JM,
You would have liked practicing with my shifu, Sheng Yen. His physical
practices helped us all, very much. I practice them and teach them to this
day, and have dome so since 1980. His way is truly compassionate, and
exceptionally wise. I have seen so many students awaken under his care. He is
gone, now, but he has many disciples who embody his ways. I hope you meet
them! Some are monastics, some are lay teachers.
What you write, about stars at night, is especially poignant to me, because I
am an Astronomer, and because I am Sheng Yen's disciple #13 in the West. Lucky
me. ;-) Seriously, his physical practices are an amazing aid to all
practitioners. I teach them to whoever can use them. But that was my
arrangement with Shih-fu: we had to promise to pass them on, if he was to teach
them to us, and to teach us how to teach. I promised. He trusted me. Long
time, now. Still going
pretty strong.
Purification is so important, and allows everything that follows. Almost no
one knows about purification!
And so, we teach.
--Joe
> JMJM <chan.jmjm@...> wrote:
> When we notice that every cell in our body shines, like stars at night, then
> we have purified our body.
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