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#Sikhism -#Sikh, meaning a "disciple", or a "learner", is a religion that originated in the #Punjab region of the #Indian subcontinent about the end of the 15th century. It is one of the youngest of the major world religions and the 5 th largest religion in the world with around 30 millions followers

Sikhs believe that human beings spend their time in a cycle of birth, life, and rebirth. They share this belief with followers of other Indian religious tr...
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【明月幾時有，把餅問清天】

I sometimes ask myself, what will I do, if I'm caught in a mass disaster?

Will I, like the passengers in United Flight 93, revolt against the 911 terrorists and drive the plane away from their intended target?

Will I do what the 22-year-old Park Ji Young did in the Sewol ferry disaster, refusing to leave the sinking ship as long as there is a passenger onboard?

Or will I just run and flee, and maybe regret for the rest of my life for not doing more to save my fellow humans from dying in vain?

I read reports of the Las Vegas shooting and think about love.

The lack of love that make a person think it is okay to take away the life of another human being.

Leaving behind orphans, broken families, shattered hearts and bloodied bodies.

Few nights ago, a client was lamenting to me.

She couldn't understand why life was happening so badly for her, in her marriage and career.

She was aware of her bad temper but other than that, she didn't think she was that bad a person to deserve such a destiny.

I asked her:

A mother who can murder an innocent child, and have not done any great compensation or repentance for her aborted baby, after 20 years.

Despite me telling her the sins of abortion early this year.

How can a person like this have a good heart?

Just saying that you didn't feel good is not sufficient when you make a deliberate decision to kill.

It's lame.

In the mortal world, murder calls for either lifetime imprisonment or death penalty.

That's just the mortal world.

In the netherworld, when your baby goes screaming and crying to the King of Hades, you pay for your sin with your destiny.

She said I was very blunt to make her understand.

I replied that she has been living in a cloak of self deceit.

Sure I can talk nicely to you, if making money from you is what I care more than your karmic debts.

But I do not see my clients as my ATM machines.

When the notion of self-benefit is non-existent, it is easier to speak the honest truth.

After all, you come to me to change your destiny, not to hear sweet nothings.

Many women aborting doesn't justify it to be a normal or harmless thing to do.

Many people killing senselessly and selfishly doesn't make it right.

It's not easy to be reborn as a human.

In the six realms of reincarnation, the human realm is the most precious as it is most conducive for cultivation towards Buddhahood.

If my memory serves me right, once in a conversation with his disciple, Buddha remarked that the number of sentient beings in this Samsara world is as vast as the number of sand grains in a desert.

With His bare hand, He picked up a handful of sand from the ground.

And said, but the number of people who get to be reborn as humans are only as little as the amount of sand grains in His hand.

Even that little amount is slowly slipping through his fingers as He spoke.

It's even harder to be born as a healthy human who gets a decent education and comprehends what I am writing here.

I like what James Altucher inferred about life: Life is not something given or taken at a whim.

Nobody has the right to take away another person's life.

During CNY this year, Shifu did a Learning Session telling us his world analysis. Which countries we should avoid Travelling to and how there will be many fires around the world, particularly in which countries, that includes bombing and shooting.

I hope the attendees took it to heart.

My Grandmaster, Living Buddha Lian-Sheng has summed the world outlook with a Chinese character "亂" (Messy).

PM Lee has said it's not a matter of whether, but when, a terriost attack may launch in Singapore.

There is darkness in every one of us.

We all had bad thoughts that we never utter.

We all had ugly acts that we don't want others to know about.

But I believe succumbing to darkness never make anyone happy permanently.

In my unhappiest and darkest days, I still hope that someone out there will be happier than me, living a life more fulfilled than mine.

It is so painful that I hope nobody has to go through what I went through.

That is why I take time to write.

While the eventual goal of learning the Dharma is to become a Buddha, there are many ways to start off in a less lofty manner for the uninitiated.

One way would be not to harm others with your words, intent and actions.

That is why our precepts tell us not to kill, not to take what doesn't belong to you, not to deceive, not to engage in sexual misconduct and not to consume intoxicants.

On the surface, it seems we are doing it for ourselves, not wanting more bad karma.

Fact is, we are learning how not to hurt other sentient beings, how to love and live life in a wholesome and meaningful way.

I don't think such thinking is exclusive to Buddhists.

It should be the cornerstone of any human being.

I am an advocate that the good will always triumph over evil.

I always affirm that the Light will prevail over Darkness.

Before we start pointing our fingers at the attackers, let's take an insightful look into ourselves.

Are we acting like a terrorist to our loved ones?

Killing off their happiness and meaning to living by cheating on them or treating them like dirt?

Or killing innocent children we call our flesh and blood?

Are we killing ourselves by living irresponsibly, letting our desires rule over our humanity and never contributing to others?

It is ridiculous to ask love from others when we don't have the capability to love well.

If we have failed before, it is never too late to repent.

This Mid-Autumn Festival, I wish for you to have a heart like the full moon, radiant and bright, dispelling the gloomy clouds of greed, ignorance and hatred.

And wherever or whoever you may be, please be well, kind and happy.

For the ones who died too soon, may you be reborn in a better realm.

往生淨土，超生出苦，
南無阿彌陀佛，
南無阿彌陀佛，
南無阿彌陀佛。

《光明軒》
My Abode of Illumination (English version below)

有一回，與徒弟及學生到南部的欣葉中餐館用膳，有位來自中國的女侍應生，在吾的正前方，突然冒出一句：「師父好正。」 這句突如其來的話，「驚醒」定中用膳的吾。被「驚醒」的原因，乃是其話中的那個「正」字。因為這「正」字在近代，常被用來形容女生的漂亮與美，那就是「正點」。但吾很快的就意識到，她所謂的「師父好正」，是代表吾的為人形像端正。在此要感謝那位中國同胞，「師父好正」這句贊語，將是吾一生精進的目標之一。

能得如此的殊榮，本就應歸功於，吾之根本上師，聖尊蓮生活佛，及佛教教主南無本師釋迦牟尼佛。祂們慈悲偉大的「身教」及「言教」，老早已植在吾之識田裡，只因累世的貪、嗔、癡、妒、慢、疑，滋生大片的雜草，遮蓋吾本清淨明朗的識田，行屍走肉，度日如年的荒廢吾好長的一段人生歲月啊！還好在是日已過，命已隨減的危機下，清淨又清涼的佛光，照破吾那昏天暗地的識田，讓吾之識田重新發光發熱，最終成佛離苦得樂。

多年前，有一男一女的弟子，幫吾整理一些移居前的物品。女弟子在入屋前一碰鐵門，有一種觸電的感覺，她甚感不可思議，於是問吾為何因。吾淡然地告於她，這乃多年的結界之故。她聽後依然覺得，實在不可思議。之後她就進入屋內，還不到兩步她又有另一番覺受。她哇的一聲說：「師父您的家真清淨又舒服呀！」 她其實有問那男弟子，是否有何覺受，男弟子說，這裡（指吾家）好好睡哦！是的，這不長進的男弟子，到現在依然「未醒」，且「愈越睡愈深」，已接近「來不及醒」的階段。

吾給自己居住的地方命名為「光明軒」，乃日夜持誦光明聖號、光明咒，食衣住行皆供養，佛菩薩諸神明常往來，久而久之，光明擴長又擴長，吾之居所自然就成就光明軒，清淨又舒服的光明軒。

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There was one occasion when I was dining with my disciple and student at Shin Yeh Chinese Restaurant, located at the southern part of Singapore. A female waitress of Chinese nationality was standing in front of me when she suddenly remarked, "Master is awesome!". This sudden remark "woke" me from my meditative stillness while having my meal. The reason being this word "awesome" is also often used nowadays to describe beautiful girls. Of course, I understood her meaning almost instantly. She meant to say that I portray an image of righteousness and properness. I have to thank this lady from China for her lavish praise, for her remark will be my lifetime goal, which I will diligently strive towards.

For this honour, all the credit must go to my Root Guru Master, His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng, as well as Lord Buddha, Namo Shakyamuni. Their compassionate and noble teachings through Their speech, body and mind, had long been planted in my subconsciousness. But afflictions from my past lives - greed, hatred, ignorance, jealousy, arrogance and doubt, have germinated into a huge wasteland of weeds, enshrouding the pristine nature of my consciousness.

Days feel like years and I walk around like a living dead, squandering a long period of my life! Thankfully, under the impending danger of my dwindling life span as each day passes, the pristine and refreshing illumination from the Buddhas penetrated my overcast consciousness, and my consciousness regains its Light and Radiance. That will eventually lead me to enlightenment and Buddhahood, liberating myself from sufferings and achieving eternal bliss.

Many years ago, two disciples of mine, one male and the other female, helped me to pack my belongings for house-moving. Just as the female disciple touched the metal gate, prior to entering my home, her hand felt a stream of "electric" current. She was baffled and asked me why. I nonchalantly told her that it was due to my years of demarcating the house. She was in awe after hearing my words. It sounded very unfathomable to her. After she stepped into my home, just a step or two into the house, she exclaimed, "Wah! Master, your house is filled with such pure and comfortable energies!" She went on to ask the male disciple if he felt anything. The male disciple replied that my house was a comfortable place to take a nap! Yes, this lazy disciple is still "unawakened" till now. His "slumber" is getting deeper and deeper, and it is nearing the stage that he might not "awake" in the nick of time.

I have named my home The Abode of Illumination. Day and night, I do my recitations of the Holy names and mantras of radiance. I am diligent and consistent in making offerings of food, clothing, accommodation and transport. These acts invoke the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Heavenly Beings. As such, They frequently visit my humble abode. Over time, the illumination expanded and my place naturally became the Abode of Illumination, a home that is pure, pristine and comfortable.

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