Learning Buddhism During Typhoon Day
颱風學法趣
September 21st, 2014 Zhanghua Shantou Township
The trip to Zhanghua has been planned since a month ago. Unexpectedly, there was a typhoon; Fong Hung was going to form before the day of our trip. All the weather forecast reported that this typhoon would certainly hit Taiwan. When it comes to this situation, normally we would consider canceling or postponing the trip; however, no one gave a suggestion like that. It’s because most of the members of this trip had a similar experience in Malaysia with Master Hong Sheng. They have experienced the “miracle“, wherever our Master goes, the weather would become sunny even though it is during the raining season. Therefore, we all believe this trip would be as safe and sound as in Malaysia so that we still went on the trip to Zhanghua as scheduled.
At 7 o’clock in the morning, I turned on the TV and watched the news about Typhoon; the typhoon hasn’t reached the south coast of Taiwan. After switching to other channels, all the reports said the route of Typhoon was going to cover all of the Taiwan. I thought, alright, since we have come, let us stay and enjoy it. Then I drove to pick up my Master on time. On the way to Zhanghua, it had been raining but the wind was not strong. We arrived at the destination safely near at noon. At that period of time, we didn’t get the report of typhoon until we arrived.
After lunch, it didn’t rain outside. Everybody sat at the front yard listening to Master’s teaching and enjoyed the nice weather without sunshine and rain. It seemed everybody had forgotten that it was a typhoon day. While Master Hong Sheng was speaking, I felt confused where the typhoon gone and where it was at the moment. Why the weather was so peaceful now? Master Hong Sheng sensed my doubt. He told us that “We should live at the real moment and do not expect anything.” Then I was no longer confused about the weather and contracted on Master’s teaching happily. This afternoon, I felt comfortable and content with the teaching. Master Hong Sheng mentioned with a humorous tone: “Let the typhoon take a rest and let’s negotiate with it, let it move toward east.’ For a while, Master said, “Typhoon has gone to Taidong.” As soon as I heard it from Master, I didn’t take it to heart. At about 2 o’clock in the afternoon, we went out for sightseeing. The weather was still peaceful. We visited a gardening store. The cashier in the store was watching weather news which made me want to know where the typhoon was. As soon as I checked the typhoon news on my cell phone, I got goose bumps, the route of typhoon was exactly the same as Master had described; typhoon had moved to the east coast of Taiwan, moreover, it moved to outside of east coast of Taiwan, which was the route that would bring the least damage. I was over the moon and shared the news to everyone. I have to say, before we got to the gardening store, none of us including Master Hong Sheng had never received any typhoon news. Before we set off this trip this morning, each news channel reported that the typhoon would hit straightly from south to north through the whole west of Taiwan and gave people a serious warning with keeping in mind and strictly watchful.
At the moment, I realized why Master Hong Sheng emphasized that we do not need to have any presumptions for the future. If we have canceled the trip due to our fear of typhoon, we wouldn’t experience the peaceful trip of field. Besides, thanks to the typhoon, most people stayed at home. There were no crowds of people on the street, so we became the VIP in the coffee shop. It was a wonderful time that we could listen to Master’s teaching without interruptions. We also could enjoy the peace and quiet environment, sunless weather, cool and comfortable breeze. All of these were not because of our expectation but because of our Master’s lucid mind. His clear mind shows us to live in the real moment not to expect the future, which can change the environment around us. Base on “all things are created by the mind alone”, If we always worry about something, it will happen probably as we predicted. Master Hong Sheng has been teaching us to use our best efforts on practicing in order to stop our desire thoughts. Once we get into desire thoughts, we should stop and get rid of them immediately. Thereafter our life will be better and better. Thanks Master Hong Sheng’s teaching all through the way. Thanks Jenny, who planned this trip. Thanks everything happening during this trip which made me feel joyful. Namo Amitabha Buddha. Thank you!
Written by Ricky
瑞騏 敬筆
Translated by: Yi Jue Yuan Translation Team
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