相約在禪修 最美不過夕陽紅
騰福 騰禧 加拿大溫哥華 圖文由加拿大溫哥華藥師禪院提供他們是一對年邁的老夫婦，一年前因為74歲的妻子騰福患上抑鬱症，80歲的丈夫騰禧陪同她一起走進菩提。走進菩提後，夫婦倆紛紛收穫著身心的健康和快樂，並將這份收穫傳遞給了更多的有緣人。在絢麗的夕陽裡，他們就這樣一起詮釋著感恩的真諦，執手共剪一段幸福的時光……
2013年3月份，騰禧的太太騰福患上了嚴重的抑鬱症，那段時間裡她終日夜不能寐，心情抑鬱痛苦，大腦裡總是無法控制地像放電影般一幕幕地出現負面的景象。不僅如此她還常覺得全身無力，走路時兩腿像棉花一樣軟綿綿的，坐立難安，茶飯不香。看過醫生吃了6個月的藥以後，也沒見一絲好轉。那時候面對每日飽受著病苦折磨的太太，騰禧是看在眼裡疼在心上，除了整天在身邊照顧她之外，也只是束手無策，唯有默默地嘆息…… 然而天無絕人之路，一個偶然的機會，騰禧在超市拿到了一本《禪修與健康》雜誌，這本雜誌深深地吸引了他。抱著一線希望，回到家後他說服了太太去試一試禪修。就這樣2013年8月底，他陪着太太一起來到禪堂參加了菩提禪修的能量調理。緊接著又參加了9月份的菩提禪修健身班。沒想到才初次體驗禪修，他的太太就驚喜地發現自己的身體竟然漸漸地輕鬆了很多，胃口變得好起來, 睡眠也有了改善！為了繼續康復身體，他們又繼續參加了多個健身班和念佛班。兩個月後，太太已從嚴重憂鬱症中完全解脫了出來！過去她每晚只能睡1個小時，而現在每天卻能睡 6小時，飯也吃得香，不僅如此她的心情變得快樂開朗了許多，經常與旁人有說又有笑。看著太太一天天的變化，騰禧也開心不已！ 在太太生病時，騰禧把注意力都放在了她身上，也從來沒有心思顧及自己的健康。然而沒想到來陪太太禪修這一年多，除了太太的抑鬱症得到康復，通過「大光明」及走「八卦」，他的身體狀況竟然也得到了改善。十多年來，由於血液不通暢，騰禧一直都有手冰凍的毛病，尤其是在冬天經常生凍瘡。不僅如此，他的鼻子過敏超過十年，經常打噴嚏流鼻水。禪修後，他發現自己過去手冰凍和鼻子的過敏竟然全部都好了！更神奇的是原先他有一頭的銀白髮，自從禪修後竟然開始漸生出黑髮來！現在的他每天的禪修時間都在2－3個小時之間，精力也越來越充沛。 對於他們夫婦而言，菩提禪修就好像是一道溫暖的陽光照進他們的世界裡。它不僅讓太太騰福從嚴重抑鬱症的痛苦中解脫出來，不再飽受病苦的折磨，而且也讓騰禧品嚐到健康的喜悅。他們的生活因禪修的出現再次回歸到幸福快樂的彼岸。為此，他們內心對金菩提宗師充滿了深深的感恩！ 除了帶給他們健康，禪修也讓他們的晚年生活充滿了無限的幸福。怀揣一份感恩之心，如今騰禧與太太騰福每天都來到禪堂做義工。在做義工的過程裡他們受益良多，感受到一種前所未有的充實和快樂。在這裡，他們希望自己可以永遠成為感恩的傳遞者，將宗師給予他們的健康和快樂，傳遞給與更多的有緣人！
Fly High, Fly Free
By Taipei Center
Translation by Austin Yeh
“Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for flying with us and welcome to Taipei…”
Captain Johnson Zhang has made that announcement countless times as he touches down at Taoyuan International Airport. He has flown to hundreds of destinations all over the world but finds the most comfort in welcoming travelers to Taipei, as it means he is returning home – home to his loved ones, and to Taipei Bodhi Meditation Center.
In the spring of 2009, fifty-year-old Captain Johnson became ill with the flu, which left him with an intractable cough. While out shopping one day, a special edition of Health magazine caught his eye as it featured a series of articles about coughing. But after flipping through the magazine, Captain Johnson was most intrigued by an article from Bodhi Meditation that included a picture of Grandmaster JinBodhi. About ten years earlier, he had been introduced to a different kind of meditation practice through a religious organization. But he didn’t stick with the practice and subsequently had found it difficult to find a credible meditation master. But something about the photograph of Grandmaster JinBodhi touched him – his intuition told him that he was looking upon a great meditator. Spurred to action, Captain Johnson enrolled himself in an Introductory Meditation and Chanting Class at Taipei Center.
Before setting foot in the Center, he switched to a vegetarian diet in an attempt to purify his body and mind. After completing his first Chanting Class, he noticed that his cough had vanished without medication! Since then, he has practiced Bodhi Meditation on a regular basis. Other unexpected health benefits have delighted the captain. Severe neck injuries suffered years ago had mostly been healed by intensive treatment, but from time to time he was still plagued by neck pain and insomnia. To his relief, after practicing meditation for a period of time, his nagging neck pain is a thing of the past and he sleeps better than ever before.
In November of that same year, he participated in the Second Level Bodhi Meditation Retreat. His instant faith in Grandmaster JinBodhi made intuitive sense to him, as the Master’s radiant appearance conveyed his enlightenment in a way that touched the captain’s heart. The Master imparted healing skills during the Retreat, and they proved very useful during one of Captain Johnson’s flights. In the midst of a red-eye, a flight attendant rushed into the cockpit to alert him to the presence of a very ill passenger. With one-and-a-half hours left to go before reaching the final destination and no doctor on board, he had to make a decision. Prior to Bodhi, the captain would simply have made an emergency landing at the nearest airport and sought medical help. But this time, given his newfound healing skills combined with the fact that they were at a smooth cruising altitude, he decided to hand the controls to his co-pilot and walk to the cabin to see if he could help. The gentleman in distress was in his mid-fifties and holding an oxygen bottle to his chest, his eyes shut tightly. His breathing was labored, his head was shaking, and it was clear that he was too weak to stand on his own.
Captain Johnson asked nearby passengers to move so that the ill man could lie down. One of the flight attendants held the oxygen bottle while the Captain began a healing session based on what he had learned from Grandmaster JinBodhi. As he worked, Captain Johnson ignored the strange looks that some passengers were throwing his way. “I didn’t care what people thought,” he recalled. Five minutes into the session, Captain Johnson saw that the sick passenger was more relaxed and able to breathe easier. After ten minutes, the man’s breathing had stabilized and he appeared to be asleep. After fifteen minutes, the healing session came to an end when the captain saw that the passenger continued to breathe well and sleep soundly.
His healing skills were once again called into action at Osaka International Airport in Japan. After almost all the passengers had deplaned, a mother and her young daughter remained onboard, seemingly unable to exit. In answer to his inquiry, the daughter told Captain Johnson that she was suffering from such severe spinal pain that she wasn’t able to move. To make matters worse, there were no doctors on duty at the airport. With her mother’s permission, the captain began to utilize his healing ability. Five minutes into the session, the daughter could lift her foot. After fifteen minutes had passed, the girl declared that she was fine. After many thanks to Captain Johnson, the mother and daughter were able to exit the plane as though nothing had been amiss.
Once again his crew was flabbergasted, some joking that the captain was a hypnotist. But of course hypnotism had nothing to do with it – rather, the secret and powerful healing techniques Captain Johnson had learned from Grandmaster JinBodhi were at work. Word spread throughout the airline that there was a special captain in the company. “It’s wonderful flying with you,” some of his colleagues told him. “Even if we have sick passengers, we don’t have to make an emergency landing thanks to your ability.”
The Meditation of Greater Illumination is an integral part of Captain Johnson’s daily regimen, regardless of whether he is at home or abroad. “I’m very healthy and happy now, and every day I look forward to serving people, and becoming more compassionate, tolerant and alert,” the captain said with obvious gratitude. “I used to be short-tempered and I didn’t have much patience. Now, I recognize that I have control over my reactions, and things don’t affect me anymore, no matter what happens.”
相約在禪修 最美不過夕陽紅
騰福 騰禧 加拿大溫哥華 圖文由加拿大溫哥華藥師禪院提供他們是一對年邁的老夫婦，一年前因為74歲的妻子騰福患上抑鬱症，80歲的丈夫騰禧陪同她一起走進菩提。走進菩提後，夫婦倆紛紛收穫著身心的健康和快樂，並將這份收穫傳遞給了更多的有緣人。在絢麗的夕陽裡，他們就這樣一起詮釋著感恩的真諦，執手共剪一段幸福的時光……
2013年3月份，騰禧的太太騰福患上了嚴重的抑鬱症，那段時間裡她終日夜不能寐，心情抑鬱痛苦，大腦裡總是無法控制地像放電影般一幕幕地出現負面的景象。不僅如此她還常覺得全身無力，走路時兩腿像棉花一樣軟綿綿的，坐立難安，茶飯不香。看過醫生吃了6個月的藥以後，也沒見一絲好轉。那時候面對每日飽受著病苦折磨的太太，騰禧是看在眼裡疼在心上，除了整天在身邊照顧她之外，也只是束手無策，唯有默默地嘆息…… 然而天無絕人之路，一個偶然的機會，騰禧在超市拿到了一本《禪修與健康》雜誌，這本雜誌深深地吸引了他。抱著一線希望，回到家後他說服了太太去試一試禪修。就這樣2013年8月底，他陪着太太一起來到禪堂參加了菩提禪修的能量調理。緊接著又參加了9月份的菩提禪修健身班。沒想到才初次體驗禪修，他的太太就驚喜地發現自己的身體竟然漸漸地輕鬆了很多，胃口變得好起來, 睡眠也有了改善！為了繼續康復身體，他們又繼續參加了多個健身班和念佛班。兩個月後，太太已從嚴重憂鬱症中完全解脫了出來！過去她每晚只能睡1個小時，而現在每天卻能睡 6小時，飯也吃得香，不僅如此她的心情變得快樂開朗了許多，經常與旁人有說又有笑。看著太太一天天的變化，騰禧也開心不已！ 在太太生病時，騰禧把注意力都放在了她身上，也從來沒有心思顧及自己的健康。然而沒想到來陪太太禪修這一年多，除了太太的抑鬱症得到康復，通過「大光明」及走「八卦」，他的身體狀況竟然也得到了改善。十多年來，由於血液不通暢，騰禧一直都有手冰凍的毛病，尤其是在冬天經常生凍瘡。不僅如此，他的鼻子過敏超過十年，經常打噴嚏流鼻水。禪修後，他發現自己過去手冰凍和鼻子的過敏竟然全部都好了！更神奇的是原先他有一頭的銀白髮，自從禪修後竟然開始漸生出黑髮來！現在的他每天的禪修時間都在2－3個小時之間，精力也越來越充沛。 對於他們夫婦而言，菩提禪修就好像是一道溫暖的陽光照進他們的世界裡。它不僅讓太太騰福從嚴重抑鬱症的痛苦中解脫出來，不再飽受病苦的折磨，而且也讓騰禧品嚐到健康的喜悅。他們的生活因禪修的出現再次回歸到幸福快樂的彼岸。為此，他們內心對金菩提宗師充滿了深深的感恩！ 除了帶給他們健康，禪修也讓他們的晚年生活充滿了無限的幸福。怀揣一份感恩之心，如今騰禧與太太騰福每天都來到禪堂做義工。在做義工的過程裡他們受益良多，感受到一種前所未有的充實和快樂。在這裡，他們希望自己可以永遠成為感恩的傳遞者，將宗師給予他們的健康和快樂，傳遞給與更多的有緣人！
