2013年7月22日星期一

Pte Ltd vs Unlimited 有限与无限

某天,有一个聪明的男孩和妈妈到杂货店 买东西。老板看到这个可爱的小孩,就打开一罐糖果,要小男孩自己拿一把糖果。但是小男孩几经老板的邀请,却没有伸手去拿。老板不得不亲自抓了一把糖果放进小男孩的口袋中。回到家里,妈妈很好奇的问孩子为什么不去拿糖果。只见小男孩笑嘻嘻的说:“我的手这么小,而老板的手那么大,所以他拿的一定比我拿得多很多!”
随想:是的,我们往往看到好处时都会争先恐后的扑向前,深怕自己拿的比别人少。各位同修是否在行功了愿时,盘算着自己的功德有多少呢?如若有此状况,任您行再多的功德,总落个“实无所得“,一点点功德也没有。何不学学故事中的小男孩,让上天拨转,该给我们多少就多少(身为修士,我们早以得到至宝)。毕竟,上帝的手比我们的小手大的多,不是吗?您说呢?
A little boy went to a little store with his mother to buy some grocery. The store-keeper was glad to see such a cute little child and decided to give him some sweets. He opened a can of sweets for the little boy to get a handful of sweets. However, after several invitations, the little boy didn't reach out his hand for the sweets. Thus, the store-keeper on thinking that the little boy was shy; took a generous handful of sweets and put them into the boy's pocket. On reaching home, the boy's mother asked him why he didn't take the sweets from the store-keeper. With a broad grin, the little boy said "My hand is much smaller than the store-keeper's, his hand will fetch more sweets than mine can."
Side thought: How true. Often we would jump at any chance and grab as much as we can. As Tao cultivators, are we 'calculative' in our deeds, every so often jotting down how much we had done or benefited others? If so, there shall not be any true merits in all we had done. Why not learn from the little boy in the story? Do every deed truthfully. Let the hand of God bestow upon us what we deserve. Isn't God's hand bigger than ours? (As Tao-cultivators, we had already received the most precious gifts, didn't we?) What's your opinion?

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