Green Vs Grey: ssShots #1 Surreal scene of an old school’s field on a rainy Sunday… Natural versus man-shaped wood….
Action: Wandering Thought #254: Don’t just sigh and sigh, as if sighing is what you ought to do, as if…
Tangibility: Wandering Thought #253: We need the physically tangible without, such as spiritual teachers, events, places and objects as instruments…
Dream: Wandering Thought #252: Yesterday, when much younger, we should had realised that life is too short, not to have…
Wandering: Wandering Thought #251: We wander with wonder, to learn and discover not just other people, places and matters, but…
Growth: Wandering Thought #250 A DAY without any growth in any virtue, be it compassion, generosity, morality, patience, diligence, wisdom……
Goal: Wandering Thought #249 If you do not have hope for nearing and reaching a transcendental goal, that extends beyond…
Check: Wandering Thought #248 Just as it is always better to have two parents checking their only child and each…
Minority: Wandering Thought #246 It is always a minor few at first, who realise the truth and worth of what…
Humility: Wandering Thought #247 The middle path between being arrogant and being unsure is to always be a realistic, humble…
Attitude: Wandering Thought #245 How we relate to ourselves and everyone else, to all issues big and small, and to…
Fairness: Wandering Thought #244 Whether you believe there is inherent fairness in the universe and your life or not, it…
Faults: Wandering Thought #243 If you keep being defensive for all your faults, to the extent of being offensive by…
Discrimination: Wandering Thought #242 It only takes a single person of another race to help a racist person, for the…
Dissent: Wandering Thought #241 To dismiss all different views could be to dismiss some truths, be they partial or complete….
[631] What we fight strongly for is either a strong truth or a strong delusion. What we resist strongly against…
[621] The truly wise can truly simplify wisdom without losing its profundity. The truly unwise can truly complicate wisdom while…
[611] Nothing and no one lets us down other than our misplaced perceptions which give rise to unrealistic expectations. [612]…
[601] No need to idealise with attachment, to see with expectations. No need to demonise with aversion, to see with…
那天法师问我会写大字（书法的一种）吗？我摇头说不会，打字就会。回想还蛮丢脸的。身为华人，基本的文化却不会。没办法，本人受的是西方教育。在60-70年代华校就因政治原因渐渐被淘汰，80年代末就走入历史。英语变主语，母语只能排第二。学校教的是西方书法，西方的绘画。如果要学中华文化，也要看学校有没有提供，有的话也是课外活动。我虽有在中学时学过中华书法，但不知什么原因老师教了一个学期也就不教了。 本地华文素质也在90年代慢慢走下坡。周围的朋友也比较钟意用英语沟通。华文对很多学生来说是个负担，恨不得早点中学毕业不必再接触。毕业后，如果不是主修华文的也真不必再用华文书写。我们这一代很多也演变成会讲但不会是很会读写的一族。 在艺术学院呆了五年，大家也不再用笔书写了，都只靠电脑代劳。曾经被老师推选参加写字比赛的我现在的字惨不忍睹。一直到现在都是和电脑‘相依为命’。我本以为毕业后会把华文知识还给老师。甚至当初接触佛法时都是用英语学的。 看到密密麻麻的华文字也不知为什么就是看不下去。10年没好好接触使用华文，突然间觉得深字特别多。也不知是不是定时念诵《阿弥陀经》和念佛后，华文程度也慢慢转好。虽然有待进步，不过佛菩萨与祖师大德的简写教理还算读得明白。 法师曾经说过，要成功学大乘佛法不能不识华文。但佛法的奥妙也不取决于懂得华文字的多或少。如果没深信或诚心，即使一字不漏地读诵整本经也读不懂其中的含义。当然字懂的多比较占优势。身边就有一群因为莫种原因少年时没学好华文，不过凭着那份深心念佛与不断学习，已对净土法门有着坚定的信心。我也希望不识华文的同修不要因为这缺陷而放弃学佛。念佛简单四字（阿弥陀佛），不是考状元。若信愿行具足，却比考到状元还殊胜无量万万倍。 可以说如果没有大乘佛法，我也不会重新复习华文，重新用我那有限的华文读诵大乘无量的经典。并且也不会对华文字体设计产生兴趣。书法嘛，我不会，但我依然能用科技来显现我对华文文化和大乘佛法的热爱。阿弥陀佛！ 真悯 合十
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