Favorite Tea House 1 , Alluring ~~~ 😉😉

Look at your problems as problems & they'll continue to hold you down. 

See them as blessings in disguise & that's what they truly become.
!
Relaxing tea time posing with smile .....

Love, Angel 

What is Truth ? Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche ~~

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche  

顶果法王 ❤️Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche 

一生中所面临的俗事，就像永无止境的海浪，一波接著一波而来，但我们到最后还是两手空空，什么也留不住，我们的脑中走过无数的念头，一个念头生出许许多多的念头，但所有的念头都只会增加内心的骚动与不平。假如仔细反省日常行为所依据的基本价值观念，并试著找出它们从何而来，我们就会发现，这一切都源自我们未能对事物做正确的检验。

我们的所作所为，通常是根据「每一件事都是真实、具有实体」的假设而来。但是，当我们看仔细一点就会发现，现象世界就像一道彩虹，色彩鲜艳多姿，却没有任何实体存在。当天空上挂著一道彩虹，映入眼廉的是许多美丽的色彩，但彩虹不能当衣服来穿，不能当饰物来戴。没有什么是我们可以拥有的；所有的事物只不过是透过各种因缘的结合，呈现在我们面前。心中升起的念头也是如此。念头根本没有所谓实体的真实，或本质的存在。所以，念头根本没有理由拥有强过我们的力量，我们也没有理由沦为念头的奴隶。轮回与涅槃皆由心造。即使如此，心也没有什么了不起的，它只不过是一堆念头罢了。

一旦我们认清念头是虚空的，心也就失去了蒙骗我们的力量。但是，只要我们把虚假的念头当做是真的，念头就会向过去生生世世一般，继续折磨我们，该我们深受痛苦。为了达到控制「心」的目的，我们必须觉知该做什么，以及该避免什么；我们也必须保持警觉，时时检视身、口、意三方面的行为。为了破除心的执著，了解所有的现象皆如海市蜃楼中的绿洲一般空无虚有，美丽的外相无益於心，丑陋的外相也无害於心。斩断希望与恐惧、喜爱与憎恶的连结，安住於平等舍之中，了解所有的现象只不过是自心的投影。一旦你知道什么是绝对的真理，你将认清眼前所有的相对现象只不过是一个幻影，一场梦，并且不再执著於它，认清实相即是空，就等於破除了思想的限制。

THe Greatest Pianist of the Century ~~~~~

6/5 Happy Birthday to the greatest female concert pianist of the 20th century, Martha Argerich !!! Sony recording is releasing a complete album of her works including all solo, chamber, and concertos !!

photo :  Northwestern University  New Concert Hall facing the Lake Michigan !!!!

Only First Love is True ....

真愛只有在初戀的記憶裏⋯～ 之後的你會發現，任何的海誓山盟都只是一時情緒～ 努力的尋找你的火花，努力保存一絲的甜蜜～努力的走到那令你心醉的夕陽～ 時間在空氣裏竄流，流不到八百年前的相遇，也竄不進八年前的感動～真愛，曾經是你的執著，你生命的原力～～ 像那每天五彩花卉的寵愛，奔放的熱情的，在每個呼吸裡，你的氣息，你的呼喊，你的低語～ 我不相信真愛有凋凌的一天，一片片的花瓣落在淸泉𥚃，好美你說，説著說著，一散如天女散了一整個天空，瓣瓣的記憶，串起我的花環，戴頭上永遠永遠的你的公主～ 花有靈魂嗎？她會輪迥否？佛說的一切世界，一點也不美，你一點也不喜歡，我們每個人心中都有真愛，他説。只是，你我沒有發現！太離奇了吔，上帝，天父，天神，時間大爆炸，普賢如來，這些故事，你們都在編織，編的似的是而非的，請問，真愛只是又是一個大大的謊言～誰都會希望不是謊言啊，不過～～～你還是愛這時間的靜止，時間的瞬間～～接受什麼？接受我的你的全部？大家都會說笑罷了～～～～ 如果我超級無敵壞，無敵叛逆，你們心中只有一大堆的分別心而已～～～ 一切都是天方夜譚～～～ 愛在初戀時，因為我們都沒有期待，只是心孁相契，不須要掩飾，更不要有太多政治～～～～ 黃金色的夕陽，在淡水，在撒哈拉，在日光機場，在西藏高原，八百年，誰相信真愛存在？  相信的人，也許是耶穌也許成佛菩薩了⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯ 。不，也許，他們都不信！！因為都是騙人的⋯⋯

Let's become a happy child again ~~~~

He is so Huge and Cute !!!!!!!!  

At a Villa Spa near Taipei ~~~ 
I seem so tiny, and feeling like a child embraced by this huge teddy bear ~~~ 
SOOO  FREE and HAPPY !!

Best Restaurant in Taipei ~~

I love the 1982 vintage so much ... at STAY 101 ~~

!982 ~~~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!!  

Thank you !  Frances and Chia.. with our love !982 ~~~~ 

Château Léoville-Las Cases: 

Angel : 96 
It is still  young  with Grace,  Berry , Lacquer , silky ,  mineral  taste and Flowery amora ... 

Critical Acclaim

• WS95
  Wine Spectator - "A racy, classy, silky wine. Inky-ruby color. Black cherry, mineral and wet earth aromas. Medium-bodied, with very silky tannins and a long, superfine finish. Has always been excellent."
• RP95
  The Wine Advocate - "I have had perfect bottles of this cuvee, but, perplexingly, the bottles from my cellar tend to be broodingly backward and require plenty of coaxing. This huge wine is, in many ways, just as massive as Leoville Barton, but it possesses a greater degree of elegance as well as unreal concentration. Classic lead pencil, cassis, kirsch, cedar, and spice characteristics are abundant in both the nose and full-bodied flavors. The tannins are still there, and, at least from my cellar, this 1982 does not appear to have changed much in the last 10-12 years. One wonders how much patience admirers of this brilliant St.-Julien will continue to exhibit. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2050.
  Rating: 95+"

Gold Plated  ~~~~

I love the 1982 vintage so much ... at STAY 101 ~~

While Spring Color Awakes ~~~ a New Experience sparkes

This is an experience of existence in the nature ~~~~

While every peice moves and rotates , you can hear the sound of nature, the light of the dawn, feel the breeze .....

畫家：連正宏 Lien 

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I am a part of this art piece .... :):) 

Whoever stands here would create a different piece of art ~~

LOVE ~~~~ does not need to be spoken out ....

Olesya Petrova ~ Charms the Queen !!

Miss Olesya  Petrova was born in 1999, Russia !!

What is true Love ? after Berlioz ~~

❤️ 如果無法真心愛一個人，怎可能去愛整個世界？ 關於愛情，不談專一與否，只談真心～～～

❤️白遼士在自傳裡說，音樂和愛情，是他人生的一對翅膀。
同樣在自傳裡，白遼士說他知道，就算是莎士比亞或巴爾札克，大概都不能夠描寫他這樣的情感。

但他知道有一個人懂他，就是英國的湯馬斯摩爾(Thomas Moore)。

白遼士是這樣引用摩爾的詩句：

「相信我，
即使所有這些令人愉悅的青春魅力明天就會改變，
或將在我的懷中逝去，如同仙女的禮物，
但你仍將被深愛，如現在一般。
你的優雅會枯萎，但我心靈的激情從未稍減，
在我摯愛的衰老的人兒周圍永遠青翠。

並不是只在你擁有年輕和美貌，

容顏尚未因淚水而衰敗時，

才激起我的狂熱和一腔忠誠。

時間只會令你在我心中更加珍貴。

不，真愛過的心靈永遠不懂得遺忘，

真愛會一直持續到生命的盡頭。

就像向日葵會永遠面向它的太陽神，

用同樣的目光迎送它的東升西落。」

1827年9月11日，白遼士在巴黎欣賞《哈姆雷特》演出時，深深為擔任女主角的愛爾蘭演員著迷。從此他用盡一切心機追求佳人，也從此成了莎翁的信徒，寫下《羅密歐與茱麗葉》戲劇交響樂等諸多莎士比亞主題創作。這位作曲家文筆出眾，對文學也多方涉獵，以歌德名作改寫成的《浮士德的天譴》有極其驚人的幻想場景，浪漫與恐怖合而為一。他也能寫出古典風格的均衡，藝術歌曲《夏夜》就以勻稱優美聞名於世。這場難得一聞的白遼士專場音樂會將以其歌劇《班維奴托．切利尼》序曲開場，由極受好評的次女高音佩特洛娃獻唱諸多名曲，要您從此深深愛上白遼士。 

Spring Fashion Show in Taipei 2016 ~~~

This is a Fashion Show Luncheon with Moschino ~~~~~ where the inspiration of colors never ends. If you think clashes of bright colors together would produce a chaos, you are out of the date ! Moschino takes the high fashion into a playful yet meaningful and original contemporary art that you can possibly imagine !! 


Of course, the traffic theme is so ingenius that no one ever dare to use stop signs, traffic lights onto the courtier clothing , only Moschino ! 

168 Prime Rib 

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He is the guest speaker today and today is his birthday ~~~ :) 

Egypt 1 ~~ The miracle of Abu Simbel

Abu Simbel 

The twin temples of Abu Simbel were carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses The Great in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari. The complex was relocated in its entirety in the 1960s to avoid their being submerged during the creation of Lake Nasser, the massive artificial water reservoir formed after the building of a dam on the Nile. Abu Simbel remains a top Egypt tour destination.

Only on 2/22 , 10/22  The sunrise will shine in the door of this magnificent temple ! One is Pharaoh's birthday, the other one is his coronation day . However, due to the miscalculation of the modern architects, when they relocated this entire temple, the sunshinning dates had been moved one day earlier ever since. 

Cruising the Nile is a popular way of visiting upper Egypt. The Nile River has been Egypt’s lifeline since ancient times and there is no better way to trace the passage of Egypt’s history than to follow the course of the Nile. Almost all Egyptian cruise ships travel the Luxor-Aswan route which is safe, scenic and terminates at two of Egypt’s most important towns. Taking a Felucca down the Nile is an adventurous option. Feluccas are sail boats that have been used on the Nile since antiquity. A Felucca is not quite as comfortable as a luxury cruise ship but nothing can beat sailing in a quiet rig that was designed thousands of years ago.

Can we save the world ? Alder has a solution !

❤️午后，沈浸在阿德勅的廣大意識中，清淨的如沐春風～🎀 As the philosophy of Alfred Alder's individual psychology rekindled our comtemplation of how we percieve the universe, the worries and agendas of our mundane thoughts have bit by bit melted and exausted in this special space of creativity and art . Taipeiing ! 

Thank to the oppulence and technology in the 21 century! At this very moment, a lot of us are at the stage of self actualization already, while we have fulfilled our phisical needs , belong to a lovely home or community, and  pocess a high self esteem ! 

However, if those needs were not satisfied, we can still climb this hierarchy ladder by living on more ultruistic philosophy, because we human beings are interdepenent living creatures that every action we take will affect our future lives. We need to have separate perception of the others and myself, in order to be very objective on making any desicions! Although as Alder describes all the obsticles and afflictions we have are all originated from Human Relations, try to view yourself  as the witness while you are in the relations, which is the best method to  resolve this prboblem ! 

Alder thinks that at each moment , if we can have the couarge to take responsibilities to make  desicions to  act, we can always transpire beyond the shadows and damages imprinted from the past ! All the angers, sadness, desires, jealousy, arrogance, are all emotions that we express, but they are not who we are. We connect with the universe , not with external superficial expressions, but through the innate essence love we pocess ! 

🏰Let's create meaning to our lives in benefiting others to build a harmonious community !! Let's Cherish every encountering at each moment with our love ones, friends and others ! 😘  

Photo by Shirley Wei 

Thanks to Fawn Chang 

Taipei's Best Restaurants ~~~

Mandarin Oriental Thai Thai 

168 Prime Steakhouse

Emptiness is not nothingness

"While the Buddha did teach that the nature of the mind—in fact, the nature of all phenomena—is emptiness, he didn't mean that their nature was truly EMPTY, like a vacuum. He said it was emptiNESS, which in the Tibetan language is made up of two words: tongpa-nyi. The word tongpa means "empty," but only in the sense of something beyond our ability to perceive with our senses and our capacity to conceptualize. Maybe a better translation would be "inconceivable" or "unnamable." The word nyi, meanwhile, doesn't have any particular meaning in everyday Tibetan conversation. But when added to another word it conveys a sense of "possibility"—a sense that anything can arise, anything can happen. So when Buddhists talk about emptiness, we don't mean nothingness, but rather an unlimited potential for anything to appear, change, or disappear."

–Yongey Mingyur RInpoche, "The Joy of Living," Chapter Four: Emptiness: The Reality beyond Reality

Forgiveness is like an umbrella ....

💝原諒是一種慈悲！

Forgiveness is a compassion !!

In your life ,
 you will encounter many difficult circumstances,  including those people who seem troublesome . If you do not know how to forgive , you will be living a life in suffering and disturbance .

人的一生中会遇到不顺心的事
会碰到不顺眼的人
如果你不学会原谅
就会活得很痛苦
活得很累。

Forgiveness is a kind demure , a virtue ; Forgiveness is a solution , a catalyst , that makes mutual understanding possible . Forgiveness is like an umbrella protecting you while walking in the rain.

原谅是一种风度
是一种修养
原谅是一种溶剂
一种相互理解的润滑油。
原谅像一把伞
它会保护你
帮助你在雨中前行。

People possess different levels of intellects ,  personal cultivations , and various aspects of perceptions. Different ways of principles and management would definitely be diffident among different people .  To forgive others means to place yourself at a higher level of perspective , (as to be more compassionate .)

人和人的学识不同
见识不同
修养不同
对事物的看法自然就不一样，
处理问题的方式
方法也就不一样
原谅他人等于把自己放在了一定的高度
（也就是更加的慈悲⋯）

It is normal to have contentions, arguments, and contradictions in a human relationship. If someone would misunderstand you , it is easier if you are not worried much but instead responded with a smile. Time  will prove the truth .  To be appreciative and cherish what you are given .

人与人之间有碰撞
有摩擦、有矛盾
是很正常的
对别人的误解
不妨试着置之一笑
给时间一个印证的机会
珍惜

Willingness of Self-sacrifice is a necessary attitude to forgive others . You need to have an open heart and open mind and moreover , to sacrifice does not mean you are weak and fragile .  

原谅别人需要有自我牺牲的精神
要有一个宽阔的胸怀
吃亏并不代表软弱可欺　　

To Forgive !
Life appears as the sky above you, for it will not always be clear and transparent . When the sun shines upon you , it makes you joyful . When the clouds rampant , it makes you blue .
Life will not award you with fortune and joy always , but it will provide you with various experiences , including sourness , sweetness, bitterness, spice and saltiness .
原谅生活
因为它像天空一样
不会永远纯净透明
晴空万里时
它会让你欢笑
乌云密布时
它也会使你忧郁
它不会让你一直幸运幸福
它会让你尝遍酸甜苦辣咸。

If you cannot forgive , you will certainly feel much pain within . If you do not forgive , you will  feel as living in torment , or  hell , filled with fury vengeance and suffering !  

假如你不能原谅
一定会痛苦不堪
后果是你会生活在“水深火热”之中，郁郁不乐。

March 2016 . Dilgo Tashi Rinpoche , Ah-Se Monastery .Translation by Angelina Lee

You are within me ...

"Everything is so deeply connected with everything else that nothing can exist apart. If you can understand a small roseflower in its totality, root and all, you will have understood the whole cosmos, because the whole cosmos is involved in that small roseflower. In the smallest leaf of grass all is contained. But remember, as Fa Tsang said to the empress: All illustrations, all descriptions are static, and existence is a dynamic flux." Osho

I love you according to my bond …

An Abundance of Masterpiece 

Before surrendering his power to his daughters. King Lear wants to know which of three will express her love for him most emphatically and thus receive the latest share of his legacy.   The falsification of language and its acceptance lead to a bloodbath, in which everyone is ruined. One of the four great tragedies written by William Shakespeare more than 400 years ago, is King Lear still a play for the twentieth century?

Olivier Py, who amazed Taiwanese audiences with his work of genius, Miss Knife Sings, Olivier Py  reconstructs Shakespeare's world of cruelty with a translation in free verse, sharp and in the present tense.

Olivier Py 

In this world all are busy digging their own graves, heroes, and villains, old men and young heirs, and rushing headlong towards oblivion.  Since its grand premiere in the Cour d'honneur of the Popes Palace, the production co-produced by the National Theater and Concert Hall has attracted great attention and discussions.  This is a performance that will definitely excite you, impress you and make you remember !! ---- Taiwan International Festival of Art

Codelia : Unhappy that I am, I 

cannot heaveMy heart into my 


mouth: I love your majesty

According to my bond; no more nor less.

Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides 

Lear : When we are born, we cry that we are come
To this great stage of fools

Final : The weight of this sad time we must obey;
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.

How to sleep well ....

Before going to sleep , forgive each encounters of the day . Close your eyes, purify your mind , and let the past passing.  No matter what happened today , how miserable or horrifying , you should not be sadden . Since the life is so short that there is no need of regretting and aggrevating , you should live your life with gratitude and contentment . Be present and appreciative at every moment in life .  ~~ by Tashi Dilgo Rinpoche 

🌛❤️每晚睡前，原谅所有的人和事。闭上眼睛，清理你的心，过去的就让它过去吧。无论今天发生多么糟糕的事，都不应该感到悲伤。一辈子不长，用心甘情愿的态度，过随遇而安的生活。🙏🌛

My favorite Coffee place in Taipei ~~

LV Scarf is not mine .... :) 

Sometime, the reflection says everything . 

As the entire phenomenon surrounding me is created by my stream of consciousness, thus, my mind, it seems chaotic, sporadic, mysterious, with a touch of fragrance of chocolate and coffee , simmering under the dimming yet illuminating light, I wish they are candles, scented gigantic candles with several cores kindled at once, with flickering flames if I exhale airs , if the wind dances by, alike the night lightning flies accompanied my peace , not loneliness, tranquility it is as I sip the latte from a warmed mug, falling into semi romantic indulgence  ...

Cafe place at Da-An Road ~~ 

By taking a photo shoot to Reminiscent and show appreciation of this LV scarf , when I suddenly felt so cold, this warm scarf was offered to me ...

How heart warming !!

A mystic realization in Tibet ~~

西藏，一個神祕的嚴峻的天界。。。。

Tibet, where purity , mystic and hardship meet ....

當下，在尋找，

若干年後，在尋找

臨終，在尋找，

輪迴與涅槃，皆是念頭。。。

若一直在尋找，

只是，又一個輪迴。。。

沒人能出離輪迴，

也沒人證得涅槃 。。。

~~~  Tashi Dilgo Rinpoche

We are living in a living organism .... :)

The photo was taken on 3/9 on a plane the solar Eclipse , Umbra . From The Economist 

In Search of Lost Time ~~~~

As we " Always try to keep a 


patch of sky above our life ",

while having the petit 


Madeleine , relaxing hot tea ...,

 and poetry reciting , 


🍰 we spent a splendid lovely 

afternoon with Dr. Liou,


 writer Proust and the main

protagonist Swann !!

" In search of lost time" in fact, 

is a Long Volume of Love 

Story, an illusionary , 

romanticized , artistic, descriptive ,

 yet 

analytical , real and cruel one ... 

❤ 💕

WH:
追憶似水年華⋯⋯驟冷的雨天下午，享受浪漫的法蘭西breathe. 時間停格的19世紀午后，會不會太bourgeois ？


Dear ~~ 似有非無的追憶。。。這樣陰雨綿綿的午後，空氣瀰漫著淡淡的橙香，仿佛走進一間私人salon , 似乎可以見到一絲絲七彩如虹的霧氣，像群少年少女摸索著愛情的虛幻，沒有嗅著半點商業息氣，雖然是依附了Combray 的child of air , 在時間裡過去現在未來同時並存著，已不再僅是附庸風雅，內心的圖像早已超越了那杯茶，超越了那口中的sustenance of life ..., 像在19世紀停格卻存在於另一個流動的空間，記憶裡⋯⋯⋯, 好像暮想著跳出bourgeois , 在他們的雲端舞蹈，⋯⋯⋯⋯ ， 這一切，也都和慾求相關，最終，也是如同第一口Madeleine 茶水，一切清浄如水⋯⋯⋯

Welcome The Wealth God ~~

Love is Red and Transparent ~~~

在愛情裏你愛上的是你自己⋯

只是一個記憶中的感覺⋯

幻想幻覺⋯

當你一次次的愛上一個

又一個的

愛人時⋯
你只编織著一次次愛上自己的

片段⋯

當愛情一次次的幻滅時，

一層層面具褪去，

真實的自己也

慢慢的慢慢的毀壞⋯

愛情像滋養你的毒藥～

越需要愛情的人，

越迷戀自己⋯⋯⋯

自己的興奮，悲傷，焦慮，慾望，

沈溺於存在的感受。。

你愛上了她，又愛上了我，

再愛了他，又愛牠⋯

只不過是
你愛上了當時情緖賀爾蒙被挑動的你，

你自己⋯

如萝如幻如煙如霧如我

如你如她如他如牠⋯⋯⋯

你説，

有誰是真實的？永恆的？

This is Home ...

Bring yourself back to your true nature ~ ~💕💕💕