Today’s gathering topic is pride. Listening to them talking about pride and being humble, I was reminded many things I had in China. One of the living principles I learned while in China is to live by truth. Looking deeply into the truth is the way I break the artificial concepts. Seeing the truth, if [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Truth and creative fun in each moment
Posted in Random Thoughts on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What is life
Posted in About Software, Chan/Zen, Programming, Random Thoughts on May 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
While programming, objects emerge from context and circumstance. It is an abstract on a higher level, encapsulating a few lower level functions and is independent and self-complete. A good model of objects emerged from the context have the potential to be very useful in various situations.
Objects live on various layers of abstraction, interfacing with the [...]
The believes in Buddhism
Posted in Chan/Zen on May 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There are some confusion about belief/faith or religious elements in Buddhism. Not sure how to answer this exactly. If there is any belief/faith in Buddhism, it is a belief in yourself (as having the same equal Buddha nature as any other person) and belief in the present. I don’t know how you can call them [...]
Dragon Ball Rap
Posted in fun on May 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQbYvjmfbr4
Funny that people made a rap of Dragon Ball, my most favorite cartoon. Don’t know what they are singing.
I start reading Dragon Ball when I was in junior middle school (about 15 years old). Then finished the whole series in college. Yes, it took the author that many years to finish it. The [...]
Are we the same?
Posted in Chan/Zen on May 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Note: this is an answer I posted on a forum. Just repost it here.
If we are not the same, how can I explain this to you and you can understand?
If two things are 99.99999999… the same, only 0.000…1 different, will you say they are the same, or different?
Meditation is to help you realize what is [...]
About Space
Posted in Random Thoughts on May 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When you are in a very noisy place, it is very hard for you to do mental work. While in a quiet place, your mind is not occupied by noises and constant distractions from the thing you are working on. Thus even you are busy, there is still space left so your mind can move [...]
Natural writing and editing
Posted in Chan/Zen, Liberal Arts, Random Thoughts on May 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is a question raised in a Dharma gathering. I think it is a good topic to comment a little on.
It is asked how to understand the relation between natural/original writing and editing (Not exact words, but roughly so). With original writing, there is a sense of expressing oneself. It is raw and fresh. [...]
Does Buddhism reduce your suffering?
Posted in Chan/Zen on May 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For suffering generated out of ignorance, yes. Otherwise, there is no point of practicing Buddhism. For physical pain, no. Actually you should be happy that you can feel physical pain. It means you are alive. You should shout to the world: I can feel the pain, I am alive! Of course, if you go after [...]
What is Self and Introduction to Buddhism
Posted in Chan/Zen, Essay on May 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What is self? According to Buddhism, the universe shares the same substance. This substance is emptiness, or we can call Zero. We human being is part of the universe. So we are also composed of emptiness or Zero. By looking deeply into ourselves, we understand this universal substance which is emptiness. Thus we can understand [...]
Learn like a businessman
Posted in Business, Learning on May 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Messi super goal
Posted in football on May 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
http://youtube.com/watch?v=S8T6Nv71SeY
Keep going, Messi!
Why I only hang out with Americans
Posted in Culture on May 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My friends asked me if I still hang out with Chinese much here since they saw me always interacting with Americans. Maybe this is a good time to answer this, for Americans and for my fellow oversea Chinese.
The short answer is I don’t. The short reason is because I want to understand Americans [...]
Science, mystical power and Buddhism
Posted in Chan/Zen, Essay on May 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Inspired by a Buddhism meditation and discussion
There is no conflicts between science and Buddhism. Buddha’s analytical thinking ability is amazing. Given him enough time, he can figure out how to build a rocket. He will also know how to build a better society. Of course, he didn’t have that much time. So he only focuses [...]
Register yourself with a space, and about patriotism
Posted in Chan/Zen on May 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
When you register yourself with a space, you care about that space and people living in it. It adds totally another dimension to your life, and it fills meaning into everything and automatically offsets negative things in your life.
Everyone loves his/her hometown. Such love is usually genuine. The love for one’s country, however, can be [...]
Society is like a big novel
Posted in Liberal Arts on May 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is a lot of fun to watch different threads developing in a culture. Anything, as long as it is truth, there is endless beauty in it.
However, to be able to enjoy this big novel and follow it threads, a lot of reading and interaction with different levels and aspects of society are needed. [...]
