The Sincerity of Master Dai Hu玳瑚師父的誠意
文 ／ 蔡豪華 小姐 Written by Miss Louise Choy
我已經一陣子沒有參加玳瑚師父的茶會。最後一次出席是在2016年的十二月。但師父就像一位慈父安撫孩子般地向我伸出援手。他知道我在生活上有些不如意，更知道我總是把機會之門給閉上，因此常常錯失良機。兩天前給師父打了一通電話，電話中，他提醒我要努力改命，靠自己而不是依賴別人。
我再一次決定走出自己的舒適地帶，突破自己設下的障礙，前往參加師父的活動。那次的主題是購買衣服。
我看見玳瑚師父的用心良苦
那天傍晚，我在烏節路下了班，就與師父和其他的出席者會合。我一見到師父便向他問好，但馬上當場被師父糾正我的無禮，並告訴我重新向他問好。我必須要說，師父是一名良師。因爲唯有好的老師才會知道，如何毫不猶豫地糾正學生的過失，以免他們重蹈覆轍，喪失功德。
在整個購物活動中，師父非常謹慎地爲我們研究每一件衣物 – 從品牌、標誌、布料、質地、剪裁、顏色等等。他再依據我們的八字所需，為我們選擇適合的服裝。期間，師父強調運用玄學的知識來配搭我們的打扮，絕對不是迷信。他也重申中國玄學乃先輩遺留下來的珍貴古老智慧，我們應該好好珍惜才對。
我們都能看得出師父用了很大的心思，與我們分享他的知識。有時候，我會覺得自己沒資格在師父身邊向他學習。因為我深知自己的福德不足，而且如師父指出，我的禮儀不足，自覺可能不是師父理想的出席者，但是師父仍然給我機會學習。
就連家具擺設，師父也盡心盡力
下一次的購物活動，是到宜家選購家具用品。師父再一次非常用心地講解各家具的設計和顏色。他也很仔細地講解，哪一款的家具設計和顏色適合我們的八字，或能彌補我們八字的不足。他的講解毫不馬虎。我們實在是非常有福氣，能目睹師父努力地讓我們的學習盡可能有所收穫。
總的來說，這兩次的購物活動讓我獲益不淺，也解開我心中的一些迷惑。我非常感恩師父給予我機會參加這些採購活動。
It has been quite some time since I have attended Shifu’s tea session and the last tea session was last year in December 2016. But somehow, Shifu reached out to me and like any father would do for his children in need. He knows I am facing some issues in life and knows I have the tendency of closing door of opportunities. As a result, I have missed the boat all the time.
It was one phone call to him two days ago; he reminded me that one has to work hard to change his or her destiny and not wait for others to do so for you. Once again, I stepped out of my comfort zone and broke some barriers that I set upon myself and made my way to his tea session- the shopping theme.
I see the painstaking effort from Master Dai Hu
I arrived in the evening after work at Orchard and met up with him and the rest. The moment I saw Shifu, I greeted him wrongly and he corrected my mistake on the spot and asked me to redo my greeting. I must say, Shifu is really a good teacher. This is because only a good teacher will know how to correct student immediately without any qualms, as he does not want his student to repeat the mistakes and lost the merits.
Throughout the shopping journey, Shifu carefully studied each clothing for us – starting from the brand name, the logo, the fabric, the texture, the cutting, the colour and etc. He would carefully select the clothing piece, based on our Bazi elements and deficiencies. Meanwhile, he will re-emphasize why it is not a superstition to match our clothing correctly using the Chinese metaphysics way. He further reiterates that Chinese Metaphysics is a precious ancient wisdom left by our ancestors and all the more we should treasure it.
We could see Shifu took tremendous effort to share whatever he knows. And at times, I feel I don’t deserve to be around him to learn from him. This is because deep down, I know my merits are insufficient to learn this ancient wisdom from him. Furthermore, my lack of proper mannerisms, as pointed out by him, may not be cut out to be his shopping participant but still, he gave me the chance to learn.
Doing his utmost even for home decor selection
The next shopping activity was choosing the furniture at Ikea. Again, Shifu painstakingly explained the furniture design and colour to us. He also carefully advised us on which furniture design or colour suits our Bazi or can compensate for our Bazi deficiencies. All these are done in great detail. We are very blessed indeed to witness Shifu’s effort to make learning as fruitful as possible for all of us.
Overall, I gained and learnt a lot from this shopping journey and this has cleared some uncertainties in me. I am so grateful for Shifu in giving me a chance to be part of this shopping journey.
