Maria Ponce Acosta
In a short period of time being at Buddha Jewel Monastery my life and family have been blessed. To come to study and have access to the Sutras has been and is the major Treasure received in this lifetime, and for that I will never get tire to thank you all. All the Shifus in this monastery really deserve the title of Children of Sakyamuni Buddha. Because with great compassion, tolerance, hard work and skills, share and explain the teachings so clear like pure drinking water when we are thirsty. They are humble and loving, they are true Buddhists. And if they resemble the whole Sangha and in this way also the Grand Master, and the Grand Master the Buddha I sure want to be like you, bringing hope, care, love, etc. to sentient beings, until the ultimate enlightenment. Thanks to coming to Buddha Jewel I have learn the importance to study the Dharma to put an end to so much ignorance, so let me list the following:
- How unnecessary we engage in wrong actions that bring terrible consequences. We create our own Karma.
- The Noble Eightfold Path
- The Six Paramitas
- The importance of stop eating meat, to stop wars, to stop the cyclic of enmity and wars, for compassion toward others and stop global warming.
- The Great Surangama Sutra. When I pronounced the mantra, the second time the craving of eating meat was eradicated from my mind.
- How to live in harmony with society and the world.
- The power of meditation
Certainly my life and family has been transform toward the Dharma for all of this and what the next blessings I will always be thankful.
