【二月】日行一善，陽光燦爛。
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古時候，福建有一位林婆婆，開了一間小吃店，專賣蒸粉團，她的粉團不光是賣，還常常免費送給窮人們。一天來了一位乞丐，他向林婆婆討粉團，別人只要一個、而他卻要六、七個，林婆婆二話不說就拿給他了。
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第二天，他又來討要，林婆婆乾脆讓他「要多少自己拿」，他又拿走了六、七個，第三天還是如此。後來別人都勸林婆婆不要給，林婆婆也不放在心上。日復一日、年復一年，林婆婆每天都送粉團給這個乞丐，三年過去了。
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一天，乞丐對林婆婆說：「您的恩惠，我無以為報，我幫您找了一塊風水寶地，等百年之後葬在此處，能保佑您後代子孫做官的人就像一升芝麻一樣多。」說完，乞丐就走了。林婆婆去世後，他的孩子們就將她葬在這塊寶地，果然後代子孫參加科舉考試、上榜做官的特別多，甚至在福建流傳著「無林不開榜」的說法，意思是：每次科舉開榜，都有林氏後代上榜。
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我們做為凡人，一般很難做出驚天動地的壯舉，但每天做一件小善事，就是在積累，成就著我們的菩薩人生。
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付出、本身就是一種收穫。別人因為你的善行而得到幫助，彼此都會心生歡喜，這種歡喜是來自佛菩薩賜予的法喜，不僅帶給你今世的生命滋養，也使你的後代、以及你的來世，都將得到美好、善良的回報。
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【February】 One kind deed a day makes every day a sunny day.
During ancient time, there was a granny by the surname Lim in Fujian Province. She was the owner of an eatery selling steamed rice rolls. Apart from selling, she also distributed her rice rolls to the poor for free. One day, a beggar approached granny Lim for free rice rolls. Usually, others only asked for one free rice roll. However, he asked for six to seven rice rolls. Granny Lim gave them to him without a second word.
On the very next day, the beggar came again. Granny Lim told him to take as many as he wanted. Again, the beggar took six to seven rice rolls and left. On the third day, he took the same number of rice rolls.
Other people advised granny Lim not to give away her rice rolls so freely to the beggar. However, granny Lim brushed their comments off. As days turned into years, granny Lim continued to give free steamed rice rolls to the beggar. This went on for three years.
One day, the beggar said to granny Lim: “There is nothing I can do to repay your kindness. I manage to find a valuable plot of land with excellent geomancy. Your descendants will be blessed with a bright future if you are buried there after your death. Many of them will become court officials.” He left after saying these words.
When granny Lim passed on, her children buried her on that auspicious plot of land. True enough, many of her descendants were subsequently appointed as court officials when they passed the imperial examination with flying colors. In fact, a popular saying started circulating in Fujian Province: There is bound to be at least one scholar with the surname Lim in every imperial examination.
As ordinary human beings, it is not easy for us to perform an outstanding and impressive feat. However, one small act of kindness each day serves to accumulate and paves our path to a Bodhisattva life.
The simple act of giving is by itself a form of harvest. When other people benefit from our kind gesture, we and the recipient of our kind deeds will feel happy. This happiness is the dharma bliss bestowed by Buddha and Bodhisattvas. Not only does this improve our life in this lifetime, we and our descendants will be rewarded with a blessed and beautiful future and afterlife.
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