Blood Donation Drive Save a Life WESAK programme

If you want to do Dana, come over to Centrepoint, Bandar Utama tomorrow on May day for a Blood donation drive, organized by the Bandar Utama Buddhist Society. The event starts from 10 am to 4 pm. 

There's also another Blood donation drive organized by the Malaysian Tzu Chi society. Tzu Chi's event is held at the Puay Chai Primary School in SS2. The date is on 4th May. 

Hope all of you can make it and be a part of this auspicious event! Sarva Mangalam!

The gift of Truth excels all gifts, the flavor of Truth excels all flavors. The pleasure in Truth excels all pleasures. He who has destroyed craving overcomes all sorrow

Dharmapada verse 354

If I could.....

courtesy of Dennix Cox.com

Dear Grandmaster, I know you're here and always around. I know you watch over me and along with my master. I wished I could hear you . I hope to hear the true words of Dharma from your voice! I am very happy today. 

I am thankful that all is well with my beloved brother. May he be well and happy. May he be free from mental, physical and spiritual afflictions. May he cultivate with vigor and great faith. May He attain enlightenment in future. Give him strength, wisdom, compassion so he could accomplish his endeavors. May all his deeds praised the Dharma and may these deeds benefit all sentient beings....

Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhasa! 

Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhasa!

Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhasa!

Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu!

The power of 2

My good friend, KS is in town with Mrs S, LS. They just arrived from Hong Kong after meeting up with KS's parent who flew in from Toronto, CA. KS & LL both registered their marriage in KL last year, this April 19th, they'll be doing their 'Tea Ceremony' and hosting their wedding dinner at the West Lake Garden restaurant in Sunway Lagoon Hotel & Resort.

LL's a high spirited and easy going gal. She's the personification of simplicity, she even mentioned that she might attend the wedding dinner dressed in 'White Tee and Jeans'. Well, I applaud her for that but a wedding is after all a once in a lifetime event and you would want all your guests to have a memorable evening. Wedding dinner's all about leaving a beautiful impression on your guests once the event is over. KS's more stressed and worried about the whole thing. As I observed both personality, I find it amusing that they actually fit well for each other.

Someone would say that they both have a karmic affinity with each other. Nevertheless, Karma has indeed a role to play here. I've heard from a few Dharma masters that becoming a husband and wife is a karmic affinity. The power of 2 is definitely a force to be reckon with. As causes and conditions comes into place, thus this action is produced. A marriage is definitely no bed of roses. I've seen these two friends of mine argue and fuss over a lot of things, some times it's just about something that's not a serious matter. Both have different perceptions on how things should be viewed and take action onto. Two different perceptions, different minds, one common affinity. Indeed, it is a challenging role for the young couple.

I remembered when I first met KS when he got back, He gave me a long hug and whispered on my ear, 'Married life is hard... it needs a lot of work' This reminds me of how we should be more understanding and perceptive of one partner's needs and wants.

As with this wonderful chinese painting of two koi fish, the saying goes, May every year is blessed with abundance. I wish KS & LL the same. May they find each other endearing and more understanding. May they have the strength to face the uncertainties of life. Sarva Mangalam!

Living Now and Here!

Last night was a special night. Jan's daughter; Alicia arrived in KL. Being the wonderful Mum she is, She organized a dinner party to welcome Alicia to KL. Since it was a pot luck thing, everyone chipped in with the food. I bought 'Kai-Lan' fried rice, Alicia made her bolognese spaghetti, someone bought 'Siew Mai', Jan made garden salads, later on, there was 'Kuey Teow' and the dessert was 2 rich creamy cakes, 1 black forest and the other home made cream cake with chocolate layers. 

When Jules and Tracey arrived, those who arrived much earlier had their fill, but everyone came back to the dining table for a few rounds of seconds and thirds. During the break, Jules came out with a riddle which in a way worked up the whole atmosphere. 

"If a person is good at one moment, and bad at another moment, which one is the real moment?"

Thoughts and ideas came about. Everyone was giving it a go to see who's got the right answer, then she supplicate the riddle by adding another riddle, 

"If in the day the sky is blue, and at night it is black, which one is real?"

That left some people astound for a moment. Tracey came up with logical answers and opinions about what she perceives to be the right answer. Truthfully, I agree with Jules. There is no right or wrong. Everything depends on how you perceive things through your five senses and your mind. Ultimately, it is real and false. Everything depends on how we perceive. Duality is a concept that we use to distinguish or discriminate what is right and wrong. Ultimately, the world is governed by such concepts, Evil and Good does exist. But if we take one step deeper and look at these 2 elements at the very core, Then you will see it disappear, like the mist when the sun comes up from the hills. 

I agree with Jules when she explains that our perception is biased in some way. We 'choose' to see things that we want to. All that we perceive are enforced by our mental conditions and environment (the five senses, the situation, the time, and the moment) Based on these sets of conditions and causes, we think this is like this or that. As these conditions are not fixed, It changes. so the truth is altered in the same way. There is no ultimate truth. Thus, all is real and false. I was washing the dishes at the time. This is one of those deep provoking thoughts that made dinners very lively. So, I thought to myself, Live Now! Experience the world in this way.... WOW! What an interesting way to perceive life! At that same time, The tune of Louis Amstrong's 'What a wonderful World' was playing in my mind.... 

'oh.... yeah.....!"

Om Mani Peme Hung!

May you find metta, peace and happiness! Let this help you to discover your own 'Chenresig'
Maha Sadhu! Sarva Mangalam

Be mindful of time....

Ever noticed how time really fly very fast now? I hardly took note of time flying out of my window when I log on to check my blogs, I realized that its been 3 months since I updated my blog! Without wasting more of this precious commodity, I blogged and blogged till I drop out of my chair and fell down. I had a realization,

Time may not always make time for us. We have to always be mindful of time. Like nature, Time is a component of it, along with space. Time and Space. These 2 natural phenomena does not way for any person, or being. It simply can't adjust to suit our needs and fancy. We on the other hand, we are pressed for it, we're always lacking in enough time to do the things we need to do. Everything to us is priority.

With the world getting smaller, and technology improving our way of living, we get more stressed with ourselves and our lack of time management. We hardly have enough hours of sleep due to our work or personal commitment. Time, Time, Time. How do we manage Time? We don't. We have to manage ourself so we can have enough time to do what is deemed important to us in that period of Time.

Time is also transient. IT does not wait or sit still. It will continue to walk forward, step by step, So we must also 'walk along' with It. As I try to finish this blog, I realized I have a lot more things to do while I'm still alive and kicking. I better manage my own time so all my aspirations and goals can bear fruit before I kick the bucket and meet Lord Yama. So... have you waste enough time? If you have, then stop reading my blog and do what you have to do! Plan your time ahead so Time will become your friend instead of your foe, forever reminding you that your time is running up.... Soon, you'll be a bag of bones and leave everything behind to meet up with Lord Yama. !