Current

Singapore time 9.42 am 12th December 2007

My breakfasi is mainly porridge made from overnight balance rice. I add salted soya beans and 'tang chai' from packet. Sometime I add vegetable, carrot, nuts etc.

My lunch is bread or any other food I can find.

Dinner is mostly balance vegetables plus bread or bisket.

I am absent from Google soc.culture forums for a while. Now I am active in Delphi Forum Sammyboy.com Alfresco Coffee Shop Talk. For the moment I am under moderation, that is my post is under review before being put up for readers.

Today's Thought

Singapore time 9.51 am 18th November 2007

This computer is slow and I have difficulty posting in forums and at Lycos site. So members at Delphi Forum Sammiboy Alfresco Coffee Shop, you will miss me for some time.

When I do posting in forums, there is alway problem. Most likely hackers are trying to slow down my computer and in due course cause the server breakdown. When I use this account for posting, this blog is not accessible. So I have to use another account to post, in order to write in this blog.

My Weight

Singapore time 8.49 am 3rd November 2007

I have gained about 5 kilos after taking on cereal food. My weight now is about 60 kg.

Laptop Down

Singapore 8.56 am 22nd October 2007

My laptop is down. This pc is very slow. So I will do less in forums of Google group soc.culture.singapore/china/malaysia etc and Delphi Forum Sammiboy Alfresco Coffeshop Chat etc.

My Blessing

Singapore time 7.34 am 17th October 2007

If you want my blessing see http://sg.geocities.com/alex_kew/docu.html and do as written there. Or you can come to me at Block 409, Pandan Gardens, #03-69, Singapore 600409 and touch my body or shake my hand. This is the same as what people touch Jesus in the past. Energy will drain from me to you.

Son's Problem

Singapore time 11.41pm 8th October 2007

My son 's previous employer is a logistic company at block 38, Keppel Road. It is a French company.

A couple of months back, the HR clerk telephoned my son telling him that the company had overpaid him. She told my son a certain amount and wanted to settle the amount quickly. He was given a bank account number to transfer the money there. My son did transfered some money for the past months.

Today, she called my son again and said the amount was much more and wanted to get it settled by end of this month. If my son does not settle the amount by then, she said the company will sue him. So he is upset all about this.

I suspect the clerk is trying to cheat my son of some money. Firstly she did not send any company letter detailing the amount overpaid. And I suspect the bank account for money transfer is her own account. If it is the company account, there will be query about the transfer.

My son did not tell me the story. My wife complained it to me so I put this up.

When more details are known, this post will be edited.

Edited on 8th October 2007.

This Is Me

Singapore time 7.13 am 5th October 2007

Shares Investment

Singapore time 7.27 am 4th October 2007

I have 10 lots of Chasen shares by rights issue, so my total now is 30 lots. Also I got S$4.78 dividend for 1 lot of Thai Beverage bought at S$0.265 plus S$43 brokerage. This is inmaterial as my purpose is to see whether my influence can be covered in Thailand by holding this counter and Gem TV.

My portfolio of shares are still low even though the STI index has crossed new peak. If my 100 shares of Singtel can reach a price of S$4.20, I might want to sell them to cover S$85.00 brokerage fee.

If I want to sell Chasen shares, I will sell only 29 lots. I keep 1 lot for spiritual influence. Like the 400 shares of GMG Global, I can extend my influence to Cameron in Africa and elsewhere. My Berlian Laju shares are for influence into Indonesia.

Singapore time 7.20 am 5th October 2007

I change my mind about selling Singtel shares. Hackers are interfering my Singnet account when I surf, so I need to have the shares to influence the interference.

My Grand Niece

Singapore time 8.02 am 3rd October 2007

Taken on 14th July 2007.

Share Investment

Singapore time 8.00 am 26th September 2007

Yesterday I sold 30 lots of Compact under my wife's account for S$0.03 under the bought price of S$0.04. So I lost about S$385 because I need money to pay TV installment.

I will clear her account when I need more money later whether market is up or down.

CPF

Singapore time 7.49 am 25th September 2007

Meddling the rules in CPF can only make things worst for Singapore. The PAP government thinks they are good for Singaporeans, but the truth is the reverse.

To make Singaporeans to wake up, the government should make institutions like hospital, prisons, drug addict centres, old folk homes etc provide compulsory vegetarian food. This is a psychological warfare to right the minds of Singaporeans.

By amending retirement age, make compulsory annuity to save for old age thinking Singaporeans are stupid, the PAP government is done for. Expect fewer votes for the next general election.

To help the lowest 30% of Singaporeans, it is frugality that is the key word. HDB should provide homes with no improvement internally, so home price will be lowered. By making home so expensive for the average people, people tend to spend, go for higher standard of living, overspending on themselves and furnishing their home expensively. Majority are on debt. Mortgage debt, credit card debt, installment debt for car, home appliances, furnishing etc.

Singapore is not Switzerland. To have a stand of Switzerland, we need to be graceful and of a uniform race stolk. Singaporeans are of yellow, brown and dark skinned people, so unifying them is a bit troublesome. Swiss are mainly Europeans. You PAP leaders are stupid if you cannot recognise this difference.

The old age in Japan is due to climate and mono race culture. Can majority of Singaporeans live above 85 years old ? I doubt so. We live in the equator area and is hot and humid all year round. Everyday, my home has to be moped or the dirt will accumulated. This dirt is oily. This shows our air is polluted. So how can we all live above 85 years of age ? Healthy men after running collapsed and died. Their death are telling us the sign that we live in an unhealthy environment. So for more petroleum and chemical plants to expand, this is not good for the health of Singaporeans. Already the expelled smoke from the ships plying in Singapore and the channels around us, are polluting our air, not to mention the smoke from vehicles, the life span of Singaporeans will not be longer or comparable to Japan.

Share Investment

Singapore time 7.43 am 25th September 2007

Last Friday I sold 10 lots of GMG Global at S$0.115 over the bought price of S$0.14. So I lost about S$333. I need money to prepare for Adriot and Goldton rights issue, so I have to sell them. Yesterday the price went up to S$0.14 and closed at S$0.13. It is just my bad luck to sell on the wrong day, or my loses can be minimised.

CPF Annuity

Singapore time 7.42 am 21st September 2007

I don't know much about annuity which is like an insurance scheme to pay client during their old age till they die. There is no balance to go to the benefactor.

Intention for the scheme is the assumption that Singaporeans will live longer beyond 85. The handful above 85 is low in percentage point. So many people might not like the scheme to be implemented or want opt out clauses for them.

Life and death are natural. The government should not do too much into everyday life of Singaporeans. The teaching of moral is more important. Filiel piety should be promoted. Or else Singaporeans will just be very indivualistic and selfish as they know their parents have enough money for their old age.

Zhongyong

Singapore time 9.13 am 14th September 2007

Zhongyong

compile on 18th December 2006 from posts in Google.com group soc.culture.singapore plus others Posts

What Heaven has conferred is called The Nature; an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty; the regulation of this path is called Instruction.

[What which is Destiny is called self-nature or characteristics. That which leads Destiny is called Tao. Cultivating Tao is called religion.]

[Our life is fated or destined under the influences of stars, sun and moon etc. So we are acting according to all these influences. The One leading or a step above the Destiny is called Tao. Tao controls our fate. The teaching of cultivation and action in cultivation is called religion. Therefore Confucianism is a religion. Chinese regard Confucianism as a philosophy or teaching, this is wrong. Teaching of moral conduct is religion.]

The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path. On this account, the superior man does not wait till he sees things, to be cautious, nor till he hears things, to be apprehensive.

[The Tao cannot be left for an instant. Can leave IT is not Tao. Therefore the gentleman abstains from longing what he does not see, abstains fears which he has not heard.]

[Tao cannot be left means IT is a part of us and cannot be separated. If we look for Tao outside our body, that is not Tao. So one has to abstain from desires and unnecessary fears.]

There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute. Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself, when he is alone.

[Cannot see what is not clear or visible. Cannot visualise what is minute. Therefore the gentleman is careful when he is alone.]

[Tao cannot be seen because IT is too minute or Void. So the sage is careful of his conduct even when alone without the scrutiny of other people.]

While there are no stirrings of pleasure, anger, sorrow, or joy, the mind may be said to be in the state of Equilibrium. When those feelings have been stirred, and they act in their due degree, there ensues what may be called the state of Harmony. This Equilibrium is the great root from which grow all the human acting in the world, and this Harmony is the universal path which they all should pursue. Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and flourish.

[Pleasure, anger, sorrow and joy, when they are not in our mind or developed in our mind, our state of mind, this is called Central. When those feelings have been stirred, but our mind is neutral, this state is called Harmony. Central is the root or base of the whole universe. Harmony is reaching Tao in this world. Perfecting Central and Harmony, this is the site of heaven and earth. All things will benefit from this.]

[Pleasure, anger, sorrow and joy are feeling of common people in everyday life. The sage cannot be like them. So he has to keep his mind in neutral stage of mind and be impartial to what is right and wrong, good nor evil, long nor short, front nor back etc. When he is able to perfect himself in this state of mind, he is in trinity with heaven and earth, him as the people, ren. This trinity will evoke the base of the universe and all things will benefit from him alone. He is able to influence all things on earth.]

The first part of Zhongyong. Another translation is from copy text, blue is from Legge and red is my comment, and brown is my translation.

Equity

Singapore time 7.36 am 13th September 2007

I applied for Chasen rights issue of 5000 and applied for excess issue of 5000. At 1 cent per share I just need S$100 amd with S$1 for the transaction, which is cheaper than broker fee of S$43.

My shares are now stuck as the prices are lower than when I bought them. Whatever it is this is not important. This is part and parcel of life.

The Diamond Sutra

Singapore time 10.23 am 9th September 2007

The Diamond Sutra -- The Vajracchedika-Prajna-Paramita Sutra

The most important part of this sutra is the four lines stanza. It is
' All phenomena are like;
A dream, an illusion, a bubble and a shadow;
Like dew and lighting;
Thus should you meditate upon them.'
See the quotations:

1st 'Subhuti! what do you think? If someone filled the Universe with the seven treasures and gave them all as alms, would his merit be great?'
Subhuti replied: 'Very great, World Honoured One. Why? Because this merit is not the nature of merit, the Tathagata says it is great.'
'Subhuti, if on the other hand, someone received and kept even a four lines stanza of this sutra and expounded it to others, his merit would surpass that (of the giver of treasures).

2nd 'Subhuti, I now tell you truly. If a virtuous man or woman filled a number of universes, as great as the number of sand-grains in all these rivers, with the seven treasures, and gave them all away in alms, would his or her merit be great?'
Subhuti replied: 'Very great, World Honored One!'
The Buddha said to Subhuti:'If a virtuous man or woman receives and holds (in mind) even a four lines stanza of this sutra and expounds it to others, his or her merit will surpass that of the almsgiver. Further, Subhuti, where-so-ever this sutra or even one of its four lines stanzas is expounded, you should know that all devas, men and asuras should make their offerings there as if the place was a Buddha stupa or a Buddha temple.

3rd 'Subhuti, if on the one hand, a virtuous man or woman, in giving alms, sacrifices as many lives as there are sand-grains in the Ganges, and on the other hand, someone receives and holds (in mind) even a four lines stanza of this sutra, and expounds it to others, the merit resulting from the latter will be greater.'

4th 'Subhuti, if (on the one hand) a man, in his practice of charity gives away the seven treasures piled up in a heap as great as all the Mount Sumeru in the universe put together, and (on the other hand) another man receives, holds (in mind), reads and recites even a four lines stanza of this Prajna-paramita Sutra, and expounds it to others, the merit resulting from the former's dana will not be worth one-hundredth, one-thousandth, one-ten-thousandth and one-hundred-thousandth part of that obtained by the latter, as no conceivable comparison can be made between the two.

5th 'Subhuti, if on the one hand, someone gave away in alms the seven treasures in quantities sufficient to fill all the worlds in uncountable aeons, and if on the other hand, a virtuous man, or woman developed the Bodhi-mind, and received, held (in mind), read and recited even a four lines stanza of this sutra and expounded it to others, the latter's merit would surpass that of the former.
In what manner should it be taught to others? By teaching it without attachment to form with the immutability of the absolute. (The translation of the last sentence might not give a clear picture of the Chinese words. 'Pu tung' means no action or expounding the doctrine of inaction.)
This sutra also said about the man.

In the last 500 years, before the final passing of the Tathagata, there will be those who will observe the rules of morality and perform good actions which will result in blessing. These people will be able to develop a faith in these sentences (which they will consider as) embodying the Truth. You should know that they will not have planted good roots in just one, two, three, four, or five Buddha lands. They will have planted them in countless thousands and tens of thousands of Buddha lands. Upon hearing these sentences, there will arise in them a single thought of pure faith.

(2nd) How much more so if someone is able to receive, hold (in mind), read and recite the whole sutra! Subhuti, you should know that such a person will achieve the highest and rarest Dharma.

(3rd) World Honored One, if someone after listening to this sutra believes that his mind is clean and pure, he will realize reality. We should know that such a person will achieve the highest and rarest merit.

(4th) but in the last epoch, the last five hundred years period if there be a man who (happens to) listen to this sutra, believes, understands, receives and holds it, he will be most rare.

(5th) 'Just so! Subhuti, just so! If on the one hand, there be a man who listens to this sutra and is not filled with alarm, fear, or dread, you should know that such a person is most rare.

(6th) 'Subhuti, in future ages, if a virtuous man or woman is able to receive, hold (in mind), read and recite this sutra, the Tathagata, by means of His Buddha Wisdom, will know and see clearly that such a person will achieve immeasurable and un-limitable merits.

(7th) and if (on the other hand) a person after listening to this sutra believes in his own mind without (further) contradiction, the latter's merit will surpass that of the former. How much more so if this sutra is written, received, held, read, recited and expounded to others!

(8th) 'Furthermore, Subhuti, if a virtuous man or woman receives, holds (in mind), reads and recites this sutra and is despised by others, this person who is bound to suffer from evil destinies in retribution for his past sins, and whose karmic sins are now eradicated by the others' contempt, will attain Supreme Enlightenment (Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi). (I will not attain supreme enlightenment by meditation but by other people's contempt.)

(9th) Now if in the last period in the Buddha kalpa someone is able to receive, hold (in mind), read and recite this sutra, his merits will far exceed mine which resulted from my offerings made to Buddhas, for mine cannot be reckoned as one hundredth, one thousandth, one ten thousandth or one hundred thousandth part thereof; in fact no computation or comparison is possible. Subhuti, in the last period of the Buddha kalpa, if a virtuous man or woman is able to receive, hold (in mind), read and recite this sutra, my full statement of this person's merits will create derangement, doubt and disbelief in the minds of all listeners. (If this is talking about me, my spiritual power will be greater than Gautama Buddha.)

(10th) and (on the other hand) another man comprehended that all dharmas were ego-less and thereby achieved perfection of patience (ksanti), the latter's merit would surpass that of the former.

The last 500 years or last epoch is the present time before the end.
It is quite difficult to explain the sutra paragraph by paragraph. By summarizing it I quote a sentence from the sutra: Their minds should abide nowhere. (When meditating, we have to think of nothing good or bad.)
Most meditation methods teach their own particular style. Some ask you to count your breathing, some ask you to chant a mantra, some ask you to concentrate on the vital points, some ask you to see an image, close your eyes and picture the image in your minds. All these rely on sound, images, smell, touch etc. When we make use of our mind to do all these things, we will not get 100% spirituality. When our mind is in inaction, a total emptiness, 0 digit, then 100% spirituality can develop.
We have to be in inaction also, when not meditating. For example, when people argue about the flag moving, either the wind or the flag moves, your answer to them is that their minds move, not the wind or the flag. We will become emotionless regardless of happiness or sadness around us.

If I am the stated One, then I am Maitreya Buddha !

Upanishads

Singapore time 10.00 am 9th September 2007

The Upanishads

There are many Upanishads and the Penguin Classics does not have complete translation but selected verses and passage. So I can only quote verse from it.

Isa Upanishad - The Spirit, without moving, is swifter than the mind; the senses cannot reach him : He is ever beyond them. Standing still, he overtakes those who run. To the ocean of his being, the spirit of life leads the streams of action.

He moves, and he moves not. He is far, and he is near. He is within all, and he is outside all.
Who sees all beings in his own Self, and his own Self in all beings, loses all fear.
When a sage sees this great Unity and his Self has become all beings, what delusion and what sorrow can ever be near him?
The Spirit filled all with his radiance. He is incorporeal and invulnerable, pure and untouched by evil. He is the supreme seer and thinker, immanent and transcendent. He placed all things in the path of Eternity.

Kena Upanishad - I - What cannot be spoken with words, but that whereby words are spoken: Know that alone to be Brahman, the Spirit; and not what people here adore. What cannot be thought with the mind, but that whereby the mind can think: Know that alone to be Brahman, the Spirit; and not what people here adore. What cannot be seen with the eye, but what whereby the eye can see: Know that alone to be Brahman, the Spirit; and not what people here adore. What cannot be heard with the ear, but that whereby the ear can hear: Know that alone to be Brahman, the Spirit; and not what people here adore. What cannot be indrawn with breath, but that whereby breath is indrawn: Know that alone to be Brahman, the Spirit; and not what people here adore.

II - He comes to the thought of those who know him beyond thought, not to those who imagine he can be attained by thought. He is unknown to the learned (U graduates and Ph D holders) and known to the simple. (contented souls) He is known in the ecstasy of an awakening which opens the door of life eternal. By the Self we obtain power, and by vision we obtain Eternity. For a man who had known him, the light of truth shines; for one who has not known, there is darkness. The wise who have seen him in every being, on leaving this life, attain life immortal.

Katha Upanishad - When the wise rests his mind in contemplation on our God beyond time, who invisibly dwells in the mystery of things and in the heart of man, then he rises above pleasures and sorrow.
Atman, the Spirit of vision, is never born and never dies. Before him there was nothing, and he is ONE for evermore. Never-born and eternal, beyond times gone or to come, he does not die when the body dies.
If the slayer thinks that he kills, and if the slain thinks that he dies, neither knows the ways of truth. The Eternal in man cannot kill: the Eternal in man cannot die.
Concealed in the heart of all beings is the Atman, (or Brahman, Krsna) the Spirit, the Self; smaller than the smallest atom, greater than the vast spaces. The man who surrenders his human will leaves sorrow behind, and beholds the glory of the Atman by the grace of the Creator.
Resting, he wanders afar; sleeping, he goes everywhere. Who else but my Self can know that God of joy and of sorrows?
When the wise realize the omnipresent Spirit, who rests invisible in the visible and permanent in the impermanent, then they go beyond sorrow.
Not through much learning is the Atman reached, not through the intellect and sacred teaching. It is reached by the chosen of him - because they choose him. To his chosen the Atman reveals his glory.
Not even through deep knowledge can the Atman be reached, unless evil ways are abandoned, and there is rest in the senses, concentration in the mind and peace in one's heart.

III - Know the Atman as Lord of a chariot; and the body as the chariot itself. Know that reason is the charioteer; and the mind indeed is the reins. (Compare Bhagavad Gita)
The light of the Atman, the Spirit, is invisible, concealed in all beings. It is seen by the seers of the subtle, when their vision is keen and is clear.
The Atman is beyond sound and form, without touch and taste and perfume. It is eternal, unchangeable, and without beginning or end: indeed above reasoning. When consciousness of the Atman manifests itself, man becomes free from the jaws of death.

IV - The Creator made the senses outward-going: they go to the world of matter outside, not to the Spirit within. But a sage who sought immortality looked within himself and found his own soul.

V - The pure eternal Spirit dwells in the castle of eleven gates of the body. By ruling this castle, man is free from sorrows and, free from all bondage, attains liberation.

VI - When the five senses and the mind are still, (during meditation) and reason itself rests in silence, then begins the Path supreme.
This calm steadiness of the senses is called Yoga. Then one should become watchful, because Yoga comes and goes.
Words and thoughts cannot reach him and he cannot be seen by the eye. How can he then be perceived except by him who says 'He is'? In the faith of 'He is' his existence must be perceived, and he must be perceived in his essence. When he is perceived as 'He is', then shines forth the revelation of his essence.
When all desires that cling to the heart are surrendered, then a mortal becomes immortal, and even in this world he is one with Brahman. When all the ties that bind the heart are unloosened, then a mortal becomes immortal. this is the sacred teaching.
Always dwelling within all beings is the Atman, the Purusha, the Self, a little flame in the heart. Let one with steadiness withdraw him from the body even as an inner stem is withdrawn from its sheath. Know this pure immortal light; know in truth this pure immortal light.

Mundaka Upanishad - I - The head of his body is fire, and his eyes the sun and the moon; (as Taoism) his ears, the regions of heaven, and the sacred Vedas his word. His breath is the wind that blows, and this whole universe is his heart. This earth is his footstool. (like in the Bible) He is the Spirit that is in all things. (Right eye is sun, left eye is moon, so the earth is in the middle, the Mark on the forehead, where God rests his feet. When moving the sun and moon inwards, like squinting the eye balls, in Chinese words sun and moon become bright. So by moving your eye balls inwards in nasal gaze, you will see brightness in enlightenment.)

II - Radiant in his light, yet invisible in the secret place of the heart, the Spirit is the supreme abode wherein dwells all that moves and breathes and sees. Know him as all that is, and all that is not, the end of love-longing beyond understanding, the highest in all beings.
He is self-luminous and more subtle than the smallest; but in him rest all the worlds and their beings. He is the everlasting Brahman, and he is life and word and mind. He is truth and life immortal. He is the goal to be aimed at: attain that goal, O my son!
Take the great bow of the Upanishads and place in it an arrow sharp with devotion. Draw the bow with concentration on him and hit the center of the mark, the same everlasting Spirit. (Here it is very clear the bow represents our eye-brows and the the arrow striking the mark on the forehead ie. between the eyes.)
The bow is the sacred OM, and the arrow is our own soul. Brahman is the mark of the arrow, the aim of the soul. Even as an arrow becomes one with its mark, let the watchful soul be one in him.

III - There are two birds, two sweet friends, who dwell on the self-same tree. The one eats the fruits thereof, and the other looks on in silence.
The first is the human soul who, resting on that tree, though active, feels sad in his un-wisdom. But on beholding the power and glory of the higher Spirit, he becomes free from sorrow.
When the wise seer beholds in golden glory the Lord, the Spirit, the Creator of the god of creation, then he leaves good and evil behind and in purity he goes to the unity supreme.
In silent wonder the wise see him as the life flaming in all creation. This is the greatest seer of Brahman, who, doing all his work as holy work, in God, in Atman, in the Self, finds all his peace and joy.
This Atman is attained by truth and tapas whence come true wisdom and chastity. The wise who strive and who are pure see him within the body in his pure glory and light.
Truth obtains victory, not un-truth. Truth is the way that leads to the regions of light. Sages travel therein free from desires and reach the supreme abode of Truth.
He is immeasurable in his light and beyond all thought, and yet he shines smaller than the smallest. Far, far away is he, and yet he is very near, resting in the inmost chamber of the heart.
He cannot be seen by the eye, and words cannot reveal him. He cannot be reached by the senses, or by austerity or sacred actions. By the grace of wisdom and purity of mind, he can be seen indivisible in the silence of contemplation.
This invisible Atman can be seen by the mind, wherein the five senses are resting. All mind is woven with the senses; but in a pure mind shines the light of the Self.
Not through much learning is the Atman reached, not through the intellect or sacred teaching. He is reached by the chosen of him. To his chosen the Atman reveals his glory.
The Atman is not reached by the weak, or the careless, or those who practice wrong austerity; but the wise who strive in the right way lead their soul into the dwelling of Brahman. (or Atman)
In truth who knows God becomes God.

Mandukya Upanishad - Brahman is all and Atman is Brahman. Atman, the Self, has four conditions.
The first condition is the waking life of outward-moving consciousness, enjoying the seven outer gross elements.
The second condition is the dreaming life of inner-moving consciousness, enjoying the seven subtle inner elements in its own light and solitude.
The third condition is the sleeping life of silent consciousness when a person has no desires and beholds no dreams. That condition of deep sleep is one of oneness, a mass of silent consciousness made of peace and enjoying peace.
This silent consciousness is all-powerful, all-knowing, the inner ruler, the source of all, the beginning and end of all beings.
The fourth condition is Atman in his own pure state: the awakened life of supreme consciousness. It is neither outer nor inner consciousness, neither semi-consciousness, nor sleeping-consciousness, neither consciousness nor unconsciousness. He is Atman, the Spirit himself, that cannot be seen or touched, that is above all distinction, beyond thought and ineffable. In the union with him is the supreme proof of his reality. He is the end of evolution and non-duality. He is peace and love.

Svetasvatara Upanishad - By the Yoga of meditation and contemplation the wise saw the power of God, hidden in his own creation. It is he who rules over all the sources of this universe, from time to the soul of man.
God is found in the soul when sought with truth and self-sacrifice, as fire is found in wood, water in hidden springs, cream in milk, and oil in the oil-fruit.
There is a Spirit who is hidden in all things, as cream is hidden in milk, and who is the source of self-knowledge and self-sacrifice. This is Brahman, the Spirit Supreme.

II - With upright body, head, and neck lead the mind and its powers into thy heart; and the OM of Brahman will then be thy boat with which to cross the rivers of fear.
And when the body is in silent steadiness, breathe rhythmically through the nostrils with a peaceful ebbing and flowing of breath. The chariot of the mind is drawn by wild horses, and those wild horses have to be tamed.
Find a quiet retreat for the practice of Yoga, sheltered from the wind, level and clean, free from rubbish, smouldering fires, and ugliness, and where the sound of waters and the beauty of the place help thought and contemplation.
When the Yogi has full power over his body composed of the elements of earth, water, fire, air, and ether, then he obtains a new body of spiritual fire which is beyond illness, old age and death.
The first fruits of the practice of Yoga are: health, little waste matter, and a clear complexion; lightness of the body, a pleasant scent, and a sweet voice; and an absence of greedy desires.
Even as a mirror of gold, covered by dust, when cleaned well shines again in full splendor, when a man has seen the Truth of the Spirit he is one with him, the aim of his life is fulfilled and he is ever beyond sorrow.
Then the soul of man becomes a lamp by which he finds the Truth of Brahman. Then he sees God, pure, never-born, everlasting; and when he sees God he is free from all bondage.
This is the God whose light illumines all creation, the Creator of all from the beginning. He was, he is and for ever he shall be. He is in all and he sees all.

The very most important thing that you have to understand is the One inside can be called Tao, God, Buddha, Allah, Atman, Brahman, etc etc. Actually it is nameless, A VOID.

The other Upanishads are about the same. They stress on Atman is in all and see all. Our soul or Spirit is God.

Mahathir's Comment On IDR

Singapore time 7.42 am 6th September 2007

Yesterday ST carried report of Mahathir's comment on the IDR. It seems he is at loogerhead with Lee Kuan Yew in Malaysia/Singapore relationship during his time as MP, PM and retirement.

He is wrong for suggesting Malaysia do it alone without outside help. The most important is the political stability and economic culture of a country that attract foreign investors. How is Malaysia going to have hugh investment pie with that sort of mentality. What they can achieve will be on investment from Muslim countries and some local established foreign firms. If they want more investment like what China is attracting, they have to sort help from Singapore in this area. Singapore has many overseas venture in this sort of trade.

In the report he also mentioned past disputes with Singapore and the continuation of these disputes unresolved.

He championed the Malay bumiputra course but he does not realise he is an Indian Muslim. So it seem he look upon himself as a Malay rather than an Indian.

His policy has ingrained in Malaysian Malays the attitude of Malay supremacy. This is not right and unfair to other races in Malaysia. It will take sometime for this to settle down and a strong leader to grip Malaysia together in fair treatment to all Malaysian citizens.

Abdullah is a weak leader. Najib could be strong, but I doubt it is an easy task to do away with NEP and Bumiputra policies.

Crackdown On Hawkers

Singapore time 7.31 am 6th September 2007

After the TV reporting on illegal hawking of medicines in back lanes in red light districts, the HSA raid the areas and brought back all the medicines for testing.

These hawkers can be seen for the past 40 years of my adult life since 1968 when I started working. In the Jojor Road joint, you can see them, especially I had to take bus from there to Safti. Even going to back lane of Desker Road or Pertain Road, you can still find some of them. They are everywhere that has prostitution dens.

I would like to say is this: why raid after the TV report or news paper report. Don't tell me the HSA do not conduct its own investigation ? Police also patrol these areas. Why they don't take action ?

Are the authority take action only when people complain ?

Workfare

Singapore time 7.55 am 4th September 2007

My wife reported a monthly income of S$500 and got about S$563 for Workfare. Now she received a letter from CPF to top up her CPF fmedisave for WIS on her 6 months salary this year for government top up in medisave for her. Another top up will be next year for the balance 6 months in 2007 to be top up by government medisave later.

The 1st top up is about S$85 and the 2nd top up is about S$170. Total is S$255. After this her Workfare will be just S$308. Is this how PAP government helping the poor ?

Many poor work to supplement home income. How can you expect the poor to come up with cash to top up medisave after sometime when most poor people have used up the Workfare bonus to buy things. It will be much better that the next Workfare can be deducted for the medisave top. What is the point to give people cash and later want cash back from them ?

These government thinkers are real idiots !

Shares Investment

Singapore time 7.20 am 3rd September 2007

I make no profit in August just dividend from Berlian Laju and Singtel. It was about S$5.52 and S$6.50 plus S$9.50 for Singtel, total about S$21.50. I have only 100 shares of Singtel. If it is 1000 shares, then I get S$160 over S$3,460 plus S$43. You calculate the percentage.

I advice people to put in half their cash into equity, but I myself put almost all into it, because I don't like too much cash with me. I might buy things or someone might borrow from me. Like right now, I have to cut down on expenses, so I seldom go out. I have 1 spoiled computer from my son but still it is not repaired yet. It is a Pentium 4, 2.6 GB MHz.

This month I might get dividend from Thai Beverage.

If the share prices are still low, then I have to sell some for my expenses. I need S$126 a month for TV installment till April 2009

I will clear lots in my wife's account first. If the lowdown still persist, then I will sell shares in my account

My Family

Singapore time 8.07 am 30th August 2007

Another photograph taken on 1st April 2007 with my wife.

Singapore time 8.09 am 4th September 2007

My wife will be a vegetarian and that time is the golden time for me. This is the sign I have achieved 'Regulating my family'. The next phase will be 'cure the country'.

In the meantime, the world will have to suffer for the next Messiah to appear.

Son of Perdition

Singapore time 7.49 am 30th August 2007

2 Thessalonians chapter 2
2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
2:13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
2:14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
2:17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

Verse 3 is talking about me as Son of Perdition because I preach the Truth and people simply reject me. So they hate me as if I am the Son of perdition. Refer Luke chapter 17 posted earlier today.
This chapter is hard to understand because contradiction in words. So you have to see the original text to verify. For me I check both the Chinese and English texts to verify as I don't know the original Greek text.

Verse 13 is talking about Sealing on the Mark on our forehead. Refer to Revelation chapter 7 about the 144,000 Jews getting Sealed on the forehead. The actual meaning is that all human beings are to be Sealed. If Jews are to be Sealed, then Christians are 2nd class

Doom Is Near

Singapore time 7.43 am 30th August 2007

Luke chapter 17-
17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
17:22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
17:23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
17:24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
17:25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
17:29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
17:31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
17:32 Remember Lot's wife.
17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
17:34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
17:35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
17:36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
17:37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

Verse 21 is very clear, the Kingdom of God is inside you.
Verse 24 to 26 are saying about me, preaching to the world about the Truth, but people will reject me as what they rejected Noah in the past.
Verse 27 onwards are talking about the punishment falling on earth on that particular day which is near.

Doom Is Near

Singapore time 7.45 am 30th August 2007

Luke chapter 21
21:1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. 21:2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. 21:3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: 21:4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. 21:5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, 21:6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 21:7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? 21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. 21:9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. 21:10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. 21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. 21:13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony. 21:14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. 21:16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. 21:17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. 21:18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish. 21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
21:21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
21:22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
21:23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. 21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. 21:37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. 21:38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

Verse 20 onwards, the chapter is talking about the punishment that is to be meted out to Jerusalem and the surrounding area. Jerusalem is now surrounded by Muslims who are hostile to the Jews who still want to claim it as their own.

Hackers

Singapore time 8.56 am 28th August 2007

I lost internet connection just a while ago. Maybe someone is hacking my computer. My firewall informed me of an intrusion. My internet connection modem just disconnected with the light on internet and DSL gone.

Bhagavad Gita

Singapore time 8.16 am 28th August 2007

Chapter 2 --Communion Through Knowledge

Sanjaya said: To him who was thus overcome with pity and whose eyes were full of tears and bore a bewildered look, Sri Krsna spoke as follows.

The Blessed Lord said: O Arjuna! Whence has this loathsome stupidity (I also use this word to screw people) come upon you in this crisis? It (this attitude) is unworthy of a noble personage; it is a bar to heaven and a cause of much disrepute.
O Partha! Yield not to unmanliness! It befits thee not. Abandoning this base faint-heartedness, rise up, O dreaded hero!

Arjuna said: O Krsna! How can I attack Bhisma and Drona in battle with my arrows? They are, indeed, worthy of worship, O destroyer of foes!
It is indeed better to live here in this world on a beggar's fare than to prosper by killing these venerable teachers. The enjoyment of pleasure and power obtained through the slaughter of these teachers and elders will surely by bloodstained.
We do not know which of the two (alternatives) will be the better--the one that we should conquer them or the other that they should conquer us. The men on the side of Dhrtarastra, standing arrayed against us are the very people after killing whom we should not care to live.
My natural disposition is vitiated by a sense of pity, and my mind is in utter confusion regarding my duty. Lord, I beg Thee, tell me with certainty what will lead to my good. I am Thy disciple. Instruct me, who have taken refuge in Thee.
I do not find anything that can assuage this grief which numbs my senses. Neither the unchallenged lordship over a prosperous kingdom, nor even the overlord-ship of all the Devas can do so.

Sanjaya said: Addressing Sri Krsna, the master of the senses, (the master, Mind) Arjuna, though valorous and vigilant said, 'I will not fight', and sat silent.
O King! To him who was thus sitting grief-stricken between the two armies (instead of fighting), Sri Krsna said as if by way of ridicule.

The Blessed Lord said, 'You are moaning for those who should not be moaned for. Yet you speak like a wise man. The truly wise never weep either for the dead or for the living.
Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor these rulers of men. Nor shall all of us cease to be hereafter.
Even as the attainment of childhood, youth and old age is to one in this physical life, so is the change to another body (at death) for the embodied soul. Wise men are not deluded by this.
Contact of the senses with their object generates cold and heat, pleasure and pain. They come and go, being impermanent. Bear with them patiently, O scion of the Bharata race!
O leader of men! That enlightened one who is unperturbed alike in pleasure and pain, whom these do not distress--he indeed is worthy of immortality. (we have to maintain a neutral state of mind in our worldly affair - that is no emotion)
The unreal can never come into existence, and the real can never cease to be. The wise philosophers have known the truth about these categories (of the real and the unreal).
Know that Reality, by which everything is pervaded, to be indestructible. No one can cause the destruction of this immutable Being.
What is said to perish are these bodies, in which the imperishable and unlimited Spirit is embodied. Therefore fight, O scion of the Bharata race!
He who thinks him (the self) to be the killer, and who experiences him )the self) as the killed--both of them know not. He (the self or Spirit) neither kills nor is killed.
He (this Spiritual Self) has neither birth nor death. (same as Jesus Christ) Nor does he cease to be, having been in existence before; unborn, eternal, permanent and primeval, he (the Spirit in our body) is never killed when the body is killed.
O Arjuna! know this self to be eternal, un-decaying, birth-less and indestructible. A person who knows him to be so--how and whom can he kill, how and whom can he cause to be killed?
Just as a man gives up old garments and puts on new ones, so the embodied self abandons decrepit bodies and assumes new ones.
Him the weapons cleave not; Him the fire burns not; Him the waters wet not; Him the wind dries not.
He cannot be cut or burnt. He can neither be wetted nor dried. Eternal, all-pervading, immovable and motionless. He is the same for ever.
Knowing Him (the self) to be un-manifest, inconceivable, and un-modifiable, it is improper to mourn for Him. (then why we have funeral rites)
In the alternative, even if you hold him (the self) to be subject to constant births and deaths, there is no justification, O mighty armed, for your mourning for him.
For the born, death is unavoidable, and for the dead birth is sure to take place. Therefore in a situation that is inevitable, there is no justification for you to grieve. (Life is just like that. We are just actors.)

This chapter 2 tells us the Self Nature inside our body is the Supreme Being.

Therefore I don't attend funeral or pray to dead body. I don't pray to ancestors and all other Gods or statues. The Self Nature inside me is my Only God.

It has to be Sealed, so that we can return to our source, the VOID.

My Family

Singapore time 8.11 am 28th August 2007

I and my wife, taken on 1st April 2007 at Sheraton Hotel 1st floor lobby.

Hui Neng

Singapore time 8.05 am 27th August 2007

Sutra of Hui Neng
Chapter 10 - middle part

"The Buddhas who have appeared in this world are too many to be counted," replied the Patriarch. "But let us start from the last seven Buddhas. They are: Of the last kalpa (the Alamkarakalpa): Buddha Vipasyin Buddha Sikhin Buddha Visvabhu Of the present kalpa (the Bhadrakalpa): Buddha Krakucchanda Buddha Kanakamuni Buddha Kasyapa Buddha Sakyamuni

[The Buddha mentioned in The Diamond Sutra, who predicted the Buddhahood of Sakyamuni is not in the list. Therefore sutras are parables and persons named are only for parables.]

"From the Buddha Sakyamuni, the Law was transmitted to the: 1st Patriarch Arya Mahakasyapa 2nd Patriarch Arya Ananda 3rd Patriarch Arya Sanakavasa 4th Patriarch Arya Upagupta 5th Patriarch Arya Dhritaka 6th Patriarch Arya Michaka 7th Patriarch Arya Vasumitra 8th Patriarch Arya Buddhanandi 9th Patriarch Arya Buddhamitra 10th Patriarch Arya Parsva 11th Patriarch Arya Punyayasas 12th Patriarch Bodhisattva Asvaghosa 13th Patriarch Arya Kapimala 14th Patriarch Bodhisattva Nagarjuna 15th Patriarch Kanadeva 16th Patriarch Arya Rahulata 17th Patriarch Arya Sanghanandi 18th Patriarch Arya Gayasata 19th Patriarch Arya Kumarata 20th Patriarch Arya Jayata 21st Patriarch Arya Vasubandhu 22nd Patriarch Arya Manorhita 23rd Patriarch Arya Haklenayasas 24th Patriarch Arya Simha 25th Patriarch Arya Basiasita 26th Patriarch Arya Punyamitra 27th Patriarch Arya Prajnatara 28th Patriarch Arya Bodhidharma (the first Patriarch in China) 29th Patriarch Grand Master Hui K'u 30th Patriarch Grand Master Seng Ts'an 31st Patriarch Grand Master Tao Hsin 32nd Patriarch Grand Master Hung Yen And I am the 33rd Patriarch (the sixth Patriarch in China). Thus the Dharma was handed down from one Patriarch to another. Hereafter, you men should in turn transmit it to posterity, from one generation to another, so that the tradition may be maintained."

On the third day of the eighth Moon of the year of Kuei Chou, the second Year of HsienT'ien Era (A.D. 713), after taking food at the Kuo En Monastery, the Patriarch addressed his disciples as follows: "Please sit down, for I am going to say good-bye."

Thereupon Fa Hai spoke to the Patriarch, "Sir, will you please leave to posterity definite instructions whereby people under delusion may realize the Buddha nature."

"It is not impossible," replied the Patriarch, "for these men to realize the Buddha-nature, provided they acquaint themselves with the nature of ordinary sentient beings. But to seek Buddhahood without such knowledge would be in vain even if one shall spend aeons of time in the search.

"Now, let me show you how to get acquainted with the nature of the sentient beings within your mind, and thereby realize the Buddha-nature latent in you. Knowing Buddha means nothing else than knowing sentient beings, for the latter ignore that they are potential Buddhas, whereas a Buddha sees no difference between himself and other beings. When sentient beings realize the Essence of Mind, they are Buddhas. If a Buddha is under delusion in his Essence of Mind, he is then an ordinary being. When your mind is crooked or depraved, you are ordinary beings with Buddha-nature latent in you. On the other hand, when you direct your mind to purity and straightforwardness even for one moment, you are a Buddha.

"Within our mind there is a Buddha, and that Buddha within is the real Buddha. If Buddha is not to be sought within our mind, where shall we find the real Buddha? Doubt not that Buddha is within your mind, apart from which nothing can exist. Since all things or phenomena are the production of our mind, the Sutra says, 'When mental activity begins, things come into being; when mental activity ceases, they too cease to exist.' In parting from you, let me leave you a stanza entitled 'The Real Buddha of the Essence of Mind'. People of future generations who understand its meaning will realize the Essence of Mind and attain Buddhahood. It reads:
The Essence of Mind or Tathata (Suchness) is the real Buddha,
While heretical views and the three poisonous elements are Mara.
Enlightened by Right Views, we call forth the Buddha within us.
When our nature is dominated by the three poisonous elements
We are said to be possessed by Mara;
But when Right Views eliminate from our mind these poisonous elements
Mara will be transformed into a real Buddha.
The Dharmakaya, the Sambhogakaya and the Nirmanakaya -
These three Bodies emanate from one (the Essence of Mind).
He who is able to realize this fact intuitively
Has sown the seed, and will reap the fruit of Enlightenment.
It is from the Nirmanakaya that our Pure Nature emanates;
Within the former the latter is to be found.
Guided by Pure Nature, the Nirmanakaya treads the Right Path,
And will some day attain to the Sambhogakaya, perfect and infinite.
'Pure Nature' is an outgrowth of our sensual instincts;
By getting rid of sensuality, we attain the Pure Dharmakaya.
When our temperament is such that we are no longer the slaves of the five sense-objects,
And when we have realized the Essence of Mind even for one moment only, then
Truth is known to us.
Should we be so fortunate as to be the followers of the Sudden School in this life,
In a sudden we shall see the Bhagavat of our Essence of Mind.
He who seeks the Buddha (from without) by practicing certain doctrines
Knows not where the real Buddha is to be found.
He who is able to realize the Truth within his own mind
Has sown the seed of Buddhahood.
He who has not realized the Essence of Mind and seeks the Buddha from without
Is a fool motivated by wrong desires.
I have hereby left to posterity the teaching of the Sudden School
For the salvation of all sentient beings who care to practice it.
Hear me, ye future disciples!
Your time will have been badly wasted if you neglect to put this teaching into practice.
"The Buddhas who have appeared in this world are too many to be counted," replied the Patriarch. "But let us start from the last seven Buddhas. They are: Of the last kalpa (the Alamkarakalpa): Buddha Vipasyin Buddha Sikhin Buddha Visvabhu Of the present kalpa (the Bhadrakalpa): Buddha Krakucchanda Buddha Kanakamuni Buddha Kasyapa Buddha Sakyamuni
[The Buddha mentioned in The Diamond Sutra, who predicted the Buddhahood of Sakyamuni is not in the list. Therefore sutras are parables and persons named are only for parables.]
"From the Buddha Sakyamuni, the Law was transmitted to the: 1st Patriarch Arya Mahakasyapa 2nd Patriarch Arya Ananda 3rd Patriarch Arya Sanakavasa 4th Patriarch Arya Upagupta 5th Patriarch Arya Dhritaka 6th Patriarch Arya Michaka 7th Patriarch Arya Vasumitra 8th Patriarch Arya Buddhanandi 9th Patriarch Arya Buddhamitra 10th Patriarch Arya Parsva 11th Patriarch Arya Punyayasas 12th Patriarch Bodhisattva Asvaghosa 13th Patriarch Arya Kapimala 14th Patriarch Bodhisattva Nagarjuna 15th Patriarch Kanadeva 16th Patriarch Arya Rahulata 17th Patriarch Arya Sanghanandi 18th Patriarch Arya Gayasata 19th Patriarch Arya Kumarata 20th Patriarch Arya Jayata 21st Patriarch Arya Vasubandhu 22nd Patriarch Arya Manorhita 23rd Patriarch Arya Haklenayasas 24th Patriarch Arya Simha 25th Patriarch Arya Basiasita 26th Patriarch Arya Punyamitra 27th Patriarch Arya Prajnatara 28th Patriarch Arya Bodhidharma (the first Patriarch in China) 29th Patriarch Grand Master Hui K'u 30th Patriarch Grand Master Seng Ts'an 31st Patriarch Grand Master Tao Hsin 32nd Patriarch Grand Master Hung Yen And I am the 33rd Patriarch (the sixth Patriarch in China). Thus the Dharma was handed down from one Patriarch to another. Hereafter, you men should in turn transmit it to posterity, from one generation to another, so that the tradition may be maintained."

On the third day of the eighth Moon of the year of Kuei Chou, the second Year of HsienT'ien Era (A.D. 713), after taking food at the Kuo En Monastery, the Patriarch addressed his disciples as follows: "Please sit down, for I am going to say good-bye."

Thereupon Fa Hai spoke to the Patriarch, "Sir, will you please leave to posterity definite instructions whereby people under delusion may realize the Buddha nature."

"It is not impossible," replied the Patriarch, "for these men to realize the Buddha-nature, provided they acquaint themselves with the nature of ordinary sentient beings. But to seek Buddhahood without such knowledge would be in vain even if one shall spend aeons of time in the search.

"Now, let me show you how to get acquainted with the nature of the sentient beings within your mind, and thereby realize the Buddha-nature latent in you. Knowing Buddha means nothing else than knowing sentient beings, for the latter ignore that they are potential Buddhas, whereas a Buddha sees no difference between himself and other beings. When sentient beings realize the Essence of Mind, they are Buddhas. If a Buddha is under delusion in his Essence of Mind, he is then an ordinary being. When your mind is crooked or depraved, you are ordinary beings with Buddha-nature latent in you. On the other hand, when you direct your mind to purity and straightforwardness even for one moment, you are a Buddha.

"Within our mind there is a Buddha, and that Buddha within is the real Buddha. If Buddha is not to be sought within our mind, where shall we find the real Buddha? Doubt not that Buddha is within your mind, apart from which nothing can exist. Since all things or phenomena are the production of our mind, the Sutra says, 'When mental activity begins, things come into being; when mental activity ceases, they too cease to exist.' In parting from you, let me leave you a stanza entitled 'The Real Buddha of the Essence of Mind'. People of future generations who understand its meaning will realize the Essence of Mind and attain Buddhahood. It reads:
The Essence of Mind or Tathata (Suchness) is the real Buddha,
While heretical views and the three poisonous elements are Mara.
Enlightened by Right Views, we call forth the Buddha within us.
When our nature is dominated by the three poisonous elements
We are said to be possessed by Mara;
But when Right Views eliminate from our mind these poisonous elements
Mara will be transformed into a real Buddha.
The Dharmakaya, the Sambhogakaya and the Nirmanakaya -
These three Bodies emanate from one (the Essence of Mind).
He who is able to realize this fact intuitively
Has sown the seed, and will reap the fruit of Enlightenment.
It is from the Nirmanakaya that our Pure Nature emanates;
Within the former the latter is to be found.
Guided by Pure Nature, the Nirmanakaya treads the Right Path,
And will some day attain to the Sambhogakaya, perfect and infinite.
'Pure Nature' is an outgrowth of our sensual instincts;
By getting rid of sensuality, we attain the Pure Dharmakaya.
When our temperament is such that we are no longer the slaves of the five sense-objects,
And when we have realized the Essence of Mind even for one moment only, then
Truth is known to us.
Should we be so fortunate as to be the followers of the Sudden School in this life,
In a sudden we shall see the Bhagavat of our Essence of Mind.
He who seeks the Buddha (from without) by practicing certain doctrines
Knows not where the real Buddha is to be found.
He who is able to realize the Truth within his own mind
Has sown the seed of Buddhahood.
He who has not realized the Essence of Mind and seeks the Buddha from without
Is a fool motivated by wrong desires.
I have hereby left to posterity the teaching of the Sudden School
For the salvation of all sentient beings who care to practice it.
Hear me, ye future disciples!
Your time will have been badly wasted if you neglect to put this teaching into practice.

The list of Buddhas or enlightened Ones is in the order of One transmitting to One. From Hui Neng onwards, the transmission was different. From this chapter 10, 43 monks were said to receive personal teaching from him. Whether they received the Seal of Dharma, no one knows.

Heavenly Way group says they got transmission from one of the line passing Ma Zhu. So if the Sealing of this is True, then Salvation can only be achieved by this group, Sealing the Marks on the forehead of every human being.

So even how high you cultivate self, if you don't recive the Seal, you are earth bound. After Sealing, then you can return to the source, The Void.

Chuang Tzu

Singapore time 9.58 am 26th August 2007

Chuang Tzu

Chapter 23 -- Keng Sang Ch'u

"There is no weapon so deadly as man's will. Exacerbate is second to it. There is no bandit so powerful as Nature. In the whole universe there is no escape from it. Yet it is not Nature which does the injury. It is man's own heart. [Reap what you sow]

"Tao informs its own subdivisions, their successes and their failures. What is feared in subdivision is separation. What is feared in separation, is further separation. Thus, to issue forth without return, this is development of the supernatural. To issue forth and attain the goal, this is called death. To be annihilated and yet to exist, this is convergence of the supernatural into ONE. To make things which have form appear to all intents and purposes formless,--this is the sum of all things.

"Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting-point. Existence without limitation is Space. Continuity without a starting-point is Time. There is birth, there is death, there is issuing forth, there is entering in. That through which one passes in and out without seeing its form, that is the Portal of God.

The Portal of God is the Mysterious Gate or the Mark on our forehead. Its Chinese name is Suan Kuan, the accupuncture point at the nose bridge between the 2 eyes. This is to be Sealed by the Heavenly Way group at the moment. After I gain enlightenment, there might be a change of rule.
It is a Void.

"The Portal of God is Non-Existence. All things sprang from Non-Existence. Existence could not make existence existence. It must have proceeded from Non-Existence. And Non-Existence and Nothing are ONE. Herein is the abiding-place of the Sage.

"The knowledge of the ancients reached the highest point,--the time before anything existed. This is the highest point. It is exhaustive. There is no adding to it.

"The second best was that of those who started from existence. Life was to them a misfortune. Death was a return home. There was already separation.

"The next in the scale said that at the beginning there was nothing. Then life came, to be quickly followed by death. They made Nothing the head, Life the trunk, and Death the tail of existence, claiming as friends whoever knew that existence and non-existence, and life and death were all ONE.
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"Tao is the sovereign lord of Te (virtue). Life is the glorifier of Te. Nature is the substance of life. The operation of that nature is action. The perversion of that action is error.

"People who know not put forth physical power. People who know employ mental effort. But what people who know do not know is to be as the eye.

I cannot put the original Chinese text here for the last verse. I find this verse not right. So checking the original text and get the meaning below.

(should be squinted eyes. Chinese word 'ni' is not eye alone, and usually used with 'bi' to form 'bi' 'ni' something like looking sideway. Here it is telling you even Taoists are ignorant about looking at the Mystic Portal or nasal gaze. So people who know are one in 10 millions or billion.)

Some know this secret. See Taoist Yoga chapter one.
But they emphasis on the circulation of qi in the other chapters of the book. English version was translated by Lu Kuan Yu, a Buddhist monk.

Therefore nasal gaze is very important in spiritual cultivation.

Great Learning

Singapore time 9.34 am 26th August 2007

The Great Learning - Daxue

The Way of learning to be great consists in shining with the illustrious power of moral personality, in making a new people, in abiding in the highest goodness. To know one's abiding place leads to fixity of purpose, fixity of purpose to calmness of mind, calmness of mind to serenity of life, serenity of life to careful consideration of means, careful consideration of means to the achievement of the end.
(There is no details of how to achieve this end. My answer to this is meditation. Only this can calm the mind.)

Things have their roots and branches, human affairs their endings as well as beginnings. So to know what comes first and what comes afterwards leads one near to the Way. The men of old who wished to shine with the illustrious power of personality throughout the Great Society, first had to govern their own states efficiently. Wishing to do this, they first had to make an ordered harmony in their own families. Wishing to do this, they first had to cultivate their individual selves. Wishing to do this, they first had to put their minds right. Wishing to do this, they first had to make their purposes genuine. Wishing to do this, they first had to extend their knowledge to the utmost. Such extension of knowledge consists in appreciating the nature of things.

For with the appreciation of the nature of things knowledge reaches its height. With the completion of knowledge, purposes become genuine. With purposes genuine, the mind becomes right. With the mind right, the individual self comes into flower. With the self in flower, the family becomes an ordered harmony. With the family harmony ordered, the State is efficiently governed. With State efficiently governed, the Great Society is at peace.

(The repetition of events show the importance of the words. From the last four sentences, I draw three figures of body, one for self, one for family and one for country.)
http://www.geocities.com/alex_kew/image1/confucianism.gif .

So cultivating self consists in purifying the mind. When the mind is pure, our speech will be good, so will be our body healthy. Harmonize the family is by means of the perfection of the father. The father when perfect, the wife will be subservient and the sons (no son means no perfection) obedient. The country can be perfectly governed only when the king or president is perfectly pure. So the government is efficient and the citizens loyal. When this happens, the Great Harmony is in place throughout the whole world.
The men of old is referring to the new Sage, who will act (not talk) till perfection.

Thus from the Son of Heaven down to the common people there is unity in this; that for everybody the bringing of the individual self to flower is to be taken as the root. (Since that is so), for the root to be out of order and the branches to be in order is an impossibility. For a man to despise what he should respect and then be respected for having what he despises, is contrary to human experience. This is to be described as knowing the root.
(Cultivating self is the root of all good deeds. Start with mind purification first.)

As for what is described as knowing the root, this means the height of knowledge.

To know the root is to know Nature. That is also what I quote: 'The world is a stage, we are only actors'.
Nature creates this world and Nature can end this world. We as the created parts, cannot stop this Natural process.
Our duty is to do our part.

The above is also talking about One man who will perform his duty cultivating self, purify the family, cure the country and bring world peace or conquer the world. I hope I am this man. That is why I keep preaching my Confucianism.

Tao Te Ching

Singapore time 8.10 am 25th August 2007

Taoteching Chapter 1

To understand chapter 1, you need to read Taoist Yoga chapter 1 first. The last verse of the above chapter is talking about the Mystic Portal. The chapter can be read as:-

The Way can be trodden but it is not a normal Way. You can name it but the name is not its name. Without a name it is the creator of heaven and earth. Given a name it is the mother of all creation. Always empty (nothingness), you have to observe its mystery. Conceiving its presence, we have to observe its outlines. These 2 observations are the same. Both are mystic for we are looking at the mysterious Mystic Portal.

Observation is done by the 2 eyes. The only outlines you see is the nose tip and the abstract X image. It resembles the Buddhist swastika. The difficulty in explanation is that we have to look at the Mystic Portal but this is impossible for we only see empty space. So the guide is to look at the nose tip, viewing the abstract X image. Even in the Bible, it reminds us to look for Jesus outside the city of Jerusalem, that is the place of crucification on the hill. Jerusalem is Mystic Portal, nose tip is where Jesus was crucified.

Hui Neng

Singapore time 7.51 am 25th August 2007

Sutra of Hui Neng
Chapter 1--Autobiography
Once, when the Patriach had arrived at Pao Lam Monastery, Prefect Wai of Shiu Chow and other officials went there to ask him to deliver public lectures on Buddhism in the hall of Tai Fan Temple in the City (of Canton).
In due course, there were assembled (in the lecture hall) Prefect Wai, government officials and Confucian scholars, about thirty each, and Bhikkhus, Bhikkhunis, Taoist and laymen, to the number of about one thousand. After the Patriarch had taken his seat, the congregation in a body paid him homage and asked him to preach on the fundamental laws of Buddhism. Whereupon, His Holiness delivered the following address:--
Learned Audience, our Essence of Mind (literally, self-nature) which is the seed or kernel of enlightenment (Bodhi) is pure by nature, and by making use of this mind alone we can reach Buddha-hood directly. [(Compare this with Visualizing Sutra's - Because the body of the Buddha is the Body of the Universe, and it is within the mind of all beings. Therefore, when you think of that Buddha, your mind is the One who has the thirty-two Magnificent Figures and the eighty Virtues. It is the mind that is to become a Buddha; and it is the mind that is a Buddha. Buddhist term for the One is our mind. It is a bit confusing when explaining this Buddhist reasoning. Even in Bhagavad Gita there are more terms to confuse readers. If we stick to one let say our soul or spirit, then we can understand all scriptures. The statement said Mind is a Buddha, so why must the Buddhists pray to Buddha made of paper, cloth, wood, metals, stones etc? Is not this stupid of you?)]
Now let me tell you something about my own life and how I came into possession of the esoteric teaching of the Dhyana (or the Zen) School.
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My stanza read:-- 'There is no Bodhi-tree, nor stand of a mirror bright. Since all is void, where can the dust alight?' (The mark on the forehead is a void, so everything is void. What there to think about?.)
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Knowing that I had realized the Essence of Mind, the Patriarch said, "For him who does not know his own mind, there is no use learning Buddhism. On the other hand, if he knows his own mind and see intuitively his own nature, he is a Hero, a 'Teacher of gods and men,' 'Buddha'." (Hui Neng was a lay man and had no Buddhist teaching from any one and he cannot read or write. A person who is fated to be an enlightened person will achieve his goal no matter how. Gautama Buddha was predicted to be a holy man when he was just born as a baby and some wrote that he pointed one index to the sky and the other index to the earth. Also Jesus when still a baby wealthy merchants visited him. This is a PLAN by the mysterious One. We are only actors and actresses. Once you are handed a role of a beggar, you have to act a beggar, a king, act as a king and an enlightened man as a Buddha, Saint, prophet etc. act as one of them.)
Thus, to the knowledge of no one, the Dharma was transmitted to me at midnight (sealing the mark on the forehead), and consequently I became the inheritor of the teaching of the 'Sudden' School as well as of the robe and the begging bowl.
"You are now the Sixth Patriarch," said he. "Take good care of yourself, and deliver as many sentient beings as possible. Spread and preserve the teaching, and don't let it come to an end. Take note of my stanza:-- 'Sentient beings who sow the seeds of enlightenment, in the field of Causation will reap the fruit of Buddha-hood. Inanimate objects void of Buddha-nature, sow not and reap not.'
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Whereupon I came out from my hiding place and squatted on the rock. He made obeisance and said "Lay Brother, preach to me, please."
"Since the object of your coming is the Dharma," said I, "refrain from thinking of anything and keep your mind blank. I will then teach you." When he had done this for a considerable time, I said "When you are thinking of neither good nor evil what is at that particular moment, Venerable Sir, your real nature (literally, original face)?" (When you think of nothing, your mind is a void, that is the true self.)
As soon as he heard this he at once became enlightened. But he further asked, "Apart from those esoteric sayings and esoteric ideas handed down by the Patriarch from generation to generation, are there any other esoteric teaching?" "What I can tell you is not esoteric," I replied. "If you turn your light inwardly, you will find what is esoteric within you." [Turning your light inwardly by turning the eye-balls inward (like nasal gaze), the mark on the forehead will gives you certain sensations.]
"In spite of my staying in Wong Mui," said he, "I did not realize my self-nature. Now, thanks to your guidance, I know it as a water-drinker knows how hot or how cold the water is. Lay Brother, you are now my teacher."

Essence of Mind in Buddhism should be Tathagata. In Chinese text in this sutra, it is self nature. For laymen, it can be called spiritual soul. This is the One that can save us. Praying to all others outside will not save us.