Two Wishes

6 thoughts on “Two Wishes”

1. May I always
   rejoice & learn from the virtues in others,
   reflect & see my own misgivings through others, as well.

   May we be mindful, within & without.
   Little wonder why there’s a saying that
   the place to practise is not in the meditation hall,
   but right where you are.
   🙂

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2. May I always
   share with others
   the virtues I learn from others,
   to make the world a better place,
   by spreading word of how others are doing so.

   (*)

   Amituofo

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3. 🙂

   it’s my brother’s birthday today,
   and he’s a little special,
   so I especially wrote a blog,
   which I wish to share with anyone
   who’s interested to know more.
   there’s no comics, just a blog written in chinese,
   hope it’s ok for me to share it here?

   http://littlenotesjetty.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-post_14.html

   jus want to spread some message,
   hope it’s appropriate and thanks! 🙂

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4. 有个妈妈带着孩子去拜见圣严法师。
   妈妈苦诉：我这孩子为什么那么顽皮捣蛋？我是不是上辈子欠他太多了？
   法师微笑道：这孩子是个小菩萨。
   妈妈惊讶道：他是菩萨？那我不就是恶魔了？
   法师和蔼地说：他是小菩萨。您是大菩萨。

   Wonderful!
   A belated happy and special belated birthday to your special brother!

   (^)

   Er… good to go easy on the non-vegan chocs, cakes and chicken parts… cos mother sentient beings are involved… The angel story is somewhat charming but… why would a good angel want to create the need to be forgiven (e.g. be evil) if it is already paradise with no misgivings anywhere? And why would any deity in control, not that there is one, allow this? However, the idea of fallen gods who forget former goodness can be found in the suttas. (E.g. see the links at https://moonpointer.com/new/2010/11/one-of-us )

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5. 🙂
   well, he’s currently staying at a Buddhist Day Care centre, so he mainly has vegetarian meals. Let’s hope that both me and my father being vegetarian will help “balance out” :p
   (ok, I know it won’t, but…)

   actually, I had paused mid-way during the typing of the angel version. (It was actually a story shared by Zheng Yan Fa Shi.) cos I was wondering that if the angel didn’t want to be special, then there wouldn’t be a start to it. However, I do remember reading one of your articles in ForYou Magazine recently, with regards to that the Demon (Maya?) was actually a form of deity too? I thought that was an interesting point of view 🙂

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6. Mara is a deity, but that doesn’t mean he is good, as he is a heavenly demon. In fact, he represents the greatest evil. Yet, Bodhisattvas can manifest as maras too, as skilful means: https://moonpointer.com/new/2010/09/the-inconceivable-compassion-of-the-enlightened But this isn’t to say all maras are real Bodhisattvas – even if we try to see them as so.

   Hmmm… In the ‘angel’ story, the ‘angel’ didn’t need to start anything (any trouble) in the first place. The real problem was discontent in his mind. (The context of the story suggests that things were already perfect – other than this discontent.) He didn’t need to play the devil’s advocate. In doing so, he became the devil. Here’s an interesting twist. Not that the story is real, but if he is, the ‘angel’ did teach something about forgiveness – about the need to forgive him for starting the trouble!

   :666:

   Amituofo

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