09/09/2026
๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐
๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ - ๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฟ
Today, 3 September, marked the fourth class of this session of the Evergreen Class. As always, we began our day with the Eight-Form Moving Meditation, led by Teacher Luo Wei. The gentle movements helped everyone settle into a state of calmness, relaxation, and ease in both body and mind.
๐ English Class
This was followed by Teacher Shen Wenzhiโs English class, which was conducted in a lighthearted and humorous atmosphere. She began by reviewing the word โRelaxโ from the previous lesson, connecting it with Teacher Luo Weiโs teaching of โclear relaxation and full-body relaxationโ in the Eight-Form Dynamic Meditation. Todayโs new word was โReverse.โ Teacher Wenzhi humorously connected it with the local Taiwanese Hokkien expression โyouโwushi,โ which immediately brought laughter to the classroom.
From this playful expression, the lesson naturally unfolded into deeper teachings of wisdom โ understanding impermanence, recognizing causes and conditions, discerning cause and effect, learning to follow and make wise use of circumstances, and even creating favorable conditions. She then moved on to the idea of giving oneโs all to every task and then letting go of success, failure, gain, and lossโlearning to become a person who is truly โyouโwushiโโfree from unnecessary worries and concerns.
๐ฒ Zen Art
In todayโs Zen Art class, Teacher Mo Zhuangzhu shared how the strength and beauty of pine trees inspired her to create miniature pine bonsai using wire and handcrafted moss.
Out of consideration for the senior students, she lovingly prepared more than a hundred pre-shaped wire trunks at home so that everyone could work safely and comfortably. Each trunk was divided into five branches, symbolizing โthe Five Blessings Descending Upon the Home.โ As we shaped each branch and tiny โneedle,โ we were invited to quiet our minds and silently visualize each one as a blessing. Grateful for the teacher's love and dedication!
The host offered these heartfelt blessings:
๐ฒ May your bodies be as strong as green pines.
๐ธ May you enjoy happiness and contentment in your golden years.
๐ง May your Zen minds remain peaceful and free from worry.
๐ May virtue nourish your bodies and bring you long life and good fortune.
Everyone went home with not only a beautiful creation, but also hearts filled with joy, peace, and blessings.
๐ต Mindful Tea Session: โThe Pursuit of a Perfect Personalityโ
Our final session explored an inspiring teaching by Master Sheng Yen: he did not consider himself a โperfectionist,โ but a โstriver.โ
After watching the video, everyone engaged in a lively discussion and shared their reflections. We came to recognize that the pursuit of perfection can easily lead to feelings of superiority, self-absorption, self-blame, distress, and disappointment. We should sincerely recognize our mistakes and make the effort to correct them. โContentment brings lasting joyโ does not mean giving up or becoming complacent. Rather, it means doing our best without becoming attached to the result-accepting our imperfections and circumstances with wisdom, compassion, and peace.
Master Sheng Yen taught that the heart of the practice must be sincere and pure. A person whose mind remains steady and undisturbed by changing circumstances is a person of great character.
๐ฟ้ฟ้็ญ็ญ็ฌฌๅๅ ่ฏพๅๆๆณ - ๅฐฝๅฟๅฐฝๅ๏ผ็ถๅๆพไธ๐ฟ
ไปๅคฉ9ๆ3ๆฅ่ฟไธๆ็้ฟ้็ญๅทฒ่ฟๅ
ฅ็ฌซๅๅ ่ฏพไบ๏ผ่ฏพ็จ็
งๆ ทๆ็ฝ่ณ่ๅธๅธฆๅจ็ๅ
ซๅผๅจ็ฆ
๏ผ่ฎฉๅคงๅฎถไปฅๅฎๅฎ๏ผๆพๆพ๏ผๆ่ฝฏ็่บซๅฟๅผๅงไบไปๅคฉ็่ฏพ็จใ
๐ ่ฑ่ฏญ่ฏพ
ๆฅ็ๆฏๆฒๆ่่ๅธ็่ฑ่ฏญ่ฏพ๏ผ่ๅธ็ๆๅญฆ่ฝปๆพๅนฝ้ปใๅฅน่ฎฉๅคงๅฎถ้ๆธฉไธไธๅ ่ฏพ็ๅ่ฏRelax, ่็ณปๅฐๅๅ็ฝ่ณ่ๅธๅ
ซๅผๅจ็ฆ
ๆๅผบ่ฐ"ๆธ
ๆฅๆพๆพ๏ผๅ
จ่บซๆพๆพ"ใไปๅคฉๅญฆไน ็ๅ่ฏๆฏReverse, ็จๅฐ่ฏญๆฌๅฐ็็ฆๅปบ่ฏ"ไฝ --ๆ ไบ"ไฝๆณจ้ณ๏ผๅผๅพๅญฆๅไปฌไธ็ฆ็ฌๅบๅฃฐๆฅใ
ไป"ไฝ ๆ ไบ"ๅผ็ณๅบ็จๆบๆ
ง่ฎค่ฏๆ ๅธธ๏ผๆ่พจๅ ๆ๏ผๅ ็ผ๏ผๅฐ้้กบๅ ็ผ๏ผๆๆกๅ ็ผ๏ผๅฐๅ้ ๅ ็ผใๅๅฐๅกไบๅฐฝๅฟๅฐฝๅๅๆพไธๆ่ดฅๅพๅคฑ๏ผๅญฆๅ"ไฝ ๆ ไบ"็ๆ ไบไบบใ
๐ฒ็ฆ
่บ่ฏพ
ไปๅคฉ็็ฆ
่บ่ฏพใๆพ็ฆ
่ชๅจใ๏ผ่ซๅบ็ ่ๅธๅไบซไบๅฅน็ๅฐๆพๆ ่ๅฒ็พไธฝ๏ผๆณๅฐ็จ้็บฟๅๆๅนฒ๏ผๆๅทฅ่่ๅๆพๅถ๏ผๅไฝๅบๆพๆ ็ๆๅทฅๅฐ็ๆฏใ
ไธบๅ
้ฟ่
ๅญฆๅไผไธๅฐๅฟ่ฎฉ้็บฟๅบไผคๆๆ๏ผ่ๅธ่ชๅทฑๅจๅฎถๆ็พๅคไธชๅญฆๅไปฌ่ฆ็จ็้็บฟๆญๆๆๆพๆ ๆๅนฒ็ๅๆๅ๏ผ่ฎฉ้ฟ่
ไปฌ่ฝๅจๆด่ฝปๆพ๏ผๆดไปๅฎน็ๆถ้ด้ๆ็ปๆๅ"ๅถๅญ"ๅๆๆพๆ ้ ๅฝขใ่ๅธๆด็จๅฟ็ๆ้็บฟๅไฝไบๆฏๅๅ๏ผๅป"ไบ็ฆไธด้จ"๏ผ่ฏทๅญฆๅไปฌ้ๅฟ็จๆๅ็ๅๆถ๏ผๅฟ้้ปๆณ็ๆฏไธๆๅถๅฐฑๆฏไธ็ฆ็็พๅฅฝ็ฅๆฟใๆๆฉ่ๅธ็็ฑๅฟไธ็จๅฟ!
ไธปๆไบบไน็ฅ็ฆๅคงๅฎถ,
่บซๅฆ้ๆพ่ฌ็กฌๆ๏ผ
่ชๅพๅ
ถไนไบซๆๅนด๏ผ
็ฆ
ๅฟๅธธๅจๆ ็ฆๆผ๏ผ
ๅจๅพทๆถฆ่บซ็ฆๅฏฟ้ฟ!
ๅญฆๅไปฌไธๅชๅธฆๅ็พไธฝ็ไฝๅ๏ผๆดๅธฆๅๆปกๅฟ็ๆฌขๅไธ็ฅ็ฆใ
๐ตๅฟ็ต่ถไผ - ่ฟฝๆฑๅฎ็พ็ไบบๆ ผ
ๅฎๆไบ็ฆ
่บๆๅ่ฏพ๏ผ็จไฝไผๆฏ๏ผๆฅๅฐไบใๅฟ็ต่ถไผใไธไธใ่ฟฝๆฑๅฎ็พ็ไบบๆ ผใใ
ๅฃไธฅๅธ็ถ่ฏดไปไธๆฏ.ๅฎ็พไธปไน่
"๏ผ่ๆฏ"ๅชๅไธปไน่
"ใ
็ๅฎ่ง้ขๅ๏ผๅญฆๅไปฌ็ญ็็่ฎจ่ฎบ๏ผๅไบซใๅคงๅฎถ้ฝๅๆๅฎ็พไธปไน่
ๅฎนๆ่ชไปฅไธบ้ซไบบไธ็ญ๏ผๅญค่ณ่ช่ต๏ผไนๅฎนๆ้ทๅ
ฅ่ช่ดฃ๏ผๅฐๆฐ๏ผๅคฑๆใๅชๆๆฟ่ฎคๆฅๅ่ชๅทฑๆฏไธชๅกๅคซ๏ผๆฎ้ไบบ๏ผๆ็ผบ็น๏ผไธๅฎ็พ๏ผ"ไบบ้ๅฃ่ดค่ฐๆ ่ฟ"๏ผๆ้ๅฐฑๆน๏ผๆ่ฐ็ฅ่ถณๅธธไนๅนถ้ไธๆฑไธ่ฟ๏ผไธๅชๅ๏ผไฝๆฏ็ฅ้ๅชๅไธไธๅฎๆๅ๏ผไธๅชๅ่ฏๅฎไธไผๆๅใๅฐฝๅฟๅฐฝๅไนๅ่ฝๆฅๅ่ชๅทฑ็ไธ่ถณๅ็ฐ็ถ๏ผไธ่ช่ดฃ๏ผไธๅฐๆฐ๏ผไธๅคฑๆ็่ฆใ
ๅฃไธฅๅธ็ถ่ฏดๅฟ่ฆ็่ฏ๏ผๆธ
ๅ๏ผๅ
ๅฟไธๅ็ฏๅข็ๅฝฑๅ่ๅฐๆฐๅจๆ๏ผๅฐฑๆฏไธไธชไผๅคงไบบๆ ผ็ไบบใ
โ๏ธ ๆๆ็
๐ท ๆฏ่ฃๆ
