Dear Dharma friends,

I have the privilege and honour to follow His Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa and Shamarpa's guidance, and became a Buddhist monk in Bodhgaya in 2007. Subsequently I was given the task to set up and run the Bodhipath Buddhist center in Taichung in 2008, the aim of the center is to spread Buddha dharma teaching, learning the bodhisattva way by adopting the Bodhisattva's attitude, develop wisdom and practice to experience a clear and unobstructed nature of mind.

I have also started producing TV programs about Dharma teaching on Taiwan Dharma TV station since 2012, the topics cover teaching of Karma Kagyu lineage, Bodhicitta and other Dharma knowledge.


In 2013 I was assigned to be responsible for Dharma practice and teaching by Karmapa and Shamarpa in our new monastery in Hualian, Taiwan; from 2014 regular puja and events will be organised in both monasteries in Hualian and Taichung, including regular Nyongye practice (thousand arm chenrezig fasting program) White Tara Retreat as well as other retreat programs in the pipeline.


With pleasure I am producing these DVDs for distribution and sharing, I would appreciate any comment or feedback you might have for future improvement. In this trouble time we are most fortunate this auspicious teaching come to light, may the precious teachings radiate and flourish, may we bring forth our full effort together to work for a better future.

You are also welcome to visit our Google Blog: http:/bodhipath07.blogspot.com


2011年2月23日 星期三

43.《親近上師與付予眾生》"Building Relation with One's Spiritual Teacher and Benefiting the Others"

金剛乘中有一件事比生死之事更來的大;就是:學法最初時是依止上師,大成就之後是付予眾生。前年大寶法王在香港弘法後,記者問:「究竟有什麼方法可以脫離輪迴的枷鎖?」法王答:「目前眾生會害怕跌入輪迴的枷鎖,我反而覺得輪迴是很實在的。不妨不要著重在輪迴這邊想,反而希望各位不妨想想身邊的眾生,感受他們為生活而艱苦,然後發揮你的慈悲之心,運用菩薩道與佛法去幫助身邊的人,從而使他們獲得心靈上的解脫。」世世不離清淨上師尊,世世常行菩薩道,是大乗行者的大事。「了脫生死」原本是件大事,此時「了脫生死」卻成了一件問題的事。
 
In Vajrayana Buddhism, we have one key point that is more important than the matter of life and death which is when we initially engaged in Dharma learning, we build a relation with our spiritual teacher [Guru], after we obtained our goal of Enlightenment, we must benefit the others.



Two years ago, His Holiness Karmapa gave teachings at Hong Kong and a reporter asked,"is there any way to be liberated from the cyclic existence of Samsara?" His Holiness replied,"now, people are afraid of falling into the cyclic existence of Samsara, however, I feel that reincarnating is a practical matter. Why only focusing on the matter of our continuous involvement in Samsara; instead, we can think about the sentient beings around us and empathize with their difficulties in life? Then we can cultivate our compassion, develop ourselves on the Bodhisattvas' path and utilize Buddha Dharma to help those people around us, so that they can receive spiritual relief. "



Our responsibility as a Mahayana Buddhism practitioners is to remain by the side of a authentic spiritual teacher and practice the Bodhisattva path. From the start, "obtaining liberation from the cycle of life and death" is a quite serious matter, the ideal of "obtaining liberation from the cycle of life and death " becomes a problem at this time.


Notes:
For more information, please read "Four Ways to Authenticate a Genuine Buddhist Teacher" (http://www.bodhipath.org/genuine-teacher/)