tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.comments2011-07-22T19:47:16.731-07:00Jianhu Shihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16702194098753161150noreply@blogger.comBlogger229125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-56501543522992988212011-01-29T11:09:33.168-08:002011-01-29T11:09:33.168-08:00

Shifu,<br /><br />Amituofo.<br /><br />Yesterday, I had a hard and busy day at work taking care of many sick children. I would like to extend my earlier reflection on the 1st Noble Truth of Duhkha(痛苦) when I said pain(痛), without the bitterness(苦), is just pain. It is amazing how fleeting that pain is when one doesn&#39;t add the 2nd and 3rd mental commentary. This fleeting Emptiness of Duhkha

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一般人的專注，與禪定之定，並無兩樣，但有淺深之別。甚深禪定，非世俗專注可比。又，世間之定，常以執著為本，故不能去煩惱，最多是世間定，而非出世間定。

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傳嫻 posted on behalf of Raymond 傳豪:<br /><br />下課歸來, 參參課上從 [見護師] 所學法語, 特記如下. 與學友共享之:<br /><br />1. [煩惱即菩提] ; <br /><br />煩惱者妄心所起, 菩提則是覺心所顯. 迷時心是妄, 覺時心在覺.<br /><br />那有什麼二心三意; 故妄覺本一心. 由此因緣, 故可當下對妄轉念, 覺心即現. 妄覺直接相違故.<br /><br />故老和尚常說: [狂心頓歇, 歇即菩堤] 也! 故說:[煩惱即菩提]!<br /><br />註: [狂心頓歇, 歇即菩堤]—楞嚴經.<br /><br />2. 三摩地只與善法相應, 而與惡法直接相違矣!<br /><br />[定為上首諸善法, 能令一切惡不善法, 皆不現行].—瑜伽師地論卷廾九. <br /><br />問;

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Shifu,<br /><br />Amituofo!<br /><br />Thank you for your teaching, which struck me like a lightening because, a few days before attending the 3 daylong sitting meditation, I was reading Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh&#39;s Miracle of Mindfulness, which also discussed about Harmony and Mindfulness using Leo Tolstoy&#39;s short story about an emperor&#39;s 3 questions. Here is a weblink to the story

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Amitoufo my dharma brothers and sisters,<br /> <br />It is inspiring to put our practice into action by doing our best to protect the lives of animals and our earth. <br /><br />I would like to share three books on Buddhism and ecological issues:<br /><br />1) &quot;A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency,&quot; Edited by John Stanley, David Loy, and Gyurme Dorje (Wisdom Publications, 2009).

Andrew Bearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-52531534460553130452010-07-23T22:53:39.935-07:002010-07-23T22:53:39.935-07:00

Shifu,<br /><br />Amitoufo, <br /><br />I have known this compassionate rehabilitation center for a long time and have aspired to volunteer there. Because caring for these orphaned marine mammals require patience and caring, the center requires volunteers to commit 8 hr shifts. With my children now growing older, I really have no excuses to hold me back. Thank you for bringing the Marine

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good!

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佛說八大人覺經--Green Annotations (Part 2)<br /><br />後漢沙門　安世高譯<br /><br />第七覺悟，五欲過患；雖為俗人，不染世樂，7 <br /><br />常念三衣，瓦缽法器，志願出家，<br /><br />守道清白，梵行高遠，慈悲一切。8 <br /><br /> <br />第八覺知，生死熾然，苦惱無量，發大乘心，普濟一切；<br />願代眾生，受無量苦；令諸眾生，畢竟大樂。<br /><br /> <br />如此八事，乃是諸佛菩薩大人之所覺悟，<br />精進行道，慈悲修慧，乘法身船，至涅槃岸，<br /><br />復還生死，度脫眾生。<br /><br /> 以前八事，開導一切，令諸眾生，<br />覺生死苦，捨離五欲，修心聖道。9 <br /><br />若佛弟子，誦此八事，於念念中，滅無量罪，<br /><br />

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佛說八大人覺經--Green Annotation (Part 2)<br /><br />後漢沙門　安世高譯<br /><br />第七覺悟，五欲過患；雖為俗人，不染世樂，7<br />常念三衣，瓦缽法器，志願出家，<br />守道清白，梵行高遠，慈悲一切。8<br /><br />第八覺知，生死熾然，苦惱無量，發大乘心，普濟一切；<br />願代眾生，受無量苦；令諸眾生，畢竟大樂。<br /><br />如此八事，乃是諸佛菩薩大人之所覺悟，<br />精進行道，慈悲修慧，乘法身船，至涅槃岸，<br />復還生死，度脫眾生。<br />以前八事，開導一切，令諸眾生，<br />覺生死苦，捨離五欲，修心聖道。9<br />若佛弟子，誦此八事，於念念中，滅無量罪，<br />進趣菩提，速登正覺；永斷生死，常住快樂。<br /><br />7. 由於貪著現前的五欲不肯捨離，乃至欲望熾盛，

Christine Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04124863801209378031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-68524193222143986032010-06-16T16:37:28.813-07:002010-06-16T16:37:28.813-07:00

佛說八大人覺經--Green Annotation (Part 1)<br /><br />後漢沙門　安世高譯<br /><br />為佛弟子，常於晝夜，至心誦念，八大人覺。<br /><br />第一覺悟，世間無常，國土危脆1；<br />四大苦空，五陰無我，生滅變異，虛偽無主2；<br />心是惡源，形為罪藪；3 如是觀察，漸離生死。<br /><br />第二覺知，多欲為苦，生死疲勞，從貪欲起，少欲無為，身心自在。4<br /><br />第三覺知，心無厭足，惟得多求，增長罪惡；5<br />菩薩不爾，常念知足，安貧守道，6 惟慧是業。<br /><br />第四覺知，懈怠墜落；<br />常行精進，破煩惱惡，摧伏四魔，出陰界獄。<br /><br />第五覺悟，愚癡生死，菩薩常念，廣學多聞，增長智慧，<br />成就辯才，教化一切，悉以大樂。<br /><br />第六覺知，

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Shifu,<br />Amitoufo. <br />Recently, I&#39;ve been reflecting on the 1st Noble Truth of duhkha, which in chinese I believe is (痛苦). In CTWorld&#39;s recent publication, it is also called 「迷事」. During Sunnyvale&#39;s Zen 7, Shifu constantly remind us to ignore our wandering thoughts, not to follow the 1st wandering thought with a 2nd or a 3rd: 「不怕念起，只怕覺遲。」 Duhkha is precisely such subsequent

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Amituofo, Shifu,<br /><br />I tried the Green Sutra Version on 佛說八大人覺經. Here is the link to the google document:<br /><br />http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0AfJnVDKwbt9jZGNoMjdnZ3NfM2duZHBiY2c2&amp;sort=name&amp;layout=list&amp;num=50<br /><br />Palms together,<br /><br />Chuan Xian

Christine Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04124863801209378031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-62320153090462190852010-05-27T14:36:46.444-07:002010-05-27T14:36:46.444-07:00

2nd time around: the footnote links now work.

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Chung Tai’s concerns and efforts to help those of us who do not read Chinese are appreciated. <br />Thank you for this posting.<br />Doug

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Amituofo, Shifu,<br /><br />I found the following references via the internet on the Ten Oxherding Poems:<br /><br />Ten Bulls or Ten Ox Herding Pictures<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Bulls<br />Common titles of the pictures in English, and common themes of the prose, include:<br />1. In Search of the Bull (aimless searching, only the sound of cicadas) <br />2. Discovery of the Footprints

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Q3. 在去年十二月的「兩岸文物交流座談會」中，共有十八位發言人。下列各人的發言中，老和尚、佛學院院長見桅法師、北京故宮博物院副院長陳麗華、台北藝術大學林保堯所長、李祖原建築師、見護法師、文化大學陳清香教授各提到什麼重點？<br /><br />‧導師、中台山博物館創辦人　上惟下覺老和尚--<br />多年來，佛教文物散佚在民間及海外各地，沒有系統性的典藏。在各方護法善信的捐贈護持下，中台禪寺多年致力於佛教文物的收集與修復。在物質文明發達而精神文明逐漸萎縮的世紀，藉由文物的典藏展示、研究，使人類生活的時間、空間擴大，提升人類的精神文明，安定人心、改變社會，生命更有價值、更有意義。<br /><br />老和尚於結語時表示，此次座談會的意義在於佛教文物所具有的歷史意義，佛教文物與中國文化相得益彰、水乳交融；佛教文物遍佈全世界，並成為人類珍貴的文化資產，因此，

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Shifu:<br />CT Sunnyvale recently held the New Year Guan Yin Blessing Ceremony. I was re-reading an English translation of the 25 Chapter of the Lotus Sutra describing Guan Yin&#39;s vows to aid sentient beings that called his name:<br /><br />若有持是觀世音菩薩名者，設入大火，火不能燒…...大水所漂，即得淺處…..皆悉斷壞，即得解脫。<br /><br />While we tend to focus the efficacy of Guan Yin&#39;s vows on the level of faith of the caller,

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My Chinese isn&#39;t good, nevertheless I savor struggling through Chung Tai Magazine.<br />[饑來喫飯，睏來即眠]即是一直心, 一行三昧,活在當下.<br />言不同,義全同. 也就是菩提. <br />《圓覺經》云:<br />[居一切時不起妄念，於諸妄心亦不息滅，住妄想境不加了知，於無了知，不辯真實].<br />As the ancient patriarch said: &quot;The Way if not difficult if you don&#39;t pick and choose&quot;, yet we keep adding a head on top of the head, creating dualistic views.<br />Amtoufo. 傳運

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9. 以下數句，分別出自何處？為這一期那一篇文章所引用？<br /><br /> 「知者不惑，仁者不憂，勇者不懼」 -- 孔子《論語》p.25 一剎那中離五濁/見璿法師<br /><br />「以有入空，四大俱融」 -- 憨山老人年譜自敘實錄疏 p.12 《六祖壇經》定慧品（二）/上惟下覺大和尚開示<br /><br /> 憨山大師也講：「以有入空，四大俱融；以空入有，有則不朽。空有兩忘，適同金剛。」 <br /><br />「一剎那經九百生滅」 --《仁王護國般若經》 p.23 化濁浪為靈泉/見劍法師<br /><br /> 《仁王護國般若經》云：「一念中有九十剎那，一剎那經九百生滅。」<br /><br />「知所從來為知生，知所從去為知死」 --清代高僧玉琳國師 p.21 塵盡光生/見廓法師<br /><br /> 曾有一學人請示玉琳國師：「

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4. 老和尚二篇開示，皆以「六祖壇經．定慧品」為主題，恰好與週六的研經班一致。請將這二篇文章中老和尚的一些佳句或重點摘錄出來。 <br /><br />《六祖壇經》定慧品（二）/上惟下覺大和尚開示 p.8-16<br /><br />小乘先持戒，然後再修定，由定再發慧，慧成就了才斷煩惱，屬於漸次的修證。《六祖壇經》則說戒定慧就是這念心，即戒、即定、即慧。…戒中有定、定中有戒，定中有慧、慧中也有定，悟到定慧不二的這念心，即是無上菩提妙明真心。<br /><br />…三昧就是正定。…「行住坐臥，常行一直心」，不論在任何地方，穿衣吃飯、行住坐臥…在一切處所要常行一直心。…「一直心」沒有第二念，就是專注。不但專注，還要清清楚楚、明明白白，這就是慧。…常行一直心，就是一行三昧。一個是口行，一個是心行，一個是身行。如果心行做到了，當然口也就做到了，身也做到了；心做不到，口也做不到，身體也做不到。

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Q:這一期的封面來自於那一個佛教的故事？<br /><br />佛本生故事 <br />禪定波羅蜜 ─【螺髻仙人】白話公案<br />很久以前，佛陀還未成道證果的時候，有一世，名叫「尚闍利」。他經常到森林裡靜坐，不分晝夜地精進用功。特別的是，他有一頭長髮，為了方便用功，便將頭髮像螺旋狀般地盤繞在頭頂上；村裡的人都尊稱他是「螺髻仙人」。<br />有一天中午的日光特別熾盛，空中的鳥群紛紛找尋落腳處暫歇一會。這時有一隻母鳥因為即將臨盆，更是焦急的四處張望，希望能找到一個安穩的地方生產。在母鳥幾乎疲乏無力之時，突然看到眼前就有一個充滿毛絨溫暖的鳥巢，說時遲那時快，牠便立即向前就位下了蛋。過了一會兒，等虛弱的體力恢復後，便展翅離去尋覓糧食，準備餵養即將出世的雛鳥。<br />此時，如往常般在林間入定已久的仙人睜開了雙眼，往頭頂一摸－－<br />「咦！怎麼有鳥蛋？」仙人立刻正襟危坐，慎重考量：「

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中台山導師 上惟下覺 大和尚-新春春聯法語：<br /> <br />一元復始萬象新，<br />百花開放迎新春，<br />有因有緣成大器，<br />晏然一心天下平。

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師父﹕<br /><br />剛閱讀了中台山月刊 126 期中「護他道念，修自福德－－上惟下覺大和尚開示」，覺得跟六祖壇經的定慧品很相應，節錄下來與大家分享﹕<br /><br />…例如，走路的時候，眼睛不能東張西望，可以看著前方的地面。看著地面的目的一方面是慈悲心，恐怕踩到了蟲子；二方面是專注，平時眼睛經常攀緣外境，成了習慣了，所以要把眼根收回來。走路的時候，不要有聲音，要輕聲緩步，不要像一般所說的「人還沒有到，聲音就到了」。吃飯、關門等動作都要輕，無論是在寮房或是禪堂，鞋子要擺整齊。什麼原因呢？因為人在哪裡，心就要在哪裡，我們這念心，經常都在定慧當中，任何事情都要清楚明白，這就是修。永嘉大師云：「行亦禪，坐亦禪，語默動靜體安然」，無論是走路、吃飯、睡覺，我們這念心都在定慧當中，修行就成功了。<br /><br />…一切舉動，都要小心謹慎，時時存著利益眾生的心。護他道念，修自福德。

Christine Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04124863801209378031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-73556825903038969922010-02-19T14:35:22.120-08:002010-02-19T14:35:22.120-08:00

這個「沉思彌勒」造形是彌勒題材中的半跏思惟菩薩像。中國的大肚彌勒是依五代後梁時的布袋和尚的形像塑造了彌勒菩薩像。<br /><br />以下是在網上找到有關彌勒造像的資料﹕<br /><br />思惟菩薩坐像<br /><br />http://aaa.tnua.edu.tw/~ykchen/Bu_net/subject/s_miroku_02.htm<br /><br />彌勒題材中的半跏思惟菩薩像，即是彌勒兜率天宮壽盡、下生人間在龍華樹下思惟成佛的表現，南北朝時期因彌勒信仰大興，交腳菩薩和思惟菩薩像便成為盛行的圖像表現。<br /><br />半跏思惟坐 <br /><br />http://www.ctmuseum.org/exploration/glossary-15.htm<br /><br />僅有一足上盤，另一足垂放而下，一手指頰、低首側身的冥想沉思狀。

Christine Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04124863801209378031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029808947014461963.post-35340587090580352002010-02-18T22:19:49.662-08:002010-02-18T22:19:49.662-08:00

The cloth around the waist is Indian also. Chinese would not think it proper to dress so minimally for a bodhisattva.

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