August 03, 2005
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July 28, 2005
The Heart Sutra
The Heart Sutra
(The Prajna-Paramita-Hrdaya Sutra)
Sariputra! Form (rupa) does not differ from Sunyata, nor Sunyata from form. Form is identical with Sunyata (and) Sunyata is identical with form. So also are reception (vedana), conception (sanjna), mental conduct (samskara) and consciousness (vijnana) in relation to Sunyata.
Sariputra, the Sunyata nature of all things is neither created nor annihilated; neither impure nor pure; and neither increasing nor decreasing.
Therefore, in Sunyata, there is neither form (rupa), reception (vedana), conception (sanjna), mental conduct (samskara), nor consciousness (vijnana); there is neither eye, ear, nose, tongue, body nor mind; there is neither form, sound, odor, flavor, feeling nor idea; there are no such things as the eighteen realms of sense (dhatus) from the realm of sight up to that of the faculty of mind (vijnana); there are no such things as the twelve links in the chain of existence (nidanas) from ignorance (avidya) with also the end of ignorance up to old age and death (jaramarana) with also the end of old age and death; there are no (such things as) the four noble truths and there is neither Wisdom nor obtainment.
Because of no obtainment, Bodhisattvas who rely on Prajna-paramita, have no hindrance in their minds, and since they have no hindrance, they have no fear, are free from perversive and delusive ideas and attain the Ultimate Nirvana.
All Buddhas of the past, present and future attain the Full Enlightenment (anuttara-samyak-sambodhi) by relying on Prajna-paramita. So we know that Prajna-paramita is the great supernatural Mantra, the great bright, unsurpassed and unequalled Mantra which can truly and without fail wipe out all sufferings.
Therefore, He uttered the Prajna-paramita mantra which reads:
Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha!
July 13, 2005
July 11, 2005
Batam Island
July 07, 2005
Do you know why are you working so hard ?
He said to the cow: "Ah Gu (cow), today I have created you. Your job is to go to the field with the farmer all day long. You will provide the energy to pull things. You will also provide milk for people to drink. You are to work all day under the sun. In return, you will only eat grass. For that, you will have a life span of 50 years."
Ah Gu objected.
"What, I work all day in the sun and I get only to eat grass? On top of that, I have to give my milk away? This is tough and you want me to live 50 years? I'll take 20 and you can have the remaining 30 years back."
God agreed.
On the next day, God created the dog. He said to the dog: "Ah Kow (dog), I have created you for a purpose. You are to sit all day by the door of your master's house.
Should anyone come in, you are to bark at them. In return, you will eat your master's leftovers. I'll give you a life span of 20 years."
Ah Kow objected.
" What, I have to sit by the door all day and will need to bark at people, and what do I get? Leftovers. This isn't right, I'll take 10 and you can have the remaining 10 years back."
God agreed again.
On the third day, God created the monkey. He said to the monkey: "Lao Kao (monkey), your job is to entertain people. You will make them laugh, act stupid and make faces. You will also do somersaults and swing on trees to amaze them.
In return, you will get to eat bananas and peanuts. For that, I'll give you 20 years to live."
Naturally the monkey objected.
"This is ridiculous, I gotta make faces and make people laugh? Let's not even come to the part about the trees and somersaults. Tell you what, I'll give 10 years of my life to thank you for my existence and I'll take 10. What do you think?"
God agreed again.
On the forth day, God created humans. God said to the man: "You are my best piece of work, for that, you will only need to sleep, eat, sleep, play, eat, sleep again and do nothing else. You will get to eat all the best things and play with the best toys. All you need to do is enjoy all your life. For this kind of life, I'll give you 20 years."
Just like the rest, the man objected.
"What, all I need to do is relax and enjoy myself and I have only 20 years to live?
Tell you what, you've 30 years back from Ah Gu, 10 years from Ah Kow and another 10 from Lao Kao and you probably don't know what to do with all those lives. Why not I take them all and I'll have 70 years to live?"
God being such good natured, agreed with a smile.
And that is why:
We eat, sleep, play and enjoy for the first 20 years of our lives when we are growing up. Work like a cow for the next 30 to raise our family. Sit outside the door and bark at people for the next 10 when we are retired. And finally, we make faces and perform monkey tricks to entertain our grandchildren for the final 10 years.
July 06, 2005
Getting better ? I think so . .
July 05, 2005
Should I ?
July 04, 2005
Tired
June 29, 2005
Nonya Ba Chang
June 28, 2005
June 27, 2005
Do you know your character
June 22, 2005
Are you drinking the right tea?
Are you drinking the right tea?
1. People who use their "brain" to work or students who study hard day
and night --- should drink more chrysanthemum Tea.
2. People who need a lot of body energy to work or those people that do
a lot of exercise everyday --- should drink Wu Loong Tea.
3. People who travel on a bike or work in dirty and polluted places ---
should drink Green Tea.
4. For people who likes to sit down all day long and not doing anything
even exercising --- must drink Green Tea and Flower Tea.
5. People who smoke and drink alot of alcoholic drinks --- should drink
more Green Tea.
6. People who must eat meat at least once a day, or feel sick or not
feeling well --- try to drink some Wu Loong Tea.
7. People who go to the washroom too often or too less --- should drink
more Honey Tea
8. People with high cholesterol and high blood pressure --- Wu Loong
Tea,Green Tea.
9. Those who work with computers everyday --- need to drink a lot of Tea
(any tea wil do).
Whenever you are working with the computer, you should make some tea,
drink it when you are free. Drinking Tea is healthy, it can protect and
prevent the harmful Ultraviolet light from harming us (when using
computer). Furthermore, it can also cure us when we are tired and help
making our body feel fresh again.
June 20, 2005
some tips on cheaper Feng Shui - Part 6-11
a) Hang picture of mountain behind where you sit at work. If you can't afford to buy the painting, get it from internet or draw it yourself (mountain picture is not too difficult to draw).
b) 8 pa kua aspirations- activate N to enhance career. If you can't afford aquarium, hang picture of fishes or waterfall at the area. Again, the picture can be downloaded from the internet.
c) If you can't afford to buy brass dragon tortoise and place it at north, you can opt for the resin one.
7) Cheaper ways to enhance relationship:
a) Flying star- always choose a bedroom with good mountain star, preferably mountain star 8.
b) Place crystal/boulder at mountain star 8- if you can't afford to buy crystal or jade/diamond boulder, use rocks instead. (Rocks can be collected free from seaside..etc).
c) Or hang a picture of mountain at mountain star 8- (draw the picture of your own or get it from internet if you can't afford to buy the picture).
8) Cheaper ways to enhance study luck/inspirations:
a) Sit facing and sleep with head pointing to growth/Fu wei direction.
b) If you can't afford to buy crystal globe and place it at study table, you can buy 7 level pagoda made of clay or porceline. Cheaper than crystal globe.
9) Cheaper ways to enhance fame:
a) Activate South area- If you can't afford to buy a lamp and light up the area, use candle lights instead.
b) If you can't afford to buy horse figurine, you can use picture of phoenix and place it south. The picture can get from internet or scan from book.
10) Cheaper ways to enhance happiness:
a) Speak, think, do, and hear no evil.
b) Helping people (it can be in a form of small donations or helping people with problems).
c) Filiel Piety
d) Practice virtues.
11) Cheaper ways to enhance good chi:
a) Make sure that the the chi meanders and not moving in a straight line. If you have doors in straight lines, block the middle with a board.
b) Space clearing- if you can't afford to buy the singing bowl/bell, burn incense instead.
Practice feng shui does not mean we need to spend a lot of money on it. It is up to our own wisdom and creativity to make our feng shui not only effective but cost-saving as well.
June 17, 2005
some tips on cheaper Feng Shui - Part 1-5
a) Clearing clutter- helps to refresh the chi in the house.
b) Sit facing and sleep with head pointing to your auspicious directions.
c) Do not sit/sleep under toilet/bathroom.
d) Do not sleep with feet pointing towards door.
e) Do not share a wall with toilet/bathroom when sleeping.
f) Always sit/sleep with solid wall/background.
g) Do not sit with door at the back.
h) Use an auspicious door for entrance (ex: If your house have two entrances, choose one that is better accoridng to kua number. (west group people should use west-group doors (W,NW,NE,SW) while East group people should use east group door (E,SE,S,N).
i) Do not eat too near the main entrance (wealth tend to seep away)
j) Remove mirrors from bedroom
k) Do not place auspicious objects, water, books, food under staircase.
l) Place stove with its mouth facing auspicious direction
m) Do not place water beside or directly opposite the stove.
n) Do not place fridge beside or directly opposite the stove.
o) Place tv set/stereo at W/NW sector
p) Do not sit/sleep under overheadbeam
q) Wish list- write down your wish on a paper, sign it 49 times each day and burn it (do it for 49 days)
r) Change your signature into auspicious signature (begin with upstroke and end with upstroke).
s) Not enough money to buy feng shui books? Spend some time and read it at bookstore instead (but I personally prefer to have a few collections such as flying star and four pillars for reference).
2) To overcome annual afflictions:
a) 5 yellow- if you can't afford to buy 6 rod hollow metal windchime, use 6 I-ching coins tied with red/gold ribbon instead to hang it at 5 yellow area. I-ching coins are cheaper than windchime.
b) Three killings- If you can't afford to buy 3 Chi Lins to combat the three killings, just make sure that you do not sit with three killings at your back.
c) Grand duke jupiter- If you can't afford to buy the brass Pi yao to appease the grand duke, buy the one made with resin instead. If you really do not have money, just make sure that you do not sit facing the grand duke jupiter (Tai Sui).
3) Cheaper ways to enhance wealth:
a) Sit facing and sleep with head pointing to sheng chi direction
b) Place three I-ching coins tied with ribbon and place it in wallet/purse.
c) Flying star - place water feature at water star 8. If you can't affor to have the rotating crystal ball or aquarium, hang painting of fishes instead. You don't have to buy the painting, browse into internet, print it out and enlarge it. It is much more cheaper than buying oil-painting. But if really do not have money, place moving objects such as electrical fan at water star 8.
d) 8 pa kua aspirations- Place plants at SE to enhance wealth. If you can't afford to buy plants, get it from roadside (hehe..just joking, not auspicious to steal), you can grow the plants instead. Buying seeds is cheaper than buying grown plants.
4) Cheaper ways to enhance health:
a) Sit facing and sleep with head pointing to health/Tien Yi direction.
b) If you can't afford to buy big wu lou, buy a small one instead, wear or carry it along wherever you go.
c) 8 pa kua aspirations- Plants at E to enhance health. Again, if you can't afford to buy plants, grow your own plants instead.
5) Cheaper ways to enhance love:
a) Sit facing and sleep with head pointing to nien yen/love direction.
b) Activate SW corner- If you can't afford to buy lamp, use candle lights instead to light up the area.
c) Mandarin ducks at SW- If you can't afford to buy the crystal made mandarin ducks, buy the wooden one.
d) Paint SW with red/pink- If you can't afford to buy paint, use red/pink cloth instead. Cover the table with red/pink cloth and put it at SW area. You can also place the mandarin ducks on top of it.
June 15, 2005
Essential Tools For Marriage That Works
- Communication - Effective communication reinforces a marital relationship. We need to express our thoughts and feelings as much as we want attention and responses. So we can't shutup all the time and keep quiet.
- Family Relationship - With the rapid changes in the modern world, we should clarify what we expect from each other and develop a style of working together. And do remember the promise that make, doesn't mean after a year or so, you can forgotten about it.
- Financial Management - How we handle money revels the kind of lifestyle we aspire to attain and the values we hold. Each of us are likely to have individual differences in the way we handle our $. Having a combined saving account and come to a common agreement level is important. Because money could be the cause of divorce.
- Relationship Development - To develop a meaningful relationship as a married couple, we need to know ourself as well as our partner in order for the both of us to learn to grow together.
- Sex in Marriage - Sexual intimacy is more than physical closeness; it is an emotional adventure, an exploration, and a process of discovery. A secure marital relationship helps us to learn about each other sexually. Dun give excuse just becuase we work too tired in office or "I prefer in the morning...not night" and you need to off the house before 7 am.
June 14, 2005
ARIES MALE
ARIES MALE
When it comes to love you are aggressive, domineering, energetic and restless. You are impulsive, imaginative and dynamic, a doer, however on can never be sure what you'll do next. You can drive your lover crazy if she isn't accustomed to high energy excitement. You look for spontaneous and imaginative partners who can hold your interest and keep up to your fast pace. You can be a bed bouncer but you always expect complete loyalty from your mate. Although your temper is short lived you will explode if you become suspicious of your lover. You get jealous quickly and you need constant appreciation and reassurance in order to feel secure in your relationship.
ARIES MATE
You will not tolerate being bossed around by your mate. You hate have your space infringed upon and you can't stand it if your mate shows up late for a date. You like to be asked for advice and flattery always makes you feel important. You will never slow down and wait for your lover. It's keep up or get left behind. You match up to your sign and the remaining eleven signs as follows.
ARIES & ARIES: Temper tantrums are quite likely to erupt into major wars with this combination. Remember only one party can win and neither one will accept defeat. Passionate but problems.
ARIES & TAURUS: The Bull has trouble with your free spirited attitude. With compromise it can work. A little bit dull for you at times however it can be a stabilizing experience for you.
ARIES & GEMINI: Wonderful alliance. This is an exciting, sexual encounter that can in fact last. Both you and Gemini are so spontaneous and full of life that there is no time for either of you to become bored.
ARIES & CANCER: The Crab is far too sensitive and slow for your speedy and hot tempered nature. You will have difficulty listening to the Crabs nagging and negativity. This is really a poor match up right from day one.
AIRES & LEO: This is a most exhilarating combination. You both share the same likes and dislikes. You are both always on the go, craving excitement, love and fun. This is truly a link made in heaven.
ARIES & VIRGO: Your impulsiveness is just too much for the Virgoan. Virgo's practical, critical nature will drive you away rapidly. This is a relationship better left alone.
ARIES & LIBRA: Although opposites attract, the Scales are just a little too lazy to keep up with you. You on the other hand lack the sophistication required to keep a Libran happy.
ARIES & SCORPIO: You are both ruled by the catalyst Mars that makes this union hot and heavy. The possessive Scorpio will, however, does clash with your free spirited nature.
ARIES & SAGITTARIUS: This can be a good and a lasting relationship. You are both fun-loving and quite oblivious to the faults that might drive most people crazy. This is an exciting and adventurous union.
ARIES & CAPRICORN: Finances are the biggest detriment in this connection. You can spend it as fast as the hard working Goat can make it that drives the frugal Capricorn insane.
ARIES & AQUARIUS: This is not a bad connection. You are both inquisitive, however at times you may find it difficult to contemplate what the Water-bearer will do next.
ARIES & PISCES: Sexually this is not a bad alliance, but your temperaments are just so different that it does put a strain on the relationship. You could never handle the Fishes emotional whims for any length of time.
So do you think I'm Aries ?
June 13, 2005
Commonly Used Phrases at the Office and... What they really mean!
We don't know what to do with this, so please keep it.
2) Noted and returned.
We don't know what to do with this, so please keep it little while.
3) Review and comment.
Do the dirty work so that I can forward it.
4) Action please.
Get yourself involved for me. Don't worry, I'll claim the credit.
5) For your necessary action.
It's your headache now.
6) Copy to.
Here's a share of the headache.
7) For your approval, please.
Put your neck on the chopping board for me please.
8) Action is being taken.
Your correspondence is lost and we are still trying to locate it.
9) Your letter is receiving our attention.
We are still trying to figure out what you want.
10) Please discuss.
I don't know what the "f***" this is, so please brief me.
11) For your immediate action.
Do it NOW! Or we'll all get into trouble.
12) Please reply soon.
Please be efficient. It makes me look inefficient.
13) We are investigating/processing your request with the relevant
authorities.They are causing the delay, not us.
14) Regards.
Thanks for reading all the bullshit.
April 22, 2005
FRIDAY'S TREATS
However, when everyone saw the nun arrive, the room went quiet.
She walked up to the bartender and asked if she could use the restroom. The bartender said, "Okay, sister, but I should warn you that there's a statue of a naked man in there wearing only a fig leaf."
"Well," she said, "I will just have to look the other way."
So the bartender showed the nun to the back of the bar and she proceeded to the ladies' room.
After a few minutes, she came out and the whole place gave her a round of applause. Startled, she approached the bartender and said, "Sir, I don't understand why they applauded me for using the restroom."
"They know you're one of us, sister," smiled the bartender, "would you like a drink?"
I still don't understand," said the nun.
The bartender laughed. "Well, every time the fig leaf on the statue is lifted up, the lights go out! Now, how about that drink?"
April 18, 2005
Tired / Sleepy
At her command, I aim .... zoom ... zeroing .. FIRE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How I know in the afternoon is such a cold weather ... make me feel so sleepy now.
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