Hey everybody, and welcome back to my channel. Sorry about the air conditioner in the background, but there’s nothing we can do about it.
嗨,大家好,歡迎回到我的頻道。抱歉,背景有冷氣的聲音,但是我們沒辦法處理。
Um, today I want to talk about my lat injury and reattachment and kind of what I think caused it and the recovery process and the therapy I’ve been doing to get better from it. So let’s start with how I think it happened.
About three weeks out from the US open(Kernusopen), I pulled 820 in training. It was good, I mean, it felt great. Pulled it right up, no problems. Figured I was good for 859 on a third and that was kind of the plan going into it: take a nice light opener, pull a new world record and then try to break it even further with that.
Um, clearly the last part of that didn’t happen, because I tore my lat off at the 821, but we’re three weeks out. I had the great training session, and then the next day I go to visit the World Buddhism Association headquarters in Pasadena; I go to visit my Buddha Master, Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III.
And there’s a bunch of Vajra Scepters laying around now, Vajra Scepters look like a giant Thomas inch dumbbell; they’re much heavier and the handles are a little bit thinner. But they’re huge-looking, really neat, uh, implements.
And I lifted them all except for the Buddha Scepter. The only person that’s ever lifted the Buddha Scepter is Buddha Master, and basically that is 59 levels over what is normal for people that Buddha Master did when He lifted that. And being a Shangzun, I thought I had a good shot at it. So I went and grabbed it and started pulling on it, and he warned me not to do it but I gave it a try and I pulled with everything I had. And then I felt like a movement or a twinge in my lat, and I was like kind of “It was painful, but it wasn’t bad,” and He was like “I wouldn’t compete in three weeks.” I go, “I think I’ll be fine; I got three weeks to heal, it should be okay.” Well, didn’t listen, tore it off. um with a weight that I can easily accomplish.
LOS ANGELES, CA, June 22, 2021 — The U.S. Capitol raised the national flag on May 15th to send birthday congratulations and pay respect to the Pope of Buddhism H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. To celebrate this wonderful and auspicious day, the U.S. Post Service in Washington D.C. issued a special commemorating first-day cover of the U.S. Capitol raising national flag to celebrate the Birthday of the Pope of Buddhism H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. It was specially noted to be an official limited edition on the first-day cover.
For many years, the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum has been committed to and actively participating in all kinds of charity work to support the community. This year, the Museum donated funds to Covina Police Department to help enhance their internal facilities and funded the Parents’ Place Family Resource and Empowerment Center in support of their work in providing aids to families with children for their unmet needs.
To cultivate outstanding people for the society, from this year on, the Museum will establish a scholarship program for prominent, art-talented high school seniors from low-income households in the LA County, with the intent of helping them continue their education and realize their maximum potentials.
On June 19th, 2021, numerous local deputies and distinguished members of the communities attended the donation ceremony at the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum. The guests included Covina Mayor Jorge A. Marquez, Chief of Covina Police Department David Povero, Former Mayor of City of Walnut Mary Su, South Pasadena Mayor Pro Tem Michael Cacciotti, San Gabriel Mayor Chin Ho Liao, West Covina Council Member Tony Wu, Walnut Council Member Dr. Allen Wu, senior editor for Beijing-based Vision magazine Qianqian Xing, and Executive Director Elena Sanchez and representatives of the Parents Place Family Resource and Empowerment Center.