Transforming The Soul Through Loving-Kindness

In my early days of Buddhism learning,

I couldn't make much progess,

due to a lot of frustration and prejudice

against a lot of imperfections in this world.

I found it very difficult

to apply what learnt from the Buddhism text

into real life,

until I attended a meditation course

with Venerable Guang Pin (广品法师)

(of Singapore Buddhist Federation).

In Venerable's meditation course for beginners,

he taught us to visualise

the light of loving kindness (Metta)

showering ourselves, our family, our neighbours,

and slowly expand the light of loving kindness to

the universe.

He also encouraged his students

to recite a short Metta phrase

"May I be in peace,

May the universe be in peace"

(愿我得安乐; 愿虚空法界一切众生皆得安乐)

ten times every morning right after waking up and

ten times every evening right before going to bed.

I did as instructed.

And, when loving kindness grows day by day,

I notice that I could realise

more dharma in day-to-day living :B

Today, I am still very thankful to Venerable Guang Pin

who laid an important foundation

in my early days of Boddhi path :)

With Metta,

Kee Yew