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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.
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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. The fact that we are talking every day has helped, but I still want to hop onto the next flight back to HK.
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."
感恩師父、法師們及家人的成全，使我得以如願在9月7、8日上覺修寺做義工。
第一天午飯後，我被委派負責覺修寺及見山閣門口兩道鐵閘的清潔工作。在猛烈陽光照射下工作了一段時間後，我開始感到疲倦。撥開膠手套看一下手錶，原來已過了個多小時。頓時又多了一點焦急的感覺，彷彿擦來擦去，鐵閘上的青苔漬還是揮之不去。
就在這個時候，心底裡突然湧出一個問題：「為什麼有這些疲倦及焦急的感覺？」
轉瞬間又泛起另一個念頭，像是自問自答：「如能回歸工作開始時的第一刷或第一分鐘，這些疲倦及不安焦急的感覺豈不是一掃而空？因為它們當時並不存在！」
從此之後的每一刷及每一分鐘，我就把它們當作第一刷及第一分鐘，然後不消多久便順利地完成工作，把鐵閘洗刷乾淨。
窩落於大嶼山上羌山的鹿湖，是本地僅存的百年禪林，保存著農禪等佛教傳統。近年，這個遠離塵囂的清修勝地受到外界的干擾，引起社會關注。
今年3月份，佛門網舉行了「來回鹿湖大澳的水與山」攝影繪畫聯展，陳列攝影師廖志添先生在鹿湖拍攝的照片，當中透現了一絲荒涼。就如大覺寺，多年來由衍禪法師和衍好法師獨力守護著，堅毅的意志誠然可敬，法師生活起居的情況，卻教不少佛弟子擔憂。
星期六的早上，睡眼惺忪的到了覺修寺，安頓後，靜待早課開始....
然而師父領我們眾人往森林去，讓我們輕鬆躺下，莫名的喜悅從心底升起。
在森林敞下的一刻，完全溶入大自然的懷抱，感受輕鬆自在，生活中的煩惱和困惑已全然拋開，活在當下的感覺，是如此美好，讓微風和晨光溫暖著身心。
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。
秀峰禪院在3月29日參加了大覺福行中心與溫暖人間合辦的「身心兩雙安 - 千人禪修」活動，與一千位參加者分享禪遊和坐禪的方法，體驗以呼吸攝心的輕安自在。