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山姆•路易斯是「加州夢幻者」的創立人。他曾到佛教講堂拜訪上人。 |
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The California Dreamers (adults shown standing in the row behind the Master and children sitting cross-legged in front) followed Sam Lewis (Sufi Sam), who sometimes paid his respects to the Master at the Buddhist Lecture Hall.
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山姆不幸早逝之後，許多「加州夢幻者」的成員在同一晚上，一連三次夢到山姆告訴他們：「我現在才明白，我確實沒有資格教你們，因為我並沒有得到實證。我現在很後悔，雖然遇到了上人，卻沒有向他學習。你們都去皈依他。上人有資格教你們，他已得大成就。」 |
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After Sam’s untimely and premature death, many members of this group of California Dreamers had identical dreams of Sam, which occurred three times, all in the same night. Sam told them,
“I now understand that I wasn’t really qualified to be teaching you. I don’t have any real accomplishment. I now regret that although I met Master Hua,
I never studied with him. You should all go take refuge with him and
become his disciples. He is qualified to teach; he has great
accomplishment.”
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第二天，「夢幻者」們討論了這件事後，就給金山寺去電話，並問何時有皈依法會。皈依上人後，他們與其他的弟子們共同在金山寺研習佛法。而且一九七六年育良小學成立後，他們還將孩子送到學校來念書。 |
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The next day, after comparing their dreams, the Dreamers called Gold Mountain Monastery and asked when the next Take Refuge ceremony would occur. After becoming disciples, they studied and worshipped together with disciples at Gold Mountain and sent their children to Instilling Virtue School when it opened in l976.
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