隨筆雜耍團

You should observe two ways to go without defilement at the beginning: the first one is for other's sake, and the second one is not to stick to yourself, otherwise, you couldn't attach to your ideas.

透過佛法，心靈的能力是無限的，但世人發揮利用它，是非常有限！佛法的心靈無限是什麼？要充分發揮心靈的能力，德行是絕對重要的，用能力來輔助德行。

The power of spirit is unlimited by learning the Buddha Dharma, but it's limited for mundane people to use well! What is the infinite ability of spirit to Buddha Dharma? Moral conduct is very significant to elaborate the power of spirit fully, and then to assist moral conduct with your ability.

雖然走成佛之路會很苦，可是這個苦的時間有限，苦的內涵也有限；如果你怕苦而停在這裡，結果，苦的時間無限，苦的內涵也無比大。

However, it would be very painful to go on the enlightened way, but time and intension of sufferings are limited. If you are afraid of bitter and halt your steps, time and intension of sufferings will be immeasurable at the end.

人們基於「離苦得樂」的本能欲求，加上教育的引導，為求高遠的成就，便會節制只知眼前的種種短視行為，生起向上、向善的動機。

People will be moderate in seeing something at present, then have the motivation of improving and being good basis on the appetence of departing from the sufferings and getting close to the happiness, and seeking for high achievements by the guidance of education.

大學旁購買小套房，如何順利出租，並提高投報率？

■ 投訴：許先生／台北市
■ 解答：廖本勝／永慶房仲集團總經理

Q:我也想效法投資客在大學旁買小套房出租賺錢，但是學校周邊的出租量相當大，究竟該選擇什麼區位與產品，才能順利租出去，並獲得不錯的投資報酬率呢？

To Buddha and all sentient beings, they have the same feature which hope to be happy and to depart from sufferings. However, Buddha got it! We're still in searching for happiness, even we have the same goal. The reason for Buddha's gain is that he can see the factualness in the mundanity very clearly. Why the normal people can't get it? The reason is confusion or we call "ignorance", so we're still in the reincarnation because of ignorance.

△得到正確認識後，秉持正念去做，千真萬確有效；有效之後，其他的相應情況都來了，真正達到不被煩惱所困的狀態，那就是「法」了。故修行難是難在得不到正確認識，以及得到了又不肯做，心裡先打退堂鼓。

It's true and available to insist on right notion to practice after knowing the correct knowledge. That will really attach to another associated situation and not to be annoyed by afflictions when it's getting work, and this is called "Dharma." It's hard to cultivate if you didn't learn a correct idea, or you aren't willing to perform it and give it up at the beginning.

△學佛除了要自己受用外，還要回饋社會。我們是凡夫，自然有煩惱，但學佛後，不要像世間人只想壓倒別人，而要學習容忍、淨化身心，這正是一種精神的提升。

You should return good to the society after you feel useful in your life when learning the Buddha Dharma. The torment would come to us because we are normal people, so it's a kind of spiritual promotion that we should learn how to be patient and purify our spiritual bodies and flesh, not to overpower the others , like mundane people, after learning the Buddha Dharma.

「只要你們願意，我很樂意陪你們走完最後一程。」 ──日常法師

這句話我在三年前第一次參加佛教團體的生命成長營時就曾聽聞過，但卻無多大感受，直到近兩個月，擔任戲劇演出的營隊義工行列才有深刻的體悟，並當場淚濕衣襟，憶起一段段法師們與大專生曾說過的有關日常老和尚的故事，他就是我的根本上師，一位德行圓滿又慈悲為懷的僧者。

等待了一個多月，寫了封如果他們沒有打算要刊的話，我要作廢的訊息去給編輯，馬上就刊了，效率真是好呀！不然真打算作廢，我要投到文學獎去，可惜現在沒辦法囉！

連結：今天是上集 母親的信 ，明天的下集我大概很晚很晚才會PO，有興趣的人就自行連結吧！

PS: 我家的firefox怪怪的，常常不能瀏覽青年副刊=.=

民間流傳許多「防蚊寶典」，例如，穿淺色衣服較可避免蚊子叮，而喜歡吃肉、體溫較高者則易引發蚊子「食欲」，但實際上真是如此嗎？

SYDNEY (AFP) - Trees could be growing in the Antarctic within a century because of global warming, an international scientific conference heard.

一場國際性科學會議聽證會表示，由於全球暖化，這個世紀樹木可能在南極地帶也能生長。

WASHINGTON - Specialists called Thursday for more early ultrasound exams during pregnancy and tighter guidelines for infertility treatment as key first steps in battling a growing problem: One in eight babies now is born prematurely.

華盛頓─專家在禮拜四要求懷孕期間能越早接受超音波測試以及對難以受孕的治療有更緊密的指南，這是視為一項漸趨成長問題的第一步處理之鑰─現今八個小孩裡就有一個是早產兒。

By Tansa Musa Tue Jul 11, 11:25 AM ET Cameroon (Reuters) - Worried that her daughters' budding breasts would expose them to the risk of sexual harassment and even rape, their mother Philomene Moungang started 'ironing' the girls' bosoms with a heated stone.

科麥隆(路透社)─擔心她女兒漸漸隆起的胸部會讓她暴露在性騷擾或甚至是強暴的危機中，她們的母親菲羅門摩根開始用塊燙石子熨過女孩的胸部。