黑檀球 林鈺堂 黑檀球輕運轉靈，迴旋掌上悄滑溜； 跋 余練健身球十餘載，嫻熟此藝，更曾撰文印贈以推廣其益。為便旅途攜帶，請台北佛友代訂直徑六公分之木球兩對。蒙藍顯榮居士承擔手工製作，採用黑檀木，經多日辛勞，數度往返工廠使用機器，再上漆十餘次，方告成。使用木球較原用之石球輕靈，使手指活動之範圍更廣，又能悄然滑溜，可免驚擾鄰近。原先只圖攜帶輕便，不意發現木球之好處多多。一般健身球，無有木質者，故此舉堪稱此道之新猷。 Black Sandalwood Balls Yutang Lin Black sandalwood balls are light and ready to turn around; Comment: I have practiced health balls often for more than a decade, and am quite familiar with the exercise. I had even written about it in Chinese and English, and printed the articles for free distribution in order to spread its benefits. To ease the burden of carrying them during trips I asked a Buddhist in Taipei to order two pairs of wooden balls with diameter 6 cm each for me. Fortunate for me that Upasaka Xian Rong Lan agreed to undertake the hand making of these balls. He used black sandalwood and toiled on it for days. He ran back and forth several times to the factory to use the machines there, and then lacquered the balls for over ten times until he was satisfied with the results. Using wooden balls is lighter and swifter than using my original marble balls; that enables the fingers to move about more widely while the gliding is much quieter. The gentle noise is less likely to disturb beings nearby. Originally my intention aimed only at ease of transportation; unexpectedly, wooden balls turned out to be of much more benefits. Usually health balls are not made of wood; hence, this endeavor may be deemed a new contribution to this way of doing exercises.
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