__________________________ Offertory Ceremony
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Marching along BODHI-PATH
Hundred of Disciples went after
Ven. Abbot DAYI SHIFU (LEFT) ___ and Pilgrims devoted bowing
behind Shengguangshi's steps,
the 1st devotee was a senior @ the age of nearly 90'_(RIGHT)
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EIGHT WINDS:
1) honor/praise/approval
2) ridicule/disgrace,
3) suffering/censure,
4) happiness/pleasure,
5) benefit/prosperity,
6) destruction/devastation,
7) gain/acclaim,
8) decline/loss/bad repute
Source:
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhistDict/BDE.html
(1) - PRAISE: For example: 'Upasaka, you are really a good person; you really understand the Buddhadharma, and your wisdom really shines. Furthermore, your genius is unlimited and your eloquence is unobstructed.
(2) - RIDICULE: For instance: 'It's the scientific age now, and you are studying Buddhism. Why do you study that old, superstitious rubbish?' Really ridiculous ridicule and yet you think, 'They're right. How can I study Buddhism now in the scientific age? Cause and effect, no me and no you--how can such metaphysical theories be worth anything in the age of science? I am I, and people are people.' You become confused and are moved by the blowing of the wind.
(3) - SUFFERING: The wind of suffering makes you suffer. To be unmoved while ceaselessly performing ascetic practices is an example of being unmoved by the wind of suffering.
(4) - HAPPINESS: To eat well, to wear good clothes, to have a good place to live, and to be especially happy all day long, thinking, 'This certainly is good,' is to be moved by this wind.
(5) - BENEFIT: You think, 'All I did is go to a lot of trouble cultivating. I don't even have any polluted thoughts. Consequently, people come to me and make an offering of a million dollars to build a temple.' And they are very, very happy. That is to be moved by the wind of benefit.
(6) - DESTRUCTION: Perhaps the wind of benefit blew yesterday, but tomorrow people may come and ruin everything. They'll tell people, 'That monk is no good. Don't believe in him; he will do anything. Believe in me instead.'
(7) - GAIN.
(8) - LOSS.
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