元宵節快樂🏮 Lantern Festival

南禪朋友好！

開學日及元宵節快樂🏮

 

     過年總要看看有些一年不見的大德們。

 兩個小女生跟她們父母來拜年禮佛，

小人一坐下，10秒內各自拆完日式座椅，躺平，開心到一副洋洋得意的樣子，根

本在說，我們兩個有備而來喔！

 

姐姐坐好後問我說：我媽媽說你最近很出名，真的嗎？審核的語氣。

 差一點噴笑的我說還好啦！

 打從娘胎看到長大的小女生七嘴八舌的，我管也沒有用。

 還是她媽媽的虎音厲害，哈！

 過兩天小朋友的外公說：

國小的老么常考個位數的分數，這外公心疼教授女婿的臉掛不住。

    剛滿80歲的桃紅老師開心的跟我說她十幾年前車禍開腦的日期，3次腦部手術的

日期、時間已經是第幾年了！

 數字精準到嚇一跳，

 桃紅老師家是客家的模範楷模，一家書香，

 車禍生病期間她兒子剛寫完博士論文，整個媽媽車禍生病期間都是他在照顧，羨煞她媽媽一票同事，

 直說一定要生個兒子，我說可以生出這麼好的嗎？

（有人不太識相）

 她大女兒（盧校長夫人）已上大一的兒子，剛兩歲半來的時候，

我說：小子你來了啊！

 他說：不准叫我小子！

 如今是貼心的年青人。

 剛考上台北陽明交大研究所的姊姊喜不自勝的坐在一旁傾聽。

同步恭喜俊得、韻如女兒考取台北商業大學研究所。

 半寄

 （屏東縣泰武山區隨拍）

 

Greetings, friends of NanZen!

 

Happy First Day of School and Lantern Festival! 🏮

 

During the Chinese New Year, it's always nice to catch up with those who we haven’t seen for a year.

 

Two little girls, along with their parents, came to offer New Year's greetings and pay respects at the temple. As soon as they sat down, within 10 seconds, they had already dismantled the Japanese-style chairs, lying flat, looking so happy and proud, almost as if saying, "We came prepared!"

 

After the older sister sat properly, she asked me, “My mom said you’ve become quite famous recently. Is that true?” She asked with a tone of scrutiny.

 

I nearly burst out laughing and replied, "Not really."

 

The little girls, who I’ve known since they were babies, were chattering away, and I couldn’t do much about it.

 

It’s still her mother’s commanding voice that is the most effective, haha!

 

A couple of days later, the little girl’s grandfather said, “The youngest often gets units digit scores in elementary school, and I feel sorry for my son-in-law, a professor, having to face that.”

 

single-digit

The 80-year-old Ms. Taohong Chen happily shared with me the exact dates of her car accident and brain surgeries from over ten years ago. She could even recall the precise times and how many years have passed since then, which was astonishing.

 

Her family is a model of the Hakka, a household full of scholars. During her illness from the accident, her son had just completed his doctoral thesis and took care of her the entire time. Her colleagues were envious of how well she was taken care of, and they jokingly said, “One must have a son!” I asked, "Can everyone raise such a good son?" (Someone just doesn’t possess discernment…)

 

Her eldest daughter (the wife of Principal Lu) has a son who’s now in his first year of college. When he was two, he came to visit, and I said, “So, kid, you’ve arrived!”

 

He quickly responded, "Don’t call me ‘kid’!”

 

Now, he’s a considerate young person.

 

His elder sister, who just got accepted into the graduate school at Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taipei, was sitting beside us, listening with joy.

 

Master Banji

 

(Photos taken in Taiwu Mountain area, Pingtung County)

 

 

（屏東縣泰武山區隨拍）