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瓶內所放的穀子逐漸減少，直到鴿子得深入瓶中取食。很多次，為了吃到食物，他們失去平衡，很是狼狽。從相片中，可以看到上人用幾乎快空的瓶子在餵鴿子，同時也在教美國人書法。在一九六九年，上人每晚在書法班上，寫出《楞嚴經》的經文，每次教二十四個中文字。同時在一堂課中融合了許多學習的內容，包括中文筆順、寫毛筆字的技巧及《楞嚴經》的經文淺釋，同時也訓練了學生的背誦能力。 |
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Gradually the amount of grain in the tall glass jar decreased until the birds had to reach far into the jar, often unceremoniously losing their balance in the process, in order to get the food. The Master, shown here feeding the birds from a nearly empty jar, gave a 24-character calligraphy lesson every evening during the year l969. He wrote out the
Shurangama Sutra and combined many learning potentials into that single lesson, including stroke orders for Chinese characters, techniques of writing brush calligraphy, simple explanations of each passage of text, and development of disciples’ memorization skills.
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