Sunday, May 20, 2012

Buddha - Wisdom + Compassion


 “Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”


-Buddha

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Life is impermanent !

生命短暂,世事无常!
生命不是用年、月、日来衡量的,生命只在一呼一吸间,这个简单的动作承载着生命的重量,每吸气一次,你度过的生命就增加一点,每呼气一次,你余下的生命就减少一点,当你无法继续呼吸的时候,生命就结束了...... 
这回,是我来到裟婆世界,第一次,正式参与他人亲属的丧礼.... 这丧礼,全以佛教仪式进行,这是无上的难得,况且他是位基督教徒却可尊重其父亲的宗教选择,来处理其父亲生命最终的安顿...更为难得是,他愿意深一步地了解佛教,且向我请教如何称呼法师及佛教礼仪等.... 他说这一切,来得太突然了.... 那么短的时间内,他父亲却离开了... 这一趟,我深深感到人生无常,你我没有选择的权利,只有坦然面对与昔日活在当下,因为万般带不去,唯有业随身.... 
“每个人都一定会死,但是人们却都装着不看见,就以为跟自己无关.....”
〈生命无常,只在呼吸间〉2012 年 5 月 2 日