I had been back in Beijing for three days, and my visit was inevitably filled with many memories and emotions, and therefore I could not help dealing with some tedious affairs.

During this period, a constant flow of disciples came to visit me day and night. After eleven years of separation, we had so much to talk about, and we freely discussed what we had missed all these years until our hearts were content.

Despite my exhaustion from such a full schedule, I immersed myself in those happy moments. During the past eleven years, our society has been changing and so has Huazang, but its practitioners continue to show signs of Buddhist moral practices. Although they were fearlessly practicing before society, the people and themselves, they have not achieved consummation or “self-becoming because of their own karmas and the common karmas of all living creatures. Therefore, I will perform “The Confession Altar” at an appropriate time so that Huazang practitioners may amend their imperfections through inner witness and consummate their Svabhava.

Although I was spied on wherever I went during my recent visit to Beijing, I didn’t encounter any “trouble”, and would therefore like to express my respect and gratitude to the relevant authorities!

I was planning to fly to Shanghai from Beijing to visit some friends and students there. However, since Shanghai Expo is about to open, the relevant local authorities would feel obliged to make painstaking efforts to look after me. The Shanghai Expo is a great event for China, and I cannot bear the thought of adding extra “work” for them. So all I can is to postpone my trip. I sincerely hope that my friends and students in Shanghai will understand my decision. How about we meet after the Shanghai Expo?

 

重临京师三天了，故地重临难免感慨万千，我也难免俗气俗事交集一番！

弟子们日以继夜络绎不绝前来探访，尽情倾诉别离情，十年之别，自然有道不尽的千言万语……

虽将日程填满，劳累非常，却也甘之如饴。十一年间社会在变化，华藏也同样在变化。华藏同修们与十一年前相比，也留下了岁月的痕迹和修持的性印。这其中，由于种种的自他习障和众生共业所致，华藏同修们对社会、对人群、对自证虽有着自他兼济的无畏精进，也存在着不尽圆满之处。为此，吾将在适当的时机开启华藏同修参入“忏悔法坛”，以期匡规自证不足之漏，亦期以自性圆满之慧行。

此行京中，虽受到全方位关照，但也没遭遇“麻烦”。为此对有关方面致以敬意和谢意！

原定计划由京赴沪看望朋友和学生们，但鉴于“世博”将临，吾之临沪必定将使有关方面劳心费力。“世博”乃中华之盛事，吾不忍给有关方面添加额外“事务”。只能暂缓上海之行。吾无能为此盛事尽己之力，也断不能因吾之行而惹致“添事”。万望沪中朋友和学生们谅解，我们“世博”后再欢聚上海如何？