:: 会想起谁？ ::

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当一个人，

笑时，
孤单时，
不开心时，
被误会时，
需要扶持时，
不能被了解时，
感觉不踏实时，
感觉被撇下时，
感到心暖暖时，
感到无助时，
颤抖时，
哭时，



会想起谁？
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:: 勇气 ::

:: Loving kindness, forgiveness ::

Here's something which I came across recently, which I found really inspiring and it touches my heart. Forgiveness and kindness towards others, and especially towards oneself are sometimes very hard to be practiced upon.

Are there really someone out there that you can't forgive and love? When we think about it with an open heart, do we really bear it not to forgive someone who might have done so much for us in one way or another in some parts of our life? Someone who have shown us kindness no matter how insignificant it is, we can't rebut that it doesn't matter to us...

Think about their kindness....
...when you're going school in the dawn when you're young, the bus driver have to wake up so much earlier to fetch you to school...
...when you fall down, your parents, siblings, friends who've been there for you, no matter how short the duration might be...
...when you're sick, the doctor and nurses whom you've consulted...
...when you're taking your meals - the rice in your bowls, from the ever-hardworking farmers in the fields... ...when you're feeling hot in the afternoon, there's wind to relief you - mother earth's at work...
...when you do poorly for your papers, who were there to help in your revision...
...when you are lost and do not know what to do, who were there to guide you...
...when you are walking the park, who are there chirping to keep you accompany...
... etc ...

Our life journey is full of ups and downs. One meets with different people at different points in one's life. When the conditions are no longer there, things and situations changes, that's the beauty of Impermanence, as nothing stays the same forever... There are always surprises and new learning experiences waiting for us with every step we take. Is spending the precious time that one have now on hating, disliking, slandering, complaining, picking, wailing about something, someone worth while?

:: It's possible to free the heart ::
The words of the Buddha offer this truth:

~ Hatred never ceases by hatred
but by love alone is healed.
This is the ancient and eternal law. ~

If we look at ourselves truthfully, we can feel the possibility of being more compassionate, more awake, more free.

~ If it were not possible to free the heart

from entanglement in greed, hate and fear,
I would not teach you to do so. ~
- the Buddha

Anger, blame, conflict and resentment arise from our fear.
When we are afraid, our body tightens, our heart is constricted, our mind is possessed.
We cannot live wisely.
Forgiveness releases us from the power of fear.
It allows us to see with kindly eyes and rest in a wise heart.

~Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
Live in joy, in health, even among the afflicted.
Live in joy, in peace, even among the troubled.
Look within, be still.
Free from fear and attachment,
know the sweet joy of the way. ~
- the Buddha
[ The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness and Peace (Jack Kornfield) ]

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Be brave and move on with positive vibes and have faith that all things will turn out to be better.
I've always believe that "Everything happens for the bEst".

你知道吗？

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最近，觉得自己好像迷失了...

不知自己到底要什么

不知自己为了什么而在做这些事

不知自己的心在那里

不知自己的目标在那里

好像在个高压室内

彷徨了一阵，终于决定了

现在，觉得心较自在了

虽然能看清某些事情

但还是得多加努力保持欢喜心、平常心

其实，

我还是跟以前一样

耐心地做着我能做的事

无论是，

为家人

为你

还是为其他众生

我相信只要持着坚定的信念、正见与勇气

一定行的...

嗯，难行能行、难忍能忍、难舍能舍...

要加油咯～

大家要幸福呀～

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：： 感恩善友 ：：

园缘圈

词 曲： 黄 康 淇

* 手 牵 着 手 我 们 共 围 个 圈

(Hands holding hands, we form a circle)

圈 中 有 圈 牵 着 我 们 的 心

(Circle within circle, we thread our hearts together)

心 牵 着 心 我 们 共 画 个 圈

(Hearts to hearts, we form a circle)

圈 中 有 圈 为 生 命 画 圆*

(Circle within circle, we draw a circle of life)

** Chorus

相 聚 是 缘 完 美 是 圆

(Our reunion today is a condition, a completeness that is all-rounded)

让 我 们 的 缘 能 变 得 更 圆

(Let our conditions become more complete)

让 我 们 感 谢 父 母 恩 情 让 我 们 圆 缘

(Let us give thanks to our parents’ sacrificial love to allow us to have such wonderful condition)

惜 缘 是 圆 一 切 随 缘

(To cherish every condition is to be complete, just like all things take on its natural course)

当 你 遇 到 挫 折 切 莫 忘 记

(When you meet up with problems, please don’t forget)

我 们 彼 此 还 拥 有 这 份 最 圆 的 缘

(That we all still hold this most complete condition)

当岁 月 在 考 验 我 们 记 得 为 彼 此 画 圈

(When there are times that seem to test on us, may we remember to complete each other)

把 彼 此 的 圈 画 得 更 圆 圈 着 彼 此 的 缘

(By supporting each other in making their condition better, for we are linked to each other)

那个星期天

那个星期天...

主办的八关斋戒闭关终于圆满落幕了。

何谓八关斋戒？

这是佛陀为在家弟子制定的暂时出家修行的戒律和斋法。因为在家人俗务忙碌，无暇修行。佛陀悲悯，为让他们过一日一夜的出家人的清净生活，种出世善因；又能适应在家生活的特点，所以制定在家人的出家戒，即八关斋戒。

这八关斋戒闭关，使我担心了好一阵子，直到圆满后，我才松懈下来，但我也学到了许多东西。我想，主要担心的原因可能是第一次举办而担心吧...

话说回来，当我一松懈下来，马上就发高烧了！

一阵热，一阵冷，

一阵热，一阵冷...

吃了现成药，却好像好不起来... 那一阵阵的热度就是顽强地死赖不走...

就这样，我躺了很久，烧才逐渐退了些。

也就在我躺着，什么也不能做时的那段时间，我突然生起某些想法。。。

这样的发烧情况是我之前没有过的，我还一直在想烧几时才会退，哈哈。

当时，划过我脑海的主要念头既然是我可能会熬不过去，而就此撤手而别！心里的烦恼也暂时没去理它了。

脑里一直回想着师父在静修里所教授的六道轮回的概念，心里就越来越不安。。。

好奇怪吧? 而我担心的不是有什么事没做，而是要是死了，会转世于那里？我能保持我最后的念头不含杂念吗？能往生极乐吗？

而我给自己的答案是…我好像还没那个信心呀。。。

为了替自己打气，只好一直在心中念佛，然后告诉自己要加油。。。

（很傻吧？没关系，反正家里没人，也没人替我加油打气，只好靠自己来咯）

还好，到了夜晚时分，烧终于退了，哈哈。

那时，心里终于能松懈了！

我带着感恩的心，告诉自己，得加把劲了，不能再浪费时间了！

哇，那种感觉可真不好受呀。

阿弥陀佛。

“岁月荏苒，如梦似幻，人生一世，只在呼吸之间。”