【慈悲喜捨:原來你也可以】YOU CAN DO IT TOO
(English writing below)
7月22日那天,放了一段師尊的開示視頻,關於窮人如何修資糧道,以及資糧道對我們生活的重要性。
一位師姐就與我分享她在希臘的善舉,並留言:
「看到師姐的發文..忍不住也發了ㄧ則...我也相信要多行善..我相信多或少不是重點。而是心意和盡力..後來我明白的是付出後會得到更多不一樣東西..」
我的回覆:
心靈的拓展應該是行善後最大的快樂。我想,很多人沒想到的,就是行善的感染力和主動性。
就如師尊這開示感染了我,讓我想和大家分享。你看到了這發文,你也與大家分享你的善行。
本來一件很小的善,但因為我們主動去告訴別人,灑了很多善種子。這個小善的感染力就因此擴大了。讀者讀了,真的去行善,小善也就變成大善了。
沒有人向我們求助,我們也會主動去帶快樂給人事物,甚至天天做,如飲食前的超度、師尊說的多對人友善等。這主動,也吻合了你說的心意和盡力。
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簡單的說:
我們的出生好不好
吃多好、用多少
學歷多高
我們的外貌、身材、健康
家山、家庭
我們貴人小人的多寡
智慧、財富、事業、人緣、本領
嫁的好不好、娶的好不好
生的孩子會否孝順、讀書、健康、快樂
我們有沒有福份遇到明師,從輪迴中解脫
聽不聽得懂佛法......
這些都是資糧道的範圍
如果你這一世很辛苦,處處都「遇難」,如「落難女子」逢不到英雄來救你,代表你前幾世沒有聚集好資糧。
從你的八字看,就能知曉這一切前世今生的因果。
我們主動,是很大的心意佈施。
社交媒體是我們很好修資糧道,結眾生緣的平台。
有的人用臉書來傳播欲望 - 哪裡吃、哪裡玩、買什麼東西、戀人放閃、親子關係多好等等。
不是不可以,但如果只貼這些,就未免浪費了修福的機緣。
多放些善的貼文,而非一些渲染貪嗔癡的內容,你會發現原來你也有這個能力帶給人們快樂、方便,拔起人家一絲絲的煩惱與苦。你心中得到的清安,是你最大的收穫,只是你從來沒有給自己機會去練習而已。
天生我才必有用,現在開始修資糧道,永遠都來得及。
四無量心偈:
願一切眾生具足樂及樂因,是慈無量。
願一切眾生脫離苦及苦因,是悲無量。
願一切眾生永住無苦安樂,是喜無量。
願一切眾生棄愛憎住平等,是捨無量。
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On 22nd of July, I posted a video of my Grandmaster’s Dharma discourse. He imparted on how the poor should accumulate resources, and the importance of resource accumulation to our daily living.
A Dharma Sister saw it, shared with me her kind deed in Greece and commented:
“After reading your post, I can’t help but post something too..I also believe in doing more good deeds..I believe it isn’t the quantity that matters, but the intent and doing your best that do. Later on, I learnt that after contributing, we will gain more things..”
My reply:
The expansion of the soul must be the biggest joy after performing a virtuous deed. I think what many people do not realise is the influencing power and initiative behind a good deed.
For example, this Dharma discourse from Grandmaster inspired me to share it with everyone. You shared your act of kindness with your readers, after seeing my post.
What was merely an insignificant deed of virtue became multiple seeds of kindness sowed only because we made the effort to share it with others. This seemingly small act of kindness grows in influence. When the readers implement what they read and go on to perform good deeds, this small virtuous act transforms into a huge one.
When no one asks for our help, we take the initiative to bring happiness to others. We do it everyday, like the prayers of deliverance before our every meal, and act upon what Grandmaster said: be friendly to others. This act of initiative matches the intent and best effort you mentioned.
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To put it simply:
The grade of family background that you are born into
How good the food you get to eat
How much you get to use daily
How great is your education
Our physical appearance, figure, health
Our family wealth
The family members we have
How many/little benefactors or difficult people we meet
Our wisdom, wealth, career, interpersonal relations, talents
Whether we marry a good spouse
Whether our children are filial, healthy, happy and can study
Whether we have the good fortune to meet a wise accomplished Teacher to guide us out of Samsara
Whether we can understand the Dharma...
All these and more fall under the scope of Resource Accumulation.
So if you meet with lot of difficulties in this life, aka the perpetual "damsel in distress" with no hero in sight to come rescue you, this means that you fail to accumulate sufficient resources for yourself in your previous lifetimes.
The signs will show up in your Bazi, giving a clear picture of your past and current lives.
Taking the initiative to do good is a very great giving example of putting in our best effort.
Social media is a wonderful platform for us to cultivate resource accumulation and mass positive affinities with the sentient beings.
Some people use Facebook to propagate desires, e.g. where to eat, where to have fun, what they bought, the romance between couples, the kinship between parents and children etc.
I'm not saying you cannot do that, but it would be a pity if you ONLY post that, for you are wasting the opportune affinity to cultivate more good fortune.
When you put up more posts of kindness, and doing away with posts that incite greed, hatred and ignorance, you will realise that you too have the ability to bring joy and convenience to people. You can also help others to eradicate some of their troubles and sufferings, no matter how slight.
The bliss of serenity you experience in your heart is the greatest reward you can present to yourself. It's just that you have never given yourself the opportunity to train this ability.
We are all born talented in something. It is never too late for you to start cultivating your resource accumulation and live a happier life.
The Four Immeasurables:
May all beings have happiness and the cause of happiness
May all beings be free of suffering and the cause of suffering.
May all beings never be disassociated from the supreme happiness which is without suffering.
May they remain in the boundless equanimity, free from both attachment to close ones and rejection of others.
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