超暖心小鹿！
──你沒看過的奇遇故事
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我給大家講一個故事。1920年的時候，中國貴州省的一個鄉村，山腳下有一戶姓魏的人家，他們家正在院子裡做事情，突然有一隻被獵人追殺、受到驚嚇的小鹿，一下就跳到了這個山民家的院子裡來。
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這家的男主人很快就把小鹿給抓住，拿了繩子把牠綁起來，不讓它跑掉。男主人說：「給我拿刀來！晚上我們就有美餐一頓啦！」眼看就要殺掉這只小鹿。這戶人家的女兒是菩薩心腸，就給爸爸說：「爸爸，你不要殺牠，這只小鹿都流眼淚了，可能它的爸媽都等牠回家呀。」
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這家女主人也很慈悲，跟著女兒一起為小鹿求情，而男主人心裡還是一個很有慈悲根基的人，聽從了女兒、太太的勸說，打算放生小鹿。
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女主人：「先別放！」回屋找出來一個紅色的絲帶，準備拿一個紅絲帶綁在小鹿的脖子上，做一個記號。
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民間確實有這樣的一個傳說，譬如放生一隻羊時，就在牠的耳朵上穿一個小洞，綁一條紅色的毛線。大家就會知道這是被人放生的羊，大家都不會去抓，更不會去殺牠。而這個小鹿也在被這家女主人綁了個紅絲帶後，被放生了。
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時隔幾年，這個村莊下起了特別大的雨災，等大雨停了之後，烏雲還在天上，結果陽光猛然間就照了下來，使得這個陽光在天空中顯得很特別。
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女兒看見了，說：「媽、爸，快出來看！你看這個太陽多奇怪呀！」正當一家看著太陽，女兒突然發現他們家院子外面的山坡上站著一隻鹿，正是他們放生的那個綁著紅絲帶的小鹿，只是個子變大了一些。
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女兒說：「走，我們去看我們放生的小鹿。」全家人都追著小鹿去了，剛衝出院子不久，他們的房屋後面的山體往下滑坡、滾落下來，很快地把他們的房子給全部埋起來了，原來是這隻被他們放生的小鹿救了他們全家人的性命呀！全家人又驚又喜。
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這個故事就廣為流傳下來，他們的村民就再也不敢殺小鹿了，都說這個動物通靈！實際上這動物不會說話，可是牠和人相比牠就是有靈性。所以，你看：一念慈悲，全家人獲得重生是不是很重要，否則全部都給壓死在那屋子裡了。當你的心生出了慈悲的意念，用善念對待萬物，萬物就會在你危急時來幫你，幫你避開危險，這也是我們不鼓勵殺生的原因，要多跟萬物結好緣、結善緣。
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＃金菩提宗師講故事、＃2017新春大團圓新加坡元宵法會、＃慈悲、＃放生
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Little deer with a kind heart
– A rare fortuitous encounter
I would like to share with you a story. In the Year 1920, in a village in Guìzhōu of China, a family with the surname of Wei lived in the valley. One day when the family were working in the courtyard of their home, a terrified little deer which was chased by hunters leaped and entered the family’s courtyard.
The man, who was the head of the family, quickly captured the deer and tied it up with a rope so that it would not escape. The man said, “Bring a knife here! We will have a sumptuous dinner tonight.” As the deer was about to be slaughtered by the man, his daughter who had a compassionate heart pleaded with the father, “Dad, please do not kill the little deer. It is crying and its father and mother are waiting for it to go home.”
The wife was also compassionate and she too pleaded for leniency for the deer. The man, who basically was kind in heart, followed the advice of his daughter and wife, and intended to release the little deer.
The wife said, ” Don’t release the deer first!”. She went into the house and returned with a red silk ribbon. She tied the red ribbon around the deer’s neck as an identity.
Actually there was a traditional practice among the villagers on liberation of animals. When an animal, for example, a sheep was liberated, the liberator would pierce a hole in the sheep’s ear and tie a red ribbon to indicate to others that the life of the sheep had been liberated by someone in the village. With this common understanding, other villagers would not capture or kill the animal. The little deer was liberated after the wife tied a red ribbon around its neck.
A few years later, one day there was a severe storm in the village. When the heavy rain stopped, dark cloud still shrouded the sky. Sunlight pierced through the cloud creating a spectacular scene in the sky.
The daughter saw this scene and exclaimed, “Mom and dad, come out of the house quickly! Look at the strange sun!” When the whole family were looking at the sun, the daughter suddenly realized there was a deer standing on the slope outside their courtyard. It was the one they had released as it had a red ribbon around its neck, except that the deer has grown larger in size.
The daughter said “Let’s go look at the little deer we liberated.” The whole family went out to chase after the deer. As soon as they left the courtyard of their house, the mountain slope behind their house collapsed, slid and rolled downwards and soon buried their house. The family then realized that the liberated deer had come to save their lives! The family members were greatly surprised and elated.
This episode soon spread and passed on widely throughout the village. Soon no one in the village would kill the deers as they believed these deers possess power of prediction. Actually, the deer does has psychic power as compared with a human being, even though it does not speak.
We learn from this story that a compassionate thought probably had saved the whole family from the calamity and preserved their lives. When your heart hovers a compassionate thought, and when you treat all beings with moral intentions, these beings will return to help you when you are in danger one day. This is also the reason why we do not encourage killing of animals. Instead, we should develop good and positive affinities with these animals.
#StoryTellingByMasterJinBodhi, #2017SpringFestivalReunionInSingapore, #Compassion, #LiberationOfAnimalsrnrn超暖心小鹿！
──你沒看過的奇遇故事
.
我給大家講一個故事。1920年的時候，中國貴州省的一個鄉村，山腳下有一戶姓魏的人家，他們家正在院子裡做事情，突然有一隻被獵人追殺、受到驚嚇的小鹿，一下就跳到了這個山民家的院子裡來。
.
這家的男主人很快就把小鹿給抓住，拿了繩子把牠綁起來，不讓它跑掉。男主人說：「給我拿刀來！晚上我們就有美餐一頓啦！」眼看就要殺掉這只小鹿。這戶人家的女兒是菩薩心腸，就給爸爸說：「爸爸，你不要殺牠，這只小鹿都流眼淚了，可能它的爸媽都等牠回家呀。」
.
這家女主人也很慈悲，跟著女兒一起為小鹿求情，而男主人心裡還是一個很有慈悲根基的人，聽從了女兒、太太的勸說，打算放生小鹿。
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女主人：「先別放！」回屋找出來一個紅色的絲帶，準備拿一個紅絲帶綁在小鹿的脖子上，做一個記號。
.
民間確實有這樣的一個傳說，譬如放生一隻羊時，就在牠的耳朵上穿一個小洞，綁一條紅色的毛線。大家就會知道這是被人放生的羊，大家都不會去抓，更不會去殺牠。而這個小鹿也在被這家女主人綁了個紅絲帶後，被放生了。
.
時隔幾年，這個村莊下起了特別大的雨災，等大雨停了之後，烏雲還在天上，結果陽光猛然間就照了下來，使得這個陽光在天空中顯得很特別。
.
女兒看見了，說：「媽、爸，快出來看！你看這個太陽多奇怪呀！」正當一家看著太陽，女兒突然發現他們家院子外面的山坡上站著一隻鹿，正是他們放生的那個綁著紅絲帶的小鹿，只是個子變大了一些。
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女兒說：「走，我們去看我們放生的小鹿。」全家人都追著小鹿去了，剛衝出院子不久，他們的房屋後面的山體往下滑坡、滾落下來，很快地把他們的房子給全部埋起來了，原來是這隻被他們放生的小鹿救了他們全家人的性命呀！全家人又驚又喜。
.
這個故事就廣為流傳下來，他們的村民就再也不敢殺小鹿了，都說這個動物通靈！實際上這動物不會說話，可是牠和人相比牠就是有靈性。所以，你看：一念慈悲，全家人獲得重生是不是很重要，否則全部都給壓死在那屋子裡了。當你的心生出了慈悲的意念，用善念對待萬物，萬物就會在你危急時來幫你，幫你避開危險，這也是我們不鼓勵殺生的原因，要多跟萬物結好緣、結善緣。
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．
＃金菩提宗師講故事、＃2017新春大團圓新加坡元宵法會、＃慈悲、＃放生
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Little deer with a kind heart
– A rare fortuitous encounter
I would like to share with you a story. In the Year 1920, in a village in Guìzhōu of China, a family with the surname of Wei lived in the valley. One day when the family were working in the courtyard of their home, a terrified little deer which was chased by hunters leaped and entered the family’s courtyard.
The man, who was the head of the family, quickly captured the deer and tied it up with a rope so that it would not escape. The man said, “Bring a knife here! We will have a sumptuous dinner tonight.” As the deer was about to be slaughtered by the man, his daughter who had a compassionate heart pleaded with the father, “Dad, please do not kill the little deer. It is crying and its father and mother are waiting for it to go home.”
The wife was also compassionate and she too pleaded for leniency for the deer. The man, who basically was kind in heart, followed the advice of his daughter and wife, and intended to release the little deer.
The wife said, ” Don’t release the deer first!”. She went into the house and returned with a red silk ribbon. She tied the red ribbon around the deer’s neck as an identity.
Actually there was a traditional practice among the villagers on liberation of animals. When an animal, for example, a sheep was liberated, the liberator would pierce a hole in the sheep’s ear and tie a red ribbon to indicate to others that the life of the sheep had been liberated by someone in the village. With this common understanding, other villagers would not capture or kill the animal. The little deer was liberated after the wife tied a red ribbon around its neck.
A few years later, one day there was a severe storm in the village. When the heavy rain stopped, dark cloud still shrouded the sky. Sunlight pierced through the cloud creating a spectacular scene in the sky.
The daughter saw this scene and exclaimed, “Mom and dad, come out of the house quickly! Look at the strange sun!” When the whole family were looking at the sun, the daughter suddenly realized there was a deer standing on the slope outside their courtyard. It was the one they had released as it had a red ribbon around its neck, except that the deer has grown larger in size.
The daughter said “Let’s go look at the little deer we liberated.” The whole family went out to chase after the deer. As soon as they left the courtyard of their house, the mountain slope behind their house collapsed, slid and rolled downwards and soon buried their house. The family then realized that the liberated deer had come to save their lives! The family members were greatly surprised and elated.
This episode soon spread and passed on widely throughout the village. Soon no one in the village would kill the deers as they believed these deers possess power of prediction. Actually, the deer does has psychic power as compared with a human being, even though it does not speak.
We learn from this story that a compassionate thought probably had saved the whole family from the calamity and preserved their lives. When your heart hovers a compassionate thought, and when you treat all beings with moral intentions, these beings will return to help you when you are in danger one day. This is also the reason why we do not encourage killing of animals. Instead, we should develop good and positive affinities with these animals.
#StoryTellingByMasterJinBodhi, #2017SpringFestivalReunionInSingapore, #Compassion, #LiberationOfAnimals
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