Encounters With Master Sheng Yen Du Zhengmin Ding Min Shan Tehsing by Du Zhengmin, Ding Min, Shan Te-hsing 9789869668446, 9869668445 instant download after payment.

To share with the public the thoughts and life experiences
of Dharma Drum Mountain founder Master Sheng
Yen (also known as Shifu, meaning “Master”), the Sheng
Yen Education Foundation embarked on a series of talks
beginning in September of 2009. Fifty-two talks were given at
the Sheng Yen Lecture Hall (located in the official residence
where Master Sheng Yen lived in his final years). The talks
were titled A Living Example, Countless Teachings—
Encounters with Master Sheng Yen and we invited all his
monastic and lay disciples to share with us their stories about
Shifu, how he taught them through his living example and
words. Listening to these speakers’ personal accounts of
the interactions between teacher and student allowed the
audience to commemorate Master Sheng Yen’s journey, and
once again hear his gracious teachings.
The talks include stories of Master Sheng Yen’s everyday
life, how he would give detailed guidance to his disciples
regarding their speech and actions. There are also accounts of
his travels to share the Buddhadharma locally and overseas,
reaching out to the public, and teaching them skillfully and
flexibly based on the existing circumstances. Even in his later
years when he became quite ill, he was an example of how
to face life and death with freedom and ease. All of these
examples, no matter how small the story or how short the
conversation, radiate Shifu’s compassion and wisdom. They
inspire us to vow to “Emulate the worthies and sages, practice
what the Dharma has taught us, and repay through our
heartfelt gratitude.”
At the end of the series, we felt that the interactions from
these true life stories were brimming with the Dharma spirit.
Hence the audiences initiated and organized transcripts of
the talks, to be compiled and published, hoping to allow the
general public to learn from the wisdom of Master Sheng Yen,
so that together we can realize his vision to create a pure land
on this earth.