「伏案珠璣」— 開印阿闍梨書法小品集 The Gem in the Scrolls — Minor Collections of Acariya’s Calligraphy

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春燕鳴暖樹，
金鼠躍青枝。
在新春即將到來之際，
美國寂靜禪與您分享：

 
 
The sparrows sing in the warm spring breeze,
While the golden mice dancing between trees.
When the New Year is drawing close,
We’d like to share a pleasant gift:

 
伏案珠璣 – 開印阿闍梨書法小品集
The Gem in the Scrolls – Minor Collections of Acariya’s Calligraphy
（馬來西亞寂靜禪林出品 Published by Santavana Forest Hermitage in Malaysia）
伏案珠璣 - 開印阿闍梨書法小品集
 
 
鼠來飽鼠來飽，鼠來福慧賺飽飽，
鼠到煩惱變少少，鼠年到來祝福您：
福滿門，慧如炬！
With Our New Years’ wishes to Everyone:
Full load of Merits and Wisdom bright as torch！
 

檳城「念處軒」弘法活動 Dhamma Activities in Nianchu Xuan in Penang

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阿闍梨2019年12月17日於馬來西亞檳城「念處軒」的活動圓滿。是日白天，「念處軒」主人Upekkha、Upekkha父母及餘家人準備豐富的午齋供僧。下午，阿闍梨受邀為Upekkha「念處軒」佛龕、佛像灑淨，及為Upekkha大姊及外甥舉行三皈五戒儀式。

是晚的「學佛知苦，但快樂」開示吸引了近60人前來聆聽。屋內屋外都坐有熱心聽法的居士。阿闍梨以「念處經」出發，為大家解釋了如何「知苦」，「正觀苦」來助長菩提正覺。

隨喜讚嘆Upekkha及家人請法、組織活動、及促成弘法因緣。Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu!

On Dec.17th, 2019, Acariya was invited to Nianchu Xuan in Penang, Malaysia, for a series of Dhamma activities. In the daytime, Acariya and other Sangha members accepted a meal offering from the household of Nianchu Xuan, Upekkha and her family. In the afternoon Acariya conducted a Water Purification Ceremony for the Buddha’s statue and the niche, and also presided over the ceremony of Taking the Three Refuges and Five Precepts for Upekhha’s older sibling and nephew.

At night, the cozy house has been stuffed with nearly 60 people, coming for the night’s Dhamma talk on “Understanding the Truth about Sufferings, and Be Happy”. Drawing references from the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, Acariya expounded on how to understand sufferings and to develop rightful insight into the nature of sufferings to help us achieve enlightenment.Well Done to Upekkha and her family, for requesting the teaching, organizing the activities and facilitating the promotion of Dhamma.

文/圖/英譯  Text/Photo/Translation：Sacca

網絡用語巧解枯燥難懂的巴利文複合詞 Explaining the Dry Pali Compounds Using Internet Slang

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 阿闍梨昨晚跟檳城一些佛友交流，跟大家解釋什麼是巴利文的複合詞時說：「你們知道什麼是「不明覺厲」嗎？就是說我雖然不明白你在講什麼，但是我覺得你很厲害。這樣表達太囉嗦，所以縮短起來用四個字來表達「不明」「覺厲」。這就是複合詞。」

Mind-blowing ！聽完忍不住「喜大普奔」😄

In last night‘s Dhamma exchange with friends in Penang, one asked about the literature languages in Buddhist studies. Acariya explained the compound words using the popular internet slang in Mainland China – Incomprehensibly Terrific (不明覺厲), which is the short way of saying What You Said is Incomprehensible to me, but It Sounds Terrific. Acariya continued, the full expression is wordy so it was shortened to Incomprehensibly Terrific. That is like how compound is made.

😄 What a mind-blowing way to turn a piece of dry knowledge to something juicy!

 

 

 

文/圖/英譯  Text/Photo/Translation：Sacca

佛學不是攀比的資糧

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佛教中的「知遍知」（直譯應作「已知遍智」）。不是說你對佛法知識知道愈多、愈周全，才叫「遍、一切（pari）的智」。「知遍知」是對自己的身心有一定清楚度、明確度，是看見真相（非假想），包括善心、不善心等。

佛學，不是用來壯大這個帶來眾苦根源的「我」，經中說：如不是為了斷煩惱就不應「論阿毗達磨論」，否則極易墮入於黑法、不善法，就是這個原故。

正確來說，佛法熏習愈多、愈是入透身心的，應該展現出愈懂得對人、對師長、對同學起恭敬心、謙虛心，平易近人，而不應該因為了一點的佛學知識（還是不什證量呢）就起了諸多煩惱、我執、見取和貢高我慢，與人爭高下，突顯自我，這絕對不是真正的「遍知」。

問答 Q1 ~ Q10

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1. 於師父的䦕示中，所引用的解釋大多與《清淨道論》、《阿毗達磨》相關。 但是佛教經典的注釋非常多，師父如何能夠於短時間内找到、選擇這些相關的內容？

答：大概來說，巴利佛教的注釋、疏鈔和與注釋書等值的《清淨道論》都是注解初期聖典經、律以及阿毗達磨三者的代表作品。有的疏鈔，出現年份較晚，不過在思想上還算是接近於阿含與律及阿毗達磨三藏的。

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