Chanced on an old auntie washing loads of bowls at a temple, so offered help, then helped a few days

[whatheheck]

Then the auntie go home

ah Tan must have seen this, no wonder say exercise nia

 

[AUTUMN&WINTER]

Shifu said must do volunteer work happily and willingly. If not, no merits.

 

[ribena.bing]

1) define good. cos helping an convict escapee by pointing the police in the wrong direction is also considered doing good to the convict.

2) never make the majority mistake that "volunteering = good karma". its the same as a serial killer pulls a jack the ripper from mondays to saturdays and goes to church to confess on sundays and sabbatical on sunday cos "god rested on the 7th day".

haha. that's not my job bro
thats for you to find out right?

道可道，非常道。
om mani padme hum

 

[Emperor_Hippo]

Sometimes u help long Liao, they take it for granted...

perfectly normal.

thing is, are u able to follow through with that even though you are unpaid?

 

[buttbERry]

Which temple is this?

 

[enimen]

Can tell from the posts many sgreans are too rigid and by the book.
Under rule of pap become like robot. No choice one

 

[Emperor_Hippo]

haha. that's not my job bro
thats for you to find out right?

道可道，非常道。
om mani padme hum

barely my job to find out since we all have the answers in our heart already.

thus our different karma and paths in the never ending sea of samsara until all achieves enlightenment and enters into Nirvana.

Sadhu sadhu.

 

[AUTUMN&WINTER]

1) define good. cos helping an convict escapee by pointing the police in the wrong direction is also considered doing good to the convict.

2) never make the majority mistake that "volunteering = good karma". its the same as a serial killer pulls a jack the ripper from mondays to saturdays and goes to church to confess on sundays and sabbatical on sunday cos "god rested on the 7th day".

I follow Buddha's definition of wholesome (good) because He is an enlightened being. He knows better.

 

[Emperor_Hippo]

I follow Buddha's definition of wholesome (good) because He is an enlightened being. He knows better.

Buddha may had laid the path of wholesome actions, wholesome deeds, wholesome thoughts for mortals to leave Samsara. But the thing is, in countless incarnation cycles, even as your past bad karma ripened and you were born in Hell, would one walk that same wholesome path with determination during that indeterminate lifespan?

this is all but 1 life in many.

 

[grevq80o]

Being a volunter does not mean you can suka suka

Work needs planning. Manpower is one issue.

If people suka suka come and go then how to plan?

you want suka suka come, then just show up and help out randomly lo... as an extra pair of hands. The incharge will no plan anything for you, you just make the workload of the existing volunteers lighter, by providing an extra pair of hands.. maybe to pack, or clean or clear up.

 

[ribena.bing]

barely my job to find out since we all have the answers in our heart already.

thus our different karma and paths in the never ending sea of samsara until all achieves enlightenment and enters into Nirvana.

Sadhu sadhu.

i dont have the answers myself
maybe there are no answers to begin with

无名天地之始

yes. buddhism is one path of many in life. as is christianity and islam. 都是道

just do good, as is TS

 

[iammole]

 

[AUTUMN&WINTER]

Buddha may had laid the path of wholesome actions, wholesome deeds, wholesome thoughts for mortals to leave Samsara. But the thing is, in countless incarnation cycles, even as your past bad karma ripened and you were born in Hell, would one walk that same wholesome path with determination during that indeterminate lifespan?

this is all but 1 life in many.

Practice according to the Buddha's teachings in life so that the conditions will not be right for the negative karma to be ripened. Can also lighten the heavy karma. All the Pusas ( eg Guan Yin Pusa) are to assist the practitioners to cross the ocean of life and death smoothly, liberate from rebirth in samsara in one lifetime for Pure Landers.

 

[swenson]

How come no kind soul devotee sponsor an automated dish washing machine to the temple?

 

[Song Bro]

then the jack the ripper going to church to confess kinda assumes that jack the ripper's gonna go heaven?

修行 is never about the action. its about the thoughts.

Confession does not meant immediate redemption. Like 放下屠刀立地成佛。It doesnt work this way. Serve the karma 1st then we talk. Those can really resist the urge to kill, lust,steal,lie etc previous life already started 修行。whether they can 顿悟，its up to them. Actions is translated from thoughts. Blindly following practices w/o understanding is not 修行。Similarly thinking w/o actions is not either.

 

[dambio]

Then another auntie told me u must leave ur hp to the incharge, u want to do volunteer is like that one, we tell u what time come, u must help. Volunteer is like that one.

I'm not leaving my number cause I only help when I'm free. Who say I want to volunteer.

In d end wats d outcome? U still continue helping there as n when u want?

 

[killing_my_dreams]

Last time moi used to help at temple to wash plates when I was a kid(parents bring me to temple). But lucky nowadays the temple just use disposable plates and cutlery

 

[Lifetime warranty]

Volunteer I tot is got time then help... If like that is like working part time with no pay.. I rather stay at gym then.. haha

 

[AUTUMN&WINTER]

Volunteer I tot is got time then help... If like that is like working part time with no pay.. I rather stay at gym then.. haha

It's another kind of pay 功德钱 merits.

 

[Sen Sen]

Oh heng is washing bowls