A Boy Named Chong Guan

Two days before I attended the 5th Global Buddhist Conference ( 17 – 18 November 2007 ) in the Sunway Convention Center in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, a little happening took place at our local Buddhist Association in Teluk Intan. A widow and her only child, a 7-year old boy named Chong Guan visited us. They were one of the cases in our Welfare Aid Program. When I first saw Chong Guan, something in my heart told me that he had the potential to grow in the Dhamma. He is intelligent and has an inquiring mind. I showed and explained to him the 30 copper-tooling plates displaying the life of the Buddha in our Shrine Hall. Chong Guan was most attentive and his eyes sparkled … this was his first encounter with the life history of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha.He will be following our Buddhist Sunday School next year. I hope the lotus in him will bloom …