Category: Mind & Heart & Behavior - Bodhi Friends

换个角度，乌云上面是阳光 Change a perspective, and you will find sunshine above the dark cloud

10/3/2023

孔子与弟子被困于陈、蔡期间，曾绝粮七天，子贡费尽周折才买回一石米。颜回做饭时，有灰尘掉进了饭里，因为觉得丢掉可惜，所以颜回就吃了带灰尘的米饭。这被子贡远远看见，误以为颜回偷吃米饭，所以很生气。

When Confucius and his disciples were trapped around the realm of Chen and Cai, they ran out of food after seven days. His disciple Zi Gong managed to buy some rice after going through much trouble. When another disciple, Yan Hui, was cooking, some dust fell onto the rice. He felt it was wasteful to throw the rice away, so Yan Hui ate the rice contaminated with the dust. Zi Gong saw this from afar and thought Yan Hui was stealing the rice. He was very angry.

无常如盐，咸也好，淡也好 Impermanence is like a meal. Be it salty or light, it is fine.

10/3/2023

活在世间，我们常常有很多担忧，担忧物价上涨；担忧自己的健康；担忧子女的前程……各种担忧让我们焦虑不安。

When living in the physical world, we often have a lot of worries - worrying about price inflation, worrying about our health, worrying about our children's future, etc. All sorts of worries make us anxious.

Change a Perspective, And You Will Find Sunshine Above the Dark Cloud

1/10/2020

When Confucius and his disciples were trapped around the realm of Chen and Cai, they ran out of food after seven days. His disciple Zi Gong managed to buy some rice after going through much trouble.

Impermanence Is Like a Meal - Be It Salty or Light, It Is Fine.

1/10/2020

When living in the physical world, we often have a lot of worries - worrying about price inflation, worrying about our health, worrying about our children's future, etc. All sorts of worries make us anxious.

不善的念头会伤己 Unwholesome Thought Hurts Only Ourselves

1/10/2020

心像一条流动的河，无数的念头刹那生灭，相续不断。

Our mind is like a flowing river, where countless thoughts come and go continuously, without any stops.

悲能拔苦 Compassion Can Relieve Suffering

1/10/2020

有一个弟子的父亲去世了，之后的日子里，每当他一想到父亲含辛茹苦地养育他的那些点点滴滴，心里就会很痛苦。

A disciple’s father died, and since then, whenever he thinks of all the effort his father spent to raise him, he feels the pain of losing his father.

有爱就有痛苦 Love Comes With Suffering

1/10/2020

我们求取所爱事物过程中，往往伴随着苦，在生活的压力下，内心渴望顺境却遭遇沉重打击的滋味只有自己最清楚。

The process of acquiring what we love is frequently accompanied by suffering. Under the stress of living, only oneself knows how it feels to be hit hard with frustration when longing for favorable circumstances.

禅师，您长个了 Chan Master, You Have Grown Taller

1/10/2020

一个人见到禅师，看了一会说，“禅师，你最近好像长个了？”

Someone visited a Chan master. After looking closely at the master for a while, he teased, "Chan Master, It seems like you have grown taller recently!?"

很多人都有幻听 So Many People Are Experiencing Auditory Hallucinations

1/10/2020

一位母亲一直在说她的儿子如何不好，问法师该怎么办。

A mother kept complaining about her son and asked a Buddhist Master for advice

好事不如无 Doing Good Is Not As Good As Nothing

1/10/2020

赵州禅师讲：“拜佛是好事，好事不如无。”拜佛是好事，好事怎么不如无事呢？

Chan Master Zhaozhou said: ''Bowing to the Buddha is great. Yet non-doing is better.'' How come?