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Sixteen questions in cultivating Dao
Holy Teaching from Buddha Ji Gong 1. If a simple comment from someone causes you to be angry for so long, how can you expect to cultivate Dao? 2. If you worry only about your own hardships, afraid that no one can understand you, and do not care for others,
Why seek Dao?
Holy Teaching from Buddha Ji Gong Why does one seek Dao? Where, exactly, is Dao? What does it mean to “seek”? Let me tell you: When you come to the temple to seek Dao, you do not receive anything. You don’t come to the temple for the Heavens to
為什麼「求道」？
English translation available: ‘Why seek Dao?’ 活佛恩師慈訓 為什麼要求道？道，到底在哪裡？ 『求』這個字是什麼意思？為師跟你們講：你們來佛堂求道，其實都沒有得到什麼東西！並不是說你來到佛堂，上天要給你什麼東西。三寶是上天降給你的，是不是？你們都忽略了『道是自然』這四個字。道是很自然的，而三寶又在哪裡？三寶就在你身上，三寶是本來就有的，不是靠別人跟你講，也不是靠別人送給你，是你本來就有的，而且每一個人都平等、都一樣，沒有誰比較好，也沒有誰比較壞！ 三寶，就是代表你的佛性，每一個人的佛性是平等的，沒有階級之分，但是你們現在有了階級。在人的世界裡一定有階級，但我們今天修道就要瞭解，道是很自然的，我們要恢復自然，就要沒有階級，沒有你、我，沒有形象。 今天你要求證是不是點開那個地方，是與不是，皆在於你自己，別人信不信也是在他自己，
修道十六問
English translation available: ‘Sixteen questions in cultivating Dao’ 濟公活佛慈訓 1. 別人的一句話・都可使你生氣那麽久，你如何修道? 2. 你只在乎自己的苦衷，怕無人可了解，不知關懷別人，你如何修道？ 3. 你不懂得「委曲」自己、「求全」大局，你如何修道? 4. 你看人、事、物都不順眼，滿心罣礙，你如何修道? 5. 你連「上香禮拜」都惰，你如何修道? 6. 你的主見太深，老覺得別人不好，你如何修道? 7. 你不懂得「將心比心」替別人想，你如何修道? 8. 你做事這「不耐煩」，你如何修道？ 9.
Procrastination
As hx was procrastinating this morning, hx watched a TED talk on procrastination. (Classic, right?) Tim Urban distills this human tendancy from the perspectives of the ‘panic monster’ and the ‘instant gratification monkey.’ Very entertaining and actually correlates very well to our own 道心、人心 Panic monster gets awoken when
五常
The Universe and 信
In Confucian teachings, there are Five Virtues, or 五常之德：仁、義、禮、智、信. Landy has mentioned in recent temple teachings the utter importance of 信, as it is the glue that keeps all other virtues together. It is, in fact, what keeps the universe together. Without 信, universal order,
Box
Box: uploading new versions
The version history feature of Box allows us to “overwrite” files while keeping a version history of up to 50 versions per file—indefinitely. This allows us to upload new versions of files, keep old files, yet simultaneously not add to folder clutter. This version tracking is automatically performed when
Class: English Zoom Series (2020-2021)
Chris Batts' near-death experience
The tumultuousness of Chris’ life began very early in infancy, when his mother left him crying in a dumpster. He was eventually found, but was bounced from one home to another as a young child, and he often went to bed hungry. He felt depressed and alone, and he started
Design principles for user visibility
Here is an illustration for how hx has currently designed the default visibility of posts and event items for different user levels. Conceptually, there are seven levels of usership by current design: 1. Anonymous This is the average Joe Schmoe that navigates to tongde.us randomly on the internet. This
Class: English Zoom Series (2020-2021)
Recap: True Self meditation
Thank you all for joining us this weekend in a wonderful session on True Self meditation. We hope that the content was helpful, and that the actionable exercises we shared can help us all to be in better tune with our True Self. Remember that cultivating Dao is conceptually simple—