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與其等待「聖人加持」,一個正信者,應找出合適自己的法門,並正精進地修持之。 Instead of waiting for the mystery of the Noble Person's grace, a disciple who with right-faithfulness, should find out a suitable practice and carry on with right-effort.
BEAUTY is destroying by TIME leading to OLD AGE. by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (at National Gallery)
Two boys and a girl making music, by Jan Miense Molenaer
不論是人間的世尊或是示現的佛陀,一心以拔除眾生的痛苦為本懷。學佛人若能理解這一點,由此而精進修學佛法,即不負佛陀來此世間或示現世間的用心。
Breathe in calmness, Breathe out anxiousness. Breathe in wiseness, Breathe out dullness. Turn every respiring moment into activity of practicing. May every breath drums up our inner strength. 吸入寧靜 呼出不安 吸入智慧 呼出困惑 將一呼一吸的當下 化作修行 願每一呼吸 籌措我的內在力量 (at Penn Museum)
Repent, but not regret; Let go, but not lay down. Keep moving on with more and more wholesome deeds. 懺悔,而非懊悔; 放下,而非放棄。 以不斷地行善而邁進。 (at Black Sand Beach)
Makes every single moment into practice. Turns every hard time became growth factor. 化每一霎那為修行, 轉每一窘境為成長。 (at Jujube Vegetarian Coffee House 棗子樹素食咖啡館)
Observe deeply how we clung by the inner and outer matters, and created upset feeling, bad thought and wrong intention in every moment of our daily living. 仔細觀察我們每一霎那的 負面情緒、顛倒想法和錯誤意圖 如何來自於我們對內外物質的執著。 #sculpture by #rodin (at Rodin Museum)
Do our practices with right effort, and share them from our heart. The only way to multiply our merit and wisdom is to share them with others. 以正精進修持, 以真誠心付出。 回向是增長福慧 的唯一途徑。
Observe the Dharma (good) as well as non-dharma (bad) during the practice to thoroughly realize The nature of Dependent-Arising and the nature of Emptiness For the attainment of Ultimate Truth. 在修行的過程中 以緣起和空性 觀察法(好)與非法(壞) 以體證真實義
The Three Modes of Repentance is actually correlated with the Three General Aspects of Buddhist Practice —— Making confession before at least a person is a practice related to Moral Discipline (śīla), Repentance according to Marks is a practice related to Meditative Concentration (samādhi), Repentance according to Emptiness is a practice related to Cultivating Wisdom (prajñā). 「三種懺悔」實與「三學」的薰修有關,「對首懺」偏向於「戒學」,「取相懺」則傾向於「定學」,至於「無生懺」自然屬於「慧學」。
To some, once they understood the meanings and purposes of Repentance in Buddhism, they will regard / carry on the ceremony as a practice to accumulate their merit and wisdom. 有部份學佛人,在掌握了懺悔的理論原則後,將參加「拜懺法會」視為修行功課,藉此機緣培福修慧。
Frown or Smile 緊鎖雙眉 或 展顏歡笑 Instead of frown and argue: Why I'm so foolish? When will my guilt and grief go away? How could I forgive and forget things like that? Why not smile and accept: Yes, I'm a fool. Yes, I'm guilty and grieve. Yes, I can't forgive and forget. Accepting, is a powerful tool to control our negative emotion and thoughts. Admitting, is a righteous path to terminate the inner-battle within us. When you reject and say NO, you frown; when you embrace and say YES, you smile. Epilogue: Learn to accept our imperfection to be real and beauty. 與其皺眉地爭辯: 為什麼我如此的愚昧? 我的愧疚和痛苦何時才能祛除? 我如何能寬恕和忘懷那樣的事物? 不如微笑地接受: 是的,我很傻。 是的,我在愧疚和痛苦。 是的,我無法原諒和忘記。 接受, 是控制負面情緒和想法的 最有力工具。 承認, 是終止內心爭端的 最正當途徑。 當您拒絕和說「不」之時, 眉頭是深鎖的。 當您接納和說「是」之際, 您展顏微笑了! 後記:學習接納不圓滿的自己來展現真與美。
我們無法恢復到最原始、最根本或最純的教法,所以在修學過程中需以開放、平常、謙遜的心態,去學習「經律論及古德祖師的著作」。本著「尊重一切聖典」的態度去學習,漸而找出合適自己的修學方法。對自己所依的宗派和方法,要有堅定的信念;對他人所依的學派和修行,也要給予尊重(排除怪力亂神的附佛外道)。
提問: <教法與證法的仰信>文中提到:「⋯⋯即是得到共世間的四禪,也有明、淨、喜樂的定德。」請解釋「明、淨、喜樂的定德」? 簡答: 凡願意依善知識、應用法門攝行護念,專心一致者,或多或少會有「定」的(功德)體驗。然而,定的體驗因人而異,也難以用言語具體表達,只能大略以「明、淨、喜樂」來描述內心的轉化情況。 沒有「定」的亂心,猶如: - 黯淡無光的昏「暗」心,不能「明」見一切; - 迷霧籠罩的雜「染」心,不能「淨」見諸法; - 由於昏暗與雜染,又如何能有「喜樂」之感受呢? 以亂心面對所遭遇的人事物境界,必然不斷周旋於「暗」、「染」與「憂苦」中。 此時,若能暫棄外緣,攝心於用功的法門上,懇切、精進再加上方法適當等因緣下,自然能引發「明、淨、喜樂」的定德。 點擊閱讀全文:<教法與證法的仰信> http://www.mahabodhi.org/files/yinshun/24/yinshun24-17.html