Thursday, June 9, 2011



仁者吉祥 !
祝您有個 beautiful Sunday !
以美麗的微笑、柔和的音聲、純淨自在的心情,
供養內在外在的宇宙 !
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供養所依物有兩種,
其一是屬於自己所有之物,
其二是非己所有之物。
如果想進行供養但卻身無長物,
則可以以美麗的晴空、花朵、花香、陽光、
旋律動人的歌聲等來進行供養。

對我們而言最寶貴的是身、語、意三門,
所以我們追隨佛陀的道路,
以各種不同的方式,提供自身之力來幫助眾生;
語的方面,藉由唸誦祈請文,
或只是用簡單的方式以告訴他人有益的話語來進行供養。
意的方面,對所有有情眾生生起慈悲心亦是無上供養。
以佛教的觀點而言,「五大聚合」是可以用於進行供養。

供養之後,
則不應有任何的後悔之心;
倘若如此,會有火燒功德林的結果,
不但無法利益有情,對自己亦無有助益。

有名的印度聖人卡拉達(Kalidas)曾說:
從事善行但不要老想著結果,就只是丟開它。
丟開它意味著不應該持續在心中想著它。
故而一旦進行供養之後,就別再放在心上,
繼續過著日常的生活,不要去回想或想知道會有什麼結果,
或是懷疑供養的對境,
例如向一位師長供養之後,
就對這位師長縈繞著一堆問題,
像是:我所供養的人是否是一位好的師長等等。
如此非僅會損耗你的供養,
也會讓你德行消失 !

──敏林堪千仁波切《以金剛乘的觀點略談供養》

http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/theeasternsun-khenchen/

There are two ways of objects- one that belongs to oneself and one that does not belong to oneself. So if one wish to offer but does not have anything- he or she can offer the blue beautiful sky, the flowers, the good smell of flowers, the sunshine, the beautiful melodious song etc, also the most precious to us is our Body, Speech and Mind. One can offer one’s body by following the path of Buddha, helping all beings in different ways , the speech- by saying prayers or just simple action of speech is saying something good to others and mind – having compassion to all sentient beings is also an offering.

In Buddhist term the five aggregates one can offer. After one has made the offerings one should never regret. If one does then this burns all the merit one has accumulated due to the offerings, this does not benefit anyone not even to oneself.

Once you have offered, just forget about it and move on with your normal life. One should not ponder or wonder how the effect would be, or doubt about the place where you offered, if the offering was made to a Master- wondering and inquiring about the Master, did I offer to good master or not? etc. It not only demerit ones offering but also losses ones character too.
─ H.E.Minling KhenChen Rinpoche

(敏卓林佛學院休假時,''放牛吃草''一景)
 

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