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Universal Door Chapter Lecture 1 — the Many Faces of Compassion
Lectured by Rev. Heng Sure on April 2, 2021 (Reverend Heng Sure is playing the banjo) Good morning everybody! Good afternoon. Good evening. My name is Reverend Heng Sure. Today, we are going to launch a brand new lecture series focusing on Guan Yin Bodhisattva, the compassion being who regards the cries of the world and the Universal Door 普門品 of Guan Yin Bodhisattva, Chapter in the Lotus Sutra. So, if that’s what you come to hear, you’re at the right place. Let us begin by putting our palms together. I have a bell. I’m going to make three half bows. Say: Namo Miau Jue Hui Shang Fo Pusa (3x) …
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I listened to a friend who trusts me to confide in.
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Featured Good Karma Music Story from Mei
This week’s story comes from Mei in Taiwan, who sets the mosquitoes in her house free every evening. “Our house has quite the number of mosquitoes that come out in the evening. My friends and I kept getting bit, so we brainstormed how to remove them from the house in a way that would not harm them. After we saw mosquitoes fly out of our pot of steamed corn we left on the table, we realized that mosquitoes liked the taste of steamed corn, which we ate for lunch every day. Afterwards, we put our finished corn cobs into a deep bowl for the mosquitoes and placed this bowl on…
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Our house has quite the number of mosquitoes that come out in the evening. My friends and I kept getting bit, so we brainstormed how to remove them from the house in a way that would not harm them. After we saw mosquitoes fly out of our pot of steamed corn we left on the table, we realized that mosquitoes liked the taste of steamed corn, which we ate for lunch every day. Afterwards, we put our finished corn cobs into a deep bowl for the mosquitoes and placed this bowl on a chair by the door. Several times in the evening, I would quickly cap the bowl with a…
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The good deeds Heng Sure did, I appreciate. My son is 9 and a half year old, he likes to listen Heng Sure’s talk, he listened to “three steps, one bow” many times, recently he listens to Heng Sure’s reading Sixth Patriarch again and again, Whatever Heng Sure’s talk he likes to listen.
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Featured Good Karma Music Story from Phil
This week’s story comes from Phil H. in Canada who, after getting help from two strangers upon getting injured, passed on the kindness by listening to a weary mother and son at the hospital. “I fell off my bike. I cut my arms and hands and hip. I was a mess of blood and gravel. One kind person poured water on my wounds, another helped me get home. I was humbled and inspired by their heartfelt generosity of spirit. At the local hospital I was patient, grateful, and of good humour due to these two saints. When I sat by a tired mum with an injured child, I passed on…
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I fell off my bike. I cut my arms and hands and hip. I was a mess of blood and gravel. One kind person poured water on my wounds, another helped me to get home. I was humbled and inspired by their heartfelt generosity of spirit. At the local hospital I was patient, grateful and of good humour due to these two saints. When I sat by a tired mum with an injured child, I passed on the kindness by listening and caring and being attentive. Passing on the blessing.
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I joined the 3000 Buddhs repentance at Gold Summit Sagely Monastery this Saturday. At the beginning of the 5th incense, dharma masters led the chanting with such a compassionate and beautiful tune, that I felt like I was living the moment when Buddha was born and took his first steps at Lumbini. The tune also reminds me of the music made for a poem,《送别》, written by Shutong Li (DM Hong Yi ).
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Featured Good Karma Music Story from Miles
This week’s story comes from Miles in Pompano Beach, Florida, who prepared a letter of encouragement and a meal to give to a homeless man. “When I was younger I saw a homeless man behind my house and made him a sandwich, got him a snack and a drink, and wrote a letter of encouragement for him.” Share a story of your kind act with us and get to choose an album to download for free at Good Karma Music.
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Featured Good Karma Music Story from Sunol
This week’s story comes from Sunol who helped an elderly neighbor fix his camera. “On a Saturday afternoon, my phone rang, a call from my senior neighbor: ‘Hi, I want to use my camera, but somehow it takes multiple pictures with different exposures. Do you know how to fix it?’ I said, ‘Let me come over to take a look.’ I went to the neighbor’s house. He is in his wheelchair holding his camera. The setting looks correct. I remembered my camera had a similar problem. I turned the mode dial a few times and it’s back to normal. I told the neighbor it’s a common problem with this brand.…