Buddhist Verses & Silent Readings For Reflection (静思语) - Part 6

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“As for the fourth… There is the case where a certain contemplative or brahman is dull & exceedingly stupid. Out of dullness & exceeding stupidity, he—being asked questions regarding this or that—resorts to verbal contortions, to eel-wriggling: “If you ask me if there exists another world [after death], if I thought that there exists another world, would I declare that to you? I don’t think so. I don’t think in that way. I don’t think otherwise. I don’t think not. I don’t think not not. If you asked me if there isn’t another world… both is & isn’t… neither is nor isn’t… if there are beings who wander on… if there aren’t… both are & aren’t… neither are nor aren’t… if the Tathāgata exists after death… doesn’t exist after death… both exists & doesn’t exist after death… neither exists nor doesn’t exist after death, would I declare that to you? I don’t think so. I don’t think in that way. I don’t think otherwise. I don’t think not. I don’t think not not.’” — DN 1
If I were a contemplative, I am one who is dull and exceedingly stupid.

The problem with me is that I don't think! Throughout my career since graduating from university, I found that people tend to think too much, people like to analyse and overthink things, thereby complicating matters so unnecessarily that cognition becomes an obstacle and an obstruction.

When I was much younger, I used to admire intellectuals and those who are good at strategising, for instance I used to love Zhuge Liang from the Three Kingdoms era because history painted him in such a positive light, showering praise over his apparent wit and wisdom at fighting wars and prophecising the future. Yet, as I age, I started to discover that if one uses his volitions all the time to win wars and killing enemies, there's nothing really compassionate about such an individual after all. So as time passes, I ridicule military folks like Zhuge Liang because I see nothing that smart about him after all, and I no longer hold him in much esteem.

I studied and scrutinised my father and mother over the years as I age, and I realised deeply within myself that even though they are hardly educated, there is a lot of kindness and compassion coming from them towards me as an only son. I also saw their love for the world, they might be of low statuses in life, but they do their best to sustain the family and give me a proper home, I discovered gratitude through them, and I was able thanks to their efforts to be a better Buddhist and a better person as a result. I never became an overachiever, but I learned what piety was because of my parents showing me the right way, and I am deeply appreciative of them.

I am still dull and exceedingly stupid as I age, but I know how to be thankful to my parents, my elders, the Lord Buddha(s) and Bodhisattvas, and the world at large for showering me with all the tiny blessings in life. I never felt happier. That's even though I am still poor and wretched, but I feel that the world doesn't owe me a living, and I am content with what I have instead of whining over what I lost.



唵,缽囉末鄰陀寧,娑婆訶。 ōng,bō là mò lín tuó níng,suō pó hē。
 

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從《心經》談如何安定人心
聖嚴法師

大多數人看不透無常、不明因果、因緣,產生執著。不需要的想要,不應該要的也要,不能夠要的也要,引發種種罪惡的行為,使得來生又要再去受報。有智慧的人,不應該要的不會要,想要的東西也不會刻意追求,即使得到了,也會奉獻給別人。唯有「以利他來自利」的智慧,才會讓我們的未來得到究竟的平安。

很多事情,包括名、利、權、位、感情等,引人欣羨與渴求,但是想得到它時,必須想想:是否實至名歸?是否水到渠成,不是過度強求?貪圖非分,只會增加痛苦與傷害。我們應該從「心靈環保」的角度出發,一方面保護我們的心不受環境的污染;一方面內心不要有妒嫉、忿怒、猜忌、自私等種種不好的心念;練習時時覺察自己的起心動念,清楚知道自己的「需要」,化解個人慾望的「想要」。在人生的過程中,若能清楚明白「四要」,便能有明確的方向感,而且也會過得很平安。

身而為人,生活在這個世界上,權利與義務是並行的,任何人都不可能只享權利,卻不盡任何義務。然而在今天這個社會,許多人不能掌握權利與義務間的關係,認為只要能夠爭取到的,就應該盡量爭取;如果不爭取,就好像很愚痴,是一種損失,結果造成輕忽責任卻很重視享有權利的錯誤觀念,並且引發種種亂象,以致於人心浮動不安;而少數人的心不安定,浮動沒有安全感,如果不妥善處理,就會造成整個社會不安定。就像一個金魚缸裡的魚原本彼此和諧相處,如果來了一條鬥魚,其他金魚就會遭殃,不得安寧。

如果從佛法的觀點來看,享權利而不盡義務是違背因果原理的,如同沒有種瓜而想吃 ,沒有種豆而想吃豆,這是不合理的。常言:「種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆。」但是種瓜,一定可以得瓜嗎?種豆,一定可以得豆嗎?如果在肥沃的土地上種瓜,恰好風調雨順,季節到了,自然可以採收到許多甜美的瓜果;但是如果運氣不好,播種之後遇到狂風豪雨,氣候異常,收成勢必受影響。所以,佛法不但強調有果必有因,而且在因果的關係之中,還要加上因緣,因緣若是恰到好處,便會得到好的結果;因緣不具足,即使有好的因,也不一定會得到好的果。

然而因緣錯綜複雜不可思議,面對無法預知的因緣,要有「只問耕耘,不問收穫」的心理。努力耕耘,便會有收穫的希望;不耕耘,即使得到收穫,也是非分之財、橫財,不應妄取。而耕耘若有任何收穫,應該要對成就這因果、因緣的一切人、事心存感謝。可惜社會上有許多人的因果、因緣觀念不明,權利、義務不清楚,自私自利的結果,反而為自己帶來困擾,也為他人帶來災害。自私的行為,表面上看起來是佔了便宜,事實上是最吃虧的;不自私的人,看似吃虧,其實才是真正的利他又利己。

(一)建立正確的人生觀
為了安定人心,應當先建立正確的人生觀,《心經》中指出佛教的人生觀包括以下三點:
1. 三世因果,還願受報
有一次達賴喇嘛在演講中談到生命的現象,有人問:「為什麼有的人造了惡業,沒有受到報應;反而是造了善業的人,沒有得到好報?」達賴喇嘛回答說:「這是因為你們不相信有過去和未來,如果你們相信有三世因果的話,這個問題就解決了,就不會覺得忿忿不平了!」其實,這就是佛教的三世因果觀念。

人除了接受果報外,從三世的因果觀來看生命的目的,還包括許願及還願。所以我們應該在這一生中不斷的努力,不管現在過得如意也好,不如意也好,都要一邊受報、一邊還願,不斷的努力、再努力。

2. 四大假合,歡喜自在
《心經》亦指出,我們的生命是由五個項目構成,分成兩大類:一類是屬於物質的,一類是屬於精神的、心理的。物質部分是指身體,是由地、水、火、風四大構成的。在出生之前是沒有的,父母生下我們之後才具備了;而這個色身,不是固定不變的,是從胚胎漸漸形成一個人,因為身體會不斷、不斷在變化,所以我們說這個身體是四大假合,是無常變化的。

除了色身等物質現象,舉凡世間諸事,都離不開無常的變化,生與滅、得與失都是相對的,因為有得、有失、有生、有滅,生命才得以不斷地成長。所以,我們要善加運用寶貴的生命,不管是來受果報也好,或是還願也好,應該歡歡喜喜地過,自自然然地面對,如此便能把生死看透。

3. 五蘊皆空,奉獻利他
《心經》所說的五蘊:色、受、想、行、識,其中第一蘊包括色身,後面的四蘊是精神體;用佛法的智慧來看,五蘊並不是實有的東西,只因為眾生太在乎自我,自私自利,所以有了五蘊的生命,而造種種的惡業。

可是菩薩知道由五蘊形成的生命,不管精神的也好、物質的也好,都不是永遠不變的,念念都在生滅、念念都在變化,在無常的變化中,唯有智慧是不變的。因此《心經》告訴我們,如果學觀世音菩薩,用佛的智慧來照見五蘊皆空,瞭解生命是由物質和精神的五蘊所構成,都是空的,就能夠從自我中心的煩惱得到解脫。

可惜大多數人看不透無常、不明因果、不識因緣,所以產生許多執著。由於執著,所以不需要的也想要,不應該要的也要,不能夠要的也要,結果引發種種罪惡的行為,又因為這些罪惡的行為,使得來生又要再去受報。

相反地,如果是有智慧的人,不應該要的,就不會要,想要的東西,也不會刻意追求,即使得到了,也會奉獻給別人,並且以此來廣度眾生的苦厄,這就是由智慧而產生慈悲。唯有這種「以利他來自利」的智慧,才會讓我們的未來得到究竟的平安。

(二)四要安定人心
雖然《心經》中已經告訴我們,什麼是正確的人生價值觀,但是當前人類由於物質文明過度蓬勃、社會結構變化太快,造成人們價值觀念混淆,不清楚什麼是真正的需要,什麼是貪求的想要,什麼是實至名歸的能要,什麼是責任所在的應該要。因為無法釐清這四要:「需要」、「想要」、「能要」、「該要」的分際,所以大部分的人都是跟著社會風氣潮流而人云亦云,只要別人有的,我也要有。

而且現代人「需要的東西不多,想要的東西太多」;不應該要的也要,不能夠要的也要。如果想要的得不到,便會導致內心不安定,社會問題叢生。

1. 需要 VS. 想要
生命與生存密不可分,確定了生命的目的,生活才有價值;而生活的價值是由主觀的自我中心,以及客觀的社會環境所共同建構而成的。在這個價值之中,有一些最基本「需要」的東西,是我們賴以生存的條件,包括物質、精神兩方面。物質的生存條件可以非常簡單,舉凡生活上最基本的吃、穿,以及居住的生活空間、環境等,這是連原始人也可以很容易擁有的。到了現代社會,一些現代化的設施,如交通工具、電腦、電話等,也成為社會大眾的必需品。

「想要」是指除了必需品之外的額外需求,往往是為了滿足內心的虛榮,或是裝點外在場面的奢侈品、裝飾品等。不過,在不同的場合、不同的身分地位,需要有適度的莊嚴,所以也可以算是一種需要,但分寸一定要掌握得宜。

精神生存條件就不一樣了,如果是主觀的精神需求,希望自己生活得更快樂、更自在、更富裕、更滿足,這也是需要,因為對某些人來說,沒有了它就覺得生活沒有意思;但其實這是一種慾望,是為了滿足內心的空虛,所以也是自私的「想要」,因為站在大環境的客觀立場來看,沒有它,還是能生存,還是能發揮生命的價值。

生命中真正需要的東西並不多,只是從主觀的立場看,才覺得沒有了它生命很空虛,覺得沒有了它活得沒有意義,這純粹是個人的價值判斷。所以,如果只是講「需要」,定義非常模糊,在衡量與「想要」間的差異時,應該分別從自我觀點,以及總體客觀的立場同時來考量。

其實,在面對一些抉擇時,很容易混淆「需要」與「想要」,尤其當有錢、收入好時,自然會去買一些不需要的東西,例如鞋子還可以穿,但有新款上市後,因為害怕落伍而去買,在那個時候會認為跟得上流行,對個人生活是絕對「需要」的。可是,當經濟拮據時,就不會覺得跟得上流行是這麼的「需要」了。

2. 能要 VS. 該要
「能要」的意思是說,在個人能力範圍許可下,以努力付出而獲得所需要的東西,但若能力不足,就該讓賢,不應強求。

在我們的一生中有很多事情,包括名、利、權、位、感情等,著實引人欣羨與渴求,但是在想得到它時,必須仔細想想:自己的能力及付出是否實至名歸?是否已經水到渠成,而不是過度強求?如果付出不夠多,能力、因緣皆不具足,卻還希望能得到它,這便是貪圖非分,只會增加痛苦與傷害。

至於「該要」、「不該要」,若以時下年輕人流行的:「只要我喜歡有什麼不可以!」而言,便是沒有分清楚該要、不該要的分際。許多人的慾望無窮,喜歡的、想要的事物太多了,這時候就應該自問:該不該喜歡?該不該取得?例如名位財勢,人人都喜歡,可是非分之名,是虛名;非分之財,是橫財、不義之財;非分之位是虛位,這些都不應該要。當然,如果是實至名歸,自是受之無愧,甚且是一種鼓勵。

3. 心靈環保
在我們的日常生活中,真正需要的東西並不多,想要的東西卻非常多;需要的東西應該要,想要的東西不重要。但是在這紛雜的社會環境中,如何平衡這「四要」?又該如何取得內心的安定呢?

我們應該從「心靈環保」的角度出發,一方面保護我們的心不受環境的污染,增強對環境的「免疫系統」;一方面內心不要有妒嫉、忿怒、猜忌、自私等種種不好的心念,以免使得環境變得更糟糕;練習著時時覺察自己的起心動念,清楚知道自己的「需要」,化解個人慾望的「想要」。在人生的過程中,若能清楚明白這「四要」,便能有明確的方向感,而且也會過得很平安。

摘錄自 | 《我為你祝福》
 

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人生如戲,成敗得失轉眼成空。

佛法讓我們知因果、懂無常,我們要用菩薩的智慧和般若,看破人生無常,用慈悲無我的心態,每一天活在幫助別人的生命中,在五欲六塵中,我們要擁有一片心靈的淨土。

學佛人不能貪圖世界上的一切,因為就算你擁有了這個世界上的一切,以後都會變成遺產。

所以菩薩要我們離相修心,要懂得觀照自己,就是要時刻觀照自己的內心,這樣才能不執著地生活,自己內心才會自在。
 

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《精神不正常是什麼因緣?》

宣化上人:

“今生不醉酒,來生不狂亂”,雖然佛教五戒戒酒,你若為著治病,在特別的情形下喝得少少,不喝醉是可以的。

那麼今生不喝酒,是指不醉酒,不是不喝酒,來生你就不會發癲狂、發神經。

為什麼你來生發神經、精神不正常呢?就因為前生喝酒喝得太多了,那個麻醉藥,或者marijuana(大麻)、LSD(迷幻藥)也吃很多,所以今生那個狂性還未斷。

因果循環就是這樣的,信不信由你!我是這麼說,你不信,我也說;信,我也說,不管你信不信,我都要說。

-轉載
 

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【#念度母咒化解掉要再還八年的痛苦情債 !! 】
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我從小就是個沒心沒肺的孩子,無論家人和朋友對我怎麼好,我都覺得是理所當然的,心裡也藏不住事。身邊朋友都罵我沒心沒肺,也從來沒有喜歡過人。上大學的時候,我瘋狂的喜歡上了隔壁班的一位男同學。他是我們的學生會主席,身高一米八,笑的時候很有感染力,他有次整理完了資料,眉毛向上揚起,抬頭看著我爽朗一笑,幾乎是一瞬間,我那顆沒心沒肺的心好像就不屬於我自己了。

“人群中,我能一秒中認出他”

從此,我就患上了單相思。

人群之中,幾秒鐘內我就能從一群人中分辨出他。

對方毫無感覺,也有了女朋友。為此我感到很痛苦。

大學四年,我迷戀了他近三年,最後到了因為他影響正常生活的地步。吃飯沒有胃口,睡覺睡不著,整個人病怏怏的,那時方感覺古人為相思斷腸抑鬱而終的事情,是實有其事。

我的家人和朋友都為我很擔心,他們為我找了各種方法。
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《 命理師說,他是我的情債!》

為此我求神問卜,也諮詢了不少命理師,他們都讓我不要執著下去了。跟對方沒有結果。更讓我痛苦的是,男神對我的態度是若即若離,既不主動也不拒絕。這種“溫柔的殘忍”實在是比“冷酷到底”更讓我倍受煎熬。

有個略懂佛理的命理師告訴我,一方面由於我太沒心沒肺,不懂感恩。還有就是我命中註定遭此情劫,欠了對方的情債等等。

我問他我需要幾年才能度過此難關,我的學業在這段感情裡,也荒廢了不少。情感的業力纏繞我身,平生不會相思,才會相思,便害相思。

他搖搖頭,停頓了會比出手指說,要八年!
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《 慈悲的度母媽媽,求你幫幫我!》

由於已經影響了正常生活,有個朋友建議我抄經和念綠度母咒,在此之前我已有一些抑鬱症狀,我的內心隱隱有些抗拒,發現抄了幾次心經,念了一星期咒後,我的失眠和心痛症狀有所改善,便抵抗心理上的不適,加大了力度,每天念綠度母咒五千遍,“嗡,大咧度大咧度咧梭哈”,我一個字一個字從口中念出,努力心念耳聞,心裡則在流著淚呼喚,慈祥溫和的度母媽媽啊,求你加倍拯救深陷情網的女兒吧,讓我早日還清所有的情債,走出情感的業力旋渦!
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《 夢醒後,我放棄了對他的迷戀》

在堅持抄心經和念度母咒三個月後,我做了一個長長的夢,那個夢真實無比,我像在夢裡走完了我和他的一生。在夢中,我如願的和男神結婚了,那時的我多麼快樂,可是好景不長,他婚後不僅劈腿,還沾染上了嫖娼的惡習,漸漸他濃密的頭髮消失不見,成了一個臉色發青的禿頭男,醒來後,發現枕頭都被眼淚浸濕了。夢裡不知身是客,他透支了我對他的所有情感。從此,我徹底放棄了對他的所有迷戀,再也不思念去了。

之前的我精疲力盡,精神透支,吃藥看心理醫生都沒有用,自從抄經外,加上每天堅持念誦綠度母心咒,誠心祈請綠度母媽媽,這個夢讓我深深感受到這是綠度母媽媽對我的慈悲加持,用黃粱一夢的這種方式,讓我夢中受報,度盡坎坷,從而化解了情執,也從身心上,破除了對色相和感情的執著。
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綠度母心咒具足一切息增懷誅之功用,消除一切眾生的煩惱痛苦、滿足一切眾生願求,現世富貴長壽平安吉祥、除諸病苦業魔障礙等,幫助眾生解脫生死苦海,命終往生極樂世界,獲得究竟的安樂。

修持綠度母,感應加持都非常強烈,而且綠度母是一切女性的本尊,所以女性修持綠度母是非常好的,尤其在求姻緣和求孩子方面,度母媽媽的加持慈悲而迅速,年輕人修持綠度母對姻緣很有幫助,多誦讀綠度母心咒,可以排除一切對姻緣不利的違緣,破除情執,堅持念誦,還能為你安排如意眷屬。
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It’s true, but all of us eventually have to learn to let go by seeing things as they really are.

From the Dhamma’s perspective, the person we love isn’t truly “gone.” What ends are simply the five aggregates, following their nature to arise and pass away. The stream of consciousness continues on, taking up a new form in this realm or another.

Separation is part of life. Whatever begins will end. Whatever arises will cease. Every meeting carries the seed of parting because that is the nature of the world (impermanent and ever-changing). It cannot be otherwise. The deeper our understanding of impermanence, the easier it becomes to accept this truth in the heart.

May we all strive to realize the Dhamma.
Thank you bro for your wisdom words.
 

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Dhamma Talks by Ven. Rajagiriye Ariyagnana Thero​

These are dhamma talks delivered by Ven. Rajagiriye Ariyagnana Thero which recently surfaced in reddit: r/theravada. I read the Book 1 and found the Dhamma talk surprising insightful so i am sharing it here if anyone is interested in reading them.

note:
  • not all books are translated but here is what the OP has shared in the subreddit so far.
  • click on the link to get the PDF file.

Renunciation Letter Series: අතහැරීම - Book 1 to 19 (missing 17 and 19) https://981bf339-82b3-4696-b47b-023...d/c118c7_366394a649814d8b9a31cb51885d9e11.pdf
Pansil Grove: පන්සිල් මලුව - Dhamma Talks (2017 - 2025) - Books 1 to 9 (missing 7 and 9)

Pansil Grove: Special Vesak Dhamma Discourses (2019 - 2022) - 3 Books

Other Dhamma Talks:


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By reciting Namo Amitabha Buddha, we are protected by the Buddhas and Sages.

念佛佛圣护


The sutras relate an instance where even the great Arhat Maudgalyayana (foremost in mystical powers among the disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni) had difficulty finding the Pure Land through his own strength. For ordinary people in the Dharma-Ending Age to seek the higher stages of Bodhisattvahood (and thus qualify to enter and reside in the Pure Land on their own merit) is sheer delusion. Therefore, seeking the help of Amitabha Buddha is an essential factor for rebirth in the Pure Land. - Dharma Master Thich Thien Tam



Calling upon the sacred name "Namo Amituofo".





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NAMO KUAN SHI YIN PUSA 南无大慈大悲观世音菩萨



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No matter how young, rich, and powerful you are,

Impermanence waits for nobody.

~ Chamtrul Rinpoche






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When we get sick, we go to a doctor. A good doctor first finds out what illness we have. Next he finds out what has caused it. Then he decides what the cure is. Finally, he prescribes the medicine that will make us well again. In the same way, the Buddha showed that there is suffering in the world. He explained the cause of this suffering. He taught that this suffering could be ended. Finally, he showed the way leading to the end of suffering. This is the Four Noble Truths.




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When we know the truth, we become people who don’t have to think much, we become people with wisdom. If we don’t know, we have more thinking than wisdom or no wisdom at all. A lot of thinking without wisdom is extreme suffering.
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Another series of questions that the Buddha refused to answer concerned the existence or non-existence of the self.

“Now, what are the ideas unfit for attention that he [the uninstructed person] attends to? Whatever ideas such that, when he attends to them, the unarisen effluent of sensuality arises in him, and the arisen effluent of sensuality increases; the unarisen effluent of becoming arises in him, and the arisen effluent of becoming increases; the unarisen effluent of ignorance arises in him, and the arisen effluent of ignorance increases.…

“This is how he attends inappropriately: ‘Was I in the past? Was I not in the past? What was I in the past? How was I in the past? Having been what, what was I in the past? Shall I be in the future? Shall I not be in the future? What shall I be in the future? How shall I be in the future? Having been what, what shall I be in the future?’ Or else he is inwardly perplexed about the immediate present: ‘Am I? Am I not? What am I? How am I? Where has this being come from? Where is it bound?’

“As he attends inappropriately in this way, one of six kinds of view arises in him: The view, ‘I have a self’ arises in him as true & established, or the view, ‘I have no self’… or the view, ‘It is precisely by means of self that I perceive self… or the view, ‘It is precisely by means of self that I perceive not-self’… or the view, ‘It is precisely by means of not-self that I perceive self’ arises in him as true & established, or else he has a view like this: ‘This very self of mine—the knower that is sensitive here & there to the ripening of good & bad actions—is the self of mine that is constant, everlasting, eternal, not subject to change, and will endure as long as eternity.’ This is called a thicket of views, a wilderness of views, a contortion of views, a writhing of views, a fetter of views. Bound by a fetter of views, the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person is not freed from birth, aging, & death, from sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair. He is not freed, I tell you, from suffering & stress.

“The well instructed disciple of the noble ones—who has regard for noble ones, is well versed & disciplined in their Dhamma; who has regard for people of integrity, is well versed & disciplined in their Dhamma—discerns what ideas are fit for attention and what ideas are unfit for attention. This being so, he doesn’t attend to ideas unfit for attention and attends (instead) to ideas fit for attention.…

“He attends appropriately, ‘This is stress’… ‘This is the origination of stress’… ‘This is the cessation of stress’… ‘This is the way leading to the cessation of stress.’ As he attends appropriately in this way, three fetters are abandoned in him: self-identification view, doubt, and grasping at habits & practices.” — MN 2
 

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Step-by-Step Guide for Anapanasati (Mindfulness of Breathing) - Dhamma Talk by Venerable Rajagiriye Ariyagnana Thero | From the Series "On the Path of Great-Arahants"​


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Here is some AI-generated information to support a clearer understanding of Anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing) and the four frames of reference.

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࿐不佔便宜的人,最有福報࿐

一個人的福報,看不見、摸不著,
卻真真切切藏在他的心性與習慣裡。

你會發現——
越是福報大的人,越不會貪小便宜;
越是格局大的人,越懂得「吃虧是福」。

因為成年人最清醒的一句話是:
便宜不是天上掉下來的,是從福報裡扣的。

01|貪便宜,是福報流失最快的方式

古人說:「佔人一分,天奪十分。」

一個人若總想以最低成本得到最多利益:
斤斤計較、算計別人、佔人好處、利用人情,
表面上是“划算”,
但能量在默默下降。

因為宇宙的規律只有一句:
你拿不屬於你的,總有一天會失去屬於你的。

而且失去得更快、更痛。

02|不佔便宜,是一個人的修行

不佔便宜的人,看起來吃虧,
其實心地最乾淨。

他們不算計、不刻薄、不強取豪奪,
所以心安;
心安,所以福來。

你看那些真正大氣、有福報的人:

✨出去吃飯願意多付一點;
✨和人合作願意讓利;
✨對朋友不斤斤計較;
✨與家人不記小帳。

他們的習慣只有一個:
我寧願吃點虧,也不要虧良心。

這樣的人,福報只會越積越厚。

03|宇宙有一條鐵律:你給出去的,會十倍回來

你替別人著想,別人就會替你鋪路;
你願意吃點虧,天就會給你補回來;
你能讓人舒服,福氣自然到你身上。

佛法說:「利益他人,即是成就自己。」

心越善,福越近;
不計較的人,福常在身邊。

有些好運不是努力來的,
是心量換來的。

04|心裡乾淨的人,命運一定不會差

心裡乾淨的人不計較、不貪心、不算計,
所以天地願意保護他。

他走到哪裡,都有好運氣;
他說話做事,都有人願意幫他;
他身邊沒有爛人爛事,
因為他的能量太乾淨了,
低頻者靠不近。

這就是福報深的人:
不爭、不搶、不貪、不佔,
反而人生順、機會多、貴人來。

05|吃虧,是一種無形的善根

你替別人讓出的位置,
天會替你留住更大的空間。

你今天吃的虧,看似損失,
但那是在種福;
你今天的忍讓,看似憋屈,
但那是在化業。

人這一生,
看似「吃虧」,
其實都是在為未來攢福報。

06|真正有福報的人,都有這三個特質

① 不佔便宜——因為懂因果。
② 不計較——因為心量大。
③ 肯吃虧——因為知道吃虧是福。

這三件事,看似簡單,
卻能決定一個人的命運走向。

結語

你不貪,福在你這裡;
你不搶,運在你這裡;
你不算計,天就會替你安排最好的。

因為一個不佔便宜的人,
心裡一定善,
心地一定亮,
命運一定旺。

願你可以在世間行得正、坐得安,
不因小利而動心,
不因眼前誘惑而失身心;
願你心懷善意,處處守道,
歲月待你溫柔,福報自然常伴左右。
 

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慧律法師:道,就在你心中

六祖壇經上記載,有弟子問慧能大師說:師父,什麽是道?六祖答:道在汝心。道,就在你心中。你還在找什麽道?根本就是騎牛找牛,道在「心能做主就是道,心不能做主就叫外道。」什麽叫做「外道」呢?心外求法,就是外道。他們不能體認出自性是什麽東西。別人如果向他們說兩三句好話,他整個人就像地球失去地心引力一樣,輕飄飄的,別人如果辱罵或批評他幾句,他就因受不了而感到痛苦。

一個明心見性的人,無論他遇到什麽逆境,都能歡喜承受。例如:有一個小孩端了一碗湯,一不小心跌倒把碗打破了,他的父母就一直打他。但碗已經破了,就算你再怎麽用力打這個小孩,「碗」——還是不能自動黏合的。所以,對於事實,我們就要有勇氣來承受它。佛門強調自性的異華,一切修行一定要從本性上去下功夫,這樣,碰到任何順逆自然能隨遇而安,也就能悟到自己了。我們學佛如果不能運用在生活當中,那學佛就沒有什麽意義了。道,就在你心中,就在日常運用中。仁者,請善自體會吧!
 

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【於一切境界,了諸法本空,不會牽掛於心】

感恩慧律法師 開示:

「不得故,智於爾焰不生」:以了境不可得,故(所以)境不牽心,心不緣境,心境兩忘。

在這裡,有個特別的提醒你,什麼是真正的修行?也就是,於一切境界,了諸法本空,不會牽掛於心,這個是大修行人,所以,故境不牽心,意思就是:這些外境不可能去傷害你的清淨心,不增不減的真如自性,你永遠都是保持這樣的清淨心,而我們眾生是牽腸掛肚啦!

所以,境不牽心,心也不會去緣外境,為什麼?妄想心不可得,所以,心不必緣境,心境兩忘,因此圓明寂照之智於爾焰境便不生妄想攀緣計著,(也就是)亦即不於境上生心,於相離相,如如不動。

「順三解脫,智亦不得」:因此隨順法性。

諸位!這裡還要提醒,「法性本空」的意思,隨順法性,要不然,就隨順真如,這是大修行人兩股力道,你一定要隨順法性,「法性」就是相相本空,要不然,就隨順真如,真如不增不減,隨順兩股力道,單刀直入,就進入佛的領域,所以你修行要隨順法性,所以為什麼要恆順眾生?注意,「恆順眾生」這句話什麼意思?恆順眾生,我們要隨喜功德,要恆順眾生,「恆順眾生」這句話什麼意思?就是恆順真如,因為有真如心的人,他可以順一切眾生,所以恆順眾生,其實就是恆順法性,恆順真如自性,為什麼叫你隨喜功德?因為喜悅是生命的本質,沒有喜悅的心,我們的生命變成枯燥無味,缺乏生機啊!

所以喜悅是生命的本質,所以我們要隨喜功德,那隨喜為什麼有功德?因為喜悅是生命的本質,就是真如,意思:恆順眾生,就是恆順自己的真如心,那麼你有真如的心,你就可能順應一切的眾生,簡單講,你的心就很有智慧跟彈性,因此隨順法性而入三解脫門,「法性」就是本空的意思。本來真如,然於此解脫門,智也不可取,智亦(也)不取得:以有取得,即非空、無相、無願解脫。以上為如來開闡以無所得而了妄、契真、證三脫門的自證境界。
 

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淨空法師:【窮人善用時機,小錢修大福】

出錢出力,不在乎多少,盡心盡力就是圓滿功德。只有一百塊錢,沒有多的,把一百塊統統捐掉,捐的是百分之百,就叫圓滿功德。有一千塊錢,只捐一百塊,得多少功德?十分之一。

那個人是一百塊,我也是一百塊,二個功德不一樣。圓滿(是)百分之百,有一千塊,只拿一百塊,功德是十分之一。帳要這樣算法,所以窮人能修圓滿功德,富貴人不行,來生,窮人變成富貴人,富貴人變成窮人。天道公平,貧人能修大福,真誠心。

我們讀《了凡四訓》,一個女孩子,家境貧窮,到廟裡供養,只有二文錢,很少。大概那個時代,能吃一餐早餐,一碗豆漿,一套燒餅油條。二文錢,是他所有,全部供養。方丈和尚親自迴向祝福,功德出自真誠心,全心全力。

這個女孩子後來做了王妃,發了,經過這個廟,帶一千兩黃金供養,報恩。老和尚叫徒弟迴向,他感到很訝異,小時候到這裡,只供養二文,老和尚親自迴向,現在帶這麼多黃金來,為什麼叫徒弟迴向?老和尚告訴他,那時候二文是圓滿功德,現在有錢,一千兩黃金算不了什麼,所以功德沒有那二文錢大。

把道理講給他聽,明白了。現在是王妃,貴人,到寺廟,個個對你都行最敬禮,福就折掉了。年輕時貧寒之家,沒人瞧得起你,不一樣。懂得善用時機,小錢修大福。

本文節錄自【2012淨土大經科註】478集

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By reciting Namo Amitabha Buddha, we are protected by the Buddhas and Sages.

念佛佛圣护


The sutras relate an instance where even the great Arhat Maudgalyayana (foremost in mystical powers among the disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni) had difficulty finding the Pure Land through his own strength. For ordinary people in the Dharma-Ending Age to seek the higher stages of Bodhisattvahood (and thus qualify to enter and reside in the Pure Land on their own merit) is sheer delusion. Therefore, seeking the help of Amitabha Buddha is an essential factor for rebirth in the Pure Land. - Dharma Master Thich Thien Tam



Calling upon the sacred name "Namo Amituofo".





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NAMO KUAN SHI YIN PUSA 南无大慈大悲观世音菩萨



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No matter how young, rich, and powerful you are,

Impermanence waits for nobody.

~ Chamtrul Rinpoche






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When we get sick, we go to a doctor. A good doctor first finds out what illness we have. Next he finds out what has caused it. Then he decides what the cure is. Finally, he prescribes the medicine that will make us well again. In the same way, the Buddha showed that there is suffering in the world. He explained the cause of this suffering. He taught that this suffering could be ended. Finally, he showed the way leading to the end of suffering. This is the Four Noble Truths.




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When we know the truth, we become people who don’t have to think much, we become people with wisdom. If we don’t know, we have more thinking than wisdom or no wisdom at all. A lot of thinking without wisdom is extreme suffering.
(Ajahn Chah)






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Yes mdm, I am walking the path of suffering......I keep on moving, chanting as I walk, sit, etc...the path for me is very painful..
 

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By reciting Namo Amitabha Buddha, we are protected by the Buddhas and Sages.

念佛佛圣护


“May all persons wish constantly that at the time of death [excellent conditions and excellent circumstances for birth appear before them.” The person who cannot say the nembutus (Namo Amituofo) in this present instant will not be able to say it at the point of death. Say the nembutsu (Namo Amituofo) constantly and diligently, avoiding all abstract debate about the moment of death. - Ippen Shonin


Calling upon the sacred name "Namo Amituofo".







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NAMO KUAN SHI YIN PUSA 南无大慈大悲观世音菩萨



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"Measure yourself against the various stages of the path; see if you can bear sufferings such as illness, being undermined, and despised. To be unable to do so is to be ordinary, a sign you have not completed the path." - KHENPO GANGSHAR






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Look at this galaxy for a moment. Billions of stars. Endless space. A universe so vast that the human mind can barely grasp it. And somewhere on one tiny blue dot, in a corner of just one galaxy, we place ourselves under the weight of fear, stress, expectations, deadlines, and taxes.

We forget how small our worries are compared to the cosmic scale. We forget how temporary every moment is. We forget that life was never meant to be lived in constant fear or pressure.

The universe is not asking you to be perfect. It is not judging your income, your mistakes, your appearance, or your status. It is simply offering you time. Time to breathe. Time to grow. Time to experience. Time to let go.

When you see yourself from a universal perspective, the things that trouble you lose their power. What remains is what truly matters: your peace, your choices, your relationships, your inner freedom.

So step back from the noise. Step back from the fear. You are not here just to survive. You are here to live, to expand, to evolve, and to rise above the limits you place on yourself.

In a universe this vast, choose to be free inside the small space you occupy.




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Everyone must face birth, aging, sickness, and death.
Our greatest suffering comes from trying to hold on to what cannot be held.
Seeing clearly the truth of impermanence does not make the pain vanish instantly,

but it softens the madness and despair, and opens the door to understanding and peace.




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