I am sorry if it sound blunt .

there is a friend of mine who encounter a staunch christian HR interviewer wasnt so pleased with the word "retreat"

She feel that retreat = do nothing ,mean no marketable value in resume ,so my friend didnt clinch the dream job

The world is cruel not like what many merry-go-lucky ppl make it out to be

My dream job for interview at Xilinx ,,AMD,Epson , Infineon , St Engineering and UOB ,OCBC,MOE never come true .

Thats y i so fed up and give up pursuing a dream ..

dun be a worker ,be a boss and a leader of your own destiny !!!!

 

It boils back to how u see Buddhism .Many of our Parent keep scolding Buddha for misleading their children to go for 1 year or 2 year retreat .If u know what I mean

This is singapore ,before you made decision ,understand if u go retreat , your parents is paying on your behalf .

Many of my fren still havent get a proper job after 1 year since graduation ,then what is your grades to them when they also honours student ?

retreat is best to go for 2 weeks and start the job hunt ...
if your heart is with Buddha , you dont need to go that far for a meditation retreat .

Everyday spent 20 mins at home is enough .

 

 

 

Homage to the Embodiment of Loving Kindness

Maitreya Bodhisattva

 

The threshold of Buddhahood

May all who practise and realise the teaching of Yogacara ,put to great use

and Save all sentient beings

 

 

http://sg.geocities.com/youthangel_sg/xianguanzhuangyanlunlength.html

Maybe the Muslim Professor should read this

 

http://sg.geocities.com/youthangel_sg/xianguanzhuangyanlunlength.html

Gone are the days when the Muslim Conqueror can wield a sword to start conquering Buddhist lands in Afghanistan and Pakistan

 

Now who talks abt  inciting..I guess the guy only want to impress his Islamic College to make sure he hears the applause for him

 

In fact the rest of the Muslim World are not dependent on One Mosque ..with the Sh'ite , Sunni and the Afrikaan Islam

 

 

智不住諸有　悲不滯涅槃　非方便則遠　方便即非遙

所治能治品　加行平等性　聲聞等見道　一切智如是

Dear Yamizi ,

I am not siding either one of your in the arguments , but I hope you take a look at what Master Chin Kung have taught ..as long as World Amitabha Buddhist Society never replace Amitabha with Jesus Christ Statue, He is still a respectable representative of Buddha

Every Master of Buddhism have to be encompassing in their speech.If He is invited to the Catholic Church .Would He be nice if He say in the speech , Creator God doesnt exist ?Then its against the Harmonious nature of Buddhism with other religion.

 

If you are not happy with MCK teaching , you should keep it to yourself .This is Wisdom Bliss where people come here to discuss and encourage greater communication among Buddhist ,be it Theravada , Mahayana or Vajrayana School followers .We dont want to scare people away with such dissonant in the forum

I believe your purpose is to discuss, so why strained your words to express that ego ?

 

 

I read both Shin Buddhism and Chinese Mahayana

Chinese always say "Everything prosper if the house [Buddhist community] is in harmony "

I hope you really think through it .

ya ,we may disagree with MCK , but thats only our POV .As long as the Master of Buddhism [MCK] never confused Buddhism with Christianity ,He does prove his point

Every monk have to take the re-tonsure every month ,so it pretty self-defeating if one slack and dare to repeat "I vow to save all sentient beings ,I vow to attain Buddhahood .

 

 

 

 

Homage to the Buddha-to-be Maitreya ,the Propagator of Loving Kindness and Yogacara school of Buddhism

Gurus of the ten direction , both revealed and esoteric

May all who sees this experience total calmness in work ,social life and away fm all delusional attachment and speed up toward Buddhahood

 

 

　　◆ 现观庄严论

 施等一一中　攝諸無漏法　當知即能仁　一剎那智德

猶如諸士夫　動一處水輪　一切頓轉動　剎那智亦 

若時起異熟　一切白法性　般若波羅蜜　即一剎那智

由布施等行　諸法如夢住　一剎那能證　諸法無相性

如夢與能見　不見有二相　一剎那能見　諸法無二性

宗镜录略讲上册

（第四十二章）

 

南怀瑾教授讲述

The Mirrors of Zen Chapter 42 ,Spoken by Nan Huai Chin 

 

第四十二章  龟迹能卜空有迷

 

《宗镜录》第四十四卷，从这里开始，讲到生灭与不生灭的道理。生灭，一切法有生有死、有断有常，是跳动性、间隔性的。不生不灭，是讲宇宙万有形而上的本体，是永恒的，然而它不同于普通物质，不能以物质的概念来认识它，也不是我们平常意识的心。

 arising and falling , all dharma [pheononmenon have arising[life] and falling [death ] ,there is stopping and continuity , there is dynamism ,there is gap in between. Unborn and undestructible is to say that the Universe is physically forever ,but it is different from normal matter and cannot use the concept of ordinary matter to discern it and thus also different from our normal consciousness mind

 

这个道理在理解上并不困难，但要实证却太难太不容易。因为一提到不生不灭、永恒存在，人的下意识观念就会想像一个物体摆在那里不动。

 

比如说一座大山，几百年、几千年好像都是那一座山。又好比一块石头，好像永远没有变动过。事实上，一座山也好、一块石头也好，随时都在变化中，山不断有尘土加上而变大，或其他原因而变小。如果把形而上的本体当成一个物体摆在那里不动，这在佛学上犯了观念上的错误，即所谓‘常见’。

For example a mountain ,for a few thousand years its just like that mountain ,just like a rock .It seems it have never moved before .In fact ,a mountain , a rock , will always keep changing .If we say its not moving ,thats is insurmountable to a mistake in buddhism and "non-moving" that is term Eternity which is erroneous in Buddhism

 

常见认为永远存在，像许多宗教讲宇宙万有的主宰，永远都是主宰、永远存在。有些宗教说人死了是休息，等到世界末日来临，人要复活接受主宰最后的审判，这种认为生命永远存在的看法就是‘常见’。

 Eternity is the same as in various religion where they talk about a Governing God-Creator ,forever its Lord and forever in existence .Some religion say dead is just to rest , waiting for Judgement day .Human have to resurrect to accept the Lord final judgement .So this thought is Eternalism

 

另一种不属于宗教的观念，是科学上唯物哲学的论调，即佛学所谓的‘断见’，这类论点认为人死了就没有了，一切事情过去就是过去，昨天一件事过去了就没有了；今天同样的事，不是昨天那件事，是两回事；明天的更不是今天的。‘断同’认为没有一个永恒存在的东西，所谓‘见’就是观念，一般讲到生灭的观念，研究佛学也好、哲学也好，或者讲普通做人的观念，我们自己反省，不断在断见或常见中争执，把思想搅乱了！

 

Another thoughts is the school of Annihilation .Which perceive when we die , nothing remainds .whatever past is past .The thought of discontinuity perceive there is no permanent .so thoughts is only a concept ,when we talk abt arising and falling ,study Buddhism , philosophy and what ordinary thought ,we will keep reflecting ,always in Annihilationism and Eternalism arguments ,messed up our thoughts

前两次提到释迦牟尼佛与阿难‘七处征心’、‘八还辩见’的论辩。他们拿眼睛做比方，开眼见明，闭眼见暗，能见明见暗的并没有跟著明暗而变化，说明了能见之性真录不变，变化、生灭的只是现象；能使你生灭的那个并没有生灭。根据释迦牟尼佛与阿难二人辩论的事实，开眼见明、闭眼见暗，不错；能见明见暗的没有变动，也不错。然而我们可以提出一问题：这属于现有生命活著时候的情形，假定我们这个现有生命死了，眼睛也坏了，这个时候，它这个见性怎么样永恒存在？理论上有，事实上求证非常困难。我们上次讨论到此，现在还在这个范围，永明寿禅师继续引用解释：

 In the Shurangama Sutra , Sakyamuni mentioned to Ananda the 7 location of mind -seeking and 8 returning debating mind as a debating basis

He use eye as a example , open our eye will see the light ,close will see darkness

如大智度论云：当知色生时但是空生，色灭时但是空灭。

 

永明寿禅师著作《宗镜录》为了说明八还辩见，能见与所见、生灭与不生灭的功能，他强调一个不生灭性，因此引用比佛晚七百年的龙树菩萨所著的《大智度论》。佛所说的记载谓之经；后世诸大菩萨的说法与文字记录谓之论。《大智度论》属于大般若宗，即所谓性宗，是有名的一部大论，大家念《心经》或《金刚经》，甚至于谈明心见性的理论，非读这本经典不可。我们先解释其原文。

 

‘当知’，我们应当知道。‘色’，一般的了解是颜色，除了佛法以外，世俗中各种乱七八糟的书籍，差不多都用色代表男色或女色，指男人或女人的漂亮，这个说法太笼统狭隘。佛法所说的色有四个重点：显色、形色、有表色、无表色。显色指颜色，红黄蓝白黑等。形色：长短、方圆、大小。有表色：指事物的伸屈、旋转等现象。无表色：没有办法表达，比如物理学所说的电子、原子分析到最后，它真有物质可以拿到吗？没有，但是它有这个作用，科学上叫功能，它接近于抽象，没有形态的，甚至我们的思想观念，也有这么一个作用，这都属于无表色，没有办法用一个实际的东西表示出来。红黄蓝赤黑、长短、方圆可以表示出来，无表色则没有办法表示。学科学的知道，能量可以用资料、数理表达，实际上却很难说出一个具体的东西。

 

以上是简单的分析，归纳起来都谓之色，严格分析的话还有很多。以现代观念来说，色代表了物质的东西，很多物理学研究的物件都属于这个色。好了，这个观念我们了解了，现在再把它简化，什么是色？就是有一个东西，不管是具体或抽象的东西，你不要再分析什么是东西？说东是东、西是西、南是南、北是北，那就糟了！

 

《大智度论》告诉我们，当我们知道有一个东西产生，‘但是空生’，只是空生。‘但书’在古文有时当否定词，例如法律条文有‘但书’规定。《大智度论》的‘但是’并非‘但书’之意。当知色生时，只是空的生；当知色灭时，只是空的灭。这里有个问题，稍后讨论。我们先了解文字。‘色灭时’，外面的东西，死亡、过去、没有了，也是空的灭。《大智度论》讲这四句话，以现代观念来说，当我们看一个东西‘有’，是空的生出来，‘没有’并不是真的没有，只是空的没有。这样解释不知了解了吗？似乎没有懂！

 

 

Homage to the Great Sakyamuni and Assembly of All Bodhisattva and Mahasattva of the Lotus Sea Assembly

May one who read this resolve and reduce Karmic affliction of 6 ,000,000 aeons

 

Namo Amitabha

 

http://www.bfnn.org/bookgb/books2/1396.htm

 

 

the year 2010 will see great changes in Korea Spiritual World

A Buddhist President will lead Korea ,and all Lee Myong Bak have to do is to destroy one temple and thats it ....

 

the end of Korean Christianity Superiority over the Peninsula

 

In the E-sangha ,there were people who doesnt recognise the attainment of Master Yuanyin ,especially in the branch of Drikung Kagyu  Buddhism

I guess my stand is neutral because I see no conflict with the Zhen Ru xing of the Sentient beings

 

Currently there isnt any follower of Master Yuanyin in singapore ,so I guess we couldnt seek insight to the Ming Xing Jian Xing [Seeings one Dharma nature ] teaching

 

 

 

http://www.plm.org.hk/dispArticle.Asp?ID=23057

 

《大般若经》是一部什么样的经典

　　《大般若经》全称《大般若波罗蜜多经》，共600卷，唐玄奘译。是宣传大乘般若思想的印度佛教典籍汇编。它共包括大小16部经典，称十六会。从产生的先后次序看，在这十六会中。第二会(《二万五千颂般若》)、第四会(《八千颂般若》)和第九会(《金刚般若》，即《金刚经》)表述的是般若经的基本思想，产生得较早，大概成书于公元前一世纪左右。其它各会则是在其后的几个世纪中逐渐形成和增补的。从所述的内容看，第一会至第五会各会的篇幅虽然长短不一，但内容大致相同，都是对般若思想的全面叙述；第六会至第九会则是摄取大部的精华，论述“无所得空”的法门义理；第十会是佛对金刚手菩萨等说一切法甚深微妙般若理趣清净法门；第十一会至第十六会则依次叙述布施，持戒、忍辱、精进、禅定、般若等六度。一般认为该经最早出现于南印度，后传播到西北印度。
　　般若类经典很早就传入我国。现存最早的是东汉支娄迦谶译的《道行般若经》，10卷，又称《小品般若》，它相当于《大般若经》的第四会。其后又译出《光赞般若》，《放光般若》、《摩河般若》、《金刚般若》等十余部，但始终未能把全部般若经搜罗齐全。玄奘赴印度求法，寻访到《大般若经》的三个梵文手抄本。显庆五年(660年)正月一日，玄奘开始着手翻译这部长达二十万颂的巨著，当年他已60高龄了。据《大慈恩寺三藏法师传》记载，由于这部经的篇幅太大，弟子们劝他 《大般若经》是一部什么样的经典

　　《大般若经》全称《大般若波罗蜜多经》，共600卷，唐玄奘译。是宣传大乘般若思想的印度佛教典籍汇编。它共包括大小16部经典，称十六会。从产生的先后次序看，在这十六会中。第二会(《二万五千颂般若》)、第四会(《八千颂般若》)和第九会(《金刚般若》，即《金刚经》)表述的是般若经的基本思想，产生得较早，大概成书于公元前一世纪左右。其它各会则是在其后的几个世纪中逐渐形成和增补的。从所述的内容看，第一会至第五会各会的篇幅虽然长短不一，但内容大致相同，都是对般若思想的全面叙述；第六会至第九会则是摄取大部的精华，论述“无所得空”的法门义理；第十会是佛对金刚手菩萨等说一切法甚深微妙般若理趣清净法门；第十一会至第十六会则依次叙述布施，持戒、忍辱、精进、禅定、般若等六度。一般认为该经最早出现于南印度，后传播到西北印度。
　　般若类经典很早就传入我国。现存最早的是东汉支娄迦谶译的《道行般若经》，10卷，又称《小品般若》，它相当于《大般若经》的第四会。其后又译出《光赞般若》，《放光般若》、《摩河般若》、《金刚般若》等十余部，但始终未能把全部般若经搜罗齐全。玄奘赴印度求法，寻访到《大般若经》的三个梵文手抄本。显庆五年(660年)正月一日，玄奘开始着手翻译这部长达二十万颂的巨著，当年他已60高龄了。据《大慈恩寺三藏法师传》记载，由于这部经的篇幅太大，弟子们劝他

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

大般若经中“一百零八句法”简介
　　法尊
　　西藏佛徒学习“现观庄严论”时，常说“从色乃至一切相智一百零八句法。”但一百零八句法究竟是那些法，算清楚的很少。般若经中虽处处列说，但因为开合不一，也很难符合一百零八句之数。今依据隆睹喇嘛的著述，略为列述于后。
　　一百零八句法分为两类:属于杂染品者有五十三法，属清净品者有五十五法。
　　1.属杂染品之五十三法:为五蕴、六根、六境、六识、六触、六爱、六界、十二缘起。2.属清净品之五十五法:为六波罗密多、十八空、三十七菩提分法合为七句、奢摩他品有六句（四圣谛、四静虑、四无量、四无色等至、八解脱、九次第定各为一句）、毗钵舍那道三解脱门为一句、殊胜功德道有三句（六通、四种三摩地、四陀罗尼门各为一句）、果道有六句（十力、四无畏、四无碍解、佛身大慈，佛身大悲、十八不共佛法各为一句）、五种证道之补特伽罗（预流、一来、不还、阿罗汉、独觉）为五句、三智（一切智、道相智、一切相智）为三句。如是染净法共为一百零八句。
　　五蕴:色蕴、受蕴、想蕴、行蕴、识蕴。
　　六根:眼根、耳根、鼻根、舌根、身根、意根。
　　六境:色、声、香、味、触、法。
　　六识:眼识、耳识、鼻识、舌识、身识、意识。
　　六触:根境识三和合所生眼触、耳触、鼻触、舌触、身触、意触。
　　六爱:眼触为缘所生爱、耳触为缘所生爱、鼻触为缘所生爱、舌触为缘所生爱、身触为缘所生爱、意触为缘所生爱。
　　六界:地界、水界、火界、风界、空界、识界。
　　十二缘起:无明、行、识、名色、六处、触、受、爱、取、有、生、老死。
　　六波罗蜜多:布施、持戒、安忍、精进、静虑、般若。
　　十八空:内空、外空、内外空、空空、大空、胜义空、有为空、无为空、毕竟空、无际空、无散空、本性空、一切法空、自相空、不可得空、无性空、自性空、无性自性空。
　　三十七菩提分中:
　　（一）四念住:身念住、受念住、心念住、法念住。
　　（二）四正断:未生不善法令不生正断、已生不善法令断正断、未生善法令生正断、已生善法令增长正断。
　　（三）四神足:欲神足、精进神足、心神足、观神足。
　　（四）五根:信根、精进根、念根、定根、慧根。
　　（五）五力:信力、精进力、念力、定力、慧力。
　　（六）七等觉支:念等觉支、择法等觉支、精进等觉支、喜等觉支、轻安等觉支、定等觉支、舍等觉支。
　　（七）八圣道支:正见、正思惟、正语、正业、正命、正精进、正念、正定。
　　四圣谛:苦圣谛、集圣谛、灭圣谛、道圣谛。
　　四静虑:初静虑离生喜乐地、第二静虑定生喜乐地、第三静虑离喜妙乐地、第四静虑舍念清净地。
　　四无量:慈、悲、喜、舍。
　　四无色:空无边处、识无边处、无所有处、非想非非想处。
　　八解脱:内有色想观外色解脱、内无色想观外色解脱、净解脱身作证具足住、空无边处解脱、识无边处解脱、无所有处解脱、非想非非想处解脱、灭受想定解脱。
　　九次第定:四静虑与四无色八利根本定，加上灭受想定。
　　三解脱门:空解脱门、无相解脱门、无愿解脱门。
　　六神通:谓神境智证通、天眼智证通、天耳智证通、他心智证通、宿住随念智证通、漏尽智证通。
　　四种三摩地:健行三摩地、狮子奋迅三摩地、虚空藏三摩地、无垢三摩地。
　　四种陀罗尼门:忍陀罗尼、咒陀罗尼、法陀罗尼、义陀罗尼。

http://www.plm.org.hk/dispArticle.Asp?ID=84008

Why do we de-emphasize on hearing nd seeing the Tathagatha ?

becos its very misleading

If there is a form which Tathagatha can be seek,arent we going the deviant path?

 

looking at modern Cult like Aum Shinrikyo .... Their leader wants to stay prominent after failed prophecies

 

Buddhism never look at Form... we look inner and reflect upon

 

May the merits of creating such enlightening verse ,transfer to the darkest corner of the suffering of hell, hungry ghost, wandering ghost , animal and human realm

Together we realise the Great Emptiness ,towards Nirvana ...

 

Namo Amituofo !

須菩提。於意云何。可以三十二相觀如來不。須菩提言。如是如是。以三十二相觀如來。佛言。須菩提。若以三十二相觀如來者。轉輪聖王則是如來。須菩提白佛言。世尊。如我解佛所說義。不應以三十二相觀如來。爾時世尊而說偈言

 

若以色見我    以音聲求我

是人行邪道    不能見如來】

 

須菩提！於意云何？可以三十二相觀如來不？

 

前文第十三分，謂可以三十二相見如來不？今文則云可以三十二相觀如來不？前文用見字，後文用觀字，於是有人言，觀字與見字意義不同。

 

其實恐怕無如此分別。我們雖不知原文如何，但菩提流支譯本，前文後文均用「見」字。義淨三藏譯本，前文後文均用「觀」字。可能只有羅什大師，有如是分別罷？！

u can find it 3rd floor there is this jap statue shop at pearl centre

1. they sell

becos Vairocana pendant only wear by shingon pratitioner

 

 

ya, Hindu form of AM is deep-rooted in the Divine "I"

without the "I" ,they will breakdown in spiritually

so best not to suggest thing from them

 

 

Sunday is a day for relax

But do not slack on practise leading to liberation

 

May I cultivate the atruistic motivation for all sentient beings to the other shores of Nirvana

 

Om ah Hung Benza guru pema siddhi Hung

Then there is the Words of St Francis of Assisi ...very Bodhisattva style

 

Where there is conflict ,shall i offer peace....

 

 

yogacara also wrong ...it show his shallowness in reading yogacara

if Buddhist academic can be realised by words,then Buddha not required lor

 

yogacara also wrong ...it show his shallowness in reading yogacara

if Buddhist academic can be realised by words,then Buddha not required lor

 

悟道是无心

有心如何悟道??

 

 

u can find in chan yun or green tara culture services ...also u can go ask ur fellow bro and sis at Amitabha where they ordered..

 

If i not wrong ,online u can order .. shambhala online