é™æ€è¯ Readings For Silent Reflection
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Live Like a Backpacker
When we are travelling, we should take as little baggage as possible.
If we carry too many pieces of luggage, we will find that:
1.They are a burden. We have to move them up and down, here and there;
2.We lack freedom. We can’t go shopping, and we hesitate to visit the restroom or take a nap;
3.We have little peace of mind, as we constantly worry if they might get dropped, knocked about, lost or stolen.
Life is like a journey. Wealth, love, marriage, family, career, fame, power and position, even the knowledge we have accumulated – all are just baggage. The less we have, the simpler and less onerous life becomes.
The rich should envy the poor, just as a person lugging a lot of suitcases envies the carefree backpacker.
Monastics are admired by others because they are poor and have little luggage. People who have taken vows are not worthy of respect if they have too much baggage in life.
Recite the name of Amitabha Buddha and be a backpacker in life, carrying only the six-character name as luggage. That is all you need, as it contains everything.
Leave all else behind. If you cannot do that, check it at Amitabha’s “Luggage Storage Office.”
-Master Jingzong
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There is a famous saying: “If the mind is not contrived, it is spontaneously blissful, just as water, when not agitated, is by nature transparent and clear.”
Let's compare the mind in meditation to a jar of muddy water: The more we leave the water without interfering or stirring it, the more the particles of dirt will sink to the bottom, letting the natural clarity of the water shine through. The very nature of the mind is such that if you only leave it in its unaltered and natural state, it will find its true nature, which is bliss and clarity. -
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Right or Wrong
In an impasse, insisting that “I am right” is often not helpful and leads nowhere. But if we are ready to say, “It must have been my fault,” surely a way out will open.
It is like driving. Our way is blocked by a mountain. We yell at it, “What the heck are you doing there, blocking my way?” The mountain will not budge because of that. Similarly, rivers, houses and boulders aren’t going to give way. So what if we are right and everyone else is wrong? It is only by honestly admitting that we have taken the wrong road and turning around that we can get back on the right track.
On a narrow road, two cars coming from opposite directions cannot pass each other. Neither driver is willing to give way, each thinking the other is being unreasonable. They argue. Half an hour passes, then an hour; finally a whole day goes by and the deadlock remains. If either driver had been willing to yield from the start, it would have taken just a minute for both to be on their way again, with the other one feeling grateful. The driver who yielded would have gained karmic merit.
If saying “I am wrong” helps me resolve disputes and makes everyone feel good, then let me be wrong. Such “mistakes” actually generate great merit. If, on the other hand, I am the only one who is “right” and this makes all others miserable, what good would it do to be right?
To say “you are right and I am wrong” is a master key to all deadlocks. Life is too short to argue over who is right and who is wrong. So what if we are right – or wrong?
What does matter is reciting the name of Amitabha Buddha. Everything else has room for negotiation. Amitabha-recitation is the one thing that brooks no compromise. The rest, right or wrong, doesn’t matter.
-Master Jingzong
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从行善觉醒我们的佛性。
From cultivating goodness we will be awakened our Buddha-nature.
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懂得布施的人会ç§�幸ç¦�çš„ç§�å�。
Knowing how to do the generosity will sow the seed of happiness. -
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Effect of Action is Modifiable by new Action:
Painful effects of past wrong action is reduced by future right action.
Painful effects of past wrong action is enhanced by more wrong action.
Pleasurable effects of past right action is reduced by new wrong action.
Pleasurable effects of past right action is enhanced by more right action.
Behaviour (kamma) is almost always mixed: Sometimes good, often bad!
Later effects are thus similarly mixed: Sometimes pleasure, often pain.
Good begets good and dilutes/delays evil. Evil begets evil and delays good! -
This little girl's compassion for the animals will melt your heart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9lDtTOE_U
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The greatest ignorance of human race is assuming there's no afterlife.
Read the following link for details.
Magnus, How did you copy and paste which you have done in the past. How come I tried but couldn't do it? Thanks.
http://zh.buzzhand.com/post_749001.html
人类最大的愚痴，就是以为没有�生。 -
When most of the people are competing blindly, please choose another way out - practicing the Dharma.
当大家都在盲目地çˆå¤ºä¹‹æ™‚，
ä½ æœ€å¥½é€‰æ‹©å�¦å¤–一æ¢�路走。
── �嚴法師108自在語
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The profit is merits, more valuable than money!
