On the way to the Zen Center for morning service, I got stuck in the lift. I arrived at the Zen Center building at 5:25 am and the lift that was opened had a bag of rubbish in it. I hesitated initially whether to get in but as it was nearly sitting time, I went into the lift so I could arrived before sitting meditation begins. On the way up the lift stopped at 2/F. I pressed all the different buttons and nothing happened.
Barely a month into a new, passionate relationship, I had to leave Hong Kong for three weeks in Latin America. Before I had this relationship, I was very excited about my Latin American trip. I had never been to several of these countries before, so I was thrilled imaging my first time drinking Colombian coffee in Bogota, visiting the Panama Canal, or stepping into the Ecuadorian rain forest. Now, only a few days into this three-week trip, I am missing my partner so badly, and all that I want is to return to HK and be with him.
One of my friends attained something after reading Zen Master Bon Yeon's great book, "One Hundred Days of Solitude: Losing Myself and Finding Grace on a Zen Retreat." She was so happy after reading Jane's book that she became worried.
"WHAT IS THE CATCH?" she asked me.
"It cannot last," I responded. "Everything is impermanent."
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5月31日覺修舉行了一天浴佛節。可能您已經參加過秀峰禪院的佛誕日，所以或許會問：「又來一個浴佛節？怕且是另一個聯誼活動罷了。」對了一半。透過這浴佛節，師兄弟們的確增加了彼此間的聯繫及友誼。因為這次浴佛的對象，不單只是一尊佛，而是活生生的佛 -- 同修們。
Su Bong Zen Monastery participated in the 1000-People Meditation event on 29 March 2015. We shared with participants the Soen Yu exercise and basics of sitting meditation.
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不一樣的人物，不一樣的情節，背後承載著同樣的骨肉分離、求見不得的切膚之痛。我躺在漆黑的房間內，腦海絕望地泛起源源不絕的自殺念頭......
Zen Master Seung Sahn
(Mar 1, 1995, Seoul International Zen Center)