Nothing could happen without any cause or precondition. Be tolerant when you want to transfer your karmas. Be honest in self-review and bravely accept the unpleasant truths. You yourselves are the owners of your own life. And only you can change yourselves and “when there is a will, there is a way” as well.

Hiểu rằng không có việc gì xảy ra mà chẳng có nguyên nhân. Hãy kham nhẫn khi muốn chuyển nghiệp. Cần thành thật xem lại chính mình và dũng cảm chấp nhận những sự thật không vui. Mình là ông chủ của đời mình. Và chỉ mình mới thay đổi được mình mà thôi. Và rằng “muốn là được.”

This source of awareness can convert everything into the crystal fountain of the tranquility and happiness for those who could immerse themselves in the cool water current of the mind.

... No matter what entry we enter to transform our mind, we must test ourselves whether we thoroughly and simultaneously conduct ourselves in the Trio of Precepts - Concentration – Wisdom. It is then the true self-liberation.

Today, I would like to introduce a simple practice for mind training without the requests of “Concentration or Wisdom.” It is the “Reflection on the Buddha, Reflection on the Dharma, Reflection on the Sangha.”

The most terrible wildfire in the history of Los Angeles has started for a couple of days from Pacific Palisade. It is a gorgeous city sitting on the mountainous area along the Pacific Ocean Coast, west of Los Angeles and between the two luxurious cities of Malibu and Santa Monica.

Trận cháy rừng khủng khiếp nhất lịch sử quận Los Angeles mấy hôm nay bắt đầu từ Pacific Palisade. Pacific Palisade là thành phố tuyệt đẹp nằm trên đồi núi dọc theo quốc lộ ven biển Pacific Coast Highway, phía tây Los Angeles, giữa hai thành phố sang trọng Malibu và Santa Monica.

So long as they could move to the stage of observing the bareness of their mind, theirs turn into empty. Nothing left to talk. In other words, “the continuous current of mind keeps running and running” via many lifespans ends without any trace.

As usual, the Americans celebrated the New Year of 2025 with the 136th Rose Parade in Pasadena, California on the first day of the year, at 8am PST, Wed, Jan 01, 2025.