氣度成就人生！
總是覺得自己的人生很辛苦，或不管怎樣努力，就是得不到成就，原因究竟是為什麼呢？我曾聽過一個有趣的故事，跟大家分享。。。
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一位大師有一個很愛抱怨的弟子。有一天，大師吩咐這個弟子去買一袋鹽。並讓他抓一把鹽放入一杯水中，然後喝一口。大師問道：「味道如何？」。弟子皺著眉頭回應：「鹹得發苦呢！」
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隨後，大師又帶著弟子來到湖邊，告訴他把剩下的鹽撒進湖水，然後說：「嘗一嘗湖水。」弟子彎腰捧起湖水喝了一口。大師再問：「現在是什麼味道呢？」弟子眉開眼笑的讚歎：「純淨、甜美！」
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大師微笑著對弟子說：「生命中的痛苦就好比是鹽，是鹹是淡取決於盛放它的容器。」當容器越大，則能裝入更多的水，摻了鹽，就感覺不到它的苦鹹，而變得甘甜了。
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所以，如果一個人器度寬宏、心胸闊達，遇到不如意也就一笑置之，就不覺得苦了！而且還能為別人著想、分擔別人的辛勞；和別人發生爭執時也能退一步，總是站在他人的立場想問題。
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所以越是寬宏大量，越是能正向面對困難，也就越不容易被逆境所干擾。擁有大器量的人格特質，這些煩惱和痛苦也就影響不了我們！
所謂：「德不孤必有鄰」自然人生的成就與福報，將會隨之而來囉。
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＃禪宗故事、＃心量大福報大、＃不愛抱怨、＃德不孤必有鄰
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Magnanimity determines whether we will succeed in life!
Why do some people feel that life is full of hardships, regardless of how hard they work, they cannot accomplish much in life? I would like to share with all an interesting story that I once heard…
A great master had a disciple who loved to complain about everything in life. One day, the master asked the disciple to buy a packet of salt. After buying the salt, he asked his disciple to add some salt into a glass of water and drank some. The master asked his disciple: “How is the taste?” The disciple frowned and replied: “So salty that one feels miserable just by drinking it!”
Next, the master brought the disciple to the side of a lake and told him to pour the remaining glass of salted water into the lake. Again, he asked his disciple to taste the water in the lake. The disciple did as he was told and his master asked again: “How does the water taste?” This time round, the disciple smiled and praised: “Clean, pure and sweet!”
The master smilingly told his disciple: “Hardships in life is similar to salt. Whether it is salty or bland depends on the size of the container.” The greater the capacity, the more water a container can carry. Even after adding salt, we will not taste any saltiness or bitterness in a big container. On the contrary, the water may even taste sweet.
Hence if a person is magnanimous and has a magnanimous heart, he will smile and not feel miserable even when he faces obstacles in life! Moreover, he will put himself in the shoes of others and think from their perspective to share and lighten the burden of others.
Even when he is engaged in a heated argument with others, he will still take a step back and think from the other’s perspective.
Therefore, people who are broad-minded get through adversities in life without getting affected easily. As our minds broadens, we will not be easily troubled over mundane problems in life!
As the saying goes: [A person of good virtue will always be surrounded by friends and neighbors]. In this way, we will achieve more in life and good fortune and blessings will naturally come to us.
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