Sunday Chantting

It was a glorious morning. A friend of mine agrees to bring me to the Brickfield Maha Vihara temple. It is my first to chant in a Sri Langka Temple. All the puja is in sanskrit. But, I manage to follow... although with a little bit of loosing here and there..

It took an hour to complete the chantting session. Then, we have our breakfast there continue with a dharma talk - be sure of yourself.

It is a good topic as I always have not much confident to commit or decide. I couldnt recall the monk's full name. But, sister Berlinda called him Barthay. Hope i get the monk's name right. Thanks to Barthay to englighten me.

Here is the summary of the dharma talk:
How to be sure to yourself? First we need to be mindful in things that we are doing. Do not rush, pay attention to each move that we are doing. Touch it, feel it, and experience it mindfully. Second, associate to spiritual friends. In our life, we have many types of friends. It could be spiritual friends who will always gratitude and likes to invite you to temples. It could be friends who support you in work, daily life, and etc. And, it could be also friends that say hi and bye, who are our normal friends. Thanks to Lai who was willing to wake up early in the morning to bring me to the temple. Third, cleanse our mind each day twice. How to cleanse the mind? We can clean our body, face, hand, etc many times a day. But, to cleanse our mind, we need to practice meditation. Each day twice meditation 15 minutes each time, at the early morning and before going to bed. Meditation will help to clean the mind and have a fresh mind to handle everything.

Thanks to Barthay for the teaching, thanks to brother lai who brought me to the temple.


Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu....