振明《心要法门》第十一章：放下吧，进来！-心得报告

 Unleash The Mind Session 11

1. Cannot realise/understand the corruptions, racism etc created by the politicians is from my own creation. This is a true puzzle. Still need more practice and repentance to realise the truth.

2. Many times repeated negative life’s incidences and happenings that are repeating the mind to be numb and this is probably the survival mechanism of the human mind but this will be a big barrier to feel life and our own true nature. Hence, no change of enlightenment and see the truth as it is.

3. I have been trying very hard to feel life since the class teaches us to feel cause we cannot describe out buddha nature. To become one with the universe can only feel the truth and blend into it before can naturally response is still a puzzle to me.

4. I can only say I need more hard practice and reflections in my daily life cause I seldom do self reflections on a daily basis which is critical for my personal growth in my daily life. I guess I need to start a daily reflection habit now.

Ching Meng Hapchang

【我们需要思维，但不是让思维给我们制造了痛苦。每天让自己放轻松， 放轻松，慢慢进来...】

振明《心要法門》第十章：只有那麼一件事情-心得报告

Unleash The Mind Session 10

1. No new insight

2. Just aware of self thoughts during bowing

3. Putting down attachment to daily 300  bows due to short of time and reduced to 150 bows even though don't feel good to reduce but situation tells me to others go to work late or don't get enough sleep if wake up too early

4. Just aware my hatred and curse to the politicians who cause disharmony to Malaysian. Feel like killing these self centred and selfish at the expense of the country and Malaysian sufferings. Cannot let go of the hatred yet eventhough theoretically they also have Buddha nature

【实际的人生，去住是很自在的，只因我们不能放旷。你已经看见问题了，还要捉到什么时候？】

振明 《心要法门》第十三章：善用其心-心得报告

 Unleash The Mind Session 13

1. Recently, I was having some misunderstanding with my higher boss where he emphasise that my training participants need to passed the module 1 assessment after training before they are allowed to attend module 2 training. I told him not necessary because module 1 and 2 and actually supposed to be 1 module. I broke it up into 2 modules to allow the participants to digest and not overload or overwhelm the participants especially the new joiners. He said drivers must have license before he/she is allowed to drive. After some deep digestion to explain to him that the current employees are already doing their work, hence, it is not necessary for them to pass in order to attend module 2. Only the new joiners should learn the basic practical before they can attend my module 1 in their second month. My explanation / argument to him was taking my wife as her sister as examples. They were able to drive before 18 years old and no license. In addition, the village kids without helmet and license were riding motorcycle all over the kampung. They still achieve their goal of going to their destination. Does it mean without license they will get into accident ? Yes they will but even those who already have license doesn’t mean they will not get into accident. They will as well.

 

2. This gives me another insight that getting into university does not guarantee a person will be happy, successful and wealthy. They are many wealthy people did not go to university. It is our mindset, learning abilities and our own reflections to learn and grow towards what we need to learn / upgrade our living skill that will bring success and happiness. Hence, we have to start query the conventional practice and culture / habit in our daily life. Is it necessary ? Is it the only way ? Is the an effective and efficiency way to achieve our goal or make a good living our in life ?

3. It also feels good that the lesson saying able to switch our thinking to positive to whatever happened in our life is able to truly live life. I use to have this concept in my life because when we think the good and positive, we will be happier and life will not be so hard and we spiral up. The vice versa is also true and spiral down. Why normally a person always focus on the negatives ? It is because we were program from young in school that making mistake we will get punished. This build fears in us and hence, when see any negative things not inline with what we want or think we can get upset easily. We forgot there are lessons to be learnt in every situation to grow and gratitude for the learnings. Just keep a clear don’t know mind and feel and observe the other person’s needs at that moment and the overall needs of the situation to move forward is important. Not hold on to the negatives and get into arguments and miserable.

Ching Meng Hapchang

【是的，不落入两边，转念到最理想的地方，活得快乐，这才是会用心，这才是般若智慧。】

振明 《心要法门》第九章：不要轻易断言 - 心得报告

 Unleash The Mind Session 9

When I on the ceiling fan while reading this chapter until half way and stop to reflect, the calendar is saying hello to me happily. Now I understand better what the zen story on the wooden rooster is singing. This is the happiness of the freedom mind of the zen master.

I have been thinking about how to practice and trying to practice no thinking in daily life so that not reacting to situation and to see the truth. Sometimes can be done when put down my I, mine, me mind that comparing things, experience, like and dislike. Just listen/observe and accept things as it is like an empty paper. Then can see things as it is without my opinion and like /dislike. I will then be able to speak and act effectively to the situation and interaction with my family and in work. There is no fear or any emotion then be able to sense other’s feeling and thinking what they want / don’t want and move forward. Last time, use to be stuck and struggle in a negative situation. Now just accept the situation and do what I need to do now for the situation and easier to put down all my current work on hand and come back to continue it in other time.

I use to hold tightly to complete my bow daily and sometimes cause me to be late to work or other family matters. Now I will be able to look at the time and act accordingly and replace the bowing later of the day or at night. Hence, I will try to juggle my wake-up time in the morning to be earlier. Unless it is too early need to wake up then I bow the night / day before. My gratitude to triple jewels and dharmma protectors that I still can do my daily bow so far after 20+ years from my first learning from Zen Master Dae Bong. Even though my mind still cannot 100% focus bowing just bow. But it is a very good daily practice to just do it for mind, body and spirit.

In a recent kind of scam promotion, I would be able to see the loop hole of the original bait to me and my wife to attend the session. It was not for that objective and explained over the phone. I can also observe my mind when greed arises during the investment explanation to push me to invest. Hence, both me and my wife seek for second opinion and past on the scam investment opportunity and move on.

Ching Meng Hapchang

【很好，不断拜忏和练习回到当下，这过程都看到你在家庭和工作处事的进步。另外，觉察到自己的贪心而不陷入诈骗投资，其实都因为自己一直在修行，让心清明。】

振明《心要法门》第八章：执着于行善本身就是恶-心得报告

Unleash The Mind Session 8

Accepting everything just as it is not so easy as it is taught cause I still have the opposite mind of like and dislike.

The emotion attachment habit since young needs more training. I have much attachment for learnings. To live life naturally with a don’t know mind starts in my daily bowing practice. Sometimes can just bow and many times thinking, thinking, thinking when to many things in the mind and too many worries and things to do.

With self belief 100%, respect and trust my intuition and judgement, I am able to act according to situation many times and things will fall in place in work and family. Otherwise, things will not go smoothly. I still need more practices in the family environment to lead and inspire family members for a harmonious relationships.

【在拜佛前，发愿打造圆融的家庭，时时提醒自己，回到当下和继续忏悔。希望你早有突破！】

振明《心要法门》第七章：真正成就的功德 - 心得报告

Unleash The Mind Session 7

1.It is not easy to be clear moment to moment. Even during the bowing the mind cannot just bow. It always thinks of other matter even after so many years of bowing. Need more practice when bowing and just be aware of my 6 senses without attachment.

2.To be just aware and not attach to the things around is also a difficult matter. Just a simple chanting Amitabha Buddha with full awareness without any attachment is also not easy. So rebirth in the western buddha land is also not an easy matter. Need more awareness practices in my daily life.

3.Cannot fully comprehend the 8 contacts and 10 merits. I guess it is just don’t know mind and experience and awareness of all reactions I have in my body via my 5 senses without attachment and observe what is happening. Then wisdom may arise.

【我们就是通过拜佛念佛的功课，让我们更容易在生活的发生中去享受投入，融入境界。】

振明《心要法门》第六章：生命是总体的存在 - 心得报告

Unleash The Mind Session 6

Drink tea. Self realization of enlightenment. No one can know and cannot describe to others about it.

To continue practice my observations and awareness of my existence when my 6 senses meeting 6 dusts. Check on my own feelings when interacting with the environment and with others. If there is still some negative feelings then my “I” is still strong. If no feeling then need to check if I am numb to the incidences or able to react (function) correctly. For example, yesterday morning my daughter cannot wake up because her phone battery was flat and alarm not triggered in the morning. Her transport was waiting outside. She asked for me to tell aunty to go then I fetch her to school. I rejected her request and let aunty wait. She was upset saying I am selfish so she also don’t care and let aunty wait. I was also thinking I also will be late if sent her to school BUT this is a good opportunity to teach her to know to prioritize her things which both my wife and me was trying to teach her but with not much result. So I let her feel and experience the criticality on her own matter. In the evening when I told her about her priority in life, she can accept it more easily without negative emotion. 

My heart was feeling guilty in the morning for not sending my daughter to school but after some consideration, it was the right thing to do. I only felt relief when my daughter learnt the lesson at night on prioritizing her own matter (have to further monitor). In this incident, can see that my “I” is still there and about right and wrong. Still need further practice to function correctly with just awareness and neutral feeling then should be able to act impromptu what is correct for the situation.

【当你清楚当下的处境，就去行动，不管好或不如愿，都是果的现形，重要的是我们从中又学到了什么呢？】

振明《心要法门》第五章：真正的感受 - 心得报告

Unleash The Mind Session 5 

Time is the greatest liar. When we are in the flow / enjoyment doing something, time just flies and passed by without. When we are waiting / dislike in doing something,1 minute will feel like an hour.

When we focus on doing something and self-aware of our next situation needs us to do the next thing (without any reminder alarm or from someone), then we are clear on our function moment to moment. The problem is whether I am able to let go of the flow in the current activity and move on to next job. If yes then I am acting freely. Otherwise we are in attachment on doing the things on hand and not moment to moment clear. Sometimes I am aware and sometimes I am not. However, when we are engrossed on the task on hand the time is forever in our life in the moment. That is also when we are most productive moment. The challenge is when we are suffering from sickness, sadness etc negative situation, relationship and yet be able for me to function correctly and productively. There is no such thing as balancing act in the situations. I just have to be clear on my 6 senses and my best in relation to the situation.

There is no such thing as time management. It is more on self- management to do the correct thing in relation to the situation. Time is just a tool created to ease our communications, planning and coordination in life. We just need to schedule our important activity and just do it when the time comes.

If we can act correctly and freely then at all time without any hindrance (greed, hatred and delusion) in our mind and heart then we experience our true nature. I have been in the challenge of hatred on the neighbour’s and stray dogs shitting around the road at home until I start to let go the hatred and accept that is the nature of the dog.

I also start to accept my children’s right not to share everything in their lives because realise they have grown up and wanted their personal space and privacy. No attachment is not easy but it feels free when we really let go. Now I realise the next phase of educating my children is only give them the support and coaching when situation is right. They do not always need us anymore. I don’t own them. The conditions and karma ripen for us to be in the same family. When time comes we will depart.

Not reacting to someone criticism and scolding is also not easy. Not feeling hurt is even more difficult. I have more success on not reacting and now practicing of not feeling hurt from criticism and scolding. They are just lessons to learn / reflect if there is anything I need to improve my day to day interactions and functions. This is my next growth target from attending these classes. Hopefully I am able to function correctly at all time.

Ching Meng Hapchang

【很棒的练习！什么让你去处理下一件事情？什么让你放下了狗粪？你的定位是什么？】

振明《心要法门》 第四章：敞开胸怀面对现实 - 心得报告

 Unleash The Mind Session 4

This session is talking about experiencing our true buddha nature by breaking our ego and thinking mind. We need to clearly knowing what is happening in our life in terms of our relationships with our environment we are in the incidences happening in our life and relationship we have with everyone in our life.

No emptiness and no content, no birth and no destruction together with what is in the heart sutra, no addition and no subtraction, no tainted and no cleanliness etc all to help us to breakthrough out thinking mind and ego because we have the “I, mine, me” mind. For example, when I see my children didn’t wash their dishes after meal or throw the empty wrapper after finish eating I will reprimand them. In the process of reprimanding,

(a) I sometimes have the thinking to teach them in a stern tone (I am your dad you have to listen to me) – this is my ego mind manifesting

(b) sometimes in a soft tone to advise them – this is a dad mind manifesting

(c) sometimes I just clean or throw away the wrapper for them – my bodhisattva mind manifesting

This lesson leads me to look inwards more on whatever my thought and intention when facing all incidences whether I am attach to my ego “I” mind because I am right and you are wrong, the emotions and thinking I have towards my environment, incidences and beings. It also taught me to blend in and peace is not just for the sake of peace not to speak up and put up my stand. Sometimes I spoke up my position but can end up in argument. Hence, I will only speak once and stop. Just to get message across. Otherwise if I holding on I am right and you are wrong which is the ego I talking this is not a right function. The challenge I have to learn is to speak like a zen master that does not create any conflict and connect to everyone in a harmonious, happy and peaceful manner and serve self and others like a bodhisattva.

 All in all I have to blend into the situation, with a clear mind for servicing for self and others’ benefits as bodhisattva practice and JUST DO IT. Everything that happens is for me to learn and grow the bodhi mind.

Ching Meng Hapchang

【Your job is to teach them to do their job as a father, that’s correct! What is your mind when you see their unfinished job? How could you teach them?】

振明《心要法门》第三章：生命运行的轨则-心得报告

 Unleash The Mind Session 3

Our buddha nature is beyond words which I am trying hard to experience. This is the “Don’t Know” mind moment to moment which then see the truth and become one with the situation/environment, things or people I interact with. The challenge is seeing the truth as it is and then be able to function correctly. Below are 3 scenarios that I faced difficulties to become one and function correctly :

a)Burnt Cooking : Once in a while I burnt the food when cooking because of unable to live in the moment and feel the food will burn within how many minutes. My problem is when need to wait when the food is cooking, I will go and do other thing and forgotten about it. To overcome this I set a countdown alarm or sometimes put extra water for steaming while bowing and sense the timing is sufficient during the bowing count.

b)Talking to children : It has become a poor habit to start a conversation with a negative comment, you cannot behave this way, you are irresponsible etc. This creates roadblock in the communication and they try to run away. My solution is still have to enhance my listening skill about what inspires them and allow them to digest and follow-up. My daughter has improves her book-keeping from 8% to 42%. Eventhough failed but at least she had put in her effort.

c)Covid sickness : I was questioning myself, what is my sick body buddha nature. Just be aware and clear of the body sickness but do not allow it to influence my emotion to control me. Just rest but I have thoughts that I cannot stop my bowing. Zen Master Sheung Sahn said when facing strong karma then need strong practice. So I am trying to bow slowly. However, my daughter said sick already still want to bow ? Better rest and look at me one kind disapproving. This is a question to Sifu, is this a strong practice to not allow our body and mind control us or actually a “practice attachment” ?

Ching Meng Hapchang

【“bowing” or “practise” are just a state. But, if you’re holding “I want practise”, don’t be surprise! Do the cooking 100%, rest 100% when you’re sick, just relax.】

振明《心要法门》第二章：人生的四个阶段 - 心得报告

Unleash The Mind Session 2

1. I would say, I am in the survival mode most of the time from young just following the life flow of the majority living to others’ expectation until I was married. Then I strived to be the society people to provide a better life for the family. But my practise was not good enough and without a clear mind, fall into many mistakes of ups and downs.

2. Things does not change initially when I first take refuge to the triple jewels (before marriage) but my faith in the triple jewels allows me to persist and continue my learnings of the dharmma. Life has many ups and downs to the very bottom. The lowest period was in 2013 to 2017. Luckily Zen Master Daebong had pulled me up in one of the retreat and I survived until today.

3. Thereafter, I became the abnormal person when my thoughts, words and actions are abnormal from the majority. My guidelines are the precepts / morality with a clear goal.

4. Life started to change more when I and my wife started to attend the first 10 vows of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva classes. 

5. Currently, my life and relationship in the family are still at the recovery stage. Hopefully, there will be more breakthroughs in this third season and future classes to support my practice progress with a clear mind and function correctly.

6. Gratitude to all the sanghas for their teachings and guidance especially Kwan Um Zen School Sanghas. 

Ching Meng Hapchang

【Dont’t give up! Just keep on your practices although you’re at the bad mood. More breakthroughs await as the time comes.】

振明 《心要法门》第一章：心的本然面目 - 心得报告

Unleash The Mind Session 1

1This class come at the right time because I was exploring how to separate myself from the emotional baggage when there is something negative happening to me. Example of negative feelings are like after being scam, after an accident, anger, things happened (surprises) not what I expected, etc highly charged situation. I just realised all these are the manifestation of the “I” in me for survival / preservation of “my physical life” which is a delusion. All these while I learnt about the truth of no self and now is the real understanding the deluded self which I always hold on to.

2In order for me to catch the deluded self and understand the process how it works and stop at that moment, is first I need to realise/ aware of the it manifesting in my mind and body when negative event not occurs. Tap my chest to release the negative toxin and emotional feelings until relieve. Then put all the thought and feelings down. Then accept the truth of what has happend and try to look from the from a third party’s perspective what is the incident about before I can see the truth in the situation for my next action to face it calmly with a clear mind.

3In short is handle the emotion, put it all down, accept the truth then act in the most effective and efficient manner. This still need more practices in my day to day life.

Ching Meng Hapchang

【It’s great that you know the moment to have a stop! Sometimes, to act effectively and efficiently is still our own judgement. Follow situation, act accordingly, not our desire.】