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山姆．刘易斯是“加州梦幻者”的创立人。他曾到佛教讲堂拜访上人。 |
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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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山姆不幸早逝之后，许多“加州梦幻者”的成员在同一晚上，一连三次梦到山姆告诉他们：“我现在才明白，我确实没有资格教你们，因为我并没有得到实证。我现在很后悔，虽然遇到了上人，却没有向他学习。你们都去皈依他。上人有资格教你们，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，“梦幻者”们讨论了这件事后，就给金山寺去电话，并问何时有皈依法会。皈依上人后，他们与其它的弟子们共同在金山寺研习佛法。而且一九七六年育良小学成立后，他们还将孩子送到学校来念书。 |
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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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