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Something to ponder


  • 人心如水,混濁的水要經過一夜才能澄清,但是,要把泥沙已沉澱的清水攪濁,卻只需幾秒。
  • 慈母對孩子關心無限,無怨無悔,若人人把這分心擴大到眾生,世界就安樂太平了。
  • 修行的法門如坐禪、念佛,都是為了收心,修行收心是為了改掉假我,找回真我。
  • 病痛使人脾氣變壞,脾氣壞又使身心更不舒服;要補充精神資糧,才能避免這種惡性循環。
  • 在大樹下乘涼的人,比冷氣房中的人更愜意;因為心滿意足,一草一木都是美景。
  • 修行人的心境要像鳥飛過白雲,魚躍出水面一般, 不為消失的事物煩心,讓心靈安詳

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