14. The Azure dragon extends its claws. (青龍探爪)

15. The pill of immortality is formed through nine cycles. (丹成九轉)

16. Brushing away the clouds to see the Sun. (撥雲見日)

17. Pushing the boat in the direction of the current. (順手推舟)

* Strong spiritual practice can help us to deal with difficult situation.

* We tend to forget our body and get caught in the thoughts…. bring our mind to the body. The breath is the link between the mind and the body.

* With the right intention, we can transform mundane routine into a spiritual practice, such as washing dishes, drinking tea, and etc.

* It’s always available here and now

* To be alive is to be here and now.

* Mindfulness brings life to our beings.

* Armstrong’s first step on the moon is very mindful step.

* Cultivating right view will generate insight..

* Energy of compassion has the power to heal..

* Lack of clarity is the foundation of all anger

* Again with practice of mindfulness and concentration, we will make progress in the practice.

* Courage!!! courage is the source of power. Obama probably thinks that he does not have enough power to make things happening. Rather, he needs the courage.

* Get in touch with sufferings as the sufferings inter are with the joy and happiness.

* Practice mindful listening. I listen to him with only one purpose is to reduce his suffering and nothing else. I listen with all the attention and compassion.

* Suffering is a very important element to cultivate peace. lotus flower grows in the mud. So, try to make good use of suffering.

* The insight of interbeing. where there is left, there is right. when you bow to the Buddha, you are the one that i bow to. when you see lotus, you should see the mud.

* It’s possible to continue in beauty. it all depends on the current action and speech.

Be like

1. flower, beauty.
2. a mountain, steady and solid
3. still water to reflect the true character.
4. space, freedom, spacious

* Right before Q&A session, Sister sang a very touching song. it’s about the sentiment when a little child marvels at the wonders of the world. the little child will carry smiles regardless. it’s so soft and gentle. yet with full determination of staying on the path.

✺

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate your mind on the present moment.

❈

Fools wait for a lucky day
but every day is a lucky day
for an industrious man.

✿

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

✿

Thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.

❊

We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts, we make our world.

❀

Every human being is the author of his health of disease.

✵

Thousands of candles can be lighted
from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared.

❂

We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it?

❀

The greatest prayer is patience.

✱

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

✽

The secret of happiness lies
in the mind’s release from worldly ties.

❂

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

❃

To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck.

❂

Pay no attention to the faults of others,
things done or left undone by others.
Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.

❃

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

❀

What we think, we become.

✽

Believe nothing merely because
you have been told it.
Do not believe what your teacher tells you
merely out of respect for the teacher.

❊

To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.

✿

On life’s journey
Faith is nourishment,
Virtuous deeds are a shelter,
Wisdom is the light by day and
Right mindfulness is the protection by night.
If a man lives a pure life
nothing can destroy him;
If he has conquered greed
nothing can limit his freedom.

❋

Fill your mind with compassion.

✾

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life  would change.

✧

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

❁

It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

❅

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

❀

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

✷

Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.

❖

To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

✳

All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, We make our world.

✪

A jug fills drop by drop.

✱

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

☀

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

✸

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

◊

Inward calm cannot be maintained unless physical strength is constantly and intelligently replenished.

❊

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

✬

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

✥

Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else.

❅

As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.

✬

The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze.

✻

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.

❇

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

❃

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

✤

A person should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.

❂

Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.

❆

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

❁

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

✻

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

✯

A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.

❃

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

✾

You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.

✧

He is able who thinks he is able.

✱

Inward calm cannot be maintained unless physical strength is constantly and intelligently replenished.

❁

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

❀

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.

✤

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

✾

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

❂

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

❅

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

2. There is no emotion involved.

3. Things don’t trick you.