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* O% J! t6 F* ]: S+ Q \& T* B. i在这个人心陷溺、物欲横流的世上,只要有点时间和金钱,人们就喜欢到娱乐场所看戏、% ]2 n7 j* }7 o; p9 h% W/ ]
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听音乐,美其名曰艺术熏陶。沉醉其中却没有丝毫的反省和犹豫,仿佛忘了死之将至。
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These days, human morality is sinking low and materialism is gaining the upper hand. People
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with any available time and money would go to popular places to see a film or a show, and term9 ?) Z7 ~5 `4 U0 ~
3 X2 [4 W8 V% B! K2 [it refining one’s cultural taste. Totally mesmerized by the entertainment, it never occurs to them
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death, it’s something far too remote to think about.
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世尊在因地的时候曾转世为铁室王子,在过水莲节的时候,人们为他举行了盛大的歌舞表6 H# G8 M- k- i# I% S' }
# O, z' q0 y. |& Y5 s- T演活动。看到周遭的人们喜笑颜开,王子深感悲切地说:“呜呼!世间烦恼众,不稳无喜4 B/ [ p* [4 L6 Q- h& b9 l
) E' v/ t9 D" B# A3 G& Q乐,然此水莲节,反觉乐稳固,此等凡夫众,无惧真稀有。死主遮生路,无虑贪欢乐,老 u4 G0 g* \+ U5 k! @
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病死怨敌,时时横眼前,定趋来世道,智者谁欢喜?”0 M+ f& o) L3 m6 M& w
* Q w( N$ a& m; xIn one of his previous lives, the Buddha was reborn as the Prince of Iron Chamber. On the
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' I& C* A2 b; H9 R3 woccasion of the Water Lotus Festival, his subjects prepared extravagant shows of dancing and
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singing to please him. On seeing the jubilant crowds all around him, the Prince instead was9 Z6 q1 C1 ]+ h$ Q1 M$ \
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saddened and lamented deeply: “Alas! For beings rife with negative emotions, there is not a8 k$ V; ?, c- ~4 I A+ q- H
* y1 `/ }) U6 Kscrap of stability or happiness. At the Water Lotus Festival, they feel their joy is everlasting. Not
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p+ ]" w7 o- h4 @$ ?# ohaving any worry or fear, such ignorance of theirs is indeed startling. The Lord of Death blocks
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7 y; H& ~; t g3 ]8 Cthe path of life. Just as one recklessly enjoys happiness, the nemeses—sickness, old age, and, V7 S8 W, n p. @) o2 ?8 l- t3 W
! Q# _1 P( M- i3 n+ T: S* D+ \death—wait always around the corner. How could a wise person be joyful when facing the
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rounds of rebirth?”
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刘备在临终之际,为使自己历经千辛万苦而创下的蜀汉家业,不至于功亏一篑,谆谆告诫
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$ F+ w9 |" o6 @& c) q! i( f* D$ E儿子刘禅:“勿以恶小而为之,勿以善小而不为。”先父走后,刘禅早已将忠告抛之脑后4 C" p0 e f5 }: Q9 e( A
( D* T4 k4 i6 b4 Q; M) t,整日寻欢作乐,企图在前人栽种的树荫下乘凉,最终遭致大好河山被人掠夺的结局。当7 I1 [7 \ x. j6 r
8 Q8 g0 G, _5 d他被软禁于他国之时,仍不知好歹地一边看着宫女的表演,一边厚颜无耻地说道:“此间
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" V$ g9 m0 p8 ~8 DLiu Bei, the founding father of the Shu Han Dynasty, established his kingdom through
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8 X0 h2 y7 c+ P: ^$ c4 Z! D; ?innumerable hardships. To make sure his family lineage would last and not fail him, he earnestly" {0 m/ H# P2 L/ I
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left his son Liu Chan these last words: “Never commit any evil deed however minor it may be;9 |- d# U q) ]: v W9 x" X& P3 Q9 q
7 Z6 o6 D% M9 A, s* |, Unever miss doing any good deed however tiny it may seem.” Liu Chan sadly did not heed the- n/ r( b; e: }: h5 x
R8 Y3 }0 H+ ~' h( madvice in the least. After his father’s death, he cared only to enjoy his ancestor’s fruits of labor," Y" r3 O- Q2 \( v
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indulging himself in sensual pleasures day and night and eventually, he lost the once-mighty
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kingdom to enemies. Worse, as he was detained in other states, he still took delight in watching* t6 |; j+ h) x* ]
' m* W5 {2 \* Z- e/ `' S9 athe chambermaids’ dancing and gloated shamelessly: “I’m too delighted to be homesick!” In him
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& b" U# y2 g: e9 E( ~( Zthere was not the slightest remorse or anguish that his Shu Kingdom had been conquered. What
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9 o3 _' W" i# D/ w+ |3 u6 n1 W. ja wretch, it’s utterly lamentable!
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6 k( }, K4 V; E5 {/ Q h有的修行人也一样,终日沉迷于歌舞升平的生活,毫不察觉死主将临,实在与刘禅无异。
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Many so-called practitioners, regaling themselves in pleasure all the time, are also entirely% ~1 T+ r/ _9 d
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oblivious to the imminent arrival of the Lord of Death. They do not fare any better than Liu Chan.
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3 r9 g/ D: Q3 y, D7 Y% o5 v% p你在台下看戏,殊不知自己也正在人生的大舞台上扮演着自己的角色。如何使之更加丰美
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、更加完善,是值得我们思考的大问题。4 ^8 Q3 m" O% ?, W; }2 X7 O
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While watching a show, we consider ourselves spectators. But do we recognize that on the larger
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( W8 R, [# x8 Z2 ]% F5 ?: K( H+ r8 \stage of life, we all are actors performing our own dramas? How to make our own show richer
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and better to the best of our abilities—isn’t it a big issue worthy of deep pondering!
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壬午年三月二十一日
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2002年5月2日 & |" v" h5 [, p$ S+ I7 y, S
+ L* ?# V# D, t. Q9 m3 @, ?/ S21st of March, Year of RenWu- M0 P& }9 |' C- k; ]2 n, m
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