Yesterday, around 10 p.m., I followed Pastor Susan to Kechara Forest Retreat (KFR) . I believe I have posted about KFR in this blog prior to this blog post. So, I shall explain what KFR is in brief. KFR is a retreat in the forest and people may come here to do prayers and meditate when it is completed. There will also be a vegetarian restaurant (Yum!).
Since the last time I have written about KFR, a lot of progress has been achieved. There is now container cabins instead of tents for the workers to stay. The Enchanted Forest, which will be Rinpoche's residence, has been properly erected with a lovely garden. Manjushri Hill now has an [.....]
People, by nature, are quite animal-like. We tend to have inner demons that make us do bad things and do selfish things. If our mind, that has a Buddha nature, is a white cloth. Our inner demons, our selfishness, our greed, our lust, all those things are our stains. Is there a way to clean our stains? I shall tell you a story from the Lam Rim, one of the greatest texts of Tibetan Buddhism.
There was once a monk. He was very dull. No matter how hard he tried to study, he was unable to remember any mantras. If he were to remember the first half of the prayer, he would forget the second half and [.....]
