Chan Heart

Our Teacher visited us on the Second Day of Chinese New Year and reminded us that it is time to share our practice to more people in need.  Our Teacher suggested to us to utilize terms and approaches familiar to the western culture.  The goal is to reach 10,000 practitioners in California and setup our first meditation center in Los Angeles.

At the moment when I heard this, I was so grateful.  I said to myself, “It is time.”

The first thing we needed to do is to place our heart at the Realm of Bodhisatva.  That is the realm without ego and without attachment to human methodology.  There is only compassion and joy in that realm.

Then we must march forward with our fullest efforts within the availability of our resources.  There is no need to question our ability, nor worry about success, for these belongs to the lower Realm of being Human.

When we place our heart in the Realm of Bodhisatva, we could then surpass our human inadequacies.  When in the Realm of Bodhisatva, we shall receive Bodhisatva’s wisdom and power to fulfill the will of Buddha.  Every thing we do will be supported by Buddha.  If we drop back down to the Realm of Human, our work for Buddha may be hindered by our human mind and our human ways.  These ways as you know are just incomplete forms.

Now is the perfect time to practice, what our Teacher taught us, instant placement of our heart in the Realm Of Bodhisatva and skipping over the Realm of Deity, Realm of Sravaka and the Realm of Pratyeka.

When we are at the realm of Bodhisatva, then we are no longer bothered by the forms.  Whatever people think, or say or argue with are all but forms.  Falling into these forms is reincarnation and endless suffering.   Let us place our heart on top of it.  Now is time.

Reminder means to wake up now and just do it.  As we all have heard; we absorb; we wake and we do.

各位師兄師姐大家好，

師父在年初二的當日，來到洛杉磯看我們，并同時提醒我們，是開始大力行接引功德的時候了。

師父開示，可以用美國文化熟悉的名稱與方式，加州地區要以一萬名同修為目標，并且要我們盡快在洛杉磯成立第一所道場。

當我聽到這句話的時候，當下我就感到無比的感恩。我了解師父是在提醒我們大家，『成就的時機到了』。

我們需要做的第一步，就是先把自己的心，定在菩薩界。那是一個沒有我執，法執，只有慈悲，法喜的境界。

然後，在資源許可之下，盡全力往前走。不要懷疑自己的能力，不用擔心成功與否。因為這些思維都是『人界』的。

當我們把心定在菩薩界，才能超越自己，超越到菩薩界，用菩薩的智慧與力量。如此與佛相應，做佛事，一切都會得到佛的庇佑。如果停留在『人界』，用『人』的方法， 用想的，來做佛事，不容易真正『覺他』，不容易『覺行圓滿』。

師父一直都在教導我們，我們只要『當下』把『心』定在菩薩界，就一頓超越了『天』，『聲聞』，『圓覺』。不再被相所轉。無論他人如何說，如何想，如何罵，都是相，不要被轉，一旦進入相的輪迴，就苦了。

而師父就是在提醒我們，現在正是超越，進入菩薩道的時候了。

所謂的提醒，就是趕快醒過來。我們都要，如是解，如是醒，如是行。

感恩
精明合十頂禮。