善因的种子

摇晃后，昨晚，吃过了八分饱的晚餐，我们与孩子一起唱着这首《誠心祈三願》祈愿，老大还跟随哼着Metta Chanting。我们都有心惊的一刻，更何况活在地震区域的众生们。孩子后来把积蓄拿出来，要救灾苦难的人（虽然后来都平安），然而一颗善心就在此时萌起。善心的萌起，既是善因的种子。我想，从今要教育孩子会更容易了。感恩我在这片土地，虽然马来西亚并不完美。阿弥陀佛！：）

Metta - a remedy for noisy kids. :)

Early in the morning, JV and JE were heard quarreling to each other.
Quietly, i sat into meditation posture, pulled my blanky and started to meditate.
Quarreling still heard....
I began to send metta to myself, then to the little room, and radiate that to the whole of SP town, Kedah state, Malaysia, and mother earth.

Funny though, unintentionally i was hearing less of quarrels and later happy chat among the kids.

Metta meditation always do the wonders!
Seemingly, as i was talking to LC about my ex-boss, her current boss yesterday, I mentioned to her that Metta will always worked and we should radiate more mettas to these 'difficult' people instead of complaints. The more complaints that we are going to pour in, the more we are going to fall prey to hatred and thus not getting what we want.

Let the child be a constant reminder for myself to practise Metta.

弘一大师. 夢

看着弘一大师传。弘公的才华，太让人钦佩，他的戒行也太让人感动了。他的每一首歌，都让我有种想哭的感觉--亲切，深入，充满感情，认真。


哀游子茕茕其无依兮，在天之涯。
惟长夜漫漫而独寐兮，时恍惚以魂驰。
萝偃卧摇篮以啼笑兮，似婴儿时。
母食我甘酪兴粉饵兮，父衣我以彩衣。
月落乌啼，梦影依稀，往事知不知？
汩半生哀乐之长逝兮，感亲之恩其永垂。

哀游子怆怆而自怜兮，吊形影悲。
惟长夜漫漫而独寐兮，时恍惚以魂驰。
梦挥泪出门辞父母兮，叹生别离。
父语我眠食宜珍重兮，母语我以早归.

童言童语

柔帆,"妈咪为什么人死了就看不到？"
我,"因为人死了就没有眼识了。”
柔帆,"什么是眼识？"
我，“等你大了，就知道了。”
柔帆,"我知道，因为你不会解释嘛。”
^.^

mummy先吃

在雨中。我放了JE去上一堂extra music class,就到街上去买东西，处理一些事等。JV跟着。
天空依旧下着雨。上下车都有点麻烦了。
逗了半个槟岛，好累，也好饿。
在老鼠岛看到了那档闻名的曼煎糕档口。在车上要了2片。
热烘烘的送上来。
JV说Mummy先吃，因为你饿了。
--- 很多人都说孩子一定只想着自己的嘴巴和肚子。
我想，我家的是有点例外吧。不是孩子承载太多责任或什么，而是如果从小如果有累积多点福报和善缘，为什么不呢？
难道，要等着孩子已经变成大个人了，才来下功夫教他吗？
当然，每每孩子显现懂事的一面时，其实，我想到的不是我俩的努力。我想，这来自先生的父母的良好教养，也来自我爸爸妈妈的耐心教育，更来自幼儿园和学校老师的付出，还有身边朋友的叔叔阿姨的身教，当然更不能忘记的这是来自古人圣贤的思想传承。当然若非是身为人身，怎么可能展现这人性的一面？身为人身，能力行人的良好行为，是一分极大的福报。
感恩！

谢谢Daddy Mummy

孩子都常常会这么说：
“谢谢Daddy 带我来genting玩。”
“谢谢Mummy煮饭给我吃。”
“谢谢婆婆煮菜给我吃。”
夫复何求？

Sushi King Sushi Making Class

Celia told us about this Sushi King sushi Making class long time ago but haven't really got the chance to arrange one at Gurney Plaza.
Tried to gather as many friends as possible since the PIC said they can cater till about 40 kids at anytime. So i thought it would be good not to waste their human resource as well as place.
Hence,we have closed to about 20 kids to come to this session.
Passed 2 containers to the girls and told them they can use it just in case they were asked to store any sushi....so that we wont have to use disposable ones....just in case.
They were taught 2 types of sushi and during the sushi making session, the girls decided to keep those pieces for me and hubby. Coz they said they have already taken their share when they were making them. So thoughtfully they wanted to keep that other share for us. :)

How precious! :)

《写给妈妈的佛法书》---不烦不忧照顾好自己与孩子。（Buddhism for Mothers --- by Sarah Napthali)

"有太多的妈妈，由于要处理家庭的忙碌或是在工作与孩子之间穷于应付，而感到分身乏术。我们都有这样的经验：整天呆在家里，挣扎于无聊，不得安宁，无意义，或甚至绝望等心理状态。我们很容易就会认为，只有当我们将所有例行事务完成，而且孩子都已经入睡或有人照顾时，内心才可能平静。因此，在实际上，如果我们能在一天当中有一小时感到类似放松的心情，或许就该算很幸运了。然而，我们可以在佛教里头找到一些教导来帮助我们，让我们在做任何事或跟任何人相处时都能感到平静。
用佛教的方法来处理负面心理状态时，要慢慢进行，一次一小步。我发现，不论哪位以佛教方法来练习的妈妈，都会说这些方法帮她们在做亲职工作时更有耐心，更平静，但这样的改变并非一夜之间就出现，但是需要一段时间的。正如同性灵成长的许多面向，前进一步可能紧跟着就是退后两步-----很少出现一路进步的情形。不过，可让人感到激励的是，长期来说，整体的进步是显而易见的。这天终究会来到，到时你更知道自己已取得进展，也可能是当你很清楚自己可以更平静来回应正发生的情况时。
每一位我遇到的妈妈似乎都有些困难需要解决，不论是缺乏家庭的支持，跟另一半的关系紧张，没有充分的时间给自己，睡眠严重不足，或者为孩子担忧。我从未遇过哪位妈妈不值得别人给她卡车慈悲关怀的，所以我们也不该亏待自己，让自己少了关怀。不要在处理让人不舒服的情绪时，觉得有罪恶感或感到挫折，正因为这些情绪带来了痛苦，所以我们要以更多慈悲及耐心来善待自己。我常常提醒自己，以慈悲来对待自己及所遇到的困难和失败经验，是让自己可以慈悲过日子的第一步，而实际情况验证了这样提醒确实有帮助。” 摘自《写给妈妈的佛法书》---不烦不忧照顾好自己与孩子。（Buddhism for Mothers --- by Sarah Napthali).

Growing peanuts

Growing peanuts at Justin's Judo House.
The 2nd day it was raining heavily.
Seok Lee went over to see...together with her mom who has grown peanuts for selling long long time ago.
Some came off due to heavy downpour.
Fong Ling went with kids to cover up with some soil the following day.
Surprisingly, on the 3 rd day, they were all sprouting!

Dharma Seeds

I have never ever felt such traumatice over a drama performance.
It's not about a drama...it's about the Dharma seeds in me.

Big Sadhu to all who has contributed to Master Hong Yi's drama performance.
A spectacular event to be remembered...and not so if compare to the trembling hearts that palpitated throughout the whole show...and carried on for the past few days.
I settled my thoughts and feelings for awhile and regained my consciousness and mindfulness.

Yes, I looked forward to the Dharma Camp at the Sasanarakha Temple as another Dharma Seed that lead me to the learning of profound Dharma. So much so that i could dream of it happening!

May i be thankful for the great deeds that i gained from the past and present lives!
May I be thankful to all beings, dead or alive, this life or who have prepared me with courage and confidence.
May I prepare myself strongly in attaining the Buddhahood in THIS LIFE!
May I take care of myself happily!
May I gain more courage for better practise!
---- The Buddha's words are so gentle yet so true, so strong yet so close to my nature as a human being.....
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu!