Quote of the Week

Heavenly Mother.

-- November 25, 2008

Lift up your bright thoughts to illuminate your destiny.
Lift up your spiritual mind to transcend your life.
Lift up your joyous heart to dust away your anxiety. (Spiritual Wisdom Words from Senior Master Chang)

-- November 16, 2008

It's been ten years. My dear Tao follower, have you put into practice what you know?
It's been ten years. My dear Tao follower, have you showed off your Tao heart than temper?
It's been ten years. My dear Tao follower, have you learned to be grateful than complaining?
It's been ten years. My dear Tao follower, have you become merciful instead of cruel?
It's been ten years. My dear Tao follower, have you become more of an optimist than pessimist?
It's been ten years. My dear Tao follower, have you become more of willingness than stubborn?
It's been ten years. My dear Tao follower, have you learned to be selfless and giving than selfish?

(An excerpt from "It's been ten years", Spiritual Words of the Living Buddha Ji-Gong)

(摘錄於「十年了」--活佛老師慈訓」)

-- November 15, 2008

The reason for ones, unable to reach the realm of true Tao, is because they have false fantasies; with such false fantasies, the soul and minds are perturbed; with minds being disturbed, one is attached to myriads of things; with minds attached to myriads of things, greed and desires arise; with greed and desires arisen, there comes worrying and afflictions; worrying, afflictions, and false fantasies agonize body and mind, thus lead to impure and distressed soul, roaming around within the reincarnation cycle of birth and death, constantly immersed in the ocean of bitterness, and forever apart from the realm of true Tao. (Qingjing Jing; literally, Scripture of Clarity and Quiescence)

眾生所以不得真道者，為有妄心。既有妄心，即驚其神。既驚其神，即著萬物。既著萬物，即生貪求。既生貪求，即是煩惱。煩惱妄想，憂苦身心，便遭濁辱，流浪生死，常沉苦海，永失真道。 (老子清靜經)

-- November 8, 2008

The greatest value and meaning of life, is to be able to make a substantial contribution to the community for people to build a better future via extension of one's ability and effort. Only with the establishment of such concepts and goals in life, one can be sustained throughout the life and continue to encourage themselves, never stops in half way, to create a number of achievements and contributions. This is the true meaning of life.

If we look at the transient nature of wealth, which in the end is only entrusted by God for us to make the proper management and disposal of the usages. No one can really own the wealth.

Wang Yung-ching often told his children, "No matter how much you earn and grasp, the amount is limited by the hand; but if you let go of it, the world is all yours." (Wang Yung-ching's letter to his children)

人生最大的意義和價值所在，乃是藉由一己力量的發揮，能夠對社會作出實質貢獻，為人群創造更美好的發展前景，同時唯有建立這樣的觀念和人生目標，才能在漫長一生當中持續不斷自我期許勉勵，永不懈怠，並且憑以締造若干貢獻與成就，而不虛此生。

王永慶常告訴子女，「一個人的手再怎麼拿，就是這麼多，可是一放開，反而全世界都是你的」。 (王永慶--給兒女的一封信, 【聯合報╱王永慶(2004.5.20)】[1])

-- November 5, 2008

[asv] But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
[kjv] But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
[bbe] But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food. (Genesis 9:4)

-- October 29, 2008

At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, and said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 18:1-4)

當時，門徒進前來，問耶穌說，天國裡誰是最大的。耶穌便叫一個小孩子來，使他站在他們當中，說，我實在告訴你們，你們若不回轉，變成小孩子的樣式，斷不得進天國。所以凡自己謙卑像這小孩子的，他在天國裡就是最大的。 (聖經馬太福音18:1-4)

-- October 22, 2008

The true nature of a Tao cultivator is to let out one's inner sun and bring warmth of the brightness to others. (An excerpt from the "Senior Master Chang's Words II")

-- October 15, 2008

The setting of the temple, although important, Buddha does not exist without a body. The most important thing is "One's Inner Temple". One's body is worthy of the name of "Temple" itself – the hands and legs symbolize the temple settings, the eyes symbolize the Light of Heaven, and the mouth and tongue symbolize the voice of the Buddhist words. Therefore, all day-to-day acts of misconduct, false statements and evil minds, are referred to as disorder of the Temple! A sincere heart is what is fragrant, while a respectful heart is what is proper. Thus, the purpose of the daily incense ceremony is to channel approaches of "Self-Buddhist" and the external Temple into one. (An excerpt from the "The Trip of the Temple of Heaven")

形相之佛堂，雖然重要，但身外無佛，最重要者乃是「自身佛堂」，人身本身才是名符其實的佛堂，自己之四肢宛如佛具，自己雙目宛如天燈，自己口舌如佛經聲音，故凡是日常行為不端，搬弄是非，心眼不正，皆是佛堂錯亂！心誠則香，心敬則禮，故焚香禮佛，亦是在引道「自身佛堂」與外在之「形相佛堂」合一。 (摘錄於「天佛院遊記」)

-- October 8, 2008

The essense of Tao is Oneness. There shall be no dfferentiation in The Way we follow. (Senior Master Chang's Words)