Just Do It

Within 24hrs after putting the baby pic on my msn, I received many messages asking me who the baby belongs to. Almost everyone commented that the baby is extremely cute. Yeah, I couldnt agree more. And all of a sudden after having this baby's pic, i find those babies photos I previously have no longer cute! Thats how fast our mind changes.

I read the blogs of some of my friends and found most of them melancholic. I take a look on my MSN list, and found several 'negative' nicks too, most suggesting 'life sux' or something along the line. Life is indeed full of sufferings.

Last evening, I listened to Mr Lim, as he introduced the Sayagyi tradition to some of us. I learnt that his root teacher has a different approach from the Sayadaw Pak Auk tradition. The latter emphasized a lot on attaining Jhana on the early stage of practice, while the earlier does not. His explaination on 'why not Jhana first' has kinda further unlock the doubt tat I always have in my mind. However, I shldn't not be making any conclusion or guesses.

I always have a greater affinity towards female teachers (ie. Nuns) compared to monks or male teachers (you-should-know-who). Hence, I have to admit I wasnt particularly impressed or motivated by Mr Lim, even after seeing twice. However, some of his words were really very true and meaningful to me. He advised that we shouldnt be too concerned on where we are getting, how good are we, and doing meaningless comparisons on the different traditions, techniques or teachings of buddhism ie. which is better than which. There is no such thing as 'which is better', and his advice is 'just do what you can'!

I was once a victim of being too eager to find out which tradition suits me better, or which path I should take. I was also too concerned on my 'progress', which directly hinders my progress. Paramis not enough, say and think too much also no use. So, Just Do It.