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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:41:24 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>惟覺大和尚</category><category>Diamond Sutra</category><category>reflections</category><category>Surangama Sutra</category><category>translation</category><category>lecture notes</category><category>environment</category><category>info</category><category>中台山月刊</category><category>Platform Sutra</category><category>華嚴宗</category><category>律宗</category><category>green</category><category>唯識宗</category><category>photo</category><category>archive</category><category>Zen poem 禪詩</category><category>Seattle</category><category>200901 Level 1</category><category>成實宗</category><category>Zen-7 禪七</category><category>楞嚴</category><category>youth</category><category>俱舍宗</category><category>三論宗</category><category>video</category><category>淨土宗</category><category>Events</category><category>Grand Master Wei Chueh</category><category>十宗綱要</category><category>satipatthana</category><category>sutra</category><category>200901 Level 2</category><title>SunnyZen</title><description>Vignettes of life at the Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale and Buddha Jewel Monastery.

Zen Buddhism musings.</description><link>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>140</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Sunnyzen" /><feedburner:info uri="sunnyzen" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-7861438032048826721</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-06T12:07:23.714-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reflections</category><title>和合 （二）</title><atom:summary>和合之體在於心念。

要達到和合，先要自己與自己和合。

要與自己和合，先要覺照自心，知道自己的心念，感受，想法，心要清楚。

進一步，心要明白，要知道這些是善念、惡念，是貪念、瞋念，是有利於修行或有礙於修行的念頭。否則，縱使知道自己的念頭，還是善惡不分，知見不明。

第三步，不論善念惡念，自己的優點缺點，心不與它相應，不理它。了知，但不反應。

我們不是修行嗎？那不是要戰勝惡念嗎？

其實，不理它就是禪。貪念唯有貪之不止，才是貪。瞋念唯有自我相續壯大，才會傷人。不理它，它就無力，自己消滅了。這是不戰而勝，這是內在的和合。</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/_pCHIfbHZZA/blog-post_04.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/_pCHIfbHZZA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-post_04.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-2399881789828592409</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-06T11:58:49.577-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reflections</category><title>Harmony (2)</title><atom:summary>The essence harmony is in our thoughts.

Achieving harmony begins with being in harmony with ourselves.

To do so we must become aware of our inner thoughts. Begin by sitting quietly, becoming aware of our thoughts, feelings, ideas.

Next, we observe clearly the nature of these thoughts: good thoughts? Bad thoughts? Harmful thoughts? False understanding? Without clear understanding, we can't tell</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/nsn1DUZOQpw/harmony-2.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/nsn1DUZOQpw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/09/harmony-2.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-1009192665982951309</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-04T13:11:04.433-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reflections</category><title>Harmony (1)</title><atom:summary>In Zen we often say, "wherever you are, that is where your mind is."

How do we practice this? There are many ways. Here we talk about one: harmony.

Harmony with the environment, harmony with situations, harmony with people.
Harmony means:
When you are sitting on the meditation stool, that is the best place for you to be.
When your legs hurt, that is exactly what you need for your practice.
When</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/3_io0QmELIs/harmony-1.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/3_io0QmELIs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/09/harmony-1.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-2872293292417275834</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-04T13:04:47.673-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reflections</category><title>和合 (一)</title><atom:summary>所謂人在那裏，心在那裏。如何修？

方法很多，略舉其一：和合。與人和合，與事和合，與世和合。

在禪堂時，這就是最棒的地方。若不是，心則四處紛飛。
打坐腿痛，這就是你現在最需要的修行。
面對人，他就是現在最重要的人。

如此時時處處，以清淨心，覺照心，面對人事物，就是人在那裏心在那裏，也能與一切和合。</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/chQGG_obPxw/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/chQGG_obPxw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-post.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-2211829889118587480</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-23T20:49:53.760-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Events</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">green</category><title>Shifu visits Marine Mammal Center</title><atom:summary>On Monday, July 19, Shifu Jian Hu and a few disciples, accompanied by new CTZen Center member, Charlotte Bear, visited the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito. It is the largest Marine Mammal Hospital in the world, with a group of very dedicated doctors, researchers, and team of volunteers that accomplishes something quite amazing. However, what is even more amazing is what humans do, out of </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/z5vZYEbvqCI/shifu-visits-marine-mammal-center.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oHCifoBBSIM/TEpeQPscLsI/AAAAAAAACD0/PtQXYEgFcXM/s72-c/20100719+Marine+Mammal+Center02_sm.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/z5vZYEbvqCI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/07/shifu-visits-marine-mammal-center.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-1333450779779877446</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-16T01:44:56.705-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">green</category><title>Backyard organic garden; Prison garden</title><atom:summary>Pasadena family turns their front and back yards into an productive organic garden that provides 60%+ of their food supply--all fresh, all year round!



And in another news, a lady in San Francisco started a "Prison Garden" project: what a simple but amazing idea. See article:
Prison Garden: Feeding inmates inside and Food Banks outside

Seeing your veggies grow must have transformational </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/rUvgRyfQ3-U/backyard-organic-garden.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/rUvgRyfQ3-U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/07/backyard-organic-garden.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-5719677156930273371</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-22T23:45:55.618-07:00</atom:updated><title>Grand Master Wei Chueh visits the US in October</title><atom:summary>Everyone,  Good news: there is a GOOD chance that the Grand Master Wei Chueh may come to visit the USA himself in October for the 10th anniversary of Buddha Gate Monastery and for the Inauguration of several monasteries. Of course, that depends on his health condition; if he cannot come then, then at least the Abbot Jian Deng Shifu will.     We are also encouraging people to go to Texas on 10/7 </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/6id-NgQReKw/grand-master-wei-chueh-visits-us-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/6id-NgQReKw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/06/grand-master-wei-chueh-visits-us-in.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-2247024435523084882</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 21:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-29T14:17:47.046-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Events</category><title>Zen Center Fleeting Moments</title><atom:summary>





Zen Center Fleeting Moments
A set by CT-Zen













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Some selected photos of the Zen Center on Flickr. They’re in a set called "Zen Center Fleeting Moments". Hope you like them!

-- Jianhu Shi


</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/hKwTN_mMgZk/zen-center-fleeting-moments-set-by-ct.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4650938960_c90e6f8336_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/hKwTN_mMgZk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/05/zen-center-fleeting-moments-set-by-ct.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-6268300749271774438</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 22:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-27T16:01:38.456-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Zen-7 禪七</category><title /><atom:summary>Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnvyale2010 Spring Zen-7 Retreat
March 28 ~ April 4, 2010
More photos here
Initiation Verse
Cherry blossom welcomes you in the wake of spring
Its fragile beauty embodies the Zen spirit
With both hands you try to hold it, to no avail
Petals fallen still seem colorful and vibrantGood cultivators, for this Zen-Seven Initiation, how does the last verse go?

Though you may </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/JAY682V57HE/chung-tai-zen-center-of-sunnvyale-2010.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_oHCifoBBSIM/S_7sCc9c23I/AAAAAAAABdw/cKIceAyQZk8/s72-c/20100328%20SV%20Zen7_194_sm.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/JAY682V57HE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/05/chung-tai-zen-center-of-sunnvyale-2010.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-3816002480879022478</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 00:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-27T13:55:47.807-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sutra</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">green</category><title>四十二章經-green annotations</title><atom:summary>佛經中有那些對環保觀念的指導？我們試做一部「綠佛經」，請大家提供意見，或自己選一部佛經嘗試！將來希望能編一部「心淨國土淨--佛經環保經文選錄」。　　佛說四十二章經    後漢迦葉摩騰、竺法蘭 合譯
              　經　序世尊成道已，作是思惟：離欲寂靜，是最為勝。住大禪定，降諸魔道。於鹿野苑中，轉四諦 法輪。度憍陳如等五人而證道果[1]。復有比丘，所說諸疑，求佛進止。世尊教敕，一一開悟。合掌敬諾，而順尊敕。 
              第一章　出家證果佛言：辭親出家，識心達本，解無為法，名曰沙門。常行二百五十戒，進止清淨，為四真道行，成阿羅漢。阿羅漢者，能飛行變化，曠劫壽命，住動天地。次為阿那含，阿那含者，壽終靈神上十九天，證阿羅漢。次為斯陀含，斯陀含者，一上一還，即得阿羅漢。次為須陀洹，須陀洹者，七死七生，便證阿羅漢。愛欲斷者，如四肢斷，不復用之。
</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/edFCf6s3UYg/green.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/edFCf6s3UYg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/05/green.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-5901760641170434343</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 20:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-25T13:42:46.018-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Seattle</category><title>Buddha Jewel cleans local street</title><atom:summary>

Though it was a little bit chilly and windy, Jiandu Shifu led eight volunteers from Buddha Jewel Monastery to do street cleaning last Sunday afternoon. Holding the tongs and garbage bags, also with a cart, they walked along the Rainier Ave S to pick up paper, cigarette butts, beer bottles, and all sorts of garbage.

As the sutra says, “when our minds are pure, our land is pure.” This monthly </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/YTH8MDnIW1k/buddha-jewel-cleans-local-street.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_oHCifoBBSIM/S_wz3oZZK3I/AAAAAAAABb0/fy793Xp1qV0/s72-c/20100523%20BJM%20street%20cleaning01_s.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/YTH8MDnIW1k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/05/buddha-jewel-cleans-local-street.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-3327766610635972395</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-30T16:31:17.891-07:00</atom:updated><title>English Dharma Lectures</title><atom:summary>It seems that there has been preciously little English Dharma material from Chung Tai. We'll try to amend this situation gradually. Here are some old and recently posted material. We'll keep on updating this post as new lectures are posted.

Dharma Lectures by the Grand Master Wei Chueh
(translated by the Chung Tai Translation Committee)
Four lectures are currently available in PDF form from the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/u2tFpEHSwF4/english-dharma-lectures.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/u2tFpEHSwF4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/04/english-dharma-lectures.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-3335356547130235891</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-30T16:36:07.866-07:00</atom:updated><title>佛法開示</title><atom:summary>這一次禪七講到禪宗的十牛圖。以下是十牛圖開示：
十牛圖頌的意義 -- 惟覺老和尚
禪宗十牛圖略解 -- 見護法師

其它惟覺老和尚開示在「中台世界」網站下「中台導師」--「導師法語」

「中台公案」中英對照

見護師於2008年上海佛教論壇開示：
不變隨緣—美國弘法的挑戰及中國佛教經驗

其它見護法師開示：
太谷精舍網站--「法語甘露」 下「專題開示」
</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/12B6EtJIQCc/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/12B6EtJIQCc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/04/blog-post.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-4428609364394113751</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-23T14:52:35.917-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Zen poem 禪詩</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">translation</category><title>Ten Oxherding Poems 十牛圖頌</title><atom:summary>The Ten Oxherding Pictures/Poems originated in the Sung Dynasty, showing the stages of Zen cultivation from Seeking the Ox (starting on the spiritual path to find true self), attaining enlightenment, and ends in the bodhisattva practice. Both the Zen Center of Sunnyvale and Buddha Jewel Monastery have the poems (Chinese original and our English translation) and accompanying paintings, specially </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/K0RjIObU5-s/ten-oxherding-poems.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/K0RjIObU5-s" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/03/ten-oxherding-poems.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-3097753976600615705</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-22T23:50:02.368-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">中台山月刊</category><title>中台山月刊 2010 1月號「活在當下」</title><atom:summary>這一期的「中台山」月刊，也有豐富的內容。為鼓勵大家深入閱讀，提出下列問題，請大家回答：

這一期的封面來自於那一個佛教的故事？
老和尚今年的春聯法語是什麼？
 在去年十二月的「兩岸文物交流座談會」中，共有十八位發言人。下列各人的發言中，老和尚、佛學院院長見桅法師、北京故宮博物院副院長陳麗華、台北藝術大學林保堯所長、李祖原建築師、見護法師、文化大學陳清香教授各提到什麼重點？
老和尚二篇開示，皆以「六祖壇經．定慧品」為主題，恰好與週六的研經班一致。請將這二篇文章中老和尚的一些佳句或重點摘錄出來。
十一月時有那一所國外的中學來普台高中進行教育交流，彼此學習？
閱讀這一期法師及居士的文章，有何啟發？
李祖原建築師，為了設計中台禪寺，曾經特別考察了那些國家的宗教建築？他認為，文明可分為那三大系統？又如何從這三大系統的差異了解東、西方文化的不同特色？
在十月、十一月中，</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/A8_UGwQW-Oc/2010-1.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_oHCifoBBSIM/S4OH95ODEeI/AAAAAAAAA7k/nsPRlN7Eh90/s72-c/100_2406_cr.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>6</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/A8_UGwQW-Oc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/02/2010-1.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-8462457281017163910</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-17T16:30:26.252-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">environment</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Seattle</category><title>New Eighteen Arhats Wall &amp; Maitreya Bodhisattva at BJM</title><atom:summary>The new Eighteen Arhats Wall at Buddha Jewel Monastery.

Also, the Maitreya Bodhisattva in the classic "contemplation pose".  This is the saint that gave us the Yogacarin, or Consciousness-Only School of Buddhism. Anyone know why this Maitreya Bodhisattva is so different from the Chinese big-bellied Maitreya?

See the gallery here.

佛寶寺新的「十八羅漢牆」及「沉思彌勒」。 
有人知道為何這尊彌勒菩薩這麼瘦，與中國的大肚彌勒不同嗎？</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/19xzrpv_Y1o/new-eighteen-arhats-wall-maitreya.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4365905823_3c0954c29f_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/19xzrpv_Y1o" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-eighteen-arhats-wall-maitreya.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-8630814122661555572</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-18T18:55:48.390-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Platform Sutra</category><title>六祖壇經</title><atom:summary>六祖壇經因見滌法師回中台，由見護師擔任教授師。是否有學員願意將每次上課的重點整理出來，提供給大家？如：第一堂講「心平何勞持戒，行直何用坐禪」，有何重點？什麼是六祖真正的意義？「心平」是指什麼？為何心平何勞持戒？是不用持戒嗎？如何不誤解這二句話？第二堂講「逆耳必是忠言」，與大家討論，提出那幾個觀點？要從那些方面來了解這句話？有何生活上的實例？</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/Y4sbE3mCxg4/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/Y4sbE3mCxg4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-post.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-3974106064583284416</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-18T18:49:23.689-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">華嚴宗</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">十宗綱要</category><title>十宗綱要-華嚴宗 1 &amp; 2</title><atom:summary>我們已上了二堂的華嚴經。請學員回復：三種華嚴經：六十華嚴，八十華嚴，四十華嚴，內容為何？一樣嗎？各有何特色？自最初六十華嚴在 418 C.E. 譯出，華嚴宗的發展史上有何重要的事件？試製一表格列出年代及事項。（如：418 年，六十華嚴初譯出。643-712，華嚴三祖法藏法師。若年代不明，也試隨其歷史先後順序列出。）摘錄華嚴經的佳句。如：每人可閱讀十卷。</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/gTgMk4zTLN4/1-2.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/gTgMk4zTLN4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/01/1-2.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-2661284026187358814</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-17T13:00:07.281-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reflections</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Seattle</category><title>Half Day Meditation at Buddha Jewel Monastery</title><atom:summary>True peace of mind is possible only when we see that all sentient beings are equal to ourselves, and want the same thing we want. Then anger and greed will gradually go away.見眾生平等，則心自定，無瞋無貪。</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/U-pIhdPxGG0/half-day-meditation-at-buddha-jewel.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oHCifoBBSIM/S1N6JnwWfvI/AAAAAAAAAxk/_v1QgyW1lcM/s72-c/20100117+BJM+Half+Day+meditation07b.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/U-pIhdPxGG0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/01/half-day-meditation-at-buddha-jewel.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-5519088504850308317</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-04T17:41:15.835-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Zen-7 禪七</category><title>2009 Zen 7 Retreat Completion Verse</title><atom:summary>解七法語 &lt;!--  /* Font Definitions */  @font-face  {font-family:新細明體;  panose-1:2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;  mso-font-alt:PMingLiU;  mso-font-charset:136;  mso-generic-font-family:roman;  mso-font-pitch:variable;  mso-font-signature:3 137232384 22 0 1048577 0;} @font-face  {font-family:"\@新細明體";  panose-1:2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;  mso-font-charset:136;  mso-generic-font-family:roman;  mso-font-pitch:variable;  </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/GhzTlwkbY04/2009-zen-7-retreat-completion-verse.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oHCifoBBSIM/S0KUc63OBQI/AAAAAAAAAlE/b4kH4AKZm-M/s72-c/01.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/GhzTlwkbY04" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2010/01/2009-zen-7-retreat-completion-verse.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-5180158045282541192</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-31T13:22:13.451-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Zen-7 禪七</category><title>The essence, form, and function of the mind 心之體相用</title><atom:summary>The mind has its essence, its form, and its function. To understand its function is to understand karma and causality. To understand its form is to understand emptiness. To understand its essence is to realize the pure awareness that is neither created nor perishable. 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Time does fly.The Zen 7 Retreat has started yesterday, on Christmas day.60 diligent participants are ready to make an real effort to see their original nature. Since many people had to be turned away because the retreat was full, we decided to hold another Zen 7 from 3/28 ~ 4/4. 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I haven't kept up with the blog, so it is time to give a little update about what has been happening in the past couple of months and what is to come:Some of the events in September and October:Returned from the Pilgrimage trip in TaiwanTwo lectures at San Jose State UniversityA weekend in Vegas: </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/LICvqP21jZY/zen-center-events-update.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/LICvqP21jZY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2009/10/zen-center-events-update.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-337558244130574559</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-23T16:08:09.188-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">十宗綱要</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">唯識宗</category><title>十宗綱要：唯識宗3: 賴耶緣起、心法四相</title><atom:summary>20090922~23唯識宗第三堂：阿賴耶緣起之意義心法四相：見分、相分、自證分、證自證分Q:前五識、第六識、第七識、第八識之見分、相分各為何？「我執」有粗的（第六意識）及細的（第七意識）。這是執著何者之見分或相分而形成的？相分是外在存在之相嗎？若不是，它由何而來？自證分與證自證分有何差別？為何沒有「自證自證分」？根據賴耶緣起，這個世界與人類是阿賴耶識所創造的嗎？</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~3/s-UJCP4n1rc/3.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jianhu Shi)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sunnyzen/~4/s-UJCP4n1rc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://sunnyzen1.blogspot.com/2009/09/3.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

