looking to learn more

Amithaba to you all!!!
I am very new here and hope that I can make some friends and learn. :)
Om Mani Pad Me Hum

Welcome!Kutoim!!

tell us a little bit about yourself?

Mimosa

AMITABHA ....I am a female and I live in NY.How about you Mimosa? :) Tell me a little about you too please...

Hello. I am a girl :-) I live in CA, but currently I am in long-term business trip in VA.

I will be home in CA for couple of days and come back to VA again. VA is very close to NY!

I like translation and computer, what's about you?

Mimosa

right now I put a lot of my attention into spiritual learning  I actually just got back from Asia with my daugther.Are you a translator mimosa? can you tell me what language do you translate .. thank you  :)
Kutiom

you have a daughter? how old is she?

My real profession is computer. But, I volunteer in the Padmakumara website as their proofreader.  

where in Asia did you go?

Mimosa

Om Mani Padme Hum... :) My daughter is 6 years old.Well we went to Taiwan for 2 weeks and then Indonesia and Singapore and then back here.When we were in Taiwan,it was Ksithigarbha Bodhisatva's B'day  and they have a big ceremony there,we were lucky that we had a chance to attend that ceremony. :)
Thats great that you volunteer here...you might be able to assist me to where i might find buddhist books or article that might help me with my spiritual path...thankyou

hi Mimosa I am looking for a pic of Ta Pai San Kai Fo Mu ..I wonder if you can help me with this .Hope you have a prosperous new year .. :)thank you ..

Sure, be more than happy to. The English name for it is called "Sitatapatra" or "Mother Buddha with the White Parasol"


with the right English name, it will be very easy to find the right picture online. I cannt understand pin yin too welll. you are lucky that those pin yin are easy enough for me..haha

I list one, but maybe with the right English name, you can find more

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7534/dukhar.jpg

I hope that you can see the above picture. I got it from geocity. the site is bit unstable.

if you can not see it, you can go directly here

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7534/parasol.html

I even found one GM's talk on her, boy! you are lucky!

http://www.tbsn.org/english/teach/fspihr~1.htm


hahah..have fun!

Om Mani Pad me Hum..
Thanks so much for the help Mimosa. Now I know who She is and know about Her practice too  :) thanks again
for your help...

good girl!

here is GM's pronunciation of the mantra!

have fun!

very long, best to ask someone to write down the mantra for you...

Mimosa