Master Chin Kung gives Buddha teaching in SriLanka for one month start from 28 May 2013. Let's watch the video here 安心、安身生活之方法 專題講演 第1集
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Time to change for the better
Time to change for the better. Think for a moment, do you want to continue the soulless life or you want to have the mind of origin. Life is ready short, we ready do not know when we will leave this world. Frankly speaking, it is not easy to leave this world peacefully without any sickness, any accidents, any misfortunes like encountering all types of natural disasters earthquakes, cyclone, tsunami etc.
But We can change our destinies if we want to make it happened in good ways. Yes, mindset can ready make our life changed. Many people can not change their destinies because they do not want to change their mindset and then they are just like the dried leaves flowing away from the strong current.
I now realize the significance of changing our life to be better. With the purer and clearer mind, we can enjoy the blissful life in this earth.
We need not indulge on all types of desires yet we can feel internal joy. This type of enjoyment is not physical excitement like drinking bears, foul around with opposite sex, or traveling here and there, we just need to have awaken mind then we can gradually attain the true happiness.
We need not be the bad people to enjoy the worldly short joy. We adopt the opposite and normal ways to enjoy the life in the positive manner.
We need to be the different and not following the crowd. Through the life experiences and the advice of good and model teachers, I finally move towards the gate of true happiness.
Do not miss the chance to have the true happiness now, I mean in this moment. Namoamituofo to all of you. Wish all of you have the pure mind, clear mind and then peacefully go to the pure land-beyond heaven the land that fill with only goodness.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Peace at home, Peace in the world Tangchi Town
| Peace at Home, Peace in the World |
| A small town in China tells the world about how to make peace |
| By TANG YUANKAI |
Tangchi Town is more famous than
ever, not for its hot spring spa that it has always been well known for,
but for its new culture. Its reputation has attracted visitors such as
Greg Budd, a writer from Australia and his entourage, as well as experts
from many other countries, including representatives from the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). A
small town with more than 2,000 years of history and about 48,000
residents, Tangchi Town in Lujiang County, central China's Anhui
Province is now a synonym for peace and harmony.
Greg Rudd is a Chinese expert, as are
several of his family members. Rudd heard of the ancient Chinese saying
that some places are so safe that people do not need to lock their doors
at night. He found this true of the hotel he stayed in Tangchi. "In
this town, people are very polite and friendly to each other, even
strangers are greeted with smiles," Rudd said.
"Many things in the world are not easy
to do, but have to be done," Rudd commented. He was especially impressed
with Lujiang Culture and Education Center, a non-profit school in
Tangchi.
Lujiang Culture and Education Center has
just entered its third year. The center is staffed with volunteers from
home and abroad, including specialists who quit high-paying jobs to
teach there. Teachers in the center are known to teach ethics and
etiquette by example. "Before I came here, I was skeptical. Now I
realize that the teachers are very faithful in practicing what they
preach," Rudd remarked.
Chin Kung, the founder of the school, is
in his eighties. He has served as visiting or honorary professor at
Renmin University of China and several other universities home and
abroad, teaching courses in conflict resolution and sociology. In recent
years, Chin Kung has attended many international peace conferences,
advocating classical Chinese ethics education as a tool to resolve
conflict and promote peace and stability. Many people agree with his
lofty ideas, but think they are too good to work in practice.
Chin Kung piloted his ideas in his
hometown by establishing the Lujiang Culture and Education Center. Local
residents are taught classical philosophy, which embodies wisdom and
experiences accumulated in over 5,000 years. "In the beginning, I
thought that it would take three years to change the local culture. Yet I
was surprised to find that local social capital has improved in less
than half a year," he confided.
In early October 2006, UNESCO invited
the officials of Tangchi, and the management and teachers of the center
to its headquarters in Paris for a three-day visit. The representatives
from Tangchi showcased their programs to the world. Experts from many
countries have expressed strong interest in Tangchi and an increasing
number of people visit the center.
"After a brief stay in Tangchi, I felt
the rich traditional Chinese culture brought serenity to my heart," said
Dr. Preeyanuch Jariyavidyanont, Deputy Permanent Delegate of Thailand
to UNESCO. "The achievement of cultural education in Tangchi has
illustrated that what works to bring peace and harmony to the family may
bring peace and stability to the world."
The Chinese ethical system implemented
in Tangchi is centered on the family. At the heart of the Confucianism
ethical system are the five moral disciplines of human relations, which
state that: Faithfulness, or trust and loyalty, should exist between
sovereign and subject; intimacy, or fatherly love and filial love,
should exist between father and son; distinction, or differentiated
responsibility, should exist between husband and wife; the younger
should give precedence to the elder, or sisterly and brotherly love, and
sincerity should reign over the relationship between friends.
Three of the five disciplines govern
relations between family members. "Like the stars that follow their
orbits, human beings also need to follow their tracks," Cai Lixu, Head
of Training of the Lujiang Culture and Education Center said. "When each
of us follows the right track, we are behaving ethically, and collision
is avoided."
Cai added, "The teachers all have a
strong conviction that nurture can prevail over nature." This has been
illustrated in Chinese classics, which said, "Men are born nice, with
similar human natures though different dispositions. If not taught
properly, some will go astray."
During their cultural-exchange tours to
Tangchi, many visitors have discovered stunning similarity among
individuals, cultures, ethnical groups and religions. "If we let go of
prejudices, open our hearts, and treat each other fairly and
forgivingly, peace will ensue," said Jariyavidyanont. "From the eyes of
Tangchi residents, I can read the happiness in their hearts. From them I
learned that happiness comes from giving and loving. Sincerity breeds
joys and joys are contagious."
Teachers at the center have empowered
themselves and their students with ancient teachings such as, "Extend
the respect for the elderly in one's family to that of other families;
extend the love of the young ones in one's family to that of other
families."
"In fact, traditional culture teaches us
not only to love ourselves but also other people in the world. It
broadens our horizon, and gives us an asset that we can hand down to the
next generations," said Li Yiduo, Deputy Director of the Law School in
Peking University, who instructs master students there.
Li Ying, a teacher in Beijing who
visited Tangchi several times within half a year, believes that one
should understand peace with the big picture in mind. Peace and harmony
will prevail if the walls between homes are torn down, and people open
up their minds and hearts. "Here are peace and harmony. In silence we
can hear the voice of Tangchi speaking, which touches our hearts."
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