Graffiti on the Wall「 牆壁上的塗鴉 」

“I love my rice noodles sitting next to Ilha Formosa Taiwan.”

「我愛台灣米粉」

Projections

A glass of water is offered:

Buddhas see healing nectar of compassionate wisdom;

Humans see refreshing water to quench their thirst;

Pretas see revolting blood and pus.

Five emails are offered:

CC sees salt on his wound; she sees a girl,

Kicking his ass with compassion carefully held by wisdom.

“He studies rocks.  I save lives.  You can’t marry him.”

Are you asking me to marry you?  When will that happen?

“Don’t know.  7 years, 10, 15.   Maybe.  Don’t know.”

We met at 10 pm, talked until 4 am, you walked me to my door.

Open Your Heart

Poking, prodding, probing,

Making every girl cry, singing, 

“Karma, karma, karma,” this Dharma Chameleon.

Gladly they return for more S and M

Of which they cannot have enough:

“S is for subjugating the crazy elephant mind .

M is for manipulation via rope, hook and pillar.”

Waltzing away laughing,

Making every girl cry, singing, 

“Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice,” this Dharma Chameleon.

Heaven knows what he does to the boys?

They say, “Boys don’t cry.”

Perhaps they sing in Dorothy-like soprano:

“Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high,

There’s a land that I’ve heard of, once in a lullaby.

Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly,

Birds fly over the rainbow, why oh why can’t I?” 

   

By Judy Lin for Venerable Lobsang Namgyel 2007-9

“Open Your Heart” from Dharma in Her Heart.  

© Photo: Dr Lee, “Aunt Mi’s Rose Garden – Vancouver” 

「溫歌華三舅媽的玫瑰花園」Copyright © 2012 Judy Lin

Francis of Assisi「 亞西西 」

Be Gentle with Your Self

“Afflictions arise?  Be gentle with yourself.  Like a mother to her 2-year-old child.” – Lama Zopa

Hail Mary, full of grace

Our Lord is with thee

Blessed are thou among women

And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God

Pray for us sinners

Now and at the hour of our death

Amen.

萬福瑪利亞、妳有充分的善意

我們的主陪著妳

在婦女中、妳是神聖者

妳的子宮產生的果位是神聖者、耶穌

聖母瑪利亞、天主之母

為我們罪人祈禱

現在與我們死亡的時刻、阿門

MBA: My Battle with Afflictions

The ground shook beneath me, I lost my balance:  

Demon Mara appeared to challenge me.

He wounded me, but I wounded him back:  

Blood on my trainee Manjushri light sabre.

‘I may have severed a few limbs of afflictions,

Yet, the Demon is alive, regenerating 

New limbs for his next attack.  I shall destroy

This Demon of Self-Cherishing:  he will not live!’

Demon Mara laughed like the mockingbird,  

‘You thought you could terminate her, 

The Girl Who Loved Too Much,

It was only a flesh wound, you know.’

Bloody and torn, trembling she laid, 

Her Manjushri light sabre beyond her reach.

She cried: ‘Lama, my Lama! Why?’  

The sun fired the desert sand like gold.  

Crazy Elephant Mind

Rope        Hook        Pillar

The untamed mind is like “a crazy elephant” that wrecks havoc in its living environment – like a 2-year-old gone wild – when he doesn’t get his ice cream.  

The crazy elephant mind can be manipulated and subdued with skillful means:  

ROPE – “the rope of mindfulness” that is tied to the

HOOK – “the hook of introspection” which is secured to the

PILLAR – “the pillar of Dharma” that is the foundation of all good works.

Study Lama Tsong Khapa’s Lam Rim Chen Mo – The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path of Enlightenment.  The peacock training for all engaging bodhisattvas out there.

Dharma S&M for the benefit of all SSBs.  Learn to use the three gadgets, rope, hook, pillar.