Archive » wishes http://archive.freedain.com Just another WordPress site Wed, 21 May 2014 18:09:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Happy Birthday your Holiness. My birthday wishes to the Dalai Lama. http://archive.freedain.com/2012/07/06/happy-birthday-your-holiness-my-birthday-wishes-to-the-dalai-lama/ http://archive.freedain.com/2012/07/06/happy-birthday-your-holiness-my-birthday-wishes-to-the-dalai-lama/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:50:54 +0000 http://archive.freedain.com/?p=7738 Years ago when I was searching for a path I picked up a small book on Buddhism and remember thinking ‘wow, I’ve always thought this’ & ‘this makes perfect sense’.  From there I started reading your books, which further deepened my interest in the Dharma. Then I found out you would be giving a public talk soon, but it was sold out by the time I had found out. Well, I drove up to UCLA anyways. When I arrived, I happened to find a man outside selling a single ticket at face value. An auspicious sign if I may say so. 

 

When I tell friends of this day, the only way I know how to express it was that I could literally ‘feel’ you walk into the room. And even though I was way up in the back of the audience, it was as if you and I were alone and you were speaking directly to me. This changed my life. I went home that evening, shaved my head, and knew I was to set foot on the Buddhist path.

 

Soon after, I took refuge and accepted the 5 Precepts under Venerable Master Hsing Yun of the Fo Guang Shan order. There is a wonderful picture of you and my Master in one of the offices at Hsi Lai Temple that I enjoy seeing any chance I get.

 

I have been fortunate enough to have found my way to the Dharma, and am thankful to you for being a big part of that.

 

May the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in all directions continue to shine their light upon you.

 

…joining palms, bowing head to floor.
 
Kris
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