One day in late 1996

I was having a drink at a stall

Beside was a shop selling birds

Looking at the beautiful birds and the crowd

I studied their faces

They were certainly lack of compassion

Then one of them tried to feed a bird in a cage

A small and very beautiful yellow bird

Priced at RM100 each

In my mind, I wished the bird would escape

True enough it escaped and flew away

Within the next few seconds

Three crows from nowhere attacked it

It was injured and the crow held it

Tightly in its claws and standing on a tree branch nearby

The man from the shop frightened the crow from below

The crow dropped the yellow bird

Injured and could not fly, it dropped to the ground

The man picked it up, grinning

What a short freedom!

In life we can also see many of such happenings to human

The prisoners may escape but most likely will be caught again

Likewise we are trapped in this world, a bigger prison

Sooner or later, will be caught again and again……

Birth and death, birth and death……again and again…..

From one body to another….. endlessly

The eternal soul is forever trapped in one form or another

Unless we know the real freedom

Treasure the temporary freedom we have on earth

Earn the permanent freedom in Heaven

Receive Tao, Cultivate Tao and Propagate Tao

And be free forever

This is true because I had seen our seniors who had passed away

Came back as immortals, saint, bodhisattva……in the Temple of TAO

The Buddha said

‘To be a Buddha is not a dream’

It is real.

Go for the real wholeheartedly

One day you will know and agree with me

Either here or in Heaven!

If we ever meet!          

May you have the real freedom

And not short freedom like the little bird

Salvation is the real freedom.