Symphony of little noises (video)

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Symphony of little noises

Tonight's Mono concert marked my third year in Singapore. Two years ago, i was standing in the same spot listening to the humming noises of Mono.

I was first attracted to this band because they created a song inspired by Sadako Sasaki, a little victim of atomic bomb dropped at Hiroshima. During the recording of "Under the pipal tree" in studio, the attacks of September 11th took place. This has impacted Mono's later work with message of war as a senseless act and only bring sufferings.

Eventually, the symphony of little noises subside into the great silence. Eventually, the noises of tiny speck of existence dissolve into the great universe. Keep humming.

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French Stuff

Coming back from france, i started looking for some French movies to watch. I enjoyed both Amelie and Micmacs by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, so i looked up his other works and found this Delicatessen.

It's a dark comedy about the darkside of humanity, and of course, the petite little love that exists amidst it. The little conversation in one scene about how the rich people get social privileges while the poor one need to sacrifice their old mother, reminds me of Daniel, a French friend that I met, who have the similar criticism on the Capitalism social structure.

I'm still feeling lazy to write about my brief trip in france, but watching a French movie brings back a strangely familiar feeling.

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三十而立

那天去阿贝家吃饭，饭后阿贝问说要不要去看阿宝的女儿，我说好阿。结果我们买了一个摇篮电动玩具，就上门拜访阿宝。眼看着当年SSH的大姐在逗着她宝贝玩，还蛮感触的。咱们自由潇洒的大学时光，已悄然逝去。
大姐问，“怎样？三十而立？”我以傻笑回应。
阿贝跟大姐说我要去法国出家了，大姐一脸紧张问道，“真的吗？真的吗？” 我说没有啦。
嗯，谁知道呢？

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手痒

无意中闯进了一个画展，还跟那位画家聊了一下。画家太太问我有画画吗？我告诉她我以前学过。她说看了画，又想动手了吧？
她这么一讲，手开始有点痒起来。

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Real security

Today, feel like reconnecting to an old friend, a teacher. Downloaded his mp3 into my office computer but was later absorbed into my work and don't have the timespace to listen. After the day of battle and back to home, though tired, I make it a point to read few pages of his book before doing my daily meditation. One particular sentence strikes me and clears my anxious monkey mind : ... the real security is being open to insecurity, the real security is being open to uncertainty.

A sense of appreciation arises in the heart, for the teaching of an old friend, a teacher I never met, Godwin Samararatne.

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始于一念

没参与藏传佛教活动有两年多了， 最近参加了图丹却准 (Thubten Chodron) 的讲座和禅修营。讲座所依据的论典正是当年自己所喜欢的《入菩萨行论》(寂天菩萨著)，当时还常常将其中的偈颂当晚课来念颂。藏传佛教吸引我的地方在于其对慈悲心量技巧性的高度开发。所谓的技巧引用了各种观想、思维。虽然从时间上来看，藏传佛教属于后期大乘，行式上及一部分教义夹杂了一些印度教的色彩，但是其在开发心量的技巧方面是确实有效的，这是我自己本身在运用《入菩萨行论》来做观想功课的经验。

最近接触了一个时间管理与建设目标的方法，叫简单学 (simpleology)。里面也运用了观想的方法，来观想生活中所想要达到的短期、中期及长期目标，清楚并具体地将他们列出来，并天天设定任务来渐渐完成这些目标。我用了简单学，也确实较有效力的完成了所设定的目标。这箇中道理和藏传佛教所强调的修行目标(成佛)，具体化成菩提心的修持，并通过修行的功课如十万大礼拜来渐渐完成, 是相通的。

中国人说一年之计在于春，一日之计在于晨；千里之行，始于足下。我说千里之行，始于一念！