Wednesday, 28 October 2009

The truly wise appear
truly foolish
to the truly foolish.

- Stonepeace




Zen Master Ryokan lived a simple and frugal life - all by himself in a small hut at
the foot of a mountain. One evening, a thief visited the hut only to discover there
was nothing in it to steal. When Ryokan returned, he was 'caught' red-handed.
Instead of being angry or alerting the authorities, Ryokan said, 'As you must have
come a long way to visit me, you should not leave empty-handed. Please take my
clothes as a gift.'Stunned and bewildered, the thief nevertheless took the clothes
before sheepishly hurrying off. As Ryokan sat naked while watching the moon, he
exclaimed, 'Poor fellow, I wish I could have given him the beautiful moon!'

Ryokan challenged the norm by being gracious even to the petty. Shouldn't he
admonish him to change his ways? He probably saw no point in punishing him
conventionally, but more worth in acknowledging his desperation with touching
compassion. In an extended version of the story, he asked the thief to thank him
before leaving. When he was caught later, Ryokan was asked to testify the theft,
among others. Ryokan answered that he gave his robe to him, that he was even
thanked for it. To that, the thief broke down in hot repentant tears. Criminals are
often further hardened with punishment. Why not soften their hearts instead?

In Buddhism, the moon symbolises the bright and beautiful truth, that is often
missed, shrouded by the passing dark clouds of our defilements. Yet, taken for
granted, the moon is always there. The truly precious cannot be stolen. It cannot
even be given, but only pointed to – for another to see. Even fellow Buddhists miss
the moon of truth at times, when they become attached to the finger of words that
point to the truth, mistaking the finger for the moon. The thief almost missed the
precious truth too, that Ryokan was trying to impart – the truth that the virtues of
contentment, generosity and kindness which saved him are priceless, that cannot be
stolen - qualities that he should emulate. – Shen Shi'an

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Friday, 23 October 2009

科学家已证实的事实真相：时间空间都是假的。



佛教在几千年前已说明时空不是真的。

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Monday, 19 October 2009

Thrown, dropped, mutilated, and ground-up alive. This is the shocking reality
faced by hundreds of thousands of chicks each day at the world's largest
egg-laying breed hatchery – Hy-Line International in Spencer, Iowa.

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We confuse attachment with love. Attachment is concerned with my needs,
my happiness, while love is an unselfish attitude, concerned with the needs
and happiness of others.... A relationship free of unrealistic grasping
is free of disappointment, conflict, jealousy, and other problems,
and is fertile ground for the growth of love and wisdom.

- Kathleen McDonald, "How to Meditate"

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Friday, 16 October 2009

每个宗教都有信仰。佛教承认基督教的信仰，以及其他宗教的信仰。因为佛教认为
每个宗教都叫人从善，把人类提升。只是方式和程度不一样罢了。一些大法师也有
看圣经的，比如净空法师，慧律法师等等。尤其慧律法师，他为了了解其他宗教，
看了各个宗教的经典和经文，也仅用了三年的时间，便把圣经背得滚瓜烂熟！

慧律法师曾经赞叹耶稣基督是一位非常非常伟大且了不起的人物，甚至对耶稣基督
佩服得五体投地。对于他来说，耶稣就是活菩萨。菩萨或耶稣只是称呼上的差别罢了，
佛教是认同基督教里神的存在的。



看了这个录像，其实我觉得这个道清老尼真的早就应该信主了。二十三年都
没有领悟到佛法，真是可惜。如果这二十三年都和主耶稣亲近，她人生应该会过得
更开心。若出家那么久还找不到方向，找不到清净，或许真的与佛无缘。佛不度
无缘人，因为无缘根本无法度。道清和佛祖的缘尽了，开始了和基督的缘分，
这些都是因缘。缘起缘灭。

什么是缘分？有人问隐士。隐士想了一会说：缘是命，命是缘。此人听的糊涂，
去问高僧。高僧说：缘是前生的修炼。这人不解自己的前生如何，就问佛祖。
佛不语，用手指天边的云。这人看去，云起云落，随风东西，于是顿悟：缘不可求的，
缘如风，风不定。云聚是缘，云散也是缘。感情也如云，万千变化，云起时汹涌澎湃，
云落时落寞舒缓。

感情的事如云聚云散，缘分是可遇不可求的风。世上有很多事可以求，唯缘分难求。
茫茫人海，浮华世界，多少人真正能寻觅到自己最完美的归属，又有多少人在擦肩
而过中错失了最好的机缘。或者又有多少人有正确的选择却站在了错误的时间和地点。
有时缘去缘留只在人一念之间。缘即如风，来也是缘，去也是缘。已得是缘，
未得亦是缘。彼此惜缘。

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Monday, 12 October 2009

another shocking news.. due to global warming,

no more winter for HK by 2050..

and there'll be droughts and floods in HK.. i really wonder the effects
of global warming on Singapore.. we're so small and vulnerable, yet no one
seems to care, not even the govt..

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Wednesday, 7 October 2009

前幾天在車裏聽到這首歌。我還是喜歡動力883，好聽的歌，
不管冷不冷門都會播放出來，不像933，只會播放主打歌。
還有經典金曲，仿佛突然轉臺到972，哈哈。

老了吧，專註流行歌曲的933比較適合年輕小夥子聽。
以前還能把這首歌一字不漏地唱完，如今卻忘了一大半。
人的記憶真的會隨著時光而消失。

喜歡一個人 追求心中所想
豈管別人笑我如何癡狂
沒有牽掛不能放 沒有創痛不能忘
惟有豁開方能超越滄桑

喜歡去做夢 因為夢想很美
滿足了心靈忘記了疲憊
與其整天去怨懟 不如专心去面對
惟有寬懷方能微笑入睡

坦坦蕩蕩月華星光 一片清輝相映入眼宜然
簡簡單單輕風雲淡 伴我上路瀟灑遠走四方
近水繞遠山 芳草連著天邊長
人間處處盡是峰迴路轉

峰迴路轉－劉德華　作詞：邢增華　作曲：巫啟賢　专輯：忘情水

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Tuesday, 6 October 2009

Joke of the month

The Lawyer and the Banker
A lawyer and and a Banker are sitting next to each other on a long flight.
The lawyer is thinking that all Banker are so dumb that he could get over
on them, easily. So the lawyer asks if the Banker would like to play a fun
game.

The Banker is tired and just wants to take a nap, so he politely declines,
and tries to catch a few winks. The lawyer persists, and says that the game
is a lot of fun. I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you
pay me only $5; you ask me one, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay
you $500, he says. This catches the Banker's attention and to keep the
lawyer quiet, he agrees to play the game.

The lawyer asks the first question. 'What's the distance from The Earth to
the Moon?' The Banker doesn't say a word, reaches in his pocket, pulls out
a five-dollar bill, and hands it to the lawyer?

Now, it's the Banker's turn. He asks the lawyer, 'What goes up a hill with
three legs, and comes down with four?' The lawyer uses his laptop and
searches all references he could find on the Net. He sends e-mails to all
the smart friends he knows, all to no avail. After one hour of searching he
finally gives up.

He wakes up the Banker and hands him $500. The Banker pockets the $500
and goes right back to sleep. The lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer.
He wakes the Banker up and asks, 'Well, so what goes up a hill with three
legs and comes down with four? The Banker reaches in his pocket, hands the
lawyer $5 and goes back to sleep.

Don't mess with Banker.

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Friday, 2 October 2009

Why Buddhism is not a religion..

i used to write a similiar post here regarding the term religion..
below are more detailed posting on this subject:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

can your religion accept another religion?
if yes, then your religion is not a religion..

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