静思语 Readings For Silent Reflection

• Dawnfirstlight

  24 Dec 17, 09:11

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  24 Dec 17, 09:11

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  24 Dec 17, 09:12

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  24 Dec 17, 09:13

  

   

  While birds of similar karmic feathers flock together,
  these birds can choose to fly in different directions too.
  
  – Stonepeace

• Dawnfirstlight

  24 Dec 17, 09:14

  26/10

  Empty yourself of everything.
  Let the mind become still.
  The ten thousand things rise and fall
  while the Self watches their return.
  They grow and flourish
  and then Return to the Source.
  Returning to the Source is stillness,
  which is the Way of Nature.

   

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 08:47

  

   

  �：�肉念佛還有功德嗎？
  
  答：當然有啊�趕快念，念到你�想�肉。你��說因為我�肉，所以我就��念，�能這樣�，就是因為�肉，�更�念���？念佛是誰都�以念的。
  
  念佛是心態的�題，�素是一個戒律的�題。但是如果你�能夠�素，有這個戒�基本，�有念佛，那力�更大。你�肉的時候念佛有三分功德，你�素的時候念佛變八分功德，那�一樣了�你發��心為眾生念佛變�分功德了。所以我想，如果你�佛教更深入的了解---因果，很多人�六�輪回�是很深信，如果你很深信六�有輪回，你就�太敢�它，因為你�它，它�你，會報仇的，甚至你慢慢有悲心的時候，你也��心�它。所以還會�並�是說�信因果，或是�肉就�能學佛。
  
  有些人他雖然�信輪回，但是他信�有愛心���生氣，這也一步一步學佛，我們�能一直強調說你一定�信因果，因為有些人就�信六�輪回，但是他信慈悲，信好的行為，這一點��去勉強或排斥，一步一步來。

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 08:47

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 08:49

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 08:49

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 08:51

  

   

  If we could not be bought by praise or defeated by criticism, we would have incredible strength. We would be extraordinarily free, there would be no more unnecessary hopes and fears, sweat and blood and emotional reactions. We would finally be able to practice “I don’t give a damn.” Free from chasing after, and avoiding other people’s acceptance and rejection, we would be able to appreciate what we have in the present moment.
  
  Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

   

   

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 08:52

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 08:53

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 08:54

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 08:54

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 08:55

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 08:56

  Nice & soothing chanting of Nanmo Amituofo!

   

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcfP9MvsJQg

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 08:58

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 08:59

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 09:00

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 09:01

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 09:02

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  25 Dec 17, 09:03

  

   

  Before I was born, who was I? 
  After birth, who am I? 
  We come into this world with happiness and depart with sorrow, 
  Who is the one on the deathbed with his eyes closed?
  This Verse comes from the Ching Emperor Shun-chi’s poem in praise of the monastic order. His questions are aptly put. Do we know where we come from? Who were we before we were born?
  The human body is made up of the four elements of earth, fire, water, and wind. When we die, these four elements scatter and are regrouped as we take on another physical form with rebirth in one of the six realms of existence. We are lost as we move from one realm to another. We do not know what we are doing in the womb, and when we are born we do not know who we are. Most people rejoice at births and lament upon deaths. What is true joy? What is true sorrow?
  Once, a Ch’an master was going door to door to seek for alms. It happened that one of the families he visited just had a new baby and everyone was congratulating the new father. The Ch’an master, however, started crying out loud. The new father was very surprised and asked him why he was crying. He replied that he was crying because there would be one more death in the future.
  Birth comes from death. If we do not want to die, then we must make sure that we break the cycle of rebirth within the six realms of existence. Once there was a famous poet, by the name of Po-hu Tang, he wrote this poem to illustrate the brevity of life:
  It is rare that we live to be seventy, 
  And my seventy years come as even a surprise to me. 
  The first ten years of life we are too young to know anything. 
  The last ten years, we are too old to do anything.
  This leaves only fifty good years, half of which we spend in sleep. This leaves us only twenty-five years to truly live. 
  But do you realize how many obstacles 
  We have to endure in these twenty-five years?
  Nowadays people can live to be a hundred and twenty. In the boundless life of the universe a hundred and twenty years go by in a flash. Not to mention many of us will not live to be even a hundred. Many will pass away in their sleep, and we are never sure if we will continue living from one moment to the next.
  The joys of birth and the sorrow of death are normal emotions for most people. But someone with wisdom will not allow this precious life to go by meaninglessly. They will not allow themselves to wallow in ignorance. We must beware of delusion and open ourselves up to understanding life and death.
  
  ——星雲大師Venerable Master Hsing Yun

• Dawnfirstlight

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• Dawnfirstlight

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• Dawnfirstlight

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