Sunday, November 15, 2015

Hình ảnh Lễ 49 Ngày của Mẹ - Pictures of the 49 Days Ceremony for Our Mother's Passing


































































Photos by Xuan Trang of Kim Quang Temple.



Saturday, November 14, 2015

SILENCE

For Paris and musician Anh Bang - Photo: BXK

SILENCE

The six sounds of the chime spread through the air
This world is real and unreal
This realm
Exists
and unexists

Comes and goes in this kingdom
Stop
Silence
Leisurely flow
As free as the limitless clouds!


For Vietnamese version, please click here: 

TĨNH LẶNG


Thursday, November 12, 2015

MOTHER LETTING GO OF HER HAIR -- LOVING HER FOREVER (Mẹ Xả Tóc )




MOTHER LETTING GO OF HER HAIR -- LOVING HER FOREVER

Mother always lives her life the way it should be:
Caring, loving, with devotion, and tolerance.
All mothers' love mortifies The Cradle by Berthe Morisot:
It is the embodiment of

Poetry,
Landscape,
Seascape,
Soundscape.
Mother's life is packed with compassionate heart and mind.

Today, letting go of her hair, she lets go of all negativities;
The seed of Bodhi sprouts awaken, in homage to Buddha.
Oh! Mother, may you live so our lives undergo less suffering.
Even though we understand impermanence,
mother's shore is beckoning
this human realm always, dreamable nonetheless unpredictable.

We wish to still have you,
Mother! Even so thin and skinny you have turned out to be,
We wish to still have you, Mother, 
in order for us to understand the ups and downs of this human realm.
Let go of this hair – let go of this realm

with love and peace.



 For Vietnamese version of this poem, please click here: MẸ XẢ TÓC--TRỌN ĐỜI THƯƠNG MẸ!

For Vietnamese song of this poem, please click below.
Music by Nguyên Quang, singer: Huy Hoàng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v693V6Sxk0w

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

TĨNH LẶNG

Thư pháp Võ Việt Tuấn
TĨNH LẶNG

Thanh cầm sáu tiếng ngân xa
Trần gian hư ảo
Ta Bà

Không


Đến đi trong cõi sắc không
Dừng chân
Tĩnh lặng
Thong dong
Mây ngàn!


Chùa Phước Thiện, Sacramento, CA

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Khóc Thầy - A Tear for A beloved Master

Thầy Từ Lực khóc Thầy Hạnh Tuấn. Giọt nước mắt của Thầy cũng là nước mắt của tổ chức GĐPT Việt Nam tại Hoa Kỳ.
"Thầy Hạnh Tuấn yêu màu áo lam, không phải yêu màu sắc, mà Thầy yêu cái tính chất hòa hợp mà màu lam tượng trưng. Vậy đâu là huyễn, đâu là chơn. Hỏi tức là đã trả lời." 
Ảnh và lời của Quảng Pháp
KHÓC THẦY

Khóc Thầy nước mắt về Tim
Dẫu cho ly biệt con tìm Hiểu Thương
Thầy long lanh tựa vạt sương


A Tear for a beloved Master
Crying for you, our tears flow back to the hearts
With your departure, we seek to understand and love more and more each day
Oh, our beloved Master, you are beautiful and sparkling like the dew drops