Besides Ven. Haiyun's

The Dawn of Enlightenment -The Opening Passage of Avatamsaka Sutra with a Commentary

that is now available on Amazon.com,

another good reading material in Huayen is:

Manifestation of the Tathagata - Buddhahood According to the Avatamsaka Sutra

Introduced and translated by Cheng Chien Bhikshu. Great Book that I highly recommended.

Another Good Buddhism Reading is:

Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung? - Inspiring Stories for Welcoming Life's Difficulties

by Ajahn Brahm.

All of the above books are available in Amazon.com.

Ven. Haiyun first English book , translated by Dr. Tony Prince, is now available at Amazon .com.

The title of the book is "THe Dawn of Enlightenment - The Opening Passage of Avatamsaka Sutra with a Commentary"

Feel free to write a review in this Forum or on Amazon.com.

For Toronto readers or members, you can purchase the book from HYBC-Toronto Chapter.

Thanks

近讀印光法師《佛教以孝為本論》，師雲：

“孝之為道，其大無外。經天緯地，範聖型賢。先王修之以成至德，如來乘之以證覺道……是世出世間，莫不以孝為本也。奈何世俗凡情，只知行孝之顯跡，不知盡孝之極致。每見出家釋子，輒隨己臆見，肆其謗讟，謂為不孝父母，與蕩子逆徒無異。不知世法重孝，出世間法亦無不重孝。蓋世之所謂孝者，有跡可循者也。釋氏之所謂孝者，略於跡而專致力於本也。”

"早知道"...是一個很多人常常放在嘴邊的話...
可是...這個世界上是沒有"早知道"這種事的...
會這樣說...只是某的事件的結果不是自己所想要的結果
不過...發生的已經發生的...該做的決定也做了...
那"早知道"只是不想擔當那個結果的藉口囉...
當然...一個人一輩子的決定不可能是完美的...
當做錯決定的時候如果能比較樂觀的檢討,不要重蹈覆轍...
比起懊惱著"早知道"好的多

最近在上一堂multicultural的課...
雖然我自認為身為international student的我真的不太需要上這樣的一堂課
我還是學到了很多...也有很深的體驗...
也覺得人類...有時候真的很悲哀...
這個世界上...有著很多很多的不公平...
尤其是住在不是自己native國家的人們...
大多數的不公平都是政治造成的...
有的是因為權力鬥爭而造成的...
有的只是一個group對跟他們不一樣的group的不了解和害怕而造成的...
那這些的不公平往往影響了所有活在這世界的所有人

“If only I’d known…” is something that many people say on daily bases…
However, there is really no such thing as “If only I’d known…”
To say that… it’s just that the results of the situation is not the outcome that oneself expects…
Nevertheless… what’s happened has already happened… and what’s done is done…
To some extend… “If only I’d known…” is an excuse for not wanting to take the responsibility of the decision.
Needless to say… it’d be impossible for a person to make right choices throughout one’s life…

Recently, I’ve been taking a multicultural class…
As an international student, I thought I didn’t have to take classes like this…
However, I still learnt a lot… and gained very valuable knowledge…which made me to think… we as human beings… sometimes are pretty pathetic…
There is a lot of inequality in the world, especially towards minority group members who don’t live in their native countries…
Sadly, most of the inequality comes from politics…
Some… come from power struggle…

愛情是一種很有趣的東西
愛情是把兩個極端的人連在一起的神奇魔法
愛情是男生永遠不太了解的subject
愛情是讓人笨笨跳進去的陷阱
愛情是不會像童話故事裡的Happily Ever After
愛情是建築在溝通信任與現實上的城堡
愛情是很危險的武器
愛情是實際和浪漫的平衡
愛情是逃不過無常的考驗
愛情是人必經的過程
愛情是纏在一起結不開的毛球
愛情是偷偷來到你身邊的貓咪
愛情是會讓人改變一生的轉捩點
愛情是說也說不完的故事

Love is a very interesting thing
Love is magic that connects people from two extreme opposites
Love is something that guys won't quit understand
Love is a trap that people blindly jump in
Love is never "Happily Ever After" like in fairy tales
Love is a castle built on top of communication, trust, and reality
Love is a very dangerous weapon
Love is a balance between being real and being romantic
Love is not going to escape being tested by uncertainty
Love is what everyone goes through
Love is a tangled yarn
Love is a cat that will sneak up to you

From Dr Tony Prince of Australia:

Even in the age of the internet, a printed magazine can be an effective means of spreading and sharing knowledge of the teachings, and I hope that the Huayen Quarterly will continue to grow and develop, so that one day it will be able to speak for the entire international Huayen Community and will be of benefit to students and practitioners everywhere.

海雲和上開示：大乘起信論（錄音帶卷８）

海雲和上開示：大乘起信論（錄音帶卷８）

這個部份你慢慢去體會，你就可以感受到，為什麼修行絕對跟生活有關，而且你會發現，即使像性宗這麼大的境界，叫做這麼大的大法，窮盡宇宙法界虛空界的大法，他一定完全落實到生活中來。

四十華嚴善財童子 第28參，和上開示部份節錄：

各位大德：
我們的語言文字，它是一種符號，符號對於事
物的標的，它一定要定義。譬如我們說這個是花，這樣來講，那什麼叫花？你一定要講清楚，花就是樹木成長到成熟的時候，那麼它會開花，這表示它成熟了，開花
以後會結種子。種子以後可以傳延下一代，這樣子這個花、樹不會絕種。那麼這個花的定義，會定得很清楚。花有幾種，怎麼樣怎麼樣，講得很清楚。

On October 9, the Canadian Thanksgiving Monday (Columbus Day in the U.S.), we held a 9-hour chanting retreat in Toronto. This is the second year we have held this event. Last year it was a 7-hour retreat. We chanted the Six-Syllable Mantra –“OM MA NI PAD ME HUM” also known as the Heart Mantra of Avalokitesvara. If there is enough interest and enthusiasm, we will hold it for 10 hours next year.

今天...去探望快生寶寶的一個朋友
只能說...美國的醫院真的做的很好!!
讓準媽媽們很安心的準備小寶貝的降臨!!! ^^
聽著小寶貝的心跳聲...有種充滿生命力的能量

讓我想起...
人往往因為生活上的種種而失去了與生據來的衝勁
也因為各式各樣的"污染"...玷汙和扭曲了原來單純的心靈
生命的原動力也隨著課業,事業,等等一切的壓力而不見了...
還真的要謝謝今天生日的小寶寶!!
還有好幾個很可愛在我身邊的小朋友們!!!

I visited a Mom-to-be at the hospital...
One can only say...the hospitals here in the US are with very high standards and take care of all aspects, which allow all future-moms a safe environment to prepare for the birth of the newborn. ^^ As I listen to the baby's heartbeat... it is filled with energy towards life.

which reminds me...
people tend to lose the power that they were born with due to the burden of life...

the innocent minds get twisted due to different kinds of "polutions" ...

the energy towards lives disappear as stresses from school, work, etc. come in the picture...

從小喜歡看電影，電影伴隨著我成長，也是我與老公共同喜好之一。
電影的多元化也正好反應了我們人生百態，
於是，我們有討論不完的話題，交換心得，有時也會爭論到面紅耳赤。
兩個孩子亦是電影迷，我們因此將電影做為華藏工程的題材，
透過討論與發表感想，從中學習聆聽、欣賞與接受。

現在人太忙碌,無時無刻腦筋都在過去,未來之間打轉,無法專注在每個當下,因此耗損了許多生命能量,試著想想我們曾幾何時,吃飯時可以細細品嚐每粒米香,品嚐到水的甘甜,心,往往無法專注在一件正在做的事情上

前不久與友人談到人到中年的一些體悟,其中對理性與感性做了更深一層的研討,生命從出生到二十五歲,幾乎在不斷的學習與定位, 不管是學問上或生活上,都在為未來作準備,因為每件事在不知與希望中進行,所以都還是新鮮與好奇的.

隨著歲月的增長,每個人因家庭環境,求學,就業,身體狀況的好壞,導致了後天性格上的差異,簡單把它分為偏理性面的思考以及偏感性面的思考.

未知的旅程

北美行-安納堡日記 01
台北4月13日 陳永松

很早就和先生商量好，兒子滿月那天不辦party，用辦party的錢做更有意義的事情－－放生。

許老師和寶蓮奶奶按照台灣方式為寶寶準備了滿月午飯，飯後大家學華藏工程，兒子就在旁邊呼呼大睡。學完後我和先生就直奔中國店去買甲魚。