#ssPictureQuotes #7: Sorry The weak can’t say thanks too, unfortunately. The ability to repent and thank is a strength.
#ssPictureQuotes #4: Way Down Some downslides are just part of the path to be pushed through with perseverance. But do…
Sam & Sara #443: Mutual-Understanding Sara: What do you think? Sam: About what? Sara: Don’t you know? Aren’t we supposed…
#ssPictureQuotes #3: Truth Just because something was really said by someone, even if assertively, this doesn’t mean that said is…
#ssPictureQuotes #2: Two-Way Desire Our 善法欲 (desire for learning and practising the good Dharma) frees us. Without the good/pure desire…
Story: Wandering Thought #273: Day by day, or week by week, write an ongoing book, with ongoing chapters, on the…
那天不见了钱包。一时的疏忽，掉了也不知。回头去找时，已不在了。包里没什么钱，信用卡倒是好几张。麻烦的是要一间一间打电话到银行取消旧卡再要求新卡。再想还要去移民厅申报失身份证付罚款真是雪上加霜。但这些都是琐碎的小问题，不足让我茶饭不思。 真正让我担心和匪夷所思的是我的戒体。这个情况下，果真钱包被拿走，就意味着我的盗戒没守好。仔细想想，应该没犯过上品盗戒。自问记忆里没劫取、偷取、吓取或骗取过。也没自盗、教人盗、方便盗或咒盗。记得弘一大师说过，‘五戒中最为难持的，莫如盗戒’。我认为律师会有如此看法必定看得比我们这般凡人还要清细。但不记得的事可多了。或许是前世犯的，只能感叹自己守戒不够严谨，而受如此果报。 回到家时，门口有个字条。喔！原来有位好心人捡到了钱包，还亲自要送到我家。可惜我回来迟了一些，没碰着。不过留了电话，叫我和她联络。感恩这位菩萨慈悲，和她不辞劳苦的把钱包送到我家两次。不知怎么回报，也只能回向祝福她，希望有因缘再报恩。高兴的不是捡回了钱包，而是不盗戒应该‘犯’的没那么重。至少不至于失去钱包。不过经过这件事，也让我有机会反省和从新估计自己的修为。我当然还是要更加努力谨慎地守好戒律。因果丝毫不爽，不要等到报应来时，措手不及导致欲哭无泪。以下有则相关公案与大家分享： 文殊师利菩萨守戒谨严。一次，他对其他菩萨说：「我从一发心修行就持不盗戒，所以现在我所有的东西就没有人偷盗；不单没有人偷盗，我就是把最值钱的东西放在地上，也没有人会把它拿去。」 有的菩萨就不信，就说：「我们要实地的试验。你把你最值钱的东西拿出来，我们把它放在城门看，因为那儿来回的人最多。放在中间三天，如果没人拿，就证明你所说的是真实言。」 文殊师利菩萨说：「好啊！我们就试看！」于是他把最值钱的宝珠拿出来放。经过这城门的人很多，可是过了三天，果然没有人拿。所以菩萨们都信服了文殊师利菩萨。 真悯 合十
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