I learned from *The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Purvapranidhana Sutra* and decided to recite “Namo Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva” one thousand times daily for one thousand days. I kept track of the number of my recitations using my own blood from blood sugar tests. I would drip a drop of blood on rice paper. Beneath the drop of blood, I would write down the number of times I recited Namo Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva that day. I will be doing this continuously for 1,000 days. However, there was one time that I did not meet the standard and also another time I forgot to do the recitation. Even so, I still persisted and continued my project. Even though I could no longer reach perfection, I still want to finish the cycle of one thousand days. After one cycle is finished, I will continue the cycle again for another thousand days. I would like to use my blood drops to keep track of the recitation count until I accomplish the mission non-stop every single day for one thousand days.
The project is a way for me to spend one thousand days on paper. Every drop of blood represents one day for me. To me, even though the drops of blood are dripped on different locations on the paper, they remain the same spot in my heart. They represent the seed of Bodhicitta. They also represent never giving up until reaching perfection. Now, I have come to understand the meaning derived from *The Sacrifice*. I finally understand what it means when one says, “Doing the same thing every single day like a ritual changes the world.” If we are able to focus our energy and life on accumulating something and continue to persist, then no matter how tiny our efforts are, we will be able to achieve greatness through the act.
I feel more and more that be it personal relief or social/national liberation, neither can depend on dramatic or revolutionary power. Rapid changes always occur overnight, and yet usually are superficial and do not sustain. Only by internalizing changes or changing the spirit can we really preserve and make use of changes. There simply is no other way. So do the same simple thing every day. Use concentration, patience, and devoutness to change yourself and the world.
我依照《地藏菩薩本願經》所述的方法，每日持唸「南無地藏王菩薩」一千遍，如此持續一千日。我標記與計數的方式，是利用驗血糖的血，點滴在一張宣紙上，血點下方以鉛筆寫上該日持唸地藏菩薩名號的次數，如此度過一千日。事實上，我曾有一次次數不足，還有一日忘了持唸名號的紀錄，但我決定還是繼續做下去。雖然已經不完美了，但是我還是要過完目前的一千天，然後在下一個一千天繼續點血滴、持唸名號與計數的行為，直到無間斷的完成每日持唸「南無地藏王菩薩」名號1,000遍的任務。
這是一個我在紙上度過一千日的方式，每一個血點代表活過的一天。對我而言，雖然點在不同的位置，但其實是點在心中的同一個點上，一個菩提的心苗，永不放棄，直到圓滿。我終於明白《犧牲》裡面那段「如果每一天在同一個時刻做著同一件事情，像一個儀式一般，這個世界就會有所改變」的話是什麼意思了。如果我們能夠將自己的力量或生命用累積、堅持不斷的方式，用不起眼、滴水穿石的方式，專注地投在一個中心點，那麼這個行為本身，就是一個美好的事情與功德。
我越來越覺得不論是個人的解脫或社會國家的解放，都無法靠戲劇化與革命式的力量達成，快速或全面的改變通常都是一時的、表面的，只有內化的、精神性的改變，才是實在並能夠受用的。是的，別無他法。每天簡單做一件相同的事，靠著專注、耐力與虔誠來改變自己與世界。
The project is a way for me to spend one thousand days on paper. Every drop of blood represents one day for me. To me, even though the drops of blood are dripped on different locations on the paper, they remain the same spot in my heart. They represent the seed of Bodhicitta. They also represent never giving up until reaching perfection. Now, I have come to understand the meaning derived from *The Sacrifice*. I finally understand what it means when one says, “Doing the same thing every single day like a ritual changes the world.” If we are able to focus our energy and life on accumulating something and continue to persist, then no matter how tiny our efforts are, we will be able to achieve greatness through the act.
I feel more and more that be it personal relief or social/national liberation, neither can depend on dramatic or revolutionary power. Rapid changes always occur overnight, and yet usually are superficial and do not sustain. Only by internalizing changes or changing the spirit can we really preserve and make use of changes. There simply is no other way. So do the same simple thing every day. Use concentration, patience, and devoutness to change yourself and the world.
我依照《地藏菩薩本願經》所述的方法，每日持唸「南無地藏王菩薩」一千遍，如此持續一千日。我標記與計數的方式，是利用驗血糖的血，點滴在一張宣紙上，血點下方以鉛筆寫上該日持唸地藏菩薩名號的次數，如此度過一千日。事實上，我曾有一次次數不足，還有一日忘了持唸名號的紀錄，但我決定還是繼續做下去。雖然已經不完美了，但是我還是要過完目前的一千天，然後在下一個一千天繼續點血滴、持唸名號與計數的行為，直到無間斷的完成每日持唸「南無地藏王菩薩」名號1,000遍的任務。
這是一個我在紙上度過一千日的方式，每一個血點代表活過的一天。對我而言，雖然點在不同的位置，但其實是點在心中的同一個點上，一個菩提的心苗，永不放棄，直到圓滿。我終於明白《犧牲》裡面那段「如果每一天在同一個時刻做著同一件事情，像一個儀式一般，這個世界就會有所改變」的話是什麼意思了。如果我們能夠將自己的力量或生命用累積、堅持不斷的方式，用不起眼、滴水穿石的方式，專注地投在一個中心點，那麼這個行為本身，就是一個美好的事情與功德。
我越來越覺得不論是個人的解脫或社會國家的解放，都無法靠戲劇化與革命式的力量達成，快速或全面的改變通常都是一時的、表面的，只有內化的、精神性的改變，才是實在並能夠受用的。是的，別無他法。每天簡單做一件相同的事，靠著專注、耐力與虔誠來改變自己與世界。
