InnKeeper's Wisdom

Past mind can't be grasped,
Present mind can't be grasped,
Future mind can't be grasped.
With which mind will you drink this tea?

- Innkeeper lady to Venerable Te Shan

This is the Karma Kagyu Refuge Tree. I really will like to be practising this, but somehow just lack a teacher. No fate at all 

Why I love Flowers?

There is a story about a flower which is well known in the Zen circles. One day the Buddha held up a flower in front of an audience of 1250 monks and nuns. He did not say anything for quite a long time. The audience was perfectly silent. Everyone seemed to be thinking hard, trying to see the meaning behind the Buddha's gesture.

Then, suddenly, the Buddha smiled. He smiled because someone in the audience smiled at him and at the flower. The name of the at monk was Mahakashyapa. He was the only person who smiled, and the Buddha smiled back and said, " I have a treasure of insight, and I have transmitted it to Mahakashyapa."