| Have your inner life and peace
been robbed by the bustling of daily life? Has your mind been
blinded by myriad forms of desire? This actually all comes from
our desiring mind.
If the no-self is a “space” and the impermanence is “time”,
then “enlightenment” is a transformation of time and space
into each other. What we think as real is unreal and what
we regard as non-existent has always been there. This may
sound mysterious. What are “existence” and “emptiness”? At
this moment, meditation is our best companion. Master Hsin
Tao has said, “meditation can calm down our mind and guide
it back to its origin.”
At the age of 35, he started meditating inside the cracks
of a cliff facing the vast Pacific Ocean. Now after 30 years,
from spiritual meditation he has culminated in boundless compassion.
From the path of dhuta to Bodhisattva, he established the
Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist monastery. Traveling on a pair
of simple red shoes and practicing with a heart of compassion,
Master Hsin Tao has initiated individual and group meditations
and has introduced to the world the notion of Global Family
for Love and Peace. A world-famous Chan Master, he teaches
us “When your mind is at peace, the world is at peace.”
How should we start our meditation practice? What should
we do to practice Buddha dharma? Can we obtain freedom from
death only through meditation? Is it that simple? Master Hsin
Tao said: “We can achieve non-action which gives rise to a
meditative state of harmony and which breaks away from delusions
and anguish.” It is because there is no way to get hold of
our mind. Which “mind” do we try to break away from? We will
make real progress if we can see through the phenomena. We
can achieve true skills if we learn “letting it go.” The elimination
of distress constitutes the freedom from the life/death cycle.
Please tune in with “Who Are You? Dharma Master Hsin Tao’s
Journey of the Mind.” Master Hsin Tao will bring a mindful
life style to you.
Who are you? Only your mind knows… |
