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Student: How to stay calm in hectic daily activities? Master: When the situation comes up, one must first perceive the situation as it…

Monday, November 8, 2010 Speakers: Master Miao Tsan and J. Pittmon McGehee Rception: 5:30Pm Program Begins: 6:15PM Book Signing: 7:15PM Place:…

Student: Master, how to apply "nothing beyond the mind" in our daily life? Master: When we see something, we see the function…

When you are feeling down, it is your magnificent true Self that accepts the mood, just like a wealthy person temporarily feeling poor. We are free by nature but we choose to accept thoughts that limit us. In this moment, you are limiting yourself in certain ways through some ideas that you hold near and dear to your heart. You forget that there is a different choice. Let us practice remembering this fact again and again…

One day Master asked the abbot, "How you understand the saying 'Missed by a hair-width, separated like Heaven and Earth'?" The abbot said, "Missed by a hair-width, separated like Heaven and Earth." Master: "How can you attain enlightenment with this kind of understanding?" Abbot: "Then how do you Master understand it?" Master: "Missed by a hair-width, separated like Heaven and Earth." Abbot makes a bow. ¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶…