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有能力不失業
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Capability ensures employability
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#MasterJinBodhi, #Unemployed, #Capability, #Answer
#金菩提宗師、#失業、#能力、#解答rnrn有能力不失業
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Capability ensures employability
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#MasterJinBodhi, #Unemployed, #Capability, #Answer
#金菩提宗師、#失業、#能力、#解答
《清明》
──清明前後，點瓜種豆
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春季，為四季之首，最適合規劃耕種與春遊，人們對於春季特別重視，亦是節日最多的時節。在春光明媚的三四月裡，華人社會最重視的春季節俗就屬「清明節」掃墓祭祖了，今年的清明時間是在西曆4月4日，太陽到達黃經15°時。
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清明既是節日也是節氣。作為節氣，《歲時百問》有此說法：「萬物生長此時，皆清潔而明淨。故謂之清明。」清明與農業生產有著密不可分的關係，所以也有「清明前後，點瓜種豆」的農諺出現。
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點瓜種豆的農諺出現反映了農業社會對農事的重視，清明在春分後十五日，這時是氣溫開始升高的季節，雨量也開始豐沛了起來，正是春耕種植的大好時節。清風至、春雨增、萬物齊發，最適合農作物生長，農人會搶在此時播種移苗、點瓜種豆，到處都能見到春耕繁忙的景象。
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在文化上，清明節同時也匯入了中國人慎終追遠的文化底蘊，掃墓祭祖的節俗裡有著血緣的傳承與孝道的精神。在這一天若能誠心念佛將功德迴向給先人，並為祖先至親在佛前點一盞吉祥光明的燈，祈請佛菩薩以光明為先人照亮前路，就是對祖先最好的回報與供養，歡迎大家在這一天來禪堂供燈念佛，借助佛光的加持，使先人得到神佛接引，同時庇佑供燈人得到平安吉祥。
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“Ching Ming”
─ Ching Ming, a time to grow melons and plant beans
Spring, being the first of the four seasons, is deemed to be the most important by many people. It is also the season with the largest number of festivals. For these reasons, early spring is the best time to be making plans of what to cultivate in the fields, and also which places to visit during the festivals. To the Chinese community, the most important spring festival that falls in the beautiful months of March and April is the Ching Ming (also commonly known as “Qing Ming”) festival. This is the festival during which the Chinese pay their respects to their ancestors. This year’s Qing Ming festival – which occurs when the sun reaches 15 degrees of the celestial longitude – falls on the 4th day of the 4th month in the Gregorian calendar.
Other than being a festival, Ching Ming is also one of the twenty-four solar terms. There is this saying regarding Ching Ming: “All things that grow during this time are both bright and clean. This is why this day is called Ching Ming – Ching (“Qing”) represents cleanliness and Ming represents radiance.” From this we can see the close link between Ching Ming and agricultural cultivation. In the agricultural world, the farmers have another saying: “Ching Ming is the best time to grow your melons and plant your seeds”.
In the fifteen days after the Spring Equinox, temperatures will start to rise and rain will fall in abundance. This is the best time to work on your crop cultivations. As the breeze blows and the rain falls, shoots will thrive. The sight of farmers busy sowing their seeds and transplanting their seedlings will be prevalent everywhere during this period of time, signaling the start of spring cultivation.
Ching Ming Festival is also about the Chinese tradition of expressing our respects to the ancestors via formal rituals. The tomb sweeping tradition inculcates the spirit of filial piety and emphasizes the importance of familial relations. The best that we can do for our ancestors during this time is to transfer to them the positive karmic merits from chanting sincerely, light offering and praying to the Buddha and Bodhisattvas to light up their paths. I welcome all of you to visit the Bodhi Meditation Centers on this day to chant and to make light offerings. Not only will our ancestors receive the blessings and guidance from the Buddha, we will also be blessed with safety and good fortune.
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#SolarTerm #ChingMing #TombSweeping #LampOffering #GrowingMelonsPlantingBeans
#節氣、#清明、#掃墓祭祖、#供燈、#種瓜點豆rnrn《清明》
──清明前後，點瓜種豆
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春季，為四季之首，最適合規劃耕種與春遊，人們對於春季特別重視，亦是節日最多的時節。在春光明媚的三四月裡，華人社會最重視的春季節俗就屬「清明節」掃墓祭祖了，今年的清明時間是在西曆4月4日，太陽到達黃經15°時。
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清明既是節日也是節氣。作為節氣，《歲時百問》有此說法：「萬物生長此時，皆清潔而明淨。故謂之清明。」清明與農業生產有著密不可分的關係，所以也有「清明前後，點瓜種豆」的農諺出現。
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點瓜種豆的農諺出現反映了農業社會對農事的重視，清明在春分後十五日，這時是氣溫開始升高的季節，雨量也開始豐沛了起來，正是春耕種植的大好時節。清風至、春雨增、萬物齊發，最適合農作物生長，農人會搶在此時播種移苗、點瓜種豆，到處都能見到春耕繁忙的景象。
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在文化上，清明節同時也匯入了中國人慎終追遠的文化底蘊，掃墓祭祖的節俗裡有著血緣的傳承與孝道的精神。在這一天若能誠心念佛將功德迴向給先人，並為祖先至親在佛前點一盞吉祥光明的燈，祈請佛菩薩以光明為先人照亮前路，就是對祖先最好的回報與供養，歡迎大家在這一天來禪堂供燈念佛，借助佛光的加持，使先人得到神佛接引，同時庇佑供燈人得到平安吉祥。
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#節氣、#清明、#掃墓祭祖、#供燈、#種瓜點豆
放下即解脫
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每逢佳節倍思親，即將到了清明祭祖的節日。
有個同修給我留言，問了一個關於親情之間要如何割捨的問題，我也趁著大家追思先祖，懷思之情最真切的時刻，與大家談談這個問題。。
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這個同修的問題是：
「一年前我的外婆去世了，我很傷心，自從她死了之後，至今，我始終念念不忘，我甚至還可以感覺得到外婆的存在，依舊活在我和外婆，一起生活的那個世界裡，所以我變得不愛與人打交道，偶而會一個人躲著哭，覺得好像世界上再沒人疼愛我了。」
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思念破輪迴….
也許我們都愛過人、被愛過，也珍惜過，無論是愛情、友情，或是親情，一但生起這段緣就會很難割捨。親情也是這樣，難分難捨，但是早晚有一天都要捨下。
因為，當我們總是想著對方，總是這樣強烈的思念你的外婆，你知道會對她帶來什麼樣的副作用嗎？就是傷害！天天這樣去憶念她，經常這樣想，那麼真實和她在一起，那種場景啊，讓她不能平靜的得以往生，你會干擾她的啊。
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比如說她要脫生到一個好人家，變成一家的孩子，可能很富貴、健康、美麗啊，你這樣不斷的憶念、憶念、憶念，她就不能走，她就在那拖著、拖著，這樣的憶念會打破這個輪迴，你這麼牽掛著拉著她，她去不了該去的地方，最後變成你會受責罰，你的奶奶，也會在那邊，會受懲罰的，所以你要放手，心裡要放下，並且給予她更多更多的祝福。
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愛，就是放手~
所以，無論是多麼親多麼愛的人，她走了，就走了，你要放下，還要自己好好活。總是憶念等於干擾，她走了就是轉生，祝福她轉生到好人家，不受苦不受難。千萬不要再想。
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我們總講要孝敬父母，恭敬祖先。但有些人不懂「孝敬」的真正意涵，親人去世了十年了，結果他就天天哭，天天想，結果最後哭成了精神病。不但把自己的精神全部搞垮，也讓對方不能真正安靜的解脫。所以忘掉吧！一切都要放下。最好是能夠為親人們，在佛前點盞光明燈，為親人照亮前方的路，並且祝福她轉生富貴、吉祥的人家。
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要想讓你祖先、親人要活得更安心，更幸福，就要好好做好你該做的事情，學好你該學的事情，這樣她才會放心，才會幸福。.
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Let go and be liberated
Ching Ming (Qing Ming) Festival is just a few days away and it is at occasions like this that we miss our dear ones the most. A fellow practitioner left me a message asking for advice on how to handle the parting of loved ones. I would like discussion this here during this period when all of us are commemorating our ancestors and the sense of longing for our loved ones is at the deepest.
This is what the fellow practitioner asked:
“My grandma passed away a year ago and her passing left me deeply heartbroken. Till today, I have not been able to get over it and I can still sense her presence. I long deeply to return to the time when my grandma was still alive. I became withdrawn, frequently hiding in a corner to cry. I felt totally alone and unloved in this world.”
Yearning breaks the cycle of reincarnation…
All of us have loved and been loved in our lives. It is not easy to let go of the bonds that were formed, regardless of whether it is romantic, platonic or familial love. As difficult as it is though, we still have to let go one of these days.
Do you know the effects on your grandma when you keep thinking about and yearning for her? You will harm her! When you miss her and think about her daily, it is as if she is really right by your side. She will be disturbed and will not be able to leave to be reborn in peace.
Maybe she is supposed to be reborn into a good family, as a healthy and pretty child with good fortune. Your constant yearning for her will hold her back. She will keep procrastinating her departure, and the cycle of reincarnation will be broken. Eventually she will end up in a place that she was never supposed to be. When that happens, both you and your grandma will suffer. This is why you have to learn to let go. Instead of holding on, give her lots and lots of blessings from the bottom of your heart and let her go to where she is supposed to be.
Love is about letting go ~
Therefore, regardless of how close you are to that person, or how much you love her, you have to let go once she is gone. Not only do you have to let go, you have to live your life well. When you yearn constantly for her, you are disturbing her. Let her leave without any attachments, give your blessings to her and pray that she gets reborn into a good family. Pray that she will have a good life, with no sufferings. After that, do not think about her any more.
All of us know that we have to be respectful towards our parents and our ancestors, but not everyone knows the true meaning of the word “respect”. Crying and yearning for a loved one for ten years after she has passed on will prevent her from moving on. Your mental state breaks down, and your loved one is not able to get reborn in peace. So the best thing to do is to forget and let it all go! Offer lights to Buddha for your loved one and pray for Buddha to light up her path. Pray that she gets reborn into a family of good fortune.
If you would like your ancestors and loved ones to be at ease, you have to do what you need to do and learn what you need to learn. That is the only way for them to be happy.
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#QingMingPayingRespectsToAncestors, #Gratitude, #Blessing, #LampOfferingsAndPrayers, #GoodFortuneAndHappiness, #HealthAndLongevity, #AphorismOfMasterJinBodhi, #LetGoToAttainLiberation, #AtEase
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#清明祭祖、#感恩、#加持、#點燈祈福、#吉祥如意、#健康長壽、#金菩提禪語、#放下即解脫、#自在rnrn放下即解脫
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每逢佳節倍思親，即將到了清明祭祖的節日。
有個同修給我留言，問了一個關於親情之間要如何割捨的問題，我也趁著大家追思先祖，懷思之情最真切的時刻，與大家談談這個問題。。
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這個同修的問題是：
「一年前我的外婆去世了，我很傷心，自從她死了之後，至今，我始終念念不忘，我甚至還可以感覺得到外婆的存在，依舊活在我和外婆，一起生活的那個世界裡，所以我變得不愛與人打交道，偶而會一個人躲著哭，覺得好像世界上再沒人疼愛我了。」
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思念破輪迴….
也許我們都愛過人、被愛過，也珍惜過，無論是愛情、友情，或是親情，一但生起這段緣就會很難割捨。親情也是這樣，難分難捨，但是早晚有一天都要捨下。
因為，當我們總是想著對方，總是這樣強烈的思念你的外婆，你知道會對她帶來什麼樣的副作用嗎？就是傷害！天天這樣去憶念她，經常這樣想，那麼真實和她在一起，那種場景啊，讓她不能平靜的得以往生，你會干擾她的啊。
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比如說她要脫生到一個好人家，變成一家的孩子，可能很富貴、健康、美麗啊，你這樣不斷的憶念、憶念、憶念，她就不能走，她就在那拖著、拖著，這樣的憶念會打破這個輪迴，你這麼牽掛著拉著她，她去不了該去的地方，最後變成你會受責罰，你的奶奶，也會在那邊，會受懲罰的，所以你要放手，心裡要放下，並且給予她更多更多的祝福。
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愛，就是放手~
所以，無論是多麼親多麼愛的人，她走了，就走了，你要放下，還要自己好好活。總是憶念等於干擾，她走了就是轉生，祝福她轉生到好人家，不受苦不受難。千萬不要再想。
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我們總講要孝敬父母，恭敬祖先。但有些人不懂「孝敬」的真正意涵，親人去世了十年了，結果他就天天哭，天天想，結果最後哭成了精神病。不但把自己的精神全部搞垮，也讓對方不能真正安靜的解脫。所以忘掉吧！一切都要放下。最好是能夠為親人們，在佛前點盞光明燈，為親人照亮前方的路，並且祝福她轉生富貴、吉祥的人家。
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要想讓你祖先、親人要活得更安心，更幸福，就要好好做好你該做的事情，學好你該學的事情，這樣她才會放心，才會幸福。.
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Let go and be liberated
Ching Ming (Qing Ming) Festival is just a few days away and it is at occasions like this that we miss our dear ones the most. A fellow practitioner left me a message asking for advice on how to handle the parting of loved ones. I would like discussion this here during this period when all of us are commemorating our ancestors and the sense of longing for our loved ones is at the deepest.
This is what the fellow practitioner asked:
“My grandma passed away a year ago and her passing left me deeply heartbroken. Till today, I have not been able to get over it and I can still sense her presence. I long deeply to return to the time when my grandma was still alive. I became withdrawn, frequently hiding in a corner to cry. I felt totally alone and unloved in this world.”
Yearning breaks the cycle of reincarnation…
All of us have loved and been loved in our lives. It is not easy to let go of the bonds that were formed, regardless of whether it is romantic, platonic or familial love. As difficult as it is though, we still have to let go one of these days.
Do you know the effects on your grandma when you keep thinking about and yearning for her? You will harm her! When you miss her and think about her daily, it is as if she is really right by your side. She will be disturbed and will not be able to leave to be reborn in peace.
Maybe she is supposed to be reborn into a good family, as a healthy and pretty child with good fortune. Your constant yearning for her will hold her back. She will keep procrastinating her departure, and the cycle of reincarnation will be broken. Eventually she will end up in a place that she was never supposed to be. When that happens, both you and your grandma will suffer. This is why you have to learn to let go. Instead of holding on, give her lots and lots of blessings from the bottom of your heart and let her go to where she is supposed to be.
Love is about letting go ~
Therefore, regardless of how close you are to that person, or how much you love her, you have to let go once she is gone. Not only do you have to let go, you have to live your life well. When you yearn constantly for her, you are disturbing her. Let her leave without any attachments, give your blessings to her and pray that she gets reborn into a good family. Pray that she will have a good life, with no sufferings. After that, do not think about her any more.
All of us know that we have to be respectful towards our parents and our ancestors, but not everyone knows the true meaning of the word “respect”. Crying and yearning for a loved one for ten years after she has passed on will prevent her from moving on. Your mental state breaks down, and your loved one is not able to get reborn in peace. So the best thing to do is to forget and let it all go! Offer lights to Buddha for your loved one and pray for Buddha to light up her path. Pray that she gets reborn into a family of good fortune.
If you would like your ancestors and loved ones to be at ease, you have to do what you need to do and learn what you need to learn. That is the only way for them to be happy.
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#QingMingPayingRespectsToAncestors, #Gratitude, #Blessing, #LampOfferingsAndPrayers, #GoodFortuneAndHappiness, #HealthAndLongevity, #AphorismOfMasterJinBodhi, #LetGoToAttainLiberation, #AtEase
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#清明祭祖、#感恩、#加持、#點燈祈福、#吉祥如意、#健康長壽、#金菩提禪語、#放下即解脫、#自在
肆月
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「佛燈消萬業，孝念祖親恩。」
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在佛前供燈能獲得什麼？
第一是心境光明。當你點燈時，使佛顏明亮，露出莊嚴、美麗、慈悲的容顏，人人皆可拜見，因此當你未來選擇人生之路，遇到障礙煩惱時，冥冥中自有答案指點你。
第二是智慧增長。別人做不好的事情，你可以做得很好，找工作就會無往不利。
第三是可以消除魔障。你在佛前供燈，佛自會護佑你，讓邪氣不上身，祛除病苦，除罪消業。
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尤其清明節是我們中國人祭祖掃墓的大日子，若能把握這個特殊的日子，為已故親人以及歷代祖先點燈，送去溫暖、光明與功德，使先人獲得殊勝的功德和利益，讓佛光照亮他們的生命，滅除重罪、障礙，使他們得到佛菩薩的接引，到達淨土，獲得解脫，便能永世不再承受輪迴之苦，就是對先人最好的供養。
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同時祈願所有慈悲的供燈人，借助火、借助偉大的佛光加持，能得到幸福、健康、快樂、平安、完美、智慧，也讓我們尊敬的人、愛護的人，在神聖的節日，在佛前得到佛光普照，得到佛力的加持與庇護。
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#四月、#台曆、#清明、#消業
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April
Light Offerings and Filial Piety
What do we actually get from light offerings to the Buddha?
Firstly, our minds are brightened up because when we make a prayer we will be facing a brightly lit Buddha with a solemn, beautiful and compassionate appearance. In addition, we will be guided when faced with obstacles or have worries in our life journey. Secondly, we will have increased wisdom and be able to do the things that others cannot. There should also be success if we are seeking employment. Thirdly, the Buddha will protect us from demonic attack and illnesses and also clear away our bad karma.
In fact, we should seize the opportunity to offer a lamp on behalf of our ancestors during this Qing Ming Festival. Because by doing so, we are sending warmth, illumination and merits to them as the Buddha’s light will illuminate their afterlives, eradicate their bad karma and clear away obstacles in order that they can be guided by the Buddha and Bodhisattvas to Pureland and be liberated from samsaric transmigration.
Simultaneously, the fire and radiating light from the Buddha will bless us – the compassionate ones who made the light offerings, with joy, health, happiness, peace, perfection and wisdom. For the ones that we love and respect, during this festival, they will also receive blessings and be sheltered by the radiating light and energy from the Buddha.
#April, #TableCalendar, #ChingMing, # ClearingKarmarnrnApril
Light Offerings and Filial Piety
What do we actually get from light offerings to the Buddha?
Firstly, our minds are brightened up because when we make a prayer we will be facing a brightly lit Buddha with a solemn, beautiful and compassionate appearance. In addition, we will be guided when faced with obstacles or have worries in our life journey. Secondly, we will have increased wisdom and be able to do the things that others cannot. There should also be success if we are seeking employment. Thirdly, the Buddha will protect us from demonic attack and illnesses and also clear away our bad karma.
In fact, we should seize the opportunity to offer a lamp on behalf of our ancestors during this Qing Ming Festival. Because by doing so, we are sending warmth, illumination and merits to them as the Buddha’s light will illuminate their afterlives, eradicate their bad karma and clear away obstacles in order that they can be guided by the Buddha and Bodhisattvas to Pureland and be liberated from samsaric transmigration.
Simultaneously, the fire and radiating light from the Buddha will bless us – the compassionate ones who made the light offerings, with joy, health, happiness, peace, perfection and wisdom. For the ones that we love and respect, during this festival, they will also receive blessings and be sheltered by the radiating light and energy from the Buddha.
#April, #TableCalendar, #ChingMing, # ClearingKarma