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Where Buddhism connects Taoist meditation? Buddhism is the mental health clinic of Asia. As such it will clear your mind of guilts etc. So you can achieve empty mind of theTao. http://www.amtbweb.org/tchquote.php

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Wei Wu Wei http://www.weiwuwei.8k.com/ "This site is intended as a resource for those interested in or curious about Buddhist/Taoist philosopher and essayist Wei Wu Wei. It includes extracts from eight books originally published between 1958 and 1974. It also contains essays published in various periodicals during the same period. The material is primarily metaphysical speculation, and is not representative of any particular sect or tradition, though it draws upon many. It is doubtful whether this site would be of use or interest to those seeking introductory material on Buddhism or Taoism. " http://www.weiwuwei.8k.com/ CONTENTS OF SITE: INTRODUCTION - background information and quoted passages regarding objectives. BITS AND PIECES - a selection of quotes from the works of 'Wei Wu Wei'. PUBLISHED WORKS - BOOKS - a list of all books with details of publication, contents and extensive extracts. PUBLISHED WORKS - PERIODICALS - links to pieces also published in various periodicals. CITED WORKS AND RELATED READING - a list of sources cited by 'Wei Wu Wei' and a selection of related works. LINKS - links to cited works on-line, related web-sites, book sources, etc.

On this page, you will find publications of the Sutra Translation Committee in html format. In the future, we will also provide e-books in PDF or MS Word. http://www.ymba.org/freebooks_main.html To request books (free of charge) from the Sutra Translation Committee, please send a message to [email protected]. Please include your mailing address in the message. We will inform you by e-mail if the books are available. Give Us a Chance! A Buddhist View of Compassion. No. 33 (by Feng Tzu-kai, edited by MinhThanh & P.D.Leigh) The Buddha's Teaching No. 32 (by Dharma Master Chang Hsing, translated by Dharma Master Lok To, edited by Dr. Frank G. French) Selected Lectures of Dharma Master Fa-Fang No. 31 (by Dharma Master Fa-Fang, translated by Dharma Master Lok To, edited by Dr. Frank G. French) Taming the Monkey Mind--A Guide to Pure Land Practice No. 30 (by the Buddhist scholar Cheng Wei-an. Translation with Commentary by Dharma Master Suddhisukha) Meditation No. 29 (by Ting Chen, translated by Dharma Master Lok To, edited by Dr Frank G. French) Thus Have I heard -- Buddhist Parables and Stories No. 28 (edited by Minh Thanh and P.D. Leigh) The Way of Fortune with Blessings No. 27 (by Sato Sunichiro, translated by Dharma Master Lok To) Brahma-Net Sutra: Moral Code of the Bodhisattva No.26 (translated and edited by Minh Thanh and P.D. Leigh) Zen and Tierra Pura: Cartas del Maestro Yin Kuang No. 25 (not available electronically) The Seeker's Glossary of Buddhism No. 24 (not yet available) (edited by Van Hien Study Group) Samantabhadra: Votos Sopremos No. 23 (not available electronically) Mind-Seal of the Buddhas No. 22 (by Grand Master Ou-I, translated by J.C. Cleary, edited by Van Hien Study Group) Zen and Sukhavati: Lettres du Maitre Yin-kouang No. 21(not available electronically) Samantabhadra: Supreme Vows / Voeux Supremes No. 20 (not available electronically) Terre Pure des Patriarches No. 19 (not available electronically) Three Sutras on Complete Enlightenment No. 18 (translated by Dharma Master Lok To) The Direct Approach to Buddhadharma No. 17 (by Elder Yuan-Chin Lee, translated by Dharma Master Lok To, edited by Kun-Li Shih) Entering the Tao of Sudden Enlightenment No. 16 (by Chan Master Ta-Chu Hui-Hai, translated by Dharma Master Lok To, edited by Dr. Frank G. French) Bouddhisme, Sagesse et Foi No. 15 Pure Land, Pure Mind No. 14 (under preparation) (by Dharma Master Chu-Hung and Tsung-Pen, translated by J.C. Cleary, edited by Van Hien Study Group) The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra No. 13 (commentary by Grand Master Tan Hsu, translated by Dharma Master Lok To, edited by Kun-Li Shih) Mind Transmission Seals No. 12 Buddhism of Wisdom & Faith: Pure Land Principles and Practice (Also known as Horizontal Escape: Pure Land Buddhism in Theory and Practice) No. 11 (by Dharma Master Thich Thien Tam, Translated and edited by the Van Hien Study Group) Pure Land of the Patriachs No. 10 (by Zen Master Han-Shan Te-Ch'ing. Translated by Dharma Master Lok To) Pure-Land Zen, Zen Pure-Land No. 9 Pure Land Buddhism: Dialogues with Ancient Masters No. 8 Practice and Attain Sudden Enlightenment No. 7 (by Chan Master Chan Yuan, translated by Dharma Master Lok To, edited by Dr. Frank G. French) A Composition Urging the Generation of the Bodhi Mind No.6 (by Chan Master Shih-Hsien Hsing-An, translated by Dharma Master Lok To, edited by Dr. Frank G. French) An Exhortation to Be Alert to the Dharma No. 5 (by Grand Master Ou-I, translated by Dharma Master Lok To, edited by Dr. Frank G. French) The Practice of Bodhisattva Dharma No. 4 (by Dharma Master Tai-Hsu, translated by Dharma Master Lok To, edited by Dr. Frank G. French) The Dharma of Mind Transmission No. 3 (by Chan Master Huang-Bei Tuan-Chi, translated by Dharma Master Lok To, edited by Dr. Frank G. French) The Sutra of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha's Fundamental Vows, 2nd edition No. 2 (translated into Chinese by Tripitaka Master Siksananda, translated into English by Kun-Li Shih, edited by Frank G. French) The Buddhist Liturgy No. 1

The Fundamentals of Meditation Practice by Ting Chen Translated by Dharma Master Lok To Edited by Sam Landberg and Dr. Frank G. French Online at: http://www.ymba.org/freebooks_main.html Contents Translator's Introduction The Foundation of Meditation Practice The Levels of Buddhist Discipline Preparing For Meditation Regulating The Mind Counting The Breath Varieties of Ch'an Glossary Acknowledgments We respectfully acknowledge the assistance, support and cooperation of the following advisors, without whom this book could not have been produced: Dayi Shi; Chuanbai Shi; Dr. John Chen; Amado Li; Cherry Li; Hoi-Sang Yu; Tsai Ping Chiang; Vera Man; Way Zen; Jack Lin; Tony Aromando; and Ling Wang. They are all to be thanked for editing and clarifying the text, sharpening the translation and preparing the manuscript for publication. Their devotion to and concentration on the completion of this project, on a voluntary basis, are highly appreciated. Sutra Translation Committee of the United States and Canada, 1999 Translator's Introduction Originally, one's own mind and nature are pure, and there is nothing to accept and nothing to refuse; there is neither existence nor non-existence; there is only clear understanding without attachment and with no dwelling. One who wants to know the no-attachment, no-dwelling mind can find it through meditation, because it is only then that the mind does not think of right and wrong, of good and evil or of self and others. If this seems obscure, then consider the following: The past is already gone; when you do not think of it, the thought of the past is gone, too. Then, there is no past nor any thought of the past. Furthermore, the future has yet not arrived. If you do not wish for nor seek after it, the thought regarding the future vanishes. Then, there is no future nor any thought about the future. Finally, the present is already present. Without grasping at it or dwelling upon it and without there being any thought about it, the thought of the present disappears, and there is no present nor any thought of the present. The mind that does not dwell on anything whatsoever is known as the True Mind or Original Nature. The non-dwelling mind is the mind of the Buddha, it is the mind of liberation, it is the mind of Bodhi, and it is the mind of non-birth. So, if you really want meditation to come about, sit properly erect and close your eyes. Then purify your mind, lay down everything and think of neither good nor evil. Just observe your thoughts. As you look for their place of origin, you discover that they suddenly rise up and just as suddenly disappear, and that this process goes on and on. Be patient and continue to observe them, and you will, in time, know the thoughts to be devoid of any self-nature; also you will, thereby, know original emptiness. Do not attempt to follow the thoughts, to trace them in any way or have any intention of getting rid of them, and, in time, awareness will manifest as your mind illumines a thought. Then, there will suddenly be a stillness that becomes suchness. At some point, another thought will arise, and you will observe it in the same way. Do this at least once a day, sitting from fifteen minutes to an hour. As your concentration deepens, your thoughts slow down and diminish in number, and your power of illumination increases until you eventually find out that not a single thought arises. Then, there is only stillness and voidness, for then the mind is clear and pure. This is your self-nature as known directly through wisdom (Prajna). The subject of wisdom is Prajna, and the opposite of Prajna is ignorance. Prajna illuminates the delusion that is ignorance. With continued exposure to Prajna, ignorance wears away bit by bit until there is a return to self-nature, or pure mind. It is in this situation that Right Thought manifests. There is no longer the duality of subject/object. This state is also known as no-thought or suchness and is also referred to as the inconceivable. When the mind is illumined and a thought, as one ordinarily knows it to be, arises, it dissolves instantly. Continue to practice in this way on a daily basis, and you will notice your self-nature getting steadily clearer and purer. Then there will be no longer any need to observe, nor will there be any purpose to observe. Indeed, there will be no longer any need of any kind. It will be realized that mind is no-mind, that no-mind is pure mind and that pure mind is the true mind. At that time, the sound of discussion and the role of thought will be finished. It cannot be expressed in words, and yet it is as simple as drinking water and knowing whether it is cold or warm. It is called Sudden Enlightenment. It is my express wish that this guide, based on the meditation manual of Ting Chen, will prove helpful in imparting the Dharma to its readers. In helping me reach this goal, I wish to thank Sam Langberg and Dr. Frank G. French, without whose help regarding fine points in the translation and without whose editorial acuteness this task might have proved too difficult. May this work, then, help everyone to generate the Bodhi Mind and never to regress. Dharma Master Lok To Young Men's Buddhist Association of America Bronx, New York May 1999 (Buddhist Year: 2543)

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Phore - the main failure of your vitamin is that it does not contain Magnesium (it is known as the anti-aging mineral). "Calcium and magnesium are two elements that are highly essential for the body. They are mentioned together because they mostly function as a group. Calcium is the most abundant element in the body and is extremely essential for the growth and development of the bones. However it is not very easy for calcium to get absorbed within the body and hence most of it is flushed out. Magnesium is the element that helps calcium to get absorbed within the body." More is here: http://www.wetpluto.com/Calcium-Magnesium.html In the Appalachian Mountain (Kings Mountain S.C.) region that I am from the government began handing out vitamin E, in the schools, when I was 8 years old because of our meat & potato diet. I didn't really get into the multivitamins until I was 21 and when I did I studied them for about 2 years to see what they did and what was the best formula. One of the first books I read, by a USA doctor, was one that said that Vitamin C was not necessary. The next one said this: http://askabiologist.asu.edu/research/scurvy/index.html As I read more I found that chemical fertilizers contain only the chemicals of manufacture - no vitamins - whereas foods grown with organic fertilizers did have vitamins - that came with the organic fertilizer made from organic grown grass. Organic = cow & sheep dung etc - and were passed on to us humans... Having such a broad spectrum of opinions I decided to make a formula from my own research. When I went into GNC I found a multi vitamin that had the exact formula that I had arrived at for vitamins & minerals in a (discontinued) form called "Preventron" - which had Iron - which I discovered that men cannot take as it opens the door for prostrate cancers. http://carcin.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/bgn056 Supposedly women need the iron because of their monthly cycle where blood must be replaced. I also discovered that GNC was following Dr. Stuart Bergers formula found in his book "Immune Power Diet " http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Bergers-Immune-Po...t/dp/0394298209 So - I went looking again and found the iron free vitamin supplement in GNC Canada... http://www.supplementcritic.com/reviews/mega_men_sport I had a few bottles of the Mega Men time-release shipped to me and have taken it for the past 3 years at the dosage of 1/2 pill per day (its kinda heavy on the dosage) as well as 800 IU of Vitamin E . I also take Mega B from Nature's way: Australia http://www.pharmacyonline.com.au/natures-mega-p-9167.html that is available in Hong Kong shops http://www.aswatson.com/eng/suppliers.htm There are Seven vitamins that dissolve in water and as such are not stored in our body. The seven vitamins are B vitamins that include thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, B6, B12, and vitamin C. (When they leak out - they make pee yellow to orange.) Here is my main source for food recipes http://www.rawfoods.com/ I also drink almost 100% distilled water as almost all city water pipes, world wide, are made of rusting, water soluble, iron. I also eat a lot of root vegies to get minerals (potato, carrot, onion, garlic, radish, beets, etc...) that are grown in China where most farms are still using organic fertilizers. One small point that I discovered is that almost all cancer fighting meds are enzymes. http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&...mp;aq=f&oq= Another is that Doctors & Hospitals make a LOT of $$$ from cancer. (20% of the beds are for cancer 30% are from Alcohol related problems... The cancer patients have houses, savings, insurance, etc - a general rule is that alcoholics only have the habit) As all enzymes (your natural cancer defence mechanism) are destroyed by temperatures above 118'F or 50'C (boiling water = 212'F or 100'C) & enzymes are what vitamins & hormones work from - I would read these articles: Enzymes and Longevity http://www.living-foods.com/articles/enzymes.html Sprouted Seeds: "Forgotten Food," enhances immune system and rejuvenation http://www.living-foods.com/articles/sproutedseeds.html This one is the most important as it tells you how to make your own enzymes The Value of Sprouts http://www.living-foods.com/articles/sprouts.html Here is the process I use with Mung Beans: In USA, Find them at health food shops - In Asia - they are in groceries. Making a juice extract by sprouting (1/4 to 1/2 of a cup) of the seeds so that they have a root emerging no more than 1/8 inch. It takes about 24 hours to sprout the seeds in the summer. The process: I cover them in tap water for about 4 hours & then pour the water away, let them dry for a few hours & cover them with tap water again and repeat the process until they sprout with a root emerging no more than 1/8 inch. Then put them in a blender with about 3 times as much cold distilled water as seeds. Blend them with the cold water so that the seeds become like a powder and the water becomes green. Strain the blended seeds & water through a stainless steel wire type filtering sieve that you can find at grocery stores & drink the juice while it is fresh. Throw away the grounds. To build up your enzyme bank in your pancreas, you will need to do this every 2 or 3 days for a month or 2. Then about once a week. Even if I begin feeling a little sick, if I drink the juice, the illness does not develop. I keep some of the semi sprouted beans in the refrigerator most of the time & snack on them - but the juice extract is what really works. Be careful eating the beans like a salad as an unsprouted bean can break a tooth...

Good Luck ! It is more than a dying dialect - It is only spoken in Hong Kong area which is very small. It is about as common as the Gullah language of S.C. 's Island area... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullah_language

Y- I studied Chinese medicine enough to the point that I haven't been sick over the last 10 years but when I've gone with friends - they did not pay over 5$ for clinic or hospital treatment at state owned treatment centers. The medication is charged for but it is afordable. Private hospitals are a different story. Here is a few websites where you can write: Hong Kong Baptist Hospital http://www.hkbh.org.hk/en/index.htm Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital http://www.ha.org.hk/haho/ho/hesd/100152e.htm All hospitals, in Hong Kong, are under this one government branch: http://www.ha.org.hk/visitor/ha_index.asp Y- As a 'generalized' statement - The people of China are as happy as a fat hog in warm mud on a cold day with their government. Go on facebook or the others to ask them direct.

Yoda, We cannot judge one nation without judging all nations - equaly. Both USA & China do not want preverted material on the net, someone working to create a civil war in the nation, someone posting 'how to make destruction' etc... I see the website: "Per the wiki, it's still top down on a national level: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_t...public_of_China " Remember - anyone can write whatever they wish in Wiki . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I suggest that you study Mandarin over Cantonese for a number of reasons. Cantonese is in the process of being phased out in an effort to avoid confusion in communication in China that began 0ver 2,000 years ago when the Emperor discovered there were up to 19 ways to write some words... Cantonese is the most difficult language in the world (no joke) to learn as it has 6 t0nes to be mastered whereas many Cantonese say it has 9 tones. Here is the 6 tones http://www.uiowa.edu/~linguist/faculty/bec...01/cantone.html Here is a page on the the 9 tones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Cantonese In contrast - Mandarin (Chinese call Mandarin: Putongwa - 'Wa' means language - the 'a' has a sound like the 'ah' that we southerners make when we understand something ) has only 4 tones. To speak Cantonese - you will need lessons from a Cantonese speaking person. If you learn Cantonese in USA - when you speak it - people will laugh and say 'un mein bak' which means 'I do not see the sun and moon as white' which means 'I don't understand'. - When you learn Chinese - you must learn it from -several - different angles before you get its use to be understood -by you. Back to the 'wa' sound - it also means Bull Sht! or Great! or 'I am really suprised !' The shops -rarely- sell Cantonese material in the USA... Cantonese speakers understand Putongwa but Putongwa speakers rarely understand Cantonese. There are 73,000 Chinese words in the dictionary. When using the 9 tones - it is more than twice as difficult. There are more reasons but I think you get the picture... 9: 42 AM in Hong Kong

Yoda - The system of electing the leaders in China is largely the same that Perot tried to install in USA back in the 1990's. In my opinion it is a Tremendous advance over the USA system - read & search the URL's & make your own opinion. Here it is spelled out: (my labeling may be wrong but the chain of command is hopefully correct) The Levels "The Constitution of the People's Republic of China provides for three levels: the province, county, and township. However, two more levels have been inserted in actual implementation: the prefecture, under provinces; and the village, under townships. There is a sixth level, the district public office, below counties, but it is being abolished. The People's Republic of China administers 33 province-level regions, 333 prefecture-level regions, 2,862 county-level regions, 41,636 township-level regions, and several village-level regions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_div...of_China#Levels Each of the levels correspond to a level in the Civil service of the People's Republic of China." The village elects a village leader (mayor). The Village leaders elect a district cheif (senator). The district cheifs elect province heads. (Like a Goveor.) The District Province heads the other top offices. (maybe the chiefs take part in this too) http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Prog...-gov.html#lists The Hall of the People in China, - where most of the politics is aired - AKA - The Great Auditorium, with volume of 90,000 cubic meters, seats 3,693 in the lower auditorium, 3,515 in the balcony, 2,518 in the gallery and 300 to 500 on the dais. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hall_of_the_People The Main difference between Chinese government system & USA government system is that in the Chinese system - everyone that is voting for someone - Personaly KNOWS that someone - sometimes for all their life. And There is no Contributions or TV or mass media involved... It is based on personal knowledge - Not the Belief System of USA's TV electorial system...[/b] Check out who elected/OWNS Obama: Think Actors, Media and who OWNS the Media in USA as you read the list: http://www.newsmeat.com/campaign_contribut...te_id=P80003338 Time in HK: 3:00 PM