Negeri Sembilan Meditation Society - PPMNS

31/12/2023

His Holiness’ Message for the New Year - 2024

On the occasion of the New Year, I would like to thank everyone who has sent me good wishes, and I offer my greetings to you all, brothers and sisters across the world.

Despite the many challenges that we are facing today, I feel optimistic that with a growing appreciation of how interconnected we all are in the oneness of humanity, we can all work to lead more meaningful lives and create a better world.

As human beings we share a common wish to be happy and free from pain. We are social animals who depend on others to survive. Therefore, as I often say, we should work for the benefit of others. If we cannot help them, we should at least make sure we do no harm. I have found that helping others is the best way of ensuring happiness and calm for ourselves.

I also firmly believe that we can find peace in the world only when we find peace within. Every human being has the potential to cultivate inner peace, and by so doing to contribute to the peace of our global community.

We must try to cultivate compassion and inner peace, regardless of our nationality or religion, we can contribute to the well-being and happiness of all mankind. If the last century was the century of violence, it is our responsibility to make this century the century of dialogue.

Once again, I extend warm greetings to you all. I hope that you all enjoy an auspicious beginning to the new year, 2024.

With prayers and good wishes,

Dalai Lama

26/06/2023

☘️以前世界各地弘法時，上師竹旺仁波切說
如果要做皈依我的時候
必須要遵守以後都要吃素的規定

這樣的規定一開出來之後
人就越來越少
最後就只有一點點的人來皈依

竹旺仁波切在給大家皈依的時候
設定這樣的規定
這種作法利益到兩方面的對象

一方面能夠使得這些有情眾生
不會因為我們要吃肉
而受到被殺害的痛苦

另外一方面就是對於吃肉的人
他之後也不容易再去造作惡業
不容易造作這種殺生的惡業
也讓他將來，不會嘗受到殺業的痛苦

所以這種做法，是非常深奧的一種方便法
具有非常大的恩惠。

累世我們都造下傷害了很多眾生
現在有這種懺悔心也是非常好的
認識到自己錯的地方
用懺悔的心去懺悔的話
從今以後不再吃食眾生，不傷害眾生
這是對我們是有很大的益處的。

＿＿努巴仁波切Nubpa Rinpoche開示教言。擷取於2017尼泊爾億遍瑪尼法會

22/01/2023

27/10/2022

福報哪裡來

現在社會上有一些人生活過得十分艱難辛苦，心中就認為不公平！他怨嘆世間怎麼有的人要金錢有金錢、要愛情有愛情、要事業有事業、要大樓有大樓、要官位有官位，我怎麼什麼都要不到？別人的福報到底是從哪裡來的呢？

當然，福報其來有自，別人的福報必定是有福報的來源！有的人，從小就勤勞節儉，所以福報便跟著而來；有的人，他歡喜跟人結緣，所以因緣要回饋他，他就順利了。

福報有福報的來處！福報不是偷來的，福報不是搶來的，福報不是妄想就有，福報更不是怨恨就可以獲得；「一分耕耘，一分收穫」，福報從哪裡來？由此也就可想而知了。

你有播撒福報的種子嗎？田地裡如果沒有播種，如何能開花結果呢？你對有利大眾的公益善事，都積極參與了嗎？如果你沒有參與，怎麼會有你的一份福報呢？

《人間福報》你有看嗎？當中有多少致富的方法，你不瞭解，你怎麼會有福報呢？「廣結善緣」你實踐了嗎？有了善緣，好運就會隨之而來，你沒有結緣，怎麼會有福報呢？

有一位沙彌，跟隨一位有神通的禪師學道。有一天，禪師發現這個沙彌徒弟只剩下七天的壽命，心有不忍，就藉故讓沙彌回家探望父母。七天後，沙彌安然回到寺里，師父一見，極為訝異，就試探的問道：「你在回家的七天當中，有沒有做過什麼事？」沙彌天真的回想一下，告訴師父：「在回家的途中，經過一個水塘，發現一堆螞蟻被困在水中，我靈機一動，就放了一片樹葉，幫助螞蟻從水塘里逃生。」

師父一聽，知道本來夭壽的沙彌，就因為這一念慈悲救了螞蟻，因此延長了自己的壽命。

一個人的福報有多少，是可以由自己決定的！一念的善心，可以消除很多的罪業；一念的慈悲，能夠增加很多的功德。有的人因為「拾金不昧」而獲得福報，有的人因為「不貪不義之財」有了善緣，有的人因為「救苦救難」而消災免難，有的人因為佈施明燈因此全家團圓，甚至「貧女一燈」，藉此因緣遇到大富長者，所以福報就來了。

不必羨慕別人的福報比我大，也不必研究別人的福報從哪裡來？但看自己怎麼做，福報就會從哪裡來！

──摘自星雲大師《迷悟之間》

01/10/2022

不管要動身前往何處，或在講話之前，首先要觀察自心，如果當時內心已沾染了愛我執、貪、嗔的意樂，必須立刻令其止息。
～達賴喇嘛
《妙善語》電子書下載網址
http://www.dalailamawish.org/?p=1400

27/06/2022

生命有開始，就有結束。結束的那一天也遲早會來到，但重點是在這個過程中要過得有意義，對社會做些貢獻，給別人帶來快樂，不要製造麻煩，當死亡來臨時就不會有懊悔。在吐出最後一口氣時，內心是愉悅的，想著「我的生命過得很有意義，我從未有惡的動機，從未給他人製造麻煩」，內心就能得到平靜。
-達賴喇嘛113住世語

22/06/2022

Giving up meat does not need to depend on Buddhist texts or logic. Even ordinary people who do not practice the Dharma become vegetarian; they do not need quotes from scripture and can give up meat easily. To illustrate this, His Holiness jokingly said: “If you need to go to the bathroom, do you need any scriptures and logic to prove that you need to go to the bathroom? You don’t!” If an ordinary person thinks well, they understand why they should practice vegetarianism. On You Tube, for example, we can find videos in which little children aged four or five state they do not eat meat. When they understand that animals need to be killed in order to produce meat, they refuse to eat it. However, nowadays, because the meat is wrapped up and sold in supermarkets, many children do not realise that meat comes from killing animals. But if they learn that animals were killed to produce the meat, most children will not eat it. His Holiness pointed out that if we need to use scriptures and logic as proof to make us do something that ordinary beings can easily understand, it is actually a bit of a disgrace.

His Holiness then explained that there are basically two types of people who do not eat meat: those who refrain from eating meat for their own sake, and those who give it up for the sake of other living beings and the environment.

In general, Buddhism is often associated with loving-kindness, compassion, non-violence and peace. That is the impression most people have of Buddhism or Buddhists. If, as a Buddhist, one eats a lot of meat, then people may wonder what is going on. We need to know what others’ opinions are and not merely focus on our own thoughts and habits. Particularly, in the Mahayana tradition, the primary work is to liberate all beings from suffering and bring them to happiness which shows in the aspirations that we make, such as, “May all sentient beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering …” Harming sentient beings for food is in contradiction with those aspirations and is something we really need to think about, His Holiness stressed. To eat meat or not is nothing complicated or profound like the concept of emptiness or selflessness; anybody can easily understand it.

Gyalwang Karmapa, Teachings on the Life of Mikyo Dorje, March 13, 2021. Photo thanks to Olivier Adam.

11/03/2022

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