In 2017:
My goal is not to be
Better than anyone else,
But to be better than
I used to be.
A beautiful aspiration from 【慈悲生命协会 - Compassion Life Society】 (https://m.facebook.com/Compassion.Life/photos/a.222753034428219.49665.220237744679748/1258527327517446/?type=3&source=48)
I just visited a temple and overheard a kid doing repentance for his imperfections in the past year and wishes for new year under guidance of his mother.
What a good reminder to begin new year. 💗🙏💗
刚才经过福海禅寺就进去礼拜，听到—位小朋友约六岁吧，在母亲的引导下，天真无邪地向佛菩萨忏悔过去一年所不圆满的事，一件件淸淸楚楚地例出，如没有作功课，没有听父母的话，对弟弟发脾气等，又祈愿新的一年要更乖，完成去年不圆满的事。
小朋友的告白令我汉颜！过去一年或多年，我也有很多不圆满之处，尤其对父母家人不够体贴😬😓。
惭愧！得向小朋友学习怎么开始新的一年🌷 🌷 🌷
希望新的一年，
少让父母担忧，智慧，慈悲，福慧都增长， 处事更圆滑。好好照顾身体好修行。希望禅净，显密的修行更圆融通达。精进，信愿行更坚固，菩提心增上。
祈愿众生
离苦得乐，好愿圆满，
得遇正法，善知识，上师，
欢喜欣受，被带领走上菩提道，
精进，速成佛果！
往生者
往生西方极乐世界，莲品高升！
阿弥陀佛！🙏 🙏 🙏
惭愧！得向小朋友学习怎么开始新的一年🌷 🌷 🌷
希望新的一年，
少让父母担忧，智慧，慈悲，福慧都增长， 处事更圆滑。好好照顾身体好修行。希望禅净，显密的修行更圆融通达。精进，信愿行更坚固，菩提心增上。
祈愿众生
离苦得乐，好愿圆满，
得遇正法，善知识，上师，
欢喜欣受，被带领走上菩提道，
精进，速成佛果！
往生者
往生西方极乐世界，莲品高升！
阿弥陀佛！🙏 🙏 🙏
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A New Year Message from the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
Natural disasters, war, political upheavals and the worsening environmental crisis made 2016 a difficult and disturbing year for many people. At the beginning of this new year of 2017, I think it is important to remember once more that we live in an interconnected world. This is based on common sense. If we examine our own lives carefully, we will quickly realise that since before we were born our very existence has depended on the kindness and hard work of others. When we forget this, we can make great mistakes and create many problems, and this leads to an increase in suffering for both ourselves and others.
Likewise, when we seek happiness, it should not be just for ourselves. The self that wishes only for its own happiness is mistaken. From the Buddhist point of view, that self does not even exist in the way we think it does. Seeing ourselves as the centre of the universe is like being trapped inside a prison of our own making. It has a negative, distorting effect on all our relationships. But if we think carefully about how things really exist, we come to understand that essentially there is no difference between ourselves and others. They are a part of us, and we are a part of them.
The Buddha taught that ultimately, the only true and lasting happiness in this world comes from changing our focus from ourselves to others. When we sincerely wish and work for the happiness and benefit of others, we create our own happiness and make our lives truly meaningful.
Shantideva expressed this very well in the Way of the Bodhisattva:
May I become at all times, both now and forever: a protector for those without protection; a guide for those who have lost their way; a ship for those with oceans to cross; a bridge for those with rivers to cross; a sanctuary for those in danger; a lamp for those without light; a place of refuge for those who lack shelter; and a servant to all in need.
I pray that in the year ahead, whatever challenges arise, we will find the courage to face them and that through our efforts happiness, peace and well-being will increase in every corner of the world.
http://kagyuoffice.org/a-new-year-message-from-the-17th-karmapa-ogyen-trinley-dorje/
要少看点FB😕, 多往內看😚。。。
★ ★2017年元旦 噶千仁波切新年祝福
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親愛的法友，
2017新年，恩師 噶千仁波切於美國特別錄製影片，向所有弟子祝福「新年快樂」、「吉祥如意」。
仁波切慈示：
『新年快樂，在過去一年裡，我們身口意三門所造一切惡業，都應以強烈懺悔的心懺悔並回到本來的清淨。一方面念誦《三十五佛懺》，若不會也可以持誦百字明來懺悔。
而新的一年裡，應思維要為眾生而成就佛果，而佛的字義是，在世俗菩提心時，將「愛惜自己」的執念淨除，並且不斷修持四無量心，同時盡量多念誦皈依及六字真言。
若內心能對眾生生起無量的慈心與悲心，因其無量廣大，也得以遍及一切有情。而生起菩提心也如同融冰遍及海水，利他心增長也能使自己受益。
透過不斷修持四無量心而轉化自心，是非常重要的。若心懷慈無量及悲無量心，祈願世上宗教彼此和睦團結、弟子以及國家之間和諧安樂，是能夠真正利益到這些人的。
而培養慈悲也能讓增長壽命，對一個生起菩提心的人而言，世界亦如同極樂淨土，因為當內心平靜後，心所觸及的一切自然跟著和諧。
而「世界和平祈願文」有著藏中英語文，大家應常讀，這很重要。
同時要尊敬父母、愛戴師長、愛惜國家。這三點也是讓我們獲得短暫善趣的利益和究竟佛果的善因。如此大家要時常懷善心持善行，多祈願世界和平。
同時為大家獻上滿滿的祝福，吉祥如意。』
＠三十五佛懺悔文：https://goo.gl/ftxcT0 （菩提妙道法本第13頁）
＠仁波切親誦百字明咒：https://youtu.be/V0gB4JtDjWY
＠世界和平祈願文：https://goo.gl/mgwxHb
願利一切有情
噶千佛學會
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New Year's Message 2017 ~
By Mingyur Rinpoche
Hello! Tashi delek! Happy New Year 2017! I hope this new year brings you happiness, wisdom, love and
compassion, and also that your wishes will be fulfilled, and that you will develop your spiritual practice and meditation — whatever your practice is. I will pray for all of you.
I am very well. Now, I am in India at Sherabling monastery. I am very happy and excited for the new year as well!
I want to share a message for the new year. The most important thing when you practice, when you meditate, or whatever you do in your life; for example: even if you do daily things like work, projects, or studying, the most important thing is motivation. Motivation is very important! If you feel a sense of meaning in whatever you do, then whatever kind of work, spiritual practice, or daily things you do will be very easy, everything becomes smooth, and it becomes successful. Therefore, to put meaning into whatever you practice is very important — especially for spiritual practice.
How to put meaning into something? When you practice, let us say you want to practice meditation, the most important thing is to think that you want to practice this meditation for, of course, yourself, but also for your friends, family, society, country, and for the world. This is what we call, "Transforming the world by transforming yourself." We are part of this world and we are part of this society.
In the past, all the big problems in the world came because people did not want to change themselves. They wanted to change others. They wanted to change the world. But now, for us, the Buddha said:
"It is important to change yourself, and so you can change the world."
It does not matter whatever religion you practice, the most important thing is to transform yourself first. This is very important! If you want to transform yourself through meditation, through behavior, and through your job or whatever, think that it is not only for yourself, but also for your friends and family. Maybe you have one or two friends. Sometimes we do not have many friends, we only have one or two best friends, and then some people think, "Oh, I do not have enough friends. I want to practice this for others, but then I need to have many, many friends, and I do not have enough friends." It does not matter. Even having one friend is enough; or maybe you have a family.
But it is not only for your friends and family. It also includes society, your workplace or company, your country, and the whole world. So, for the new year, whatever you do, think that you do it for others,
to benefit the world. Develop this motivation and put meaning into whatever you do, especially with spiritual practice.
Thank you very much! Tashi Delek and Happy New Year!
More...
http://learning.tergar.org/2016/12/31/mingyur-rinpoches-2017-new-years-message/
第十七世大寶法王噶瑪巴2017新年文告
天災干戈、政治動亂和環境惡化的危機，讓許多人在困頓不安中度過2016年。
在新的一年2017之始，我認為重要的是再次謹記我們活在一個相互關連的世界裡；這是基於常識。如果仔細檢視自己的生活，我們很快會發現在出生之前，我們的存在就已有賴於他人的慈愛和辛勞。當忘失這點時，我們便可能犯下大錯，製造許多問題，導致自己和他人更多的痛苦。
同樣地，追求快樂時，我們不應只求自己的快樂；只求己樂的自我是錯謬的。從佛法的觀點而言，自我甚至不是以我們所認為的方式而存在。把自己視為是宇宙的中心，就像是把自己困在一個自造的牢獄當中，對我們所有的人際關係都有負面和扭曲的影響。然而，如果我們慎思事物存在的實情，我們就會瞭解自己和他人在本質上無別：他人是我們的一部分，我們是他人的一部分。
佛陀教導我們：究竟而言，世間唯一真實永恆的喜樂，來自於將我們關注的焦點從自己身上轉移至他人。當我們真心誠意為他人的幸福和利益而努力時，我們便創造出自己的快樂，讓我們的人生真正具有意義。寂天菩薩在《入菩薩行論》中將這點表達地非常好：
今起至永恆，願我成所求：
路人無怙依，願為彼引導，
並作渡者舟、船筏與橋梁。
求島即成島，欲燈化為燈，
覓床變作床，需僕成彼僕。
我祈願，在這新的一年裡，無論出現什麼樣的挑戰，我們都能夠找到面對它的勇氣；同時，透過我們的努力，願世界的每一個角落更添喜悅、和平與安樂。
第十七世大寶法王噶瑪巴 鄔金欽列多傑
http://karmapa.hwayue.org.tw/news/20170101
道信禪師十四歲就出家了，他一見到三祖僧璨禪師便說：「但願大師慈悲，能教我解脫的法門。」
三祖就問他：「是誰把你綁起來？」
道信就回答：「沒有人綁我。」
因此，三祖說：「那你還要求什麼解脫呢？」
十四歲的道信聽了這句話之後，馬上就開悟了。
諸位看了這個故事是否也開悟了呢？請問諸位：「有誰綁著你們？」
這故事是說：認為自己未得解脫，是以為有人綁住了自己，仔細問清楚才發覺其實並沒有人綁住自己，而是自己把自己綁起來，既然是自己綁住自己，那只要自己將自己鬆開就可以了。
許多人在日常生活中，不也常常有這種情形嗎？此即所謂作繭自縛、自找麻煩，所以說：「天下本無事，庸人自擾之。」
任何事如果把自己放進去，就有問題、有麻煩。除掉自己的利害得失，就得解脫了。
摘自 ~別再執著了！作繭自縛Stop！聖嚴法師著
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越来越相信things happen for a reason...
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今天是農曆正月初九
中國人說叫做天公生
最主要是玉皇大帝
大家在拜天公
來講一下天神護法的功德… More
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我祝願，在祈願法會的時候，念誦者們意所生、口所出的每字每句，都成為金色的形體，字字充滿遍佈於世界的所有空間，清洗寂滅污煙、哀嚎與戰聲，讓慈悲的字句與眾生的善心結合，如同日月、星辰般照耀，以溫暖慈悲與清涼智慧的萬丈光芒，照射至每一位眾生，滌淨自身沈睡已久的無明與貪欲瞋恚的黑暗。讓眾生與眾生之間，如同失散已久的母子般重逢相認。
願我能在這世間所散播出的不傷害與和平的樂音之中，香甜入睡——這是我的夢想。
尊勝第17世大寶法王噶瑪巴
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Sis saw the kawaii pictures of little girl at Bugis Junction Ajitsen and commented that when I was a kid around that age, I used to be as cute and adorable and recalled that when we went on overseas trips, the taxi driver uncle would ask if I would like to be his kid and air stewardess would give me lots of sweets .
Sigh, gone are the days ...
小时了了, 大未必佳.
Guess perhaps I had made good wishes in past live to practise well in this but unfortunately I had wasted my precious human life again the past decades. 😧
For remaining life, hopefully could do some catch up...😰
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