Saturday, October 25, 2014

拜懺是最好的科學養生

拜懺是最好的科學養生
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【慧日文摘】拜懺是最好的科學養生 

  1.為什麼拜佛時要輕微低頭?

  佛法:拜佛不是向外追求,而是自心開發,故府首返觀。我們的佛性,本具一切光明、智慧和福報,但被貪、嗔、痴、慢、疑等烏云垃圾矇蔽,開發謙恭的美德,才能撥開烏云,現自身佛性光明,處處吉祥。

  生理:低頭時拉開頸椎各關節間隙,糾正頸椎,解除神經、血管、淋巴管及腦脊髓的壓迫。

  2.為什麼拜佛要頭面貼地?

  佛法:徹底放下「傲慢」的煩惱和自私我執的妄念,才能契合佛道。

  生理:頭、心臟、全身和足底幾乎拉平,拉開脊椎關節,腦脊髓液回流順暢。跪地時使下半身與心臟接近,血流回心時不需耗費很多能量。脊椎向背部拱起,不致壓迫腹腔,脊椎前大血管,血流阻力小,使腹部、下肢血流供應豐富。

  3.為什麼拜佛站立時要收下巴?後頸貼衣領?

  佛法:人往外看時,下巴會不自覺地抬起而看不見自己,收下巴時才能返照自身,都攝六根,如果終日忙著反應外來的刺激,追逐外境而不自覺,將迷不知返。佛有「重頜」之相,即收下巴之相,不向外馳逐,追求諸已。

  生理:收下巴,後頸貼衣領時,脊椎最直,使腦--脊椎--胸椎之間氣血流暢順利。

  4.為什麼要合掌垂手鬆肩?

  佛法:代表放下。放下煩惱、憂愁、緊張,若心有羈絆,則肩必聳起。肩放鬆,放下的同時,妄念也放下,萬緣放下,一心正念。

  生理:拉開放鬆肩胛附近的肌肉、韌帶,使肩關節靈活,解除肩硬、痠痛等症狀。一般人平日肩胛周圍肌肉都在緊張狀態,常常不自覺就聳肩、緊繃。時間一久肌肉就緊縮變硬,壓迫血管,血流不通,肌肉代謝廢物局部堆積,出現肩膀痠痛等症狀。現代人生活壓力大,肩周炎等病症出現的年齡明顯提前。

  5.為什麼要跪坐在兩足跟內側?

  佛法:徹底放棄根本執著,徹底降伏根本煩惱。另外對練習「跏趺坐」很有幫助。正如《首楞嚴經》云:「狂心頓歇,歇即菩提」,坐定放鬆,狂心歇息。

  生理:以中醫經脈理論而言,足部六條經脈都通過足踝,若是踝僵硬,不靈活,則各經脈受阻。拜佛時,跪坐又坐起,等於一壓一放,活絡其經脈。

  6.為什麼要俯首伸手迎接佛?

  佛法:伸手迎佛,代表背塵合覺,澄濁返清,與佛相應。保持府首(不能中途仰頭),表一路恭敬,謙卑到底,才能與佛相應。坐定重心不動,表一路觀心,心神安定,不動不轉。兩肩拉開,含開心之意。

  7.為什麼要翻掌接佛?

  佛法:

  (1)代表我要轉變自己的心境來迎接佛的光明,我要用自己的心,毫無保留地來供養佛。

  (2)手心儘量翻平向上,勿傾斜,表示心氣平和。

  (3)雙手如蓮,心開花開。手指柔軟而整齊,是因為心境放鬆,內在本具的力量從心中湧出。

生理:末銷的細微精密活動屬高層腦部管轄。手指活動的管轄區在大腦中佔極大比例,尤其小指和注意力集中程度密切聯繫。注意力不集中,小指很難聽從使喚,所以由小指帶動做翻掌的柔軟動作可舒解內心的緊張,放鬆大腦相應管轄部位的功能。

  8.為什麼接佛後又翻掌平貼地?

  佛法:

  (1)接佛後輕輕半握拳,代表接納佛光,領受佛教,歡喜信受。

  (2)握拳又平貼地,代表領受佛教後,以平等心普遍佈施。

愛出者愛返,福往者福來。隨喜轉載,功德無量。


Sunday, October 5, 2014

Refuge Ceremony at Spore Buddhist Lodge


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Saturday, October 4, 2014

No one is Insignificant!

Love this story
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"I have a story about this; I hope you do not find it too earthy.
As this story goes, there was a meeting of all the important parts of the body. The purpose of the meeting was to determine which part was the most important. All the body's bigwigs were invited: the lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, intestines, the bones - basically, everybody who was anybody.
But they didn't invite the anus to their meeting. When he realized that he had been left out of this council of all the body parts, he took it very personally. How could they deny he was part of their team? Deeply offended, he decided to go on strike.
Oh, how the rest of the parts suffered when all the traffic got blocked! They no longer felt so high and mighty. The other parts of the body all had to come begging the anus's forgiveness, asking him to join the meeting and resume his very important activities. When the meeting resumed, lo and behold, they voted unanimously in favor of the anus as the most important. So, no matter what people think: no one is insignificant.

There is no hierarchy in a body. All the parts are mutually dependent and mutually supportive. Likewise, we human beings are all parts of the same body. Just because we do not wish to acknowledge another person's importance does not mean that this person is unimportant to our well-being. Just because we do not wish to acknowledge what we share with others does not mean that we can separate ourselves from them. Interdependence is an inescapable truth of our existence.

Of course, we are not all identical. Because certain differences does exist between us, we all have something to offer each other. We can work together making our diverse and complementary contributions. Because we are all part of the same social body, it is in our own best interest to assure that we can all function well together."



The Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, "The Heart Is Noble, Changing the World from the Inside Out", pp 82-83.
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