left a message in my blog and suggested that I start reading Longevity Scripture, and meet Master Zhen Lin at Sina UC. This message alone paved a bright path for me as I receive treatment. I am no longer despaired. I had a bone-grafting operation on November 3rd. The operation is a success, but it was very torturing for me in the week following the operation. I was bed-ridden, unable to move, or talk, eat, or drink. I survived on tubes. Despite this, I never gave up reading Longevity Scripture. When I was tortured to sleeplessness, I told myself just to hold on and Buddha and Bodhisattva are always with me and will bless me through it all. On November 18th, the second day after I left the hospital, I was listening to the recorded speech by Master Zhen Lin on Longevity Scripture. I was so obsessed by it. Soon, Sister Ling Xi emailed me all the MP3 files of the speech. On November 20th, I talked to Master Zhen Lin for the first time at Sina UC. I was very happy. When Master Zhen Lin told me that he had many disciples in Beijing, I asked him, without much confidence, whether I could be his disciple, too. I was not confident because I felt I might not be qualified. I only thought of him after I got sick even though I had known him long before it. Still, Master Zhen Lin accepted me immediately, named me Ling Wang, and told me that it is love and belief that brings us together. Amita-Buddha! In retrospect, I now believe that it is all predestined: from the day when I first read the blog articles of my Sisters’ and Master Zhen Lin’s, to when I all of a sudden was diagnosed with cancer, till now I am so lucky to have become Master Zhen Lin’s disciple. I keep reading Longevity Scripture everyday. I believe I can be cured. I am optimistic. Perhaps, just as what Sister Ling Ju reminded me that getting sick can also be good for us as the process of being cured is also a process of improving ourselves. Were I not sick and so terrified, I would not have been able to really calm down, to read Longevity Scripture, to make confession, and become Master Zhen Lin’s disciple. Coming to think of this, I am grateful to this painful experience.
My name is Lingwang---Lingwang
I am so blessed today!
Master Zhenlin has accepted me as one of his disciples, and named me Lingwang.
I am so happy!
Master Zhenlin told me that it was because he knew that I was earnest and had the heart and therefore there was no need to wait any more. How I had admired all the sisters and brothers who had been Master’s disciples and never did I expect that so soon I, too, had the luck! I shall no longer be lonely!
Yes, I will follow what Master Zhenlin told me when we first talked today: Read Longevity Scripture conscientiously, with firm belief and devotion. I need to keep making confession about the sins that I had committed, and making wishes to save both I myself and others. I need to write into blog articles how I am being cured and how I have come to learn Buddhism and Buddhist scriptures. By doing so I shall be able to help more people.
Master Zhenlin also told me that suffering is our friend.
It helps us realize clearly who we are;
It helps us to be better than who we were;
It helps us to be who we should be.
We should be grateful to suffering in life.
If we can make it, all the suffering and disease shall leave us before we even know it.
Amitabuddha!
Master Zhenlin has accepted me as one of his disciples, and named me Lingwang.
I am so happy!
Master Zhenlin told me that it was because he knew that I was earnest and had the heart and therefore there was no need to wait any more. How I had admired all the sisters and brothers who had been Master’s disciples and never did I expect that so soon I, too, had the luck! I shall no longer be lonely!
Yes, I will follow what Master Zhenlin told me when we first talked today: Read Longevity Scripture conscientiously, with firm belief and devotion. I need to keep making confession about the sins that I had committed, and making wishes to save both I myself and others. I need to write into blog articles how I am being cured and how I have come to learn Buddhism and Buddhist scriptures. By doing so I shall be able to help more people.
Master Zhenlin also told me that suffering is our friend.
It helps us realize clearly who we are;
It helps us to be better than who we were;
It helps us to be who we should be.
We should be grateful to suffering in life.
If we can make it, all the suffering and disease shall leave us before we even know it.
Amitabuddha!
Nov 17, 2008
Practising Buddhism is a kind of subtracting--------Lingchu(disciple)
A lot of people who know little about Buddhism would think practising Buddhism is a complicated and boring action. Because we have to abide so many rules, pay attention to so many matters, besides , we must study and remember so many deep sutras. I only studied a half year, but I have felt so relaxed now. It is like kind of subtracting. It reduced my excess buggages from the inside to the outside.
First of all, I used to focus on the my health. From now on, that won’t be a problem. It has been reduced from my heart at the first time. There are so many strange diseases in this society nowadays. Many people are wondering if they will catch any of them. So, they find another good excuse to eat better, and do fewer. Friends are getting together to compare with each other about clothes, life enjoyable. Who knows it is getting worse to compare. It is getting more blunderingly and agonizingly. Trouble makes people imbalance, and that leads to sickness. You will eat more when you are sick, and you will be sick when you eat more…
I got changed unconsciously while practising Buddhism after my master. I couldn’t be a complete vegetarian at the very beginning, so I made myself eat less meat. Days after days, I didn’t feel bad if I didn’t eat meat. So I became a real vegetarian. My master doesn’t force his disciples do anything, because when you study at some level, you would know what to do or not to do. Buddhism is to make people feel free and comfortable. If you feel very hard and tired while practising, you must be in a wrong way.
Any kind of sickness is from his heart! You feel good, and the disease will be gone. If you are thinking about troubles all the time, where can the disease go? So, I will leave the problem that worry about the health from now to my day comes.
Secondly, I want to reduce the dread relationships with people.
I don’t know why some persons have been jealous of me since the day I started to work. Maybe I hurt them unconsciously for my thoughtlessness. And I tried to change myself to be part of that kind of people. But it’s so uncomfotble to behaviour against my heart. But I still told myself that I had to lead a life like them , for I was of this society.
But now, I don’t care it at all. To be in the world but not of it . The only one who can hurt you is yourself. If people say I am bad at something, I will think: what did I have do? Or am I really bad at this? I will find the problems from myself. If people can treat people with his heart and treat everyone equally, then everything will be fine. How can I get a tough or terrible relationship?
The third thing I am subtrating is my personality. In this age, everyone wants a strong personality. People want to be free, and unique. Do they understand the meaning of freedom? They don’t know persuing a personality is to discriminate in the sight of Buddhism. I am a unit in this world. I am who I am , and you are who you are. So that leads to he, and she , and they. That makes this world. But the heart makes this world individually. countless units bring countless plots. So, lots of sad stories happens.
To publicize your personality show your mind of revealing. You want others to notice you're unique to have your own style. If we look deeply into such a mind, we may find that it’s a kind of self-abasement. You are hiding your shortage with your advantages. In fact people will really feel confident when he doesn’t care those kind things at all. What a strong confidence it will be. No me, no him, I am him. He is me. I am the world, and the world is me.
After knowing these, I don’t say any words to make others surprise any more. I am no longer caring what should I wear, or what people said about me. I am never fighting for anything with anyone. I want to be a person who is careless about anything, who can laugh for anything, and he even doesn’t care what year it is. That’s the person I want to be.
Practising Buddhism is not a boring subject. It is not a pain at all. To make everything easier, and to practise Buddhism in your daily life is the way to study. You will find out it is very simple at that time. It is just like a minus question, to reduce the problems in your heart. When the results becomes ZERO, you will find out that day is the day you obtain enlightenment.
First of all, I used to focus on the my health. From now on, that won’t be a problem. It has been reduced from my heart at the first time. There are so many strange diseases in this society nowadays. Many people are wondering if they will catch any of them. So, they find another good excuse to eat better, and do fewer. Friends are getting together to compare with each other about clothes, life enjoyable. Who knows it is getting worse to compare. It is getting more blunderingly and agonizingly. Trouble makes people imbalance, and that leads to sickness. You will eat more when you are sick, and you will be sick when you eat more…
I got changed unconsciously while practising Buddhism after my master. I couldn’t be a complete vegetarian at the very beginning, so I made myself eat less meat. Days after days, I didn’t feel bad if I didn’t eat meat. So I became a real vegetarian. My master doesn’t force his disciples do anything, because when you study at some level, you would know what to do or not to do. Buddhism is to make people feel free and comfortable. If you feel very hard and tired while practising, you must be in a wrong way.
Any kind of sickness is from his heart! You feel good, and the disease will be gone. If you are thinking about troubles all the time, where can the disease go? So, I will leave the problem that worry about the health from now to my day comes.
Secondly, I want to reduce the dread relationships with people.
I don’t know why some persons have been jealous of me since the day I started to work. Maybe I hurt them unconsciously for my thoughtlessness. And I tried to change myself to be part of that kind of people. But it’s so uncomfotble to behaviour against my heart. But I still told myself that I had to lead a life like them , for I was of this society.
But now, I don’t care it at all. To be in the world but not of it . The only one who can hurt you is yourself. If people say I am bad at something, I will think: what did I have do? Or am I really bad at this? I will find the problems from myself. If people can treat people with his heart and treat everyone equally, then everything will be fine. How can I get a tough or terrible relationship?
The third thing I am subtrating is my personality. In this age, everyone wants a strong personality. People want to be free, and unique. Do they understand the meaning of freedom? They don’t know persuing a personality is to discriminate in the sight of Buddhism. I am a unit in this world. I am who I am , and you are who you are. So that leads to he, and she , and they. That makes this world. But the heart makes this world individually. countless units bring countless plots. So, lots of sad stories happens.
To publicize your personality show your mind of revealing. You want others to notice you're unique to have your own style. If we look deeply into such a mind, we may find that it’s a kind of self-abasement. You are hiding your shortage with your advantages. In fact people will really feel confident when he doesn’t care those kind things at all. What a strong confidence it will be. No me, no him, I am him. He is me. I am the world, and the world is me.
After knowing these, I don’t say any words to make others surprise any more. I am no longer caring what should I wear, or what people said about me. I am never fighting for anything with anyone. I want to be a person who is careless about anything, who can laugh for anything, and he even doesn’t care what year it is. That’s the person I want to be.
Practising Buddhism is not a boring subject. It is not a pain at all. To make everything easier, and to practise Buddhism in your daily life is the way to study. You will find out it is very simple at that time. It is just like a minus question, to reduce the problems in your heart. When the results becomes ZERO, you will find out that day is the day you obtain enlightenment.
Nov 8, 2008
How did I begin to study The Sutra on Longevity(1)----LingXi (one of Zhenlin’s disciples)
I did not go to work because of illness, so sometimes I went internetting at home.
(After giving birth to my daughter, I canceled the cable TV to keep my daughter from the dangers of television . Until now, seven years of no television, there is an advantage that the girl is not interested in watching TV like other children.) With the help of my online patient friend, I set up my Sina Blog(http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/1251256804) and joined the blog circle of cancer patients. Some of them are Buddhists. Maybe I have a good nature, believing each word they said.
A lot of Buddhist sites were found through the Baidu . Hence I did a home study of the Great Dharani, the Heart Sutra and the Diamond Sutra.
After that I began to chant the Surangama Mantra. But it’s too long for me . I have to listen to it online. Almost eight months later, I automatically became a vegetarian. It was so amazing. (To be a Vegetarian is the best thing I have done in my life, I think)
I also applied for the QQ. I did not remember who told me the Shanxi Xiaoyuan（the Small Hospital in Shanxi Province）,which is a video about Buddhism treatment stories in Shanxi Province.) I really appreciated her. I watched all the stories of the Shanxi Xiaoyuan online, then I began to learn The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra and particularly like to watch the Master Chin Kung preaching statement online. More and more love for Buddhism, more and more confessional for the mistakes I had made.
However, my disease is getting worse and worse. I do chemotherapy every year, but it is serious year by year. I had done chemotherapy 10 times in 3 years, which made me disheartened. I couldn’t bear the pain any more in the chemotherapy and it made me so desperate that I often had the mind to die this year. I prayed before the figure of Buddha. I did not want keep my future life . Let me reborn as soon as possible! No matter how sick I was of the kind of deterioration, I never lose the confidence of the Buddha. Without Buddhist, I must have been worse.
This year I often visited http://www.shxxy.cn/ to get information about Shanxi Xiaoyuan . I also read The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra every day and worshiped the Buddha more than ever. Later I found the lion's blog who is a girl in Hong Kong ( http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/lion-booboo ). With a Venable Mater ,She is a Buddhist having a deva-eye, followed by a guardian divinity called Big Eye Cock. I asked her for help and she answered my questions hot-heartedly .She told me to keep reading The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra and worshipping the Buddha. In addition, I have to set a large number livings free every day, regardless of how many. I also listened to the the Mahamayuri Vidyarajni Mantra when I was free. It made me feel better to set livings free every day. I was going to give up chemotherapy because my body didn’t turn a little better for it. Instead I was eager to do the 7-days Buddha-work in Shanxi Xiaoyuan.
Lion advised me to take the treatment in the hospital while setting livings free. Therefore, I did another chemotherapy .
After this chemotherapy, my face was swollen at the eighth day. The turgescence used to appear on the third day after a chemotherapy. Now doctors have no way to cure my cancer and just told me to believe in miracles.( God, what the doctor said really made me crazy!)My family did not believe in Buddhism. They just sent me to take chemotherapy, chemotherapy, and chemotherapy, which made me terribly depressed.
(After giving birth to my daughter, I canceled the cable TV to keep my daughter from the dangers of television . Until now, seven years of no television, there is an advantage that the girl is not interested in watching TV like other children.) With the help of my online patient friend, I set up my Sina Blog(http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/1251256804) and joined the blog circle of cancer patients. Some of them are Buddhists. Maybe I have a good nature, believing each word they said.
A lot of Buddhist sites were found through the Baidu . Hence I did a home study of the Great Dharani, the Heart Sutra and the Diamond Sutra.
After that I began to chant the Surangama Mantra. But it’s too long for me . I have to listen to it online. Almost eight months later, I automatically became a vegetarian. It was so amazing. (To be a Vegetarian is the best thing I have done in my life, I think)
I also applied for the QQ. I did not remember who told me the Shanxi Xiaoyuan（the Small Hospital in Shanxi Province）,which is a video about Buddhism treatment stories in Shanxi Province.) I really appreciated her. I watched all the stories of the Shanxi Xiaoyuan online, then I began to learn The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra and particularly like to watch the Master Chin Kung preaching statement online. More and more love for Buddhism, more and more confessional for the mistakes I had made.
However, my disease is getting worse and worse. I do chemotherapy every year, but it is serious year by year. I had done chemotherapy 10 times in 3 years, which made me disheartened. I couldn’t bear the pain any more in the chemotherapy and it made me so desperate that I often had the mind to die this year. I prayed before the figure of Buddha. I did not want keep my future life . Let me reborn as soon as possible! No matter how sick I was of the kind of deterioration, I never lose the confidence of the Buddha. Without Buddhist, I must have been worse.
This year I often visited http://www.shxxy.cn/ to get information about Shanxi Xiaoyuan . I also read The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra every day and worshiped the Buddha more than ever. Later I found the lion's blog who is a girl in Hong Kong ( http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/lion-booboo ). With a Venable Mater ,She is a Buddhist having a deva-eye, followed by a guardian divinity called Big Eye Cock. I asked her for help and she answered my questions hot-heartedly .She told me to keep reading The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra and worshipping the Buddha. In addition, I have to set a large number livings free every day, regardless of how many. I also listened to the the Mahamayuri Vidyarajni Mantra when I was free. It made me feel better to set livings free every day. I was going to give up chemotherapy because my body didn’t turn a little better for it. Instead I was eager to do the 7-days Buddha-work in Shanxi Xiaoyuan.
Lion advised me to take the treatment in the hospital while setting livings free. Therefore, I did another chemotherapy .
After this chemotherapy, my face was swollen at the eighth day. The turgescence used to appear on the third day after a chemotherapy. Now doctors have no way to cure my cancer and just told me to believe in miracles.( God, what the doctor said really made me crazy!)My family did not believe in Buddhism. They just sent me to take chemotherapy, chemotherapy, and chemotherapy, which made me terribly depressed.
Nov 5, 2008
China starts English training program for Buddhists
China on Tuesday launched an English training program for Buddhist followers to better prepare them for foreign exchange.
The program, organized by the China Religious Culture Communication Association (CRCCA) and the Buddhist Association of China (BAC), opened at the Shanghai International Studies University.
Qi Xiaofei, deputy head of the CRCCA, said at the opening ceremony that the half-year course would train translators and interpreters for the Second World Buddhist Forum, scheduled to be held in China next year.
More than 20 Buddhist followers from monasteries nationwide, who had a certain level of English proficiency, were selected for the training.
Qi said he hoped the project would serve as a beginning course to attract more Buddhist followers to learn foreign languages so that China could have more followers with a global view.
Elder Master Yicheng, president of the BAC, said that with the rise of China's national strength, exchanges between the Chinese Buddhist circle and those elsewhere in the world had become more frequent.
It was imperative for China to train people who could spread Buddhist teachings in other languages and the program was a step in that direction, he said.
China hosted the first World Buddhist Forum in April 2006.
from www.chinadaily.com.cn
The program, organized by the China Religious Culture Communication Association (CRCCA) and the Buddhist Association of China (BAC), opened at the Shanghai International Studies University.
Qi Xiaofei, deputy head of the CRCCA, said at the opening ceremony that the half-year course would train translators and interpreters for the Second World Buddhist Forum, scheduled to be held in China next year.
More than 20 Buddhist followers from monasteries nationwide, who had a certain level of English proficiency, were selected for the training.
Qi said he hoped the project would serve as a beginning course to attract more Buddhist followers to learn foreign languages so that China could have more followers with a global view.
Elder Master Yicheng, president of the BAC, said that with the rise of China's national strength, exchanges between the Chinese Buddhist circle and those elsewhere in the world had become more frequent.
It was imperative for China to train people who could spread Buddhist teachings in other languages and the program was a step in that direction, he said.
China hosted the first World Buddhist Forum in April 2006.
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