傳家之寶
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問：「請問世界上什麼功德最大？」
禪師答：「一滴水」。
問：「虛空可包天地萬物,那麼什麼可包虛空呢？」
禪師答：「一滴水」。。。
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傳說，在「儀山」有一位頗有修為的老禪師，一天晚上，老禪師在洗澡的時候因為水太燙，就喚小弟子提桶冷水來加，小弟子將熱水和涼後，順手把餘下的冷水給倒掉了。
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老禪師敲了下小弟子的頭說道：「你怎麼如此浪費，世界上任何事物都有它的用處啊。就是一滴水，也有它很大的價值。試想在一片乾涸的地上有一株小苗，它就快要渴死了，你若將一滴水賜予這株小苗，不但救活了他的生命，還可能因此開出一片森林呢，雖然是一滴水，但是價值無限的大。
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小弟子聽後非常慚愧，若有所悟，於是將自己的法名取為「滴水」，這就是後來非常受人尊重的「滴水和尚」。
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人在世間有多少福報，這是有數量的。所謂：「道德傳家十代以上；富貴傳家不過三代。」一個人的一生，該擁有多少金錢、多少福壽、多少享用，都是有數的，就好比你在銀行存款，浪費過多的開支，最後都有使用完的時候。
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而富貴之人，本是過去生中積攢一定的「福德」，才會有今日的富足。要想傳家久遠，就必須修積德行。所以我們要節用惜福，雖是滴水，也不廢棄，滴水雖微，匯集後的能量卻是非常強大的。
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祝福大家都能「以德傳家」，以守世世代代的福澤，富貴又吉祥！
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The Inheritance
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Question: “What has the greatest merit in this world?”
Reply of the Zen master: “A drop of water.”
Question: “Emptiness encompasses everything in the universe. What can hold the emptiness in return?”
Reply of the Zen master: “A drop of water.”
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According to legend, an accomplished Zen Master lived on the Mountain of Yi. One night, the Zen Master was about to take a bath and found the bath water to be scalding hot. Hence, he called out to his little disciple to bring in a pail of cold water to mix into the bath water so as to bring the temperature down. When he has finished his task, the little disciple proceeded to discard the remaining cold water.
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The Zen Master gave the disciple a knock on the head: “How can you be so wasteful? Everything in this world has its purpose and value, even a single drop of water. If the drop of water is given to a little sapling that is withering on parched land, the life of the sapling will be saved. That may also be the beginning of the formation of a forest. It may have been just one drop of water, but its value is infinite.”
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The little disciple was ashamed after hearing this. This was a valuable lesson to him and from then on, he took on the Dharma name “Water Drop”. This little disciple later grew up to be the renowned and well-respected monk known as the “Water Drop Monk”.
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The amount of blessings and good fortune that a person enjoys on Earth is actually limited. As the saying goes: “An inheritance of morality will last for more than ten generations; An inheritance of wealth will not last beyond three.” The amount of possessions, wealth, good fortune and longevity that a person has in his or her lifetime is limited. It is analogous to the savings in your bank account – if you keep spending more than what you are earning, eventually all your savings will run out.
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Rich and prosperous people are where they are today because of the karmic merits accumulated in previous lives. For that to last through generations, it is important to cultivate morality and accumulate merits. Be thankful for what we have, be prudent with our resources, and do not waste even a drop of water. A drop of water may seem insignificant, but the collective energy of millions of them is very substantial.
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I give my blessings to all of you, and hope that you can pass on an inheritance of morality to your descendants, so that they will be blessed with good fortune, prosperity and wealth, generation after generation!
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