Inspirational quotes from Master Jin Bodhi

"One day when I was in my twenties, I felt that I had indeed practiced to emptiness. My desire for greed was basically gone. After one attains emptiness, he or she feels very comfortable and “Greed, Anger, Ignorance, Arrogance, Doubt" does not exist." - Master Jin Bodhi "我修到二十岁左右的时候，有一天，我就感觉到我确实修空了，什么贪念欲望基本上也应该都没有了。人要真修空了之后，就会觉得很自在，没有 "贪嗔痴慢疑。" - 金菩提禅师 Commentary by Jerome: The only way to be at ease is to let go of all material and mental troubles. That is emptiness. The 5 poisons are greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance and doubts and these are the causes of our sufferings. If we do not let go of them, we are akin to a person holding on to hot charcoal with both hands but refuse to let go. More information available at: 1) Master Jin Bodhi Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jinbodhiworld/ 2) Official Bodhi Meditation Website http://puti.org http://putihome.org Author: Jerome is a Buddhist practitioner that has learnt from Therava...

"If you really want to get the feel, you need to kneel and chant. This is because you will not be easily distracted when you are kneeling. However, if you have health reasons that do not allow you to kneel, then you can do it while sitting. However, when you sit, you may become serene and drift into dreamland. You do not gain inspiration but only a sense of dreams, so it's easier to concentrate when kneeling. What should you do when you are easily distracted? Do not close your eyes during chanting if you have no foundation. You must kneel upright and look at the statue of Buddha, the Bodhisattva in front of you, so that you can fully concentrate and not let your spirit run off. 10 or 20 minutes a day is enough for the average office worker and your inspiration will then begin." - Master Jin Bodhi " 想讓自己真正地去感應，就跪在那念。如果你身體沒有其它不能跪的理由的話，跪著至少比較不容易分心。你坐在那是安祥到夢裡去了，這就沒有靈感、只有夢感，所以跪著才容易會聚精會神。 還有你容易思想分神怎麼辦？沒有基礎的，就不要閉眼念佛，要睜眼看著前頭佛像、菩薩像，跪到那裡，而且跪得筆直，這樣就能全神貫注、精神不會跑掉。每天1...

" On the road of cultivation, you will meet obstacles that trouble you, these are trials and they are necessary and inevitable." - Master JinBodhi 在修行的路上所遇到的一切煩惱是在考驗你，而且必然會發生，必須必然要走的。 - 金菩提禅师 Commentary by Jerome: When we put our time and energy to start a practice, it is quite common for bad karma from the past to surface in our lives. So all sorts of unwanted things happen to us: we fall ill easily, fell mentally anguished, experience the manifestations of negative forces, fall victim to hostile people, bandits and thieves and find ourselves subject to people's criticisms and false accusations and so on.  These are signs that we are purifying ourselves. These are dirt that comes out when one washes their clothes. Therefore, when unfavourable things like that happen to you, don the great armour of diligence and persist in your meditation practice in the face of unpleasant circumstances. We should happily accept these obstacles and challenges, do not ...