Good morning everyone. Last week was our last Dharma school gathering. We went to Land Park for the annual Dharma school picnic. We had good weatherc warm, with a nice breeze. I think the picnic was very successful. If you have never attended the picnic, you should try it. It was very fun.
Ifm already looking forward to our next 2004-2005 Dharma school term. Rev. Bob already asked me to help teach a class. Oh-ohc But, I think it will be good English practice for me.
Last Thursday night, I went to the Crest Theater at K-streetc to see a movie with my friend. The moviefs title was gSuper size meh. Do you know the movie? Have you heard of it? How many people have seen it? The moviefs rating is for all ages. It is a documentary movie. It has a surgical operation and a few crude scenes, but I was OK.
However, I felt this might not be good for childrencmaybe.
Most people probably have not seen it yet. So, I donft want to give away the story. I will just give the outline of the story. Mr. Morgan Spurlock documents his month of eating nothing but McDonald's food. He has to try everything on the menu at least once, and he must super-size his order if asked. He ate McDonaldfs food for 3 times a day.
Before he tries to eat at McDonaldfs for one month, he was a very healthy mancmore than me! His blood pressure was low, and his cholesterol was almost nothing!
After one month of McDonalds, he got very sick, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and he gained serious weight. So, he lost his good health completelyc
This documentary movie should be a lesson for all of us. We know better, but we canft stop to eating Fast food. Unfortunately, children especially like this kind of fast food. Yesterday, I ate an INfNfOUT Burger. Even though I saw the movie, I wanted to eat it. Some people cannot stop smokingcsome people cannot stop drinkingcEven though they know it is no good for them.
Buddha said gPeople have greed. Thatfs why we sometimes cannot stop doing something, even if we know it is not good for us. Greed is not affected by intelligent. It does not matter if we are poor or rich. It just depends on whether we have a selfish or unselfish mind.h
When we begin to truly understand our selfish mind, our selfish mind begins to disappearc
In closing, please join me, Gassho
We sometimes cannot stop doing something, even if it might not be good for us. Because we have a selfish mind. When we begin to truly understand our selfish mind, our selfish mind begins to disappear. Gassho