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• August 16, 2011
• 23:42

  十念記數念佛法 – 印光大師法語

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  至於念佛，心難歸一。當攝心切念，自能歸一。攝心之法，莫先於至誠懇切。心不至誠，欲攝莫由。既至誠已，猶未鈍一，當攝耳諦聽。無論出聲默念，皆須念從心 起，聲從口出，音從耳入。（默念雖不動口，然意地之中，亦仍有口念之相，）心口念得清清楚楚，耳根聽得清清楚楚，如是攝心，妄念自息矣。如或猶湧妄波，即 用十念記數，則全心力量，施於一聲佛號雖欲起妄，力不暇及。此攝心念佛之究竟妙法，在昔宏淨土者，尚未談及。以人根尚利，不須如此，便能歸一故耳。（印光）以心難制伏，方識此法之妙。蓋屢試屢驗，非率爾臆說。願與天下後世鈍根者共之，令萬修萬人去耳。所謂十念記數者，當念佛時，從一句至十句，須念得分明，仍須記得分明。至十句已，又須從一句至十句念，不可二十三十。隨念隨記，不可掐珠，唯憑心記，若十句直記為難，或分為兩氣，則從一至五， 從六至十。若又費力，當從一至三，從四至六，從七至十，作三氣念。念得清楚，記得清楚，聽得清楚，妄念無處著腳，一心不亂，久當自得耳。須知此之十念，與晨朝十念，攝妄則同，用功大異。晨朝十念，僅一口氣為一念。不論佛數多少。此以一句佛為一念。彼唯晨朝十念則可，若二十三十，則傷氣成病。此則念一句佛，心知一句。念十句佛，心知十句。從一至十，從一至十，縱日念數萬，皆如是記。不但去妄，最能養神。隨快隨慢，了無滯礙。從朝至暮，無不相宜。較彼掐珠記數者，利益天殊。彼則身勞而神動，此則身逸而心安。但作事時，或難記數，則懇切直念。作事既了，仍復攝心記數。則憧憧往來者，朋從於專注一境之佛號中矣。大勢至謂都攝六根，淨念相繼，得三摩地，斯為第一。利根則不須論。若吾輩之鈍根，捨此十念記數之法，欲都攝六根，淨念相繼，大難大難。又須知此攝心念佛之法，乃即淺即深，即小即大之不思議法。但當仰信佛言，切勿以己見不及，遂生疑惑，致多劫善根，由茲中喪，不能究竟親獲實益，為哀也。掐珠念佛，唯宜行住二時。若靜坐養神，由手動故，神不能安，久則受病。此十念記數，行住坐臥皆無不宜。臥時只宜默念，不可出聲。若出聲，一則不恭，二則傷氣，切記切記。 摘錄自 《印光大師 增廣 文鈔卷一復高邵麟居士書四》 南無阿彌陀佛 相關文章 (Related articles/sites) 印光法師十念法（胡小林先生主講）(有字幕) (影音) (下載) 印光大師法語擷錄 (繁體) (简体) 印光大師淨土開示84題 (繁體) (简体) 印光大師網路專輯—文章會集 (繁體) (简体) 淨土宗 – 老實念佛 – Pure Land site – (繁體) (English)
• March 07, 2010
• 22:41

  念佛不分聖凡

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  念佛不分聖凡。聖指三乘，即聲聞，緣覺，菩薩。凡指六道，即天，人，阿修羅，畜生，餓鬼，地獄。但天以樂故，不能念者多。三途以苦故，不能念者更多。修羅以瞋故，亦不能念。惟人最易念。而富貴之人，便被富貴所迷。聰明人，以聰明迷。愚癡人，以愚癡迷。芸芸眾生，能念佛者，有幾人哉。既知此義，當勇猛修持，勿致欲念而不能念，則不負此生此遇矣。 摘錄自《印光大師文鈔三編卷二複卓智立居士書三》 南無阿彌陀佛
• 20:21

  地藏菩薩聖像結緣公告

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  Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s Statues for Free Distribution We’re very fortunate to have 8 Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s Statues in the UK for free distribution, they are kindly cast by Taiwan néng jìng association (能淨學會). The statue is around 290 mm tall. Collect in person only (London), please contact me for more details. 現有八尊地藏菩薩聖像在倫敦供十方結緣，您必須親身恭請聖像，有意請聖像者，請與我聯繫。 台灣屏東能淨學會公告 – 此次恭鑄之地藏菩薩聖像為坐姿，聖像連同底座，高約 9.25英吋，加上手持錫杖，高度共約 11.5英吋；底座為八角形，面積約為 [...]
• November 06, 2009
• 0:14

  Ubuntu 9.10

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  Ubuntu 9.10 has been out for about a week now. Just got around to upgrade my desktop to Ubuntu 9.10. I skipped 9.04 on my desktop and only tried it on my laptop. Upgrading from 8.04 is very smooth and easy, I had 8.04 and XP dual boot on my desktop, used the manual partitioner [...]
• May 08, 2009
• 23:28

  Ubuntu 9.04

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  Just got to try out the new Ubuntu 9.04. Download the iso and burnt it to a CD, loaded it up and install it dual boot with XP on my laptop (Toshiba Tecra-S1). No problem at all, worked out of the box! If I’m installing Windows, the first thing I will need to do is [...]
• January 30, 2009
• 18:49

  Sony Reader eBook - Chinese

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  There aren’t many eBook readers to choose from in the UK that comes with e-Ink 2 display and Chinese support, and many like the Sony PRS-505 that doesn’t support Chinese ebooks. Since it’s a Linux based device like many others people have made patches to enable Chinese on this reader. Thanks to them you can [...]
• December 18, 2008
• 12:46

  勸化徑路修行頌

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  漸漸雞皮鶴髮  看看行步龍鍾 假饒金玉滿堂  豈免衰殘病苦 任汝千般快樂  無常終是到來 唯有徑路修行  但念阿彌陀佛 《勸化偈》- 善導大師
• November 04, 2008
• 23:38

  LG Renoir - KC910

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  My contract with Three UK ended 2 months ago, since I’m still quite happy with my K800i that I got 2 years ago, I thought I will just continue with the contract as what they’re charging me is quite reasonable (£10 per month). Last Sunday, they called me and asked if I want to upgrade [...]
• November 03, 2008
• 21:25

  Ubuntu 8.10

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  Tried out Ubuntu’s latest version (8.10 – The Intrepid Ibex) over the weekend on a laptop and a old Dell desktop, both of them works without any problem. The big improvement for my laptop (Toshiba Tecra-S1) that I noticed is the xorg settings in gnome for external monitors. I didn’t need to go and change [...]
• October 29, 2008
• 23:15

  Snow in Bracknell

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  Took some photos on the way to walk today with my K800i.
• October 04, 2008
• 0:40

  五蘊皆空說

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  般若經云。觀自在菩薩。照見五蘊皆空。度一切苦厄。五蘊。謂色受想行識也。色謂色身。受謂受用。想謂思想。行謂所行。識謂辨識。此五者蘊積不散。以壅蔽真性。故謂之蘊。又謂之五陰。謂陰暗真性也。色身終歸於壞。受用隨時即過。色受豈不空乎。且如思想一物。既得之則無想矣。想豈不空乎。所行之事回首尚如夢 幻。行豈不空乎。識盡千種事物。再生不復能識。識豈不空乎。一切苦厄。皆從五者生。若能照見色身為空。則不泥於色身而畏死亡。是度過此一種苦厄也。照見受 用為空。則不泥於受用而貪奉養。又度過此一種苦厄也。照見思想為空。則不泥於思想。而意乃無所著。又度過此一種苦厄也。照見所行為空。則不泥於所行。而可以息跡。是又度過此一種苦厄也。照見辨識為空。則不泥於辨識。而可以坐忘。是又度過此一種苦厄也。故照見五蘊皆空。則度過一切苦厄。此五者皆不是真實。乃真性中所現之妄緣。若六根六塵六識十二緣四諦皆此類也。 摘錄自《 龍舒淨土文 》 南無阿彌陀佛 合十
• September 27, 2008
• 20:24

  心乃妄想說

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  楞嚴經第一卷。佛與阿難七次論心。終之以尋常所謂心者。乃妄想耳。非真心也。真心即性也。圓覺經謂眾生妄認六塵緣影為自心相。是尋常所謂心者。乃六種塵緣之影耳。謂此心本無。唯因外有六種塵緣。故內現此心。若外因有色。內則起愛色之心。外因有聲。內則起愛聲之心。外因有香味觸法。內則起愛香觸法之心。蓋真性如鏡。六種塵緣如形。此心如影。若外無此六塵。則內亦無此心矣。此心豈不為六種塵緣之影乎。來則影現。形去則影滅。而性鏡則常自若。故金剛經云。過去心 不可得。現在心不可得。未來心不可得。此三心者皆謂妄想心也。故有過去未來現在。若真心。則無始以來。未嘗變動。烏有過去未來現在乎。不可得者謂無也。若飢而思食。得食則此心過去矣。正食而知味。乃現在心。未思食則此心未有。故為未來心。此三心皆隨時壞滅。故云不可得。 摘錄自《 龍舒淨土文 》 南無阿彌陀佛 合十
• September 04, 2008
• 13:12

  Google Chrome - Browser

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  Can’t believe that google will now make it’s own web browser. I didn’t do much/any reading on it, but thought I will just donwload it and try it out. My first impression is that it keeps the interface to minimal which is what I like, all the common shortcuts works, responses is very quick and [...]
• August 08, 2008
• 20:58

  生死事大

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  死：學道之人，念念不忘此字，則道業自成。 生：若生西方，庶可與佛光壽同一無量無邊矣！ 參閱《印光大師全集‧冊五》 《淨宗祖師印光大師》 – 在印光大師的思想中有很濃厚的厭離娑婆、欣求極樂的淨土理念。嘗喻言：願離娑婆，如囚徒之欲出車獄，絕無繫戀之心；願生西方，如過客之思歸故鄉，豈有因循之念。大師於自房內書一死字作為座右銘並注題記曰：學道之人，念念不忘此字，則道業自成矣！時時以無常迅速，生死事大為念，可見其求生淨土之深心，確實非同常人。 印光大師說：「無奇特奧妙法則，但將一個死字，貼到額顱上，挂到眉毛上。」參閱《印光大師全集‧冊一》 古德說：「人心不死，道心不生；心還不死，焉得一心？」 印公閉關處佛堂供奉著西方三聖，二只書櫥中存放著印公生前閱讀過的部分經書。一張方桌正面墻上掛著一幅印公親書（複製品）「死」字條幅，細看注釋，「死，學道之人念念不忘此字，則道業自成」，印公將世人最忌諱的「死」字置之當頭，可謂驚世駭俗，然而對早已悟徹生死的大師來說，它恰恰揭示出人生的迷茫，亟需棒喝，時時警愓，只有了徹生死，才能獲大自在，聯想到大師皈依弟子十萬，且其中不乏政要巨賈，而印公生前一向生活簡樸清貧，直至弟子檢索遺物時僅三枚郵票而已的情景，一種偉大人格使他贏得當時及後人的崇敬也就不奇怪了。出於對印光大師的無限崇敬，我們邀請弘法法師一起在印公關房前合影留念。參觀完佛博館，透過一件件法器、法物、佛教文物；一幅幅珍貴的照片，一本本佛典經藏，它們猶如一幅歷史長卷，折射出吳中歷代高僧大德為弘揚佛法鍥而不捨的堅勒跋涉。 虛雲和尚開示錄 – 師示眾：痛論生死事大，無常迅速，一失人身，萬劫難復，此身不向今生度，更向何生度此身之旨。言之痛切，聞者悚然。 「是日已過，命亦隨減，如少魚水，斯有何樂？大眾， 當勤精進，如救頭然，但念無常，慎勿放逸！」
• July 14, 2008
• 21:39

  Vegetarian Restaurant in China Town (London)

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  It’s not easy to find a Chinese Buddhist Vegetarian restaurant in London, I would like to share one in China town that has a special vegetarian (素食) menu. You can also request them not to cook with any fetid vegetables: garlic, onions, leeks, scallions, and so forth. 什么是五辛? 五辛 – 五种有辛味之蔬菜也。即大蒜、茖葱、慈葱、兰葱、兴渠是也。此五种辛、熟食发淫、生啖增恚。又曰‘五荤’。 Mr. Kong 21 Lisle [...]
• 20:50

  Google Maps “My location” & Skype on K800i

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  Google Maps Mobile – My location If you want this function on K800i and found that it’s not supported after installing GMM, you will need to flash your phone with the latest firmware. Google Mobile Maps (GMM) 2 recently introduce a new feature called “My location”, a function to find your current location using Mobile [...]
• May 31, 2008
• 19:35

  印光大師護國息災法語

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  說因果報應 蓋現在世界之劫運‧吾人所受各種災難‧皆由過去多作惡業‧以致現在感受苦果。故知此種惡果‧即是過去惡因之所造成。欲免苦果‧須去苦因。過去已種之苦因‧念佛懺悔‧乃能消除。現在若不再種苦因‧將來即可免受苦果。何謂苦因‧貪瞋癡三毒是。何謂善因‧濟人利物是。若人人能明此因果之理‧則諸惡莫作‧眾善奉行‧災禍自無從起矣。 惟以今人不明因果之理‧故多私欲填胸‧無惡不作‧只知有己‧不知有人。詎知利人即是利己‧害人甚于害己。故我平素常言‧因果者‧聖人治天下‧如來度眾生之大本。捨因果而欲談治國平天下‧何異緣木求魚‧未見其能有得者也。佛言‧「欲知前世因‧今生受者是‧欲知來世果‧今生作者是。」如今生所作所為皆是惡事‧來世安能免受惡果。若今生所作所為皆是善事‧來世何患不得善果。易曰‧積善之家‧必有餘慶‧積不善之家‧必有餘殃。書曰‧作善‧降之百祥‧作不善‧降之百殃。其理與我佛所講之因果正同。所謂餘者‧乃是正報之餘‧並非正報。本人來生後世所享受者‧乃為其本慶本殃。餘報則在其子孫‧餘慶餘殃‧皆其先代所積‧而流被者也。 世人不知因果‧以為人死後即皆了脫‧無所謂再有善惡果報‧此為最誤天下後世之邪見。需知人死之後‧神識並不隨滅。若人能知神識不滅‧則必樂于為善‧不敢為惡。若以為一死即了‧則可且快目前‧任意縱欲‧無惡不作‧無作不惡。此種極惡大逆之作為‧皆為斷滅邪見所致之結果。果能盡人諸惡莫作‧眾善奉行‧則自然天下太平‧人民安樂。然此尚非究竟法‧如何乃為究竟法‧是即念佛求生西方‧了生脫死。並需閑邪存誠‧敦倫盡分。則不但國運可轉‧災難亦可消。 說念佛吃素為護國息災根本 此次法會之目的‧為護國息災‧但如何方能達此目的。余以為根本方法‧在于念佛。蓋殺劫及一切災難‧皆為眾生惡業之所感召。若盡人能念佛‧則此業即可轉移。如能有少數人念佛‧亦可減輕。念佛法門‧雖為求生淨土‧了脫生死而設‧但其消除業障之力‧實亦極其鉅大。而真正念佛之人‧必先要閑邪存誠‧敦倫盡分‧諸惡莫作‧眾善奉行。尤需明白因果‧自行化他。今日之非聖無親‧賊仁害義等等邪說‧皆是宋儒破斥因果輪迴‧以致生此惡果。如人人能明白因果之理‧即無人敢唱此等謬說矣。蓋世間一成不變之好人少‧一成不變之壞人亦少‧大多皆是可上可下‧可好可壞之人‧所以教化最為緊要。孔子曰‧惟上智與下愚不移。只要加以教化‧ 即無不可以使之改惡歸善。放下屠刀‧立地成佛‧惟在人之信念而力行耳。今日中國社會之所以如此紊亂‧即因無教化之故。但教化需從幼小時起‧所謂教婦初來‧ 教子嬰孩‧若小時不教‧大即難以為力。何則‧習性已成‧無法使之改易也。故念佛之人‧需注意教育其子女‧使為好人‧存好心‧說好話‧做好事。果能盡人如此‧則災難自消‧國家亦可以長保治平矣。 凡學佛之人‧有一必須注意之事‧即切戒食葷‧因食葷能增殺機。人與一切動物‧同生天地之間‧心性原是相等‧但以惡業因緣‧致形體大相殊異。若今世汝吃牠‧ 來世牠又吃汝‧怨怨相報‧將世世殺機無有已時。果能人人茹素‧即可培養其慈悲心‧而免殺機。否則縱能念佛‧而仍圖口腹之樂‧大食葷腥‧亦能得學佛之利益幾何哉。 摘錄自《印光大師護國息災法語 》 相關文章 印光大師護國息災法語 – 印光大師撰 (繁體) (简体) 天下太平之根本 （印光大師遺教摘錄之二） (繁體) (简体) 印光大師網路專輯—文章會集 (繁體) (简体)
• 19:26

  觀世音菩薩

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  印光大師普勸全球同胞同念觀音聖號啟 觀世音菩薩，於無量劫前，久已成佛，號正法明。但以悲心無盡，慈誓莫窮，故復於十方世界，現菩薩及人天凡聖等身，以施無畏，而垂濟度。普門品所謂：應以何身得度者，即現何身而為說法，不但現有情身，即山河船筏，橋樑道路，藥草樹木，樓臺殿閣，亦隨機現，總以離苦得樂，轉危為安為事。凡遇刀兵水火，惡病惡獸，怨家對頭，惡鬼毒蛇，種種危險者，果能至誠稱念：南無觀世音菩薩，即可蒙菩薩加被，轉危為安。現在殺劫瀰漫，全球皆無安樂之處，亦無安樂之人。願中外同胞，同念觀音聖號，同以觀音救苦救難之心為心，同以觀音利人利物之事為事，則人我念空，鬥爭事息，自可同享太平，共樂天常。縱定業難轉，喪身失命，亦可仗菩薩力，往生西方，則是因宿業而殞身命，蒙佛力而出苦海也。凡我中外同胞，祈共鑒此愚誠！ * * * * * * 觀世音菩薩，誓願宏深，尋聲救苦。若遇刀兵、水火、饑饉、蟲蝗、瘟疫、旱澇、賊匪、怨家，惡獸、毒蛇、惡鬼、妖魅，怨業病、小人陷害等患難者，能發改過遷善、自利利人之心，至誠懇切念觀世音，念念無間，決定得蒙慈護，不致有何危險。倘仍存不善之心，雖能稱念，不過略種未來善根，不得現時感應。以佛菩薩，皆是成就人之善念，絕不成就人之惡念。若不發心改過遷善，妄欲以念佛菩薩名號，冀己之惡事成就者，決無感應，切勿發此顛倒之心也。念佛最要緊，是敦倫盡分，閑邪存誠，諸惡莫作，眾善奉行。存好心，說好話，行好事。力能為者，認真為之。不能為者，亦當發此善心，或勸有力者為之。或見人為，發歡喜心，出讚歎語，亦屬心口功德。若自不能為，見他人為，則生妒忌，便成奸惡小人心行，決定折福折壽，不得好結果也，宜痛戒之。切不可做假招子，沽名釣譽。此種心行，實為天地鬼神所共惡。有則改之，無則加勉。 摘錄自《一函遍復 》 念佛求生西方可兼念觀音、藥師佛嗎？ 至於念佛也好，念觀音也好，何必多此一種閑計校。光以末劫苦重，觀音悲深，故每令人兼念，以期速獲慈護也。然念佛亦非無感通，而念佛亦非不可兼念觀音也。專兼均可，佛亦曾令人念，故知了無妨礙也。若念彌陀求生西方，又念藥師求生東方，則不可。彌陀、觀音，同是一事。而觀音悲深願重，故當兼念，以期速得感通也。（文鈔續編卷上復念佛居士書）觀音求生西方，亦可往生西方，但不可謂何必更念阿彌陀佛。以觀音乃阿彌陀佛之輔弼也。彌陀是主，觀音是賓。彌陀如國王，觀音如塚宰。善會其意，即可無疑。（文鈔三編卷二復丁普靜居士書） 相關文章 觀世音菩薩文章 (繁體) (简体) 觀世音菩薩靈感錄 (繁體) (简体) 觀世音菩薩感應事跡實錄 (繁體) (简体) 觀世音菩薩靈應事蹟實錄 (繁體) (简体)
• April 14, 2008
• 20:35

  Snow in April

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  Took some photos a week ago on Sunday morning (06/04/08) from my window (Martins Heron), which is surprisingly the most I’ve seen this winter… Anyway some photos and a few blog posts to share. Terry’s post at Abingdon Venerable Wuling’s blog on Climage Change Forest Hermitage – photos
• March 08, 2008
• 19:22

  蓮池大師開示

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  ※生死事大。 ※吾但知念佛，無他術也。 ※龍樹於龍宮誦出華嚴，而願生極樂。普賢為華嚴長子，而願生極樂。文殊與普賢同佐遮那，號華嚴三聖，而願生極樂。咸有明據，皎如日星。 ※若夫聰明才辯，妄談般若，喫得肉已飽，來尋僧說禪者，魔也。愚貴安愚，吾誠自揣矣。寧為老齋公老齋婆，勿為老魔民老魔女也。 ※大眾老實念佛，毋捏怪，毋壞我規矩。 ※雜念是病，念佛是藥，念佛正治雜念，而不能治者，因念佛不親切也。雜念起時，即用心加工念，字字句句，精一不二，雜念自息矣。 ※萬念紛飛之際，正是做工夫時節，旋收旋散，旋散旋收，久後工夫純熟，自然妄念不起。 ※夫學佛者，無論莊嚴形跡，只貴真實修行。 在家居士，不必定要緇衣道巾。帶髮之人，自可常服念佛，不必定要敲樵擊鼓。好靜之人，自可寂然念佛，不必定要成群做會。怕事之人，自可閉門念佛，不必定要入寺聽經。識字之人，自可依教念佛。 ※千里燒香，不如安坐家堂念佛。 供奉邪師，不如孝順父母念佛。 廣交魔友，不如獨身清淨念佛。 寄庫來生，不如現在作福念佛。 許願保禳，不如悔過自新念佛。 習學外道文書，不如一字不識念佛。 無知妄談禪理，不如老實持戒念佛。 希求妖鬼靈通，不如正信因果念佛。 ※辯融大師教導蓮池大師曰：「你可守本分，不要去貪名求利，不要去攀緣，只要因果分明，一心念佛。」 ※大藏經所詮者，不過戒定慧而已，念佛即是戒定慧，何必隨文逐字，閱此藏經，光陰迅速，命不堅久，願諸人以淨業為急務。 ※余下劣凡夫，安分守愚，平生所務，惟是南無阿彌陀佛六字，今老矣！倘有問者？必以此答。 ※妄念是病，念佛是藥，久病非片劑所能療，積妄非暫念所能除，莫管他妄念紛飛，只貴在念佛精切。 ※疾病之由，多從殺生中來，故遍重放生也。 ※戒殺之家。善神守護，災橫消除，壽算綿長，子孫賢孝，吉祥種種，難可具陳。若更隨力放生，加持念佛，不但增崇福德，必當隨願往生，永脫輪迴，入不退地。 ※世間至重者生命，天下最慘者殺傷。 ※施皆有報，事匪無徵，載在簡編，昭乎耳目。普願隨所見物，發慈悲心，捐不堅財，行方便事，或恩周多命，則大積陰功；若惠及一蟲，亦何非善事。 ※諸放生者，或增福祿，或延壽算，或免急難，或起沉珂，或生天堂，或證道果，隨施獲報，皆有徵據。然作善致祥，道人之心，豈望報乎！不望報而報自至，因果必然，辭之亦不可得耳，放生者宜知之。 ※心大德深，其事何驗，蓋利他者菩薩之行也，以此行門助修道業，譬如船得順風，必得速到涅槃彼岸矣。淨業三福，慈心不殺實居其一。今能不殺，又放其生，既能放生，又以法濟令生淨土，如是用心，報滿之時，九品蓮臺高步無疑，普勸世人，幸勿以我德薄人微，而不信其語也。 ※普勸世人隨所見生命發慈悲心，是捐捨世財，作斯方便。 ※梵網以放生為常住法。常住者，金剛身，無量壽也。 ※奉告諸人，父母在堂，早勸念佛，父母亡日，課佛三年，其不能者，或一週歲，或七七日皆可也，孝子欲報劬之恩，不可不知此。 ※親得離塵垢，子道方成就。 ※教人放生，使彼悟生生不息之理，而得金剛無量壽之身也。 摘錄自《修行語錄》 – 高雄淨宗學會輯錄 阿彌陀佛 合十
• February 07, 2008
• 22:42

  無常、苦、空

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  It has been a while seen the last post, mainly because there aren’t anything special to share. Today I’ve something that I would like to sharing something that I read before, but reading it again today feels different. The quote is mainly about Impermanence (無常). It might seems negative, but it is positive, depends how [...]
• December 13, 2007
• 0:03

  Review and Wish of the year

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  Still a bit early to review this year but why not. On the 1st of Jan this year, I said my aim was to 修行, what I was referring to was really 修心. 一切要從 [修心] 做起，並不是要學做學問，也不是要學練功夫，或是只執著在表相要多麼莊嚴、要背多少經書、比較念佛數量多寡、打坐多久、睡多少、吃多少、功課做多少等等有模有樣的花樣。 The first half wasn’t that great but slowly getting better. This up and down in life is usual and in a [...]
• December 02, 2007
• 17:08

  彌陀佛七法會 - 倫敦佛光山

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  Haven’t have much I want/need to say recently. Currently I’m in the state of the more that I learn/experience, the less I need to say. Here is something different that I do want to share . I will not be able to make it for the whole week but will be there at least [...]
• November 19, 2007
• 1:04

  旁觀者清，當局者迷

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  旁觀者清，當局者迷 Lookers-on see most of the game. I once played a game on remembering music tones, the computer play the tones once and we key it in. At first it was very easy, but when it get to later stage, I start to realise I can easily remember the tones when the other person is keying [...]
• November 05, 2007
• 22:45

  十不求行

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  Many of us would hope everything to go well, goal to be accomplished easily, good things to happen to us, be healthy all the time and so on. There is nothing wrong to be wishing for the best but it can be good when things don’t go so well, depends how we look at it.. [...]
• November 03, 2007
• 0:00

  Going round in Circle

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  Went to tried out a lot of other OS and at the end realising what I have is already is the best (for me). I now have 3 OS installed, i.e. Ubuntu, OpenSUSE and Windows. The Gnome 2 in OpenSUSE 10.3 kind of worked but I still prefer Ubuntu 7.04 which is what I had [...]
• November 01, 2007
• 20:13

  Ubuntu 7.10 Gusty

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  For some reason I didn’t keep up to date this time, I only found out about the new Ubuntu 7.10 Gusty release being told by a friend. I think my demand for my home PC is dropping, mainly using it for surfing the internet really! Surprisingly the new release doesn’t work for me! So no luck [...]
• October 26, 2007
• 0:14

  Graduation & Impermanence

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  Initially I thought this is going to be a long post, but after a while, there isn’t much I need to say… Starting to see that it’s better to say less in most situations but some time a bit of talking is necessary and good when done right. Therefore I try to write a little [...]
• October 17, 2007
• 23:46

  人身難得，佛法難聞

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  人身難得今已得，佛法難聞今已聞； 此身不向今生度，更向何生度此身！ 一失人身，萬劫不復。《梵網經序》 得人身者，如爪上土；失人身者，如大地土。《涅槃經 》 如果今世又空過了，不知更待何時，才能再得人身，再聞佛法。這個「了生死，出三界」千載難逢的機會，又要枉失了嗎？每思於此，就不禁使人毛骨悚然了。 摘錄自《學醫、學佛、學生死》 人身難得，六情難具，口辯難中，才聰難致，壽命難獲，明人難遭，直言難有，大心難發，經法難聞，如來難值。 摘錄自《五苦章句經》 人身難以得到，六根很難具足，口辯之才要講得合於中道也很難，辯才聰明也是難以獲得，長壽也很難，明了佛法的善知識難以遇到，直心是道場，直心所說叫直言，直言難得有。大菩提心很難發起來。大乘佛法很難以得聞，很難值遇如來出世。 摘錄自《地藏菩薩本願經講記》 經云：人身難得，佛法難聞。若非宿有因緣，佛經名字，尚不能聞，況得受持讀誦，修因證果者乎。然如來所說，實依眾生即心本具之理。於心性外，了無一法可得。但以眾生在迷，不能了知。于真如實相之中。幻生妄想執著。由茲起貪瞋癡，造殺盜淫。迷智慧以成煩惱，即常住而為生滅。經塵點劫，莫之能反。幸遇如來所說大乘顯密諸經，方知衣珠固在，佛性仍存。即彼客作賤人，原是長者真子。人天六道，不是自己住處。實報寂光，乃為本有家鄉。回思從無始來，未聞佛說。雖則具此心性，無端枉受輪迴。真堪痛哭流涕，聲震大千。心片片裂，腸寸寸斷矣。此恩此德，過彼天地父母，奚啻百千萬倍。縱粉身碎骨，曷能報答。（正）竭誠方獲實益論 - 摘錄自《印光大師文鈔菁華錄》 為了脫生死而發菩提心：我們眾生自無量劫來，在六道中輪迴生死，生了再死，死了再生，生生死死，無有了期。驢皮袋，馬皮袋，何處不鑽？刀山劍樹，餓鬼飢虛，誰敢說沒有嚐過滋味？偶一念及，不寒而慄。今生幸而得了人身，又得聞佛法，還敢不猛發大心？擇一個了生脫死最容易、最穩當的淨土法門，深信切願，一心 念佛，求生西方極樂世界。永不退轉，一生成就，乘願再來，普度眾生。摘錄自《律航法師文記—報恩》 Rare is birth as a human being. Hard is the life of mortals. Hard it is to obtain the chance to listen to the Dhamma. Rare is the appearance of the Buddhas. The human rebirth is said to be extremely rare. The Bodhicaryāvatāra compares it to [...]
• October 15, 2007
• 0:00

  Heart Shrine Relic Tour - Maitreya Project

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  I feel very fortunate to get to view the the Relics / Ringsel / Sarira (舍利) at Jamyang Buddhist Centre today. A quote from the Jamyang’s website: A precious collection of sacred relics of the Buddha and many other Buddhist masters is currently touring the world. I almost didn’t go today but thanks a friend I decided [...]
• October 01, 2007
• 23:49

  當勤精進

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  I came across this blog (and another one) recently and have been reading it. It’s very interesting and very encouraging. Learn a lot from it and I’m very happy to know that there are many people who have the ability to see what not everyone can see. Thanks so much to the blogger. I’ve also [...]
• September 27, 2007
• 20:33

  與緬甸抗議民眾站在同一陣線

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  I’m sure most of us have heard this news already, sometimes we may wonder there are so many things that are out of our country and is there anything we can do about it? I do believe the mind is strong, with enough people with the same aim, we can make a different! Here is [...]
• September 20, 2007
• 12:54

  Google Notebook

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  I’ve been searching for a daily software for work for a few weeks now, finally find something that I like. All I want is a simple daily, more like a advance notebook with features that helps me orgainse the notes better, something like the Tomboy notes would do the job nicely, a online one would [...]
• September 18, 2007
• 23:25

  隨機演教

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  蓮池大師 - 曹魯川居士 -  書信 曹魯川居士: 當今雖然是末法之時，然而眾人的根機，難道沒有利根、鈍根的差別嗎？有如釋迦世尊，為大迦葉、為憍陳如，他的說法是如此。為善財、為龍女，他的說法又是另外一種。《楞嚴經》中，二十五位聖人，各個證得圓通，而文殊菩薩所稱歎的，又是不一樣。正是所謂的昨日定，今日不定。又所謂說：我是空，而且又不是空；說：我是有，而且又不是有。這就是能夠善巧方便應機說法，而不專執一門為主。活活潑潑地，如水上葫蘆一樣，按了就轉動，限制不住它。假如像木樁釘住一點、守住一個洞窟，怎麼能夠利益人天大眾呢？我所期望的，希望尊者您，為凡夫大眾開示淨土法門，而遇到利根器的就直指最上乘的佛法，能夠圓融通達，不限制於一個立場角度。使得大鵬鳥和小麻雀，各自安適於自己的處所，這樣不是盡善盡美嗎？ 蓮池大師: 其次，來信又說，應當隨著眾生的根機給予教化，為適合淨土的人說淨土，為適合華嚴的人說華嚴，此意甚妙。但是其中有兩個意義：第一、『千機並育』，千種根機的人都能夠得到教化，這乃是如來出現於世間的大事，並非敝人我所能作為的。因此曹溪六祖專弘直指人心的禪法，豈是六祖不能通達其他的教法？慧遠大師建立東林的蓮社，也不是只會接引鈍根的人。至於雲門、法眼、曹洞、溈仰、臨濟，雖然五宗同出於曹溪六祖之根原，然而其教授指導眾生的方式也稍有差別。各個門派祖師，施設不同的方便教法，本來就是這個樣子，沒有什麼好奇怪的，何況是像我這樣一個凡夫呢？如果隨便地學習古人，昨日定，今日又不定，散漫而沒有一定的師承，多變紛亂而不專一。名義上說是要利益眾生，實在是誤人子弟。何以故？『我為法王，於法自在。』只有法王才可觀察眾生根機給予不同的教化。我們自知是平民，卻要號稱國王，這就不可不謹慎小心了！ 摘錄自《淨土聖賢錄易解》 (繁體) (简体) - 往生比丘第三之四 淨土聖賢錄原文 時雖末法，而斯人之機，豈無利鈍。有如釋尊為迦葉，為陳如，其說如此。為善財，為龍女，其說如彼。二十五聖，各証圓通，文殊所稱又如彼。正所謂昨日定，今日不定。又所謂說我是空，且不是空。說我是有，且不是有。此所以為善無常主，活潑潑地，如水上按葫蘆然。倘釘椿守窟，焉利人天。所願尊者，為大眾衍淨教，遇利根指上乘，圓融通達，不滯方隅。俾鵬並適，不亦盡善盡美哉。 又來諭謂宜隨機演教，為宜淨土人說淨土，宜華嚴人說華嚴，此意甚妙。然中有二義。一者，千機並育，乃如來出世事，非不肖所能。故曹溪專直指之禪，豈其不通余教。遠公擅東林之社，亦非止接鈍根。至於雲門、法眼、曹洞、溈仰、臨濟，雖五宗同出一原，而亦授受稍別。門庭施設，理自應爾，無足怪者。況不肖凡品乎。若其妄效古人，昨日定，今日不定。而漫無師承，變亂不一。名曰利人，實誤人矣。何以故，我為法王，於法自在。平民號曰國王，不可不慎也。 摘錄自《淨土聖賢錄》 淨宗祖師 » 淨宗八祖蓮池大師 - 明 袾宏(蓮宗八祖) 祖師, 華嚴, 蓮池大師, 淨土, 佛教
• September 07, 2007
• 20:01

  VMware

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  Last week, I decided to install VMware to run Linux (Ubuntu) and Vista on the computer at work. The process was quite simple, installed VMWARE Workstation, configure the Virtual Machines that I want to create, load it up and start installing. After everything installed, I put the VM images on to my USB harddisk and [...]
• September 05, 2007
• 18:38

  一念融

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  夏蓮居老居士淨語 口說極樂邦 心戀娑婆界 如此念彌陀 佛在西方外 佛自我心現 我在佛光中 念佛佛念我 根境一念融 A quote to remind myself and to share. 淨語圖片 念佛, 淨語, 淨土, 佛教
• September 04, 2007
• 16:09

  Got Hacked Again!

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  One of my joomla site (Design and Hosting) got hacked again! Usually I just fixed the configuartion file knowing that it will do the job, but also knowing that the vulnerabilities are still there. So this time I’ve decided to track down the problem, found out from the log that it was hacked by someone [...]
• August 31, 2007
• 11:40

  西方发愿文

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  西方发愿文 蓮池大師 稽首西方安乐国，接引众生大导师。 我今发愿愿往生，惟愿慈悲哀摄受。 弟子(众等)，普为四恩三有。法界众生，求于诸佛。一乘无上，菩提道故。专心持念，阿弥陀佛。万德洪名，期生净土。又以业重福轻，障深慧浅。染心易炽，净德难成。今于佛前，翘勤五体，披沥一心，投诚忏悔。我及众生，旷劫至今。迷本净心，纵贪嗔痴。染秽三业，无量无边。所作罪垢，无量无边。所结冤业，愿悉消灭。从于今日，立深誓愿。远离恶法，誓不更造。勤修圣道，誓不退惰。誓成正觉，誓度众生。阿弥陀佛，以慈悲愿力。当证知我，当哀悯我，当加被我。愿禅观之中，梦寐之际，得见阿弥陀佛，金色之身。得历阿弥陀佛，宝严之土。得蒙阿弥陀佛，甘露灌顶，光明照身。手摩我头，衣覆我体。使我宿障自除，善根增长。疾空烦恼，顿破无明。圆觉妙心，廓然开悟。寂光真境，常得现前。至于临欲命终，预知时至。身无一切，病苦厄难。心无一切，贪恋迷惑。诸根悦豫，正念分明。舍报安详，如入禅定。阿弥陀佛与观音势至，诸圣贤众，放光接引。垂手提携，楼阁幢幡，异香天乐，西方圣境，昭示目前。令诸众生，见者闻者。欢喜感叹，发菩提心。我于尔时，乘金刚台，随从佛后，如弹指顷，生极乐国。七宝池内，胜莲华中，华开见佛，见诸菩萨。闻妙法音，获无生忍。于须臾间，承事诸佛。亲蒙授记，得受记已。三身四智，五眼六通，无量百千，陀罗尼门。一切功德，皆悉成就。然后不违安养，回入娑婆，分身无数，遍十方刹。以不可思议，自在神力，种种方便，度脱众生。咸令离染，还得净心。同生西方，入不退地。如此大愿，世界无尽。众生无尽，业及烦恼。一切无尽，我愿无尽。愿今礼佛发愿，修持功德。回施有情。四恩总报，三有齐资，法界众生，同圆种智。 南无阿弥陀佛 淨土, 佛教
• August 29, 2007
• 21:41

  Comfortable at Work

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  The title should really be making myself comfortable at work, but “comfortable at work” will do since it’s shorter and I’m already feel quite comfortable. The trigger of me writing this post now and not 3/4 weeks ago is really because my new headphones arrived today, almost forgot I ordered them since it has been [...]
• August 27, 2007
• 20:34

  戒殺茹素

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  願雲禪師戒殺詩 千百年來碗裏羹 冤深似海恨難平 欲知世上刀兵劫 但聽屠門夜半聲 唐、白居易戒殺詩 誰道群生性命微，一般骨肉一般皮， 勸君莫打三春鳥，子在巢中望母歸。 宋‧陸游戒殺詩 血肉淋漓味足珍。一般痛苦怨難伸。 設身處地捫心想。誰肯將刀割自身。 宋、蘇軾戒殺詩 口腹貪饕豈有窮，咽喉一過總成空， 何如惜福留餘地，養得清虛樂在中。 孟子 見其生不忍見其死 聞其聲不忍食其肉 莲池大师戒杀文 世人食肉，咸谓理所应然，乃恣意杀生，广积怨业，相习成俗，不自觉知。昔人有言：可为痛哭流涕长叹息者是也！计其迷执，略有七条，开列如左，余可例推云。 一曰生日不宜杀生。哀哀父母，生我劬劳，己身始诞之辰，乃父母垂亡之日。是日也，正宜戒杀持斋，广行善事，庶使先亡考妣早获超升，现在桩萱增延福寿。何得顿忘母难，杀害生灵，上贻累于亲，下不利于己？此举世习行而不觉其非，可为痛哭流涕长叹息者一也。 二曰生子不宜杀生。凡人无子则悲，有子则喜，不思一切禽畜亦各爱其子，庆我子生，令他子死，于心安乎？夫婴孩始生，不为积福，而反杀生造业，亦太愚矣！此举世习行而不觉其非，可为痛哭流涕长叹息者二也。 三曰祭先不宜杀生。亡者忌辰及春秋祭扫，俱当戒杀以资冥福，杀生以祭，徒增业耳。夫八珍罗于前，安能起九泉之遗骨而使之食乎？无益而有害，智者不为矣！此举世习行而不觉其非，可为痛哭流涕长叹息者三也。 四曰婚礼不宜杀生。世间婚礼，自问名纳采以至成婚，杀生不知其几。夫婚者，生人之始也，生之始而行杀，理既逆矣。又婚礼，吉礼也，吉日而用凶事，不亦惨乎？此举世习行而不觉其非，可为痛哭流涕长叹息者四也。 五曰宴客不宜杀生。良辰美景，贤主佳宾，蔬食菜羹，不妨清致，何须广杀生命，穷极肥甘，笙歌餍饫于林盘，宰割怨号于砧几。嗟乎！有人心者，能不悲乎？此举世习行而不觉其非，可为痛哭流涕长叹息者五也。 六曰祈禳不宜杀生。世人有疾，杀生祀神以祈福佑。不思己之祀神，欲免死而求生也，杀他命而延我命，逆天悖理莫甚于此矣！夫正直者为神，神其有私乎？命不可延而杀业俱在，种种淫祀亦复类是。此举世习行而不觉其非，可为痛哭流涕长叹息者六也。 七曰营生不宜杀生。世人为衣食故，或畋猎或渔捕，或屠宰牛羊猪犬等，以资生计。而我观不作此业者，亦衣亦食，未必其冻馁而死也。杀生营生，神理所殛，以杀昌裕，百无一人。种地狱之深因，受来生之恶报，莫斯为甚矣！何苦而不别求生计乎？此举世习行而不觉其非，可为痛哭流涕长叹息者七也。 相關文章 《素食的利益》廣化法師講述 《莲池大师戒杀文》莲池大师著 《素食主義》海濤法師選輯 《戒殺放生嘉言》 《素食健康》 《素食》 素食, 吃素, 戒殺, 佛教
• August 24, 2007
• 10:52

  Google Downtime

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  This was a surprise to me last week when I first experience myself that google is down (including gmail, anyaltics, search, etc…). At first I thought it was my internet connection which went down, but even this blog is up! This is something that I thought won’t happen (near impossible), and I used to just [...]
• August 23, 2007
• 20:06

  Bracknell

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  I have now been in Bracknell for almost a month now, it’s very different to London, more like Taunton where I used to live. I would describe the life as simple, enjoying work and no pressure at the moment. Some photos of Bracknell and where I live: bracknell, Travel, uk, Weblog, work
• August 01, 2007
• 0:13

  七個佛七

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  香港佛陀教育協會 (Hong Kong Buddhist Education Foundation Ltd.) 正進行四十九日的佛七（七個七），上星期 (23/07/07 - 29/07/07) 打了第一個七，佛七以念佛為主，由上午八時半至晚上九時，有意參加者請聯絡香港佛陀教育協會，祥情: 地址: 香港九龍尖沙咀漢口道39-41號怡達中心9至11字樓 電話: (+852) 2314 7099 電郵: amtbhk1@budaedu.org.hk 網址: http://www.budaedu.org.hk/ 念佛, 法會, 佛教, 佛七
• July 21, 2007
• 17:03

  西方寺 - 彌陀佛七

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  這次回港, 有幸能參加西方寺舉行的彌陀佛七法會, 法會非常殊勝! 感謝主七和尚寬運法師和眾法師的領導, 及眾義工和師兄, 令後學獲益良多. 網頁: 西方寺 - 彌陀佛七法會 - 時間表 阿彌陀佛 合十 念佛, 法會, 淨土, 佛教, 佛七
• July 11, 2007
• 10:52

  New HTPC

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  Since the computer at home (HK) has been 5 years old now and all the DVD players and recorders are out of order, we have decided to get a HTPC. It’s cheaper and more fun to put together one myself and that’s what we did. There is no need for the best components out there, [...]
• July 08, 2007
• 16:24

  五台山

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  I’m very lucky this time to get to visit Wu Tai Shan 五台山 with the whole family, it will be extermely hard once I start working. Wutai Shan is one of the Four Sacred Mountains in Chinese Buddhism. (Wiki) I wanted to visit the moutain after visitng Jiu Hua Shan, but it was quite [...]
• June 25, 2007
• 11:45

  Leaving Queen’s Gate

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  After living in Queen’s Gate for 3 years, all of us moved out on Sat. Everyone will be doing different things next year, but most will be at Lancaster Gate. I will be in Bracknell working for a Engineering Company. Everything from now will be very different (Impermanence), living with 4 others who I don’t [...]
• June 15, 2007
• 22:20

  Final Year Project - Windows!

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  Looks like I can’t run away from Windows. Just handed in the Final Report for the Final year project yesterday and now thinking about the presentation on the coming Monday. So I need to do some demostration of the program which I developed and it requires Matlab Quartus II - v7.1 Web Edition (Free) ModelSim - VHDL [...]
• May 31, 2007
• 10:47

  一切莫執著

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  這世界上無論好和不好，都是教人覺悟。好，就是教你覺悟好的地方；不好，就是教你覺悟不好的地方。好和不好都能覺悟，便沒有問題了。若好的不覺悟，便執著在這個好上；不好的不覺悟，便執著在一個不好上。無論執著「好」或「不好」，都是一種執著，有這種執著，在道業上就不能有所成就。必須要把好和不好的都看破，順境逆境都能處之泰然，就可以不被境界所轄。金剛經上說：「一切有為法，如夢幻泡影，如露亦如電，應作如是觀。」世間上一切有為法，好像作夢一樣，並不真實。又好像水中的浮泡一樣，是不實在的。像影子一樣，看是有，卻捉不住。又如同露水、雷電，瞬息消逝。應作這樣觀察，才能真正的看破；看破之後，還要放下。如果放不下，執著這個，執著那個，便得不到自在。無論順境或是逆境，把它放下，毫不執著，才能得到自在。~ 宣化上人開示 I am not able to find the English version for this but during the serach, I found a page that contains many quotes from Venerable Master Hsuan Hua: Words of Wisdom This page is very well structured with quotes in different category, here is one of the many that I like: If you constantly return the light [...]
• May 28, 2007
• 20:12

  Trip to Forest Hermitage

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  Yesterday, a group of us from London visited the Forest Hermitage. Many thanks to KC for driving me and it was a enjoyable trip. The temple and the surroundings is very nice, but since it was raining yesterday, we didn’t get spend much time outside. It was quite easy to get to from London, not [...]
• May 26, 2007
• 14:17

  一切唯心造

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  一切眾生。從無始來。迷己為物。失於本心。為物所轉。故於是中。觀大觀小。 一切含有靈性的眾生，從無始直到現在，都被無明所遮蔽，因此迷惑自己的真心，反認自己是物體。因失去真心，便為外境之物象所轉移，所以就在萬物中，見大見小。 什麼是『為物所轉』？為物所轉即是背覺合塵，和物合股，混合在一起，見到什麼境界，便執著什麼境界，執著一生，便失去主宰，隨境遷移，愈移愈遠，好像迷路，愈迷愈錯，動被物礙，見大見小，便給物象所轉了。 若能轉物。則同如來。身心圓明。不動道場。 『若能轉物』，什麼叫轉物？轉物便是背塵合覺，不被外境物象所轉移。要明白一切外境，皆是自己心裏所現，『一切唯心造』。既然是自己心裏所現，為什麼要被它所轉移？要跟它跑？明白這個道理，就找到自己的真心，便能背塵合覺，和如來一樣，得到楞嚴大定，就有光明，身和心都能圓滿光明，隨處都是不動道場了。 當人迷時，妄認四大為自身相，便被四大所縛而不圓，妄認六塵緣為自心相，就被六塵所障而不明，這便是認物為己。又妄認諸法心外實有，這便是迷己為物。所以動被物轉，若能轉物，則身為法性身，圓照周遍，心為妙明心，靈明洞徹。萬物身心，本來一體，所謂『天地與我同根，萬物皆我一體』——哪還有什麼執著？不執著便能如如不動，了了常明，和如來一樣，隨處都是不動道場，隨處都是圓照周遍法性身。 摘錄自 大佛頂首楞嚴經卷一淺釋 ~ 宣化上人講述 “From beginningless time until now, all living beings have mistaken themselves for things and, having lost the original mind, are turned around by things. That is why they contemplate bigness and smallness in the midst of all this. Commentary: “From beginningless time until now, all living beings have mistaken themselves for things” “All living [...]
• May 20, 2007
• 11:18

  Vesak Day Celebration @ Leicester Square

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  Following the Vesak Day celebration at London Buddhist Vihara, this weekend there is a celebration at Leicester Square kindly organised by London Fo Guang Shan Temple. It started at 12:30pm yesterday with opening speech from a few Venerable masters including a representative from London Buddhist Vihara, Ajahn Khemadhammo who gave a speech on “caring [...]
• May 16, 2007
• 17:07

  持戒

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  第二度是持戒。佛教中最重要的是戒，什麼是戒呢？戒是「止惡防非」，止惡是停止一切的惡事，防非是提防所有的過錯，也就是「諸惡莫作」——所有的惡事都不要做，「眾善奉行」——所有的好事都要去做。 我告訴你們一件事：小時候，我是不懂算數的。一有錢就給了人，有一塊錢給一塊錢，有兩塊錢就給兩塊錢，這在一般人來說，是不是太愚癡了呢？其實這是幫助人，幫助人就是利人，利人就是菩薩發心，菩薩發的心是要對人有利益的，自己忍苦而勞，受點委屈都可以，這種利他的心就是菩薩心，菩薩心就是「眾善奉行」。 我們不要只願盤算著這一回我有沒有吃虧？有沒有上當？看看自己有沒有占著便宜？一切事情總要算算自己的利益，總想要佔便宜，但是到頭來卻發現自己吃虧了，所以我們應該為人家打算，不應該為自己打算，持戒的目的，也就是要做到「諸惡莫作，眾善奉行。」 那麼，戒有多少種呢？戒有很多種，基本的有五戒，在家學佛的皈依三寶之後，若想往前進一步，就要受五戒，受了五戒之後再前進是受八戒、十戒；受十戒就是沙彌了，受了沙彌戒後要正式做出家人，就必須受二百五十條比丘戒，比丘尼則要受三百四十八條戒。菩薩也有戒，菩薩戒有十重、四十八輕，重的犯了不能自行懺悔，輕的犯了還可以改過自新。 佛將入涅槃的時候，阿難向佛請示：「佛在世的時候，佛是我們的師父；佛入涅槃之後，我們以誰為師呢？」佛陀便告訴他們說：「我入涅槃之後，應以戒為師。」 所以，在家人要受戒，一定要向師長求，授戒也是一定從比丘受，在佛的戒律上比丘尼是不能授戒的。戒也有沙彌戒、比丘戒、菩薩戒等很多的名稱，任何人要想修道就一定要受戒，守護清淨的戒體就好像守護摩尼寶珠一樣，例如終南山道宣律師，因為持戒持得精嚴，便有天人來送供，可見持戒是最要緊的。學佛的人如果不守戒，就等於一個瓶子底下有了洞，水一裝進去就漏掉了，要是能守戒，久而久之就會成為無漏。 摘錄自 大佛頂首楞嚴經卷一淺釋 佛教
• May 13, 2007
• 1:27

  Happy Mother’s Day

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  This year for Mother’s Day, QuGee has decided to sing a song for all our mums. It was harder than I thought as I don’t sing often but it was definitely worth while. Will have some photos up later. Here is the lyrics: 《真的愛妳》 曲：黃家駒　詞：小美　編：BEYOND -> Xiaoyun, Jac, YSS 無法可修飾的一對手　帶出溫暖永遠在背後 縱使囉唆始終關注　不懂珍惜太內咎 -> Kwok Hei, YGG 沉醉於音階她不讚賞　母親的愛卻永未退讓 決心衝開心中掙扎　親恩終可報答 -> Terry, Vincent, Kamil 春風化雨暖透我的心　一生眷顧無言地送贈 -> All 是妳多麼溫馨的目光　教我堅毅望著前路 叮囑我跌倒不應放棄 沒法解釋怎可報盡親恩　愛意寬大是無限 請准我說聲真的愛妳 -> Kwok Hei, [...]
• May 09, 2007
• 11:09

  Google Analytics New Version

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  Google keeps improving, they just released a new version of the Goolge Analytics yesterday. The main differences for me is the interface, when I compared sitemeter and Google Analytics last time, I mentioned that sitemeter has a simpler interface. With this new version, I feel that they have managed to put in as much information [...]
• May 06, 2007
• 19:16

  Vesak Day @ London Buddhist Vihara

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  Today is a very interesting day, thanks to Ping who suggested we should go to the London Buddhist Vihara to join their celebration on the Vesak Day. This is a quote from their website: BUDDHA DAY (VESAK) which commemorates the Birth, Enlightenment, and the Parinibbana of the Buddha will be celebrated at the London Buddhist Vihara. They [...]
• May 03, 2007
• 22:49

  Google - New Interface?

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  When I was just using Google as usual, I suddenly released the interface has changed. Is it a new interface??? I have no idea, just know that it’s different. Did a search and found that google is going to have a new interface, but slightly different to the one I see. Anyway I don’t know [...]
• May 02, 2007
• 17:52

  Day Trip to Amersham

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  Yesterday I went to Amersham for an interview, it’s a very nice town at the end of the Metropolitan Line (Zone D). Took half an hour by train from Marylebone station but a total of 1 and half hour from South Kensington. I was quite a nice town and I really like it, especially the [...]
• April 30, 2007
• 18:18

  Server Downtime

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  Sorry if you had problem accessing this site, I have been quite unlucky this week. The servers that I use keeps having hardware problems and even the sitemeter sever went down a few times. Hopefully everything is fix and there won’t be much more downtime. Internet, Server, Technology
• April 29, 2007
• 11:59

  New QuGee Logo

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  Thanks to Jac, we now have a new QuGee Logo: And also some changes to our QuGee frontpage, also new web buttons and badges: If you want to put it on your site, this is the code: <a href=”http://www.qugee.com/”><img title=”QuGee button” src=”http://www.qugee.com/images/qugee_button.gif” alt=”QuGee button” height=”15″ width=”80″ /></a> Of course this is only one of the many ways to add [...]
• April 28, 2007
• 17:32

  Upgraded to Wordpress 2.1.3

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  WordPress 2.1 has been released for quite a while now, but knowing that there could be many problems with plugins and I don’t want the website to be down for a long time, I have decided to leave it later. Finally got sometime this weekend, I have decided it’s time to upgread. Did the usual [...]
• April 27, 2007
• 20:08

  TRL

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  Went to TRL today, it’s an interesting company with a very nice building, a very “refreshing” building with a lot of natural lighting and plants. The main building is surrounded by some motorway “tracks” for testing which looks like racing tracks from the satellite. Didn’t manage to take any photos, but got some screenshoots from [...]
• 11:38

  More on Sitemeter and Spyware

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  Today, sitemeter is down again and I went to check the code on my site using a firefox plugin and found that as well as the code that I expect to see, there is something extra: <iframe width=”0″ height=”0″ frameborder=”0″ xsrc=”http://dg.specificclick.net/?u=http%3A//vinlai.com/blog/&r=” style=”display: none;”> Wondering why is sitemeter sending info to dg.specificclick.net? Me too! Did a search on [...]
• April 25, 2007
• 21:20

  Thoughts on Ajahn Brahm’s visit to ULU

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  It was Monday when I attended the talk by Ajahn Brahm at ULU, have a few exams this week but finally got some time today to upload some of the photos taken on the day. The talk was really good, it was targeted at student especially on how we should handle exams. Not getting stress [...]
• 0:20

  Sitemeter - Spyware?

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  The sitemeter site has been down for 2 days for me so I started searching to see if other people are experience a similar problem. Other than finding out that some others are experiencing the same problem, I accidentally find a post on “Did Sitemeter sell out to Spyware?“. I did a few more search [...]
• April 22, 2007
• 12:38

  Blank screen after upgrade to Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  Managed to solve the problem with getting a blank screen while loading gdm after upgrading a desktop from 6.10 Edgy to 7.04 Fesity Fawn. The desktop has a ATI 9600 graphics card and works fine on 6.10 Edgy, however after the upgrade to 7.04, it starts having this problem. I knew it’s something wrong with [...]
• April 19, 2007
• 21:31

  Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Released

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  The new Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn is released today! I’m very impressed by Ubuntu for having a new release every 6 months. I have been using the beta version for a while so I can’t test the upgrade function, which I had problem with before when I upgraded 6.10 to 7.04 beta but that problem [...]
• April 18, 2007
• 19:13

  Ajahn Brahm Visit to London, UK

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  Want a break from exam revisions? Ajahn Brahm is visiting London and will be giving a talk at ULU for ULUBUDA the coming Monday. The events will be on: Date: Monday 23rd April Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm Room 3E, 3/f, ulu To find out more or RSVP for this event, please visit the ULUBUDA website. I have also quoted the details [...]
• 4:16

  Installing Ubuntu on Toshiba Tecra S1

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  System info of Toshiba Tecra S1: BIOS: Version 2.50 system-version:PT831T-11Q4L Ubuntu Version - Currently using Feisty 7.04, previously worked on 6.10 Edgy and 6.04 as well Kernel - currently using 2.6.20-15-generic, had problem with 2.6.20-14 but 2.6.20-13 works Hardware Components Status Notes Pentium M 1.5GHz Works No special procedure 15″ XGA TFT Screen Works Default settings works External VGA - 19″ Xerox XA7 Works See this post for xorg settings ATI [...]
• April 15, 2007
• 1:46

  Google Analytics & Site Meter

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  Recently started to use some statistics program for websites, started off with Site Meter about a week ago and Google Analytics 2 days ago. This is just a share my impressions on both of these statistics program, this is not going to be a detailed reviews as there are plenty of them out there already. [...]
• April 14, 2007
• 2:07

  Beryl + Ubuntu + ATI Mobility 9000

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  Spent some time today trying to get Beryl to work on my Toshiba Tecra S1 running Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 beta with ATI Mobility 9000 graphics card. To start I used the following xorg.conf settings: Section “Device” Identifier “ATI 9000″ Driver “radeon” Option [...]
• April 09, 2007
• 19:21

  正是做功夫時節

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  I have read this article a few times and finding it very meaningful and hence would like to share. 關鍵字: 學佛, 妄念, 念佛 「且萬念紛飛之際，正是做工夫時節」，諸位同修做功課覺得有妄念，愈念妄念愈多，於是不想念，其實不念妄念更多，這是不覺，迷到極處了。人人如此，看人家的毛病清清楚楚，看不見自己，光會挑人家毛病，自己知道有妄念才叫明白。若一念佛心就乾淨了，那還要念什麼佛？成功了就不用念佛，你就是佛，所以覺得萬念紛飛正是覺悟的時候。如一棵樹，上面是樹葉，中間是樹心，下面是樹根，樹葉在搖有人都不知道，你說樹根在搖，他更感覺不到。知道自己錯誤的人，才是起了覺悟之人，以為自己都沒錯，如何會覺悟？根源之處不知道，如何學覺？覺悟的根源是什麼？諸惡莫作，眾善奉行。但是，一般人往往好的事不去做，就是學佛的人，善事也做不多，惡事做得倒不少。 學佛是學佛的覺悟，有人學佛學了幾年就說沒有妄念了，這是糊塗到極點，登地菩薩都還有妄念，七地菩薩也還有妄念。祖師說：「不怕念起，只怕覺遲。」學佛學了幾十年還是有妄念，不怕有妄念，就怕你不知道是妄念。就怕起了妄念還不知道，以為自己還在修行，阿彌陀佛都變成妄念了還不知道。妄念若起時不能讓他隨意起，要看著妄念，如捉賊，有賊進到你家，你知道了，看著賊的行動，賊就不敢偷東西，若不知是賊，不管他，家裡東西就被偷光了。所以，你要觀察，起了妄念用阿彌陀佛的佛號壓下去，起一個妄念，念一百聲佛，這正是用功的時候。所以，妄念紛飛之際，正是做功夫時節，不起妄念還不會覺悟，還不念佛呢！念佛也不是一念就立刻收心，總還會有妄念，那就要「旋收旋散，旋散旋收」一句佛號一直念下去，妄念起了就趕快收心，收心回來念佛，這樣不能斷惑也能伏惑，伏惑就行。 「久後工夫純熟，自然妄念不起。」佛號和妄念譬如「生、熟」兩個字，該熟的事我們一點都不熟，該生的事你偏熟了，生熟顛倒。譬如吃東西，米要煮熟才能吃，水果也要熟了才可以吃，生的吃了對身體有害。殺盜淫妄你很熟，不去想自然就會去做，連晚上做夢都去做惡事。念佛對你來說太生了，念佛若不勉強去念，念不到半點鐘，念頭就不知跑那裡去了。若念佛念熟了，那些殺盜淫妄的壞心就變生了。 學佛若不守戒，還幹殺盜淫妄的壞事，那不成！自古來沒有曹操成佛的，必得守戒斷惡業，隨緣消舊業，更不造新殃，學佛才能有成就。咱們現在舊業不去，還幹新殃，這樣可以往生嗎？阿彌陀經說得明明白白，一心不亂斷了惑才能往生，不斷惑也要伏住惑，伏惑是假一心不亂，也可以上西方極樂世界。「久後工夫純熟」生的佛號變熟了，忘了造業，熟的惡業就變生了。「自然妄念不起」想起妄念，想半天還想不起來呢。 摘錄自 正是用功時節 - 李炳南老居士講述 念佛, 佛教
• April 05, 2007
• 1:04

  Google Earth on Linux (ubuntu)

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  After a discussion on a bug in the Xorg and ATI graphics card, I installed Google Earth to check that my graphics card is actually functioning correctly. My graphics card is the RADEON Mobility 9000 with the following Xorg.0.log: (II) RADEON(0): [agp] GART texture map handle = 0xb0302000 (II) RADEON(0): [agp] GART Texture map mapped at 0xb51da000 (II) [...]
• April 03, 2007
• 21:43

  Optimising my Laptop - Ubuntu Feisty

   » ‎ 萬法唯心 - Impermanence
  Before really getting into my final year project and revision for exams. I spent some time ugrading my 3+ years old laptop (Toshiba Tecra-S1) from Ubuntu 6.10 to 7.04 and optimising it. At the same time cleaned up my desk to have more space to work. I have trying many different ways of optimising it with [...]
• April 02, 2007
• 16:34

  大慈菩薩發願偈

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  大慈菩薩發願偈，「大慈菩薩」查不到歷史，大概是修淨土宗的大德。 十方三世佛，阿彌陀第一。 諸佛所證理體，平等無二，並無差別。若以度生願力而言，阿彌陀佛願力、淨土較為殊勝，故云第一。 九品度眾生，威德無窮極。 明其第一的原因，願力殊勝，威德神通殊勝。 我今大皈依，懺悔三業罪，凡有諸福善，至心用回向。 前兩句是皈依懺罪，後二句是眾善回向。盡身心皈命，懺悔身口意三業諸罪，凡所修一切功德，悉皆回向西方，以萬善莊嚴淨土。 願同念佛人，感應隨時現；臨終西方境，分明在目前。 明臨終瑞相。願念佛人，同得感應，或夢中見佛，或定中見佛，或開眼閉眼，佛在眼前，臨終聖境現前，隨佛往生。 見聞皆精進，同生極樂國，見佛了生死，如佛度一切。 凡見聞者，皆發心精進修行，同生極樂世界，共了生死，再隨佛往十方國土，廣度眾生。 無邊煩惱斷，無量法門修，誓願度眾生，總願成佛道。 即晚課中的四弘誓願。 虛空有盡，我願無窮，情與無情，同圓種智。 縱使虛空有盡，我的願力也無窮無盡。表願之廣大也。後兩句，原本無，由後人根據華嚴經加入，希望一切眾生，同成佛道的意思，是最簡明的四句回向偈。 摘錄自 小淨土文略說 - 會性法師講述 佛教
• March 30, 2007
• 20:22

  Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty on Toshiba Tecra S1

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  The Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn beta came out a few days ago, after finding out about it I have decided to try it out. It’s quite risky has it’s still beta version, but want to try it out and help testing it. The first version of Ubuntu that I tried out was 6.04 Dapper, then [...]
• March 18, 2007
• 3:49

  Day trip to Amaravati Buddhist Monastery

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  Today ULUBUDA and ICBS had a day trip to Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, around 30 of us took a coach there this morning. It is one of the most relaxing and enjoyable day I had so far. I think it was the environment and the people there which allow me to really relax, got to enjoy [...]