Rev. Heng Sure, Ph.D. is the Director of the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, President of the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association and Senior Monastic Bhikshu of the late Chan Master Hsuan Hua. He has been a Buddhist monk in the Chinese Mahayana tradition for 29 years and received all his training in the United States at Gold Mountain Monastery in San Francisco and at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, in Talmage, California. He teaches Buddhist-Christian Dialogue at the Graduate Theological Union.
Time to sit under the tree and enter samadhi? You decide.
Meditated
Talked with Mom canceled Thanksgiving visit
Counseled disciple who broke precepts
Set up remodeling of back stairs and fire escape
Drank tea
Read email and news
Translated Chinese song; didn’t finish
Met with Methodist colleague to plan college course
Call from Canadian nuns about Vancouver trip
Call from East Coast nuns about Maryland trip
Talked with monk about school schedules
Called school administration about changing monk’s English class
Ate lunch
Five phone calls about bike lock
Called book store about order, will deliver
Counseled suicidal teenager
Declined invitation to Interfaith Service
Greeted returning friend, heard stories of trip
Met University Chancellor
University Staff meeting
Spoke with director of interfaith group about budget
Supervised rebuilding
Dis-invited meat-eating workers from dining room
Drank tea
Call from student with doubts
Call from Los Angeles BK sister
Call from Zen teacher about reading circle
Met neighbor discussed bike pilgrimage
Meditated
Evening chanting service
Translated Chinese song; didn’t finish
Finished song at midnight
Checked the doors
Meditated before
sleep.