January 4, 2009 – 8:53 pm
I received a call a while back, from one of my Chan sisters. She sounded anxious. She said that she was starting a new Heart Chan group at UC Berkeley. One of the other sisters from our group was suppose to help , but she had to go back to Taiwan for some reason and [...]
January 2, 2009 – 9:20 am
The body awoke early as usual on this New Years Day. I was up about my usual time of 6:30 am. It is still dark. It takes me a few minutes to get myself organized and awake enough to do morning sitting practice. It has been a couple of years now, I no longer think [...]
December 22, 2008 – 1:08 pm
There is an elderly couple in our condo complex. They are from Iran. Whenever I see them I speak to them in what little Farsi I know. They are pleased with that.
They come to us whenever they blow a fuse in their place and LZ or I throw the switch for them. A few month [...]
Zanshin is a Japanese word meaning Reminding Heart or Mind. It is the name of the final position of the body in Kyudo ( Japanese archery) after releasing the arrow. When the mind is clear, the breath is slow and relaxed. The form has changed to formlessness, in a state that would be called Wu [...]
April 16, 2008 – 11:49 pm
A day with the Master.
It started with just me going to LA to see the Shifu, which was really just an idea since I did not really have the funds to do so. But I would plan on doing it. Rent a car drive down and stay with a friend, I could make that sacrifice [...]
November 22, 2007 – 12:01 pm
Mindful each moment
Each a present
Makes everyday
Thanksgiving
November 15, 2007 – 10:21 pm
It is funny how insight or perhaps it is enlightenment flashes can come just out of nowhere, triggered by some small thing. A few weeks ago I was holding a seminar in San Bernardino on Tai Chi Chuan. An Elder brother had come by since I was in town to visit the school shifu and [...]
November 14, 2007 – 10:25 pm
We got a request from an East Asian studies and film student at USC for interviewing us to know about Buddhist practitioners’ perspectives on the nature, the ecosystem and global warming. We scheduled and did the interview today. He shot the video for the entire interview, and it will be used as part of his [...]
November 14, 2007 – 10:10 pm
This is our last official meeting of the semester. Next week we will continue with group meditation but no syllabus.
Since it’s last meeting, we handed out a gift to each qualified practitioner, as we promised. The gift was a “Zen book” (vaguely such classified) plus a $30 coupon for Heart Chan Retreat 2008. Everyone seemed [...]
November 4, 2007 – 9:57 am
This Sat. past, Nov. 3, a half Day retreat was held at the Fremont Meditation center. It was in my mind a re-treat of the Santa Barbara experience. The size was not as large, the venue not a nature center, but the spirit was as good.
We started at 1:30 and went until 5:00. It was [...]
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