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当你快乐时,你要想这快乐不是永恒的。
当你痛苦时,你要想这痛苦也不是永恒的。

现在是五浊恶世,一般人福报浅薄、业障深重,
比如身体多病、寿命短促、灾难很多,
修持佛法有相当的困难,有没有一种方法摆脱这种困境?

一切都取决于我们自己的心。如果我们有善愿,
结果必然是善的。反之,如果没有善愿,
不论我们如何装模作样,结果都不可能是善的。

人生并不在于获取,
更在于放得下。
放下一粒种子,
收获一棵大树;
放下一处烦恼,
收获一个惊喜;
放下一种偏见,
收获一种幸福;
放下一种执著,
收获一种自在。
舍不得放下,烫伤的是自己。
放下,是勇气,更是智慧。
一念放下,万般自在。
人生赢在勇于放下,
放不下,你就输了人生...

你追求的是“幸福”,还是“比别人幸福”?
不要再给自己的人生设限,
幸福的目的不是为了被人看见,
被人羡慕,幸福只跟你的内心感受有关,
只要你终于了解自己,终于成为自己,
而且不再害怕、没有怨恨,那就是幸福。

付出,就是最大的收获。
心安即是福,能做即是福,
欢喜即是福,心宽即是福。
能施与的人,比受施的人更有福。
真正的布施,除了无欲无求,还要有感恩心。
多一分付出,就能多一分成就。
布施不是有钱人的专利,而是一分虔诚的爱心。
布施若不是真正心存喜舍,则非但没有功德,而增烦恼。

相爱容易相处难,这个世界的山河大地,
包括我们的情绪,每天都在变化,
此即是轮回相,我们凡夫大都是无明的产物,
相处久了,不可能不会冲突对立,
意见不同是正常的,所以包容就显得特别重要。

有没有使命或价值,完全在乎自己。
世界太黑暗,我们要做一盏小小的灯,带给人世光明。

每个人的性格中,
都有某些无法让人接受的部分,
再美好的人也一样。
所以不要苛求别人,
不要埋怨自己。
玫瑰有刺,因为是玫瑰。
人有缺点,因为是人。

人之所以会烦恼, 就是记性太过好..
人之所以不快乐, 就是计较的太多..
人之所以不知足, 就是想要的太多..
人之所以会寂寞, 就是耐不起孤独..
人之所以不幸福, 就是因为不满足..
人之所以不自由, 就是捉得太过紧..
人之所以活的累, 就是因为想不通..
人之所以会自杀, 就是因为看不开..
人之所以会痛苦, 就是因为放不下..

很多众生即便你告诉他道理,他也听不懂,
给他条好的道路他也不肯走。
就象容器装满水放了只青蛙下面有火煮,
开始它不觉得水烫,水烫的时候,
它想要出来已经来不及了。
众生就像这样,我们在轮回当中,
看不到轮回的过患,反而以为轮回很舒服,
可是一旦有天你真正认识时,往往已经来不及。

修习佛法的要点就是要能接受各种烦恼的挑战,
这些烦恼往往左右我们的生活,
并让我们经验各种不同的痛苦。
所以要明白心灵的功课就是向烦恼挑战。

人要拿得起,也要放得下。
拿得起是生存,放得下是生活;
拿得起是能力,放得下是智慧。

有的人拿不起,也就无所谓放下;
有的人拿得起,却放不下。
拿不起,就会庸庸碌碌;
放不下,就会疲惫不堪。

人生有许多东西是需要放下。
只有放下那些无谓的负担,
我们才能一路潇洒的前行。

真正的 放手 ----- 不是放下别人,而是放下自己。
真正的 舍得 ----- 不是能舍就能得,而是以舍为得。
真正的 慈悲 ----- 不是怜悯,而是平等的关怀、尊重。

修行路上总会遇到很多考验,甚至有人修了二、三十年,
境界还是一样,没有觉受证悟,甚至烦恼比以前更多、
更强烈。无论如何,重点是,不管遇到任何考验挫折,
坚持修行是非常的重要。因为内在的修证力是很大的,
它能够细微地、慢慢地改变我们的心。
坚持下去,总有一天你将能够调伏自心。

发生的,让它过去,不放下,只是跟自己过不去。
今天过去了,生命又消短了一天,
所以只要活着,每一日都要更积极,断恶修善。
人生太宝贵了,做人何必冤冤相报,不断计较,
伤害了別人,更苦了自己。
今天不懂明天的事,趁还有一口气在,
多用点时间在自己的修养上。
生命一天一天接近结束,
掌握现在,因為今天过了不再回来。

当你无所求的时候,才会无所不有。
世界上没有什么完美,想开了,想通了,就是完美。

总会有人说你好,
也会有人说你不好,
但只要做人做事问心无愧,
就不必执着于他人的评判。
无须看别人眼神,不必一味讨好别人,
那样使自己活得更累。
就算全世界都否定你,你也要相信你自己。
其实你是活给自己看的,
没有多少人能够把你留在心上。
如果你讨厌我,我一点也不介意,我活着不是为了取悦你。

一个烦恼很重的人好象病了一样疯狂,
如果有人拿棍子打了你一棒,你不会怪那根棍子,
因为它没有自主性;一个被烦恼所驱使的人也没有自主性,
当他伤害人时,我们也不要怪他。

善业是不断增上,恶业也是这样像滚雪球一样。
所以各位要经常忏悔,有些人很喜欢做功德但不会忏悔,
不会忏悔你虽然功德大大的,但是你业障来还是不行。

嗔心和邪见会使过去所做的善业功德毁於一旦,
甚至延迟证果达好几劫之久。如何保存我们的功德?
~~~就是回向,不论做了什麽善业或善行,
在回向时不只可以将功德回向给自己,还要回向给一切众生。

佛教所说的生命改造,
就是要透过我们的心、
语言以及行为,渐渐地向善、
转变、改造;一切从心开始。

因为当心转变时,
我们的身体也就跟着转变;
身心都开始转化时,
我们所处的环境也就随之净化。
因此,下定决心改造生命,就从心开始。

给人一句好话,
让人生命奋起飞扬,何乐而不为呢?

所以,人要常说:
第一、给人欢喜的话;
第二、给人鼓励的话;
第三、给人肯定的话;
第四、给人赞叹的话。

多说好话,少说坏话。

不经意的一句轻浮话,有时会自毁前程,

而一句关怀别人的话, 却能让沮丧的人有生存下去的勇气。

因此,人要经常检点自己的口舌,以免破坏了好因好缘。

不要祈求上天能来帮你改变这世界,

而是祈求上天给我们智慧改变自己,

去接受这世间所有无法改变的事实,

在这世界上,能够改变的,只有自己...

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