Since the day Master Hai called to prepare for step up a level higher, I always worried, impatient, restless as kids going away soon be reunited with their families, maybe this is also a general feeling of the brothers and sisters that had many memories with Seattle Meditation Center in the many retreats in the past.
Meditation Center Seattle, where the Founder Masters spearheaded and built the spiritual cradle, where love begins to spread, and also a place where the Founder Masters sow the seeds of goodness, compassion to grow into the person wholeheartedly serve without expecting anything in return.
Level 7 class, then class of instructor assistant ended in a cozy atmosphere and full of love, the clenched arms of Masters with their disciples by definition full of happiness, the greetings of each brother, each sister, each senior Instructor whispered reminder message: please join me firmly on the path of development of the Grand Master Dharma teaching, please rowers along with the Founder Masters to steer the DDM boat back home to our father.
The celebration day of 20th anniversary of the Seattle Meditation Center was held after the retreats so the time in Seattle last longer than 2 weeks, therefore Masters disciples, brothers, and sisters have a lot of days to be together and dialogue, delight with the spiritual fellow, this is the happiness really hard to find in a lifetime.
Remembered the day when newly joined the DDM family, the understanding of human morality was still limited, tolerance, altruism was limited in the ordinary self etc ... Always thought happiness was material things we must pursue and acquired, two words of spiritual and souls vaguely understood only through books, love just devoted in a narrow range ... After years and months with faith and diligently study, parallel with the teachings of Masters through each level, have coached me entered the orbit of cultivation to change and build a more meaningful life, until today when receiving a higher responsibility, I recalled immediately the words the Founder Master often said, "24 hours a day everyone has the same, but the values are different for each person by the method was chosen to use".
The world today needs to be cover with unconditional love, DDM need people to bring happiness, peace everywhere, now I have got the Grand Master, the Founder Masters assign new responsibilities, this is an opportunity to train bravery, cultivating morality, overcome every difficult challenge to complete the task, and willing to be the bridge for future generations.
Any gathering will still need to end, but in me apparently still regret, desire to be sitting in a classroom listening more of the Founder Masters teachings, the teachings that Founder Masters always update correspond to the natural Cosmos, are able to socialize together with all fellow disciples, and more particularly enjoy the delicious vegetarian to the none-vegetarian dishes, I remembered the words of Master Hai said: "Bộ the voracious but voraciously in noble ....” Speaking to this I would like to sincerely thank all the brothers and sisters of the organizers, from the shuttling to the culinary that used spices with loves tasty in each dish, add a flavor of charming but nowhere else can do.
With the simple desire to share a point of happiness and is retained in each of us.
Love.
Nguyễn Công Bộ
Meditation Center London, Canada