友誼賽 台啤險勝佛光女籃隊（转贴, 自由电子报)

P/S: 虽说佛光女蓝队(都是从普门中学升上来的)很强, 但与剛奪下今年ＳＢＬ超級籃球賽冠軍的台啤隊(男)毕竟还是有段距离。男让女, 使球赛非常有趣，也很佩服台啤隊的高超球技， 这简直是一场表演赛!台啤隊的主持人也很会串场, 非常搞笑! 他们的副領隊就是电视艺人黑人陈建州~ 另一位电视艺人颜行书也于於2008年1月起加入台啤隊。

帅帅的台啤队（转贴)

〔記者郭顏慧／礁溪28 May 2008 報導〕剛奪下今年ＳＢＬ超級籃球賽冠軍的台啤隊，昨天到佛光大學與佛光女籃隊舉行友誼賽，獲得熱烈歡迎，卅分鐘比賽，台啤隊楊敬敏在最後三秒鐘演出大逆轉，一記三分球，以五十五比五十四打敗佛光；台啤隊今天將到羅東高商和宜蘭市友愛百貨舉行簽名會。
台啤陣中擁有多位明星球員如何守正、林志傑等人，今年首度締造ＳＢＬ二連霸佳績，為了感激球迷支持，昨天起巡迴全國，一連舉辦十八場「榮耀在你」巡迴感恩簽名會。
簽名會開始前，台啤籃球隊先到佛光大學，與剛獲得全國大專女籃二級冠軍的佛光女籃隊舉行友誼賽，由雙方明星球員林志傑和陽詩慧跳球後，全場加油聲不斷（見左上圖，記者郭顏慧攝），上半場結束二十八比二十六，台啤小幅領先；下半場，佛光女籃隊發揮三分球實力，直到倒數三秒鐘，還領先兩分。
眼看勝利在望，就幾乎在哨聲響起同時，台啤楊敬敏竟在三分線外出手，投進一顆三分球，演出大逆轉，終場比數五十五比五十四，險勝佛光女籃隊，保住ＳＢＬ冠軍的顏面。
敗給心目中的夢幻隊伍，佛光女籃隊可說是心服口服，賽後也大方向台啤球員索取簽名。

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佛光大学体适能小姐2008, 第一名 佛教学系钟玉云, YEAH!

H应该很后悔教我西班牙语。我自认没什么语言天分, 但偏偏学西语却学得很快, 因为可以用在她身上, 每次上完课我就会举一反三, 总是用来亏她。 她每次在MSN上的西语display name, 我十之八九都猜对。 其实我才上了几堂课, 学的单字也不多, 但我却很能用我仅懂的单字东拼西凑地猜她写的句子, 她也很佩服我随便猜都离答案不远, 她说以后她就没有秘密了, 哈哈! 我们开玩笑地说这学期末, 我的西语可能还会比我的梵文好。我做正经事不是很认真, 做有的没的却真的还很行....那天同学要出院, 我就用泡沫板做了三朵花给她, HY看到了, 就笑着摇头道: “你真的很不爱读书, 做有的没的就很厉害....”

最近我还跑去参加体适能选拔赛, 其实我只是想拿免费Tshirt， 谁知却得了个冠军回来。 明天校长还会亲自颁奖给我, 有NT500 超级市场的礼卷, 一张奖状， 听说还会给我带上那种似类选美赛挂在身上那种东西, 笑死人了。 不过去玩玩也好。礼卷会捐出来， 给大寮， 供养大众嘛！

明天中午和傍晚都有很有趣的活动, 怎么能少了我...这里不细谈, 有机缘再说~哈哈!

Chau!

Hoon, 27 May 2008

台湾很精彩

不是每个人都会有这么难忘的经验.....那天, 和几位同学逛完夜市后大包小包的拿着好几杯珍奶, 跳上校车， 由于没好好顾好它, 结果其中一杯珍奶竟然掉在校车上, 打破了, 把校车弄得脏兮兮的。我们都决定到终点后就帮忙把校车清洗干净。 由于校车内没开灯, 所以司机和大家都不知谁打破的, 司机就说道: “每次都这样！把校车弄得脏兮兮的就跑人了, 我们驾了这么多小时的车还要留下来洗车!”:p

当时车上有八个我们系上同学, 我叫其他人先回家, 让我与另一位同学留下来清洗就行了, 但大夥儿却不肯离开, 并且合力地在5分钟内(因为不想耽误校车司机的下班时间)就把校车清理干净, 司机看到我们系上同学的团结及责任感也展开难得的笑容了, 哈哈!

我心里在想, 如果换成别系的同学, 他们是否会象我们系上的同学一样团结和互爱。 真的很感恩自己能在这里念书, 我们真的很象一家人哩！

缘分真的很奇妙， 大家来自世界各国, 却相聚在这里。有时要写卡片什么的, 都可用各国语言来写, 真好玩~觉得自己跟TC 人蛮有缘的, H以前就是AGT的优秀TC青年, 而和她一起在AGT长大的台湾好友也是, 其中一位现在还在TC医院当医生呢！她的这位好友长得还真象meibei， 样子象, 语气象, 气质也很象哩！所以和她在一起蛮有亲切感的, 说真的她一点都不象医生。 她苦读与当实习医生了这么多年, 最近刚升任为正式医生， 连我都为她感到骄傲！*Clap Clap*

昨天才知道一位同学的亲戚原来在电视台做主持人, 还很有幸与她拍了张照和吃了顿饭~哈! 看来我在这里广结了不少善缘哩！

台湾果然很精彩！哈哈!

Hoon， 26 May 2008

忙碌的星期五

又过了一个忙碌的星期五。中午下课后就赶去参与宗教系的最后一天活动, 我们还真幸运， 拿走了最后两份“大红包”....就是每人两张世界宗教博物馆的入场卷~工作人员还说我们很有眼光， 选了世界宗教博物馆的入场卷而不是换取现金NT100....因为两张入场卷值NT300, 而且世界宗教博物馆是值得一去的地方~HEE....

本来吃完午斋过后要做功课, 但还读不到一下下我就跑下楼找人, 结果就被智妈妈拉去半山腰的菜园拔菜。 那菜园是我们家的, 我们吃的蔬菜有些就是从那边摘回来的。过后我就在半山腰等校车, 因为约了几位同学吃晚餐所以赶着搭校车下山。 但很幸运的就上了一位法师的车下山。吃过晚餐就一起去医院看一位住院的同学， 有说有笑的。 由于我又约了智妈妈为同学的围兜缝学号(名字)所以先走一步, 过后才在夜市与其他人会和~就这样我又度过了一个忙碌的星期五....哈!

Hoon, 24 May 2008

大学生活

上个周末游了台北县五个地方。九份、金瓜石、十份、平溪和青桐。 有别于九份的热闹与拥挤， 十份多了一分宁静与宽阔， 感觉十分舒服。在游玩的当儿当然没忘了四川的灾民, 所以我们还特地从青桐买了一个孔明灯回来为灾民祈福哩!

上周末HY的好友们也正好开车来佛大找她, 还特地留了个车位给我一起去游玩，但我不在家, 真不好意思。与她们在台北吃过好几次饭，难得她们还记得我， 谁叫我长得这么可爱 ,HEE.....

认识了很多住台北、台中、台南的同学， 所以要到哪里玩都会有导游和住宿， 真好，呵！其实HY不是一个很会游玩的人, 但有时我到台北, 她也会尽地主之谊， 约了她几位好友一起去吃喝。 有次她还在猫空为我摔伤了屁股, 哈! 当我们的感情越来越好时, 有时我说要去她家住, 她就会开玩笑地说：“不要！你去住普门寺（台北）。”@#$%.... 其实我住过她家, 那时我们还没这么熟她就带我去她家了, 哈哈! 我们还谈了一整晚哩!

这个星期是佛大宗教系系周, 还蛮好玩的, 只要每天参加他们的活动, 每天盖一个印章, 盖满五天, 就可以得到宗教博物馆入场券两张, 听说宗教博物馆是一个很捧的地方! 所以我天天都去参加他们的活动~昨天就和蛮谈得来的ven MJ 学长去参加问答比赛, 赢得了一个盆栽, 我把它送给了我的工读老师.....下午就和HY躺在光云馆的草坪上晒太阳谈心, 超好笑的....过后就去上HY的西班牙文咯!

今天和几位同学一起去做体能测验, 因为有免费Tshirt拿! 哈! 前十名有奖状, 前五名还有礼券, 排名下周才会知晓~ 我的软身运动蛮差的, 腿又长, 骨又硬, 从小就不能做拉筋....但其他的项目还好, 定力跳远最好, 有206cm 吧!因为我以前是跳远的。KEE....

在享受大学生活的当儿, 该读书时我还是会读书的。ven JF 说如果我的梵文可以考X分以上她就会亲手煮珍珠奶茶给我喝, 因为她觉得我很懒， 梵文文法又很复杂, 就建议我去念巴利文, 但我还是选读了梵文, HEE.... 这次的期中考, 如没多少粗心的错误, 我应该有奶茶喝吧!哈! 考卷中最有挑战性的就是把梵文翻成英文, 而我全都答对了! X 不服气的说我这个读有的没的怎么都会做。 其实我并没有读有的没的, 只是我知道怎么读书, 既然我们不够时间从头读到尾， 所以只能重点读咯！而这些重点我都和她说了嘛！HEE.....

Ven JF 说她很羡慕我怎么会这么闲, 也很羡慕我的小聪明。 我说我反而很羡慕她的精进，只有用功苦读， 才能打下扎实的佛学基础~

Hoon， 21 May 2008

轮组

轮组就是由老师分配每人六组， 轮流作务。作务的范围包括典座、行堂、善后、打扫等。有人的地方就会有人事, 有时同学不能来轮组, 就会叫我来代替， 去过这么多组别, 还是觉得我们这组最合作与融洽。可能我们大家都有点经验, 所以我们都会互相补位， 也不会计较谁做多或做少。 连老师和智妈妈（妙智法师的妈妈， 在大寮帮忙）都喜欢我们这组, 不迟到又很可爱， 哈哈!

我最喜欢典座和行堂了。行堂的责任除了准备碗筷、打板、上香、催菜外，还包括了.......把剩下来的食物吃完！呵！因为有时剩菜很难处理, 所以大家都会尽量想办法把菜吃掉！ 当然， 有时工作还包括了.....被骂！ 哈！ 老师说不是每个人她都会骂的, 只有在大寮待过一段日子, 她知道可以被讲的被骂的她才会骂。所以最近我们这几个常被 “念”....有时是因为我们太匆忙, 没事先提醒经验不足的同学把旧菜平均分给同学和执事, 结果通通的旧菜都放到执事那里， 饭后我们就会被训一顿。或是有时忘了关瓦丝等我们也会被念等等....但每一次的错误就是一种学习, 而我们还蛮享受这种学习的。

上几个周末都常不在家, 不是帮老师做事就是有事。 这个周末还真想好好在家休息做功课， 但又受不了引诱， 因为这次要去的地方我还没去过呢! 好累哦, 希望下个周末可以好好在家休息~HEE.....

Hoon 16 May 2008

We are one big family

Haiz….so near yet so far, I came in 4th in the badminton tournament. I was playing to get into 1st or 2nd position game (whoever wins will play for the 1st or 2nd position, the loser will stay to play for the 3rd position) and I injured my thigh in the mist of the game…..the score was so near! 20 – 22 . I could not run to catch the ball for a few times because each time I run; I will feel the pain on my thigh. As I lost the game for playing the 1st or 2nd position, so I have to stay to play for the 3rd position but I lost too, the score was 17 – 21. I made a number of mistakes for the last few points.

I could have won but never mind lah! I heard from my friend that the other 3 are trained in badminton since young. And they play badminton almost every day against the guys one leh! Perhaps I should receive some proper training in order to 打败天下无敌手~haha!

I started playing badminton since secondary school but not so good. When I studied in the polytechnic, one of my friends gave me a 2 hours lesson and from then, my skill has improved tremendously and I started to play badminton everyday with the guys too! Playing badminton often with the good ones helped to polish up my skill.

Now age is catching up and I was prone to injury, cannot run and hop like last time liao! so sad!

Ven Mansheng and ven Miaoguan were there to support us. Hope I did not disappoint them lah! Think Ven MG has pinned a high hope on me before the game….After the competition; they have a fun badminton game with the undergrads. As I was injured, they don’t allow me to play!I was damned boring helping them to count the scores....*sianz*

We are like one big family here, whenever there is any tournament going on, many of us will go to support our faculty, even we know we will lose, haha! Our faculty should be awarded for our Best Team spirit, every time when we lost a game, we will still be in a very high spirit. To us, having fun in the game is what matters most. In fact our faculty did win a few competitions like singing competition, writing competition etc lah....more to the 文side and not the 武part cos we are not 少林寺mah! We really have a great sense of belonging to our faculty. Yesterday a few of us went to play table tennis with ven MS and ven MG again. We wanted to play badminton but the courts were not available. (My thigh is still pain but as long as i dont run too much it's still ok)

The teachers(ven MG and Ven MS) are very compassionate and kind. They always fit us to different responsibility based on our ability and potential. I have been sent to a few occasions helping out in different things, and ven MG told me in fact I’m a very 细心person, HEE!

I have been very busy for the past weekends helping out teachers doing things. This weekend is the time for me to relax and I’ll go to a far far place with a few friends to have fun :p

I have many playmates one, I go to different places in Taiwan with different playmates and sometimes we go different fgs temples to do volunteering. Some of my Taiwanese friends said that I m now ½ Taiwanese, know some places better than them...:p

True friend is one who accepts you as you really are, there is no such thing as whether you are good enough for a friend, as long as your friend can accept you as a whole, friendship can last. Besides many of my playmates, I m glad I have Jen and HY as my true friend. If one day they were angry and left me, it’s not because I’ve hurt them, it will because they are upset I kept doing things that hurt myself...KEE....

They are very kind and rational; they always say I’m like a kid, like to do things on emotions...HEE....Anyway, I love them very much and I have promised them that I’ll learn to grow up lor....HOHOHOHO....

Yo(pronounce as "show") Te Amo! That’s “I Love You” in Spanish. HY is teaching Spanish in our FGU YAD (香海社) now, so we got a chance to learn such a “romantic” language....Spanish is cool....I think I'm in love with the language now.


Chau!

Hoon 15 May 2008

HY and Jen Flower

HY and Jen are very good friend. They were born in Taiwan but HY is raised and educated in Argentina. She can speak fluent Spanish. Jen is raised and educated in South African and can speak fluent English with ang moh accent. They “ adopted” me last semester as their “pet”, haha!Both of them are teachers’ fav….presentable, rational, confidence and handle all things very well.

HY is always so hardworking and responsible with a little “self” (我执). She is never afraid of showing others her weaknesses (like not so fluent English and Chinese) . There was once she was suddenly appointed to read for Master Ven Hsing Yun a Chinese passage. It was a last minute arrangement; she has no time to go through the passage and was put on stage. As her Chinese is not so good thus she read with a little difficulty. The passage was long and due to time constraint, Master Ven Hsing Yun asked another person to replace her in front of the whole faculty. But she handled it with wisdom and even wanted to try another time when Master was here again, except that this time she requested to get the passage before hand so she has time to read through it.

There was another time she and a few others went to Philippines for recruitment (招生). During the sharing session back in FGU, they showed us her video when she was introducing our school with not so fluent English. The purpose of the video was: Anyone can go to the recruitment program as long as you are willing to do it. The video was definitely a confidence booster for a lot of students who are lack of confidence!

Jen is the “psychologist/counselor” in our class and is very humorous. You’ll feel very comfortable talking to her. Everyone likes to talk to her and if anyone of us encounter any problems, we’ll go to her for a “counseling session, ha! She is very good in analyzing problems and can “see through” a person.

To HY and Jen, good friends do not mean have to be physically stick to each other every time. Both of them always do things separately. They only do things together when needed. They said true friends are always there when you are in need; they don’t interfere with your decisions but only give advice and friends always see good in you. Their style of friendship is very similar to the American soap serials “Friends”….haha!

Some of their “definition” of friends are very different from mine initially. They are very “Westernize”, they always say they love me, but some how I don’t feel it since I don’t “see” how they love me. However, their style of friendship have really "trained" me to be independent and enjoy my own company...haha!

When the time goes by, I realize they really love me a lot, even though 3 of us don’t often stick together. HY and Jen understand me very well. It seems that they can read through me. As I’m a very straight forward person and cannot express myself very well, when I said something very bad, they know that I’m hurt. They can “read through” my words and actions. They will patiently wait for me to finish my complaints and ask me, so what is the point you want to tell me? I’ll say: cos I’m hurt. And they will immediately say: “Yes, that’s the point. You finally say it out!” Then they will start “counseling” me or bring me to a walk or a movie or whatever I feel like doing.....


They will never interfere in my decision making even they know the end results maybe a bad one…. they will only give advice and wait patiently for me to go back to them with a “bloody” ending….haha!

They say I’m a very “simple” person, they can predict my next words or next action, so they are always there to “standby” me and help clear up my mess since I never want to heed their advice before I took any actions :p Jen said I’m like a kid, always act on emotion….HEEE

We are all very poor students, sometimes HY has to go back Taipai (about an hour from our school) to give Spanish Tuition to make end meets. However, she is always very generous to me. She always buy me my favorite bubble tea (to us, a dollar can mean quite a large sum sometimes!) and bought me a large cake with jen and a few friends during my birthday. I remembered it was a weekday and we have class for the whole day, but still HY found someone to send her down the mountain and get the cake and my fav bubble tea within the shortest possible time, so touched!

There are many times she “sacrifices” for me. Eg she was rushing her report but she still keep time to go dinner with me because I was damned boring and was in a foul mood.

Last week she missed the school bus just to buy bubble tea for me when she was down the mountain. She was guilty when she failed to get bubble tea for me a few days back, so not to disappoint me again, She would rather wait for another hour for the school bus than to disappoint me again….when I called her, she told me she has just drank a cup of bubble tea and will buy me one near the school bus arriving time to keep the bubble tea fresh………..so touched!!
Jen, she has helped me alot....and I've written alot about her in my previous articles last sem~Both of them have advised me not to treat a classmate C too well since she never appreciated me. I never heed the advice and true enough, I was gena "bitten" by C recently and everyone sees her as a “victim”. But never mind, everyone has their point of view and we have our own reflection to do. Ironically, both of us are in fact doing the same thing to each other~ so I cannot complain too much :p

Infact when C and I were still in a good term, I did mention to her that HY and Jen are friends who will always stand by me, they will never leave me in lure whenever I need them, just like a mother who will never leave her children, haha! But C will turn against me when she wants too…and BINGO! I was right. (Law of attraction? :p)

Btw, last week our faculty played in the internal school basketball competition and we got 17 against ….70++, haha! It was a fun game though. Most of us do not know how to play basketball, 15 of us took turn to go play within the 40 minutes. Our team was very compassionate, always practice giving during the game by passing the ball to the other team by incident! Our rival was kind too, they tried to give us chance to shoot so to let us break the ZERO!

Tonight, I’ll be taking part in the Badminton tournament, wish me luck!


Hoon
12 May 2008

音樂跨越宗教 菲天主教徒演出佛陀音樂劇 (转贴)

http://news.sina.com 2008年05月05日 09:30 中廣新聞網

[黃麗鳳 攝] 菲律賓「佛陀傳」音樂劇團一行七十五人，今天下午訪問宜蘭佛光大學，和佛光大學「佛教研修學院」的師生，進行一場無國界的音樂文化交流。
　　菲律賓是天主教國家，卻有一批熱愛佛教音樂的天主教徒，他們雖然不是佛教徒，但專程來台灣演出一齣以「佛陀傳」為主題的音樂劇；這齣音樂劇由菲律賓（人間音緣梵樂團）領隊「永昭法師」率領菲國的年輕學子，依《釋迦牟尼佛傳》、《雲水三千》改編成「佛陀傳──悉達多」音樂劇，繼日前在台北國父紀念館演出五場後，本月十一號到十三號，將南下高雄市立社教館和佛光山演出。

饰演小佛陀的可爱小演员

饰演悉达多太子与耶输陀罗(两人替换)的演员现场为同学献唱

生气的背後(值得省思的一篇文章)-转贴

A.攻击-

受伤後的反应最近我听到一个这样的故事，有位先生养了一只吉娃娃狗，温驯乖巧，但有天这只小狗被邻居的大狗咬伤了，邻居立刻将牠抱来归还主人，当主人心疼的伸出双手要将小狗接过来的时候，没想到牠竟突然攻击主人，紧紧的一口咬住主人的手。主人不但没有生气，反而对邻居说：「牠咬我是因为牠受伤了。」这是小狗在受伤时的本能反应，不是因为牠恨主人，而是为了自我防卫，以免再次受伤，此时主人若误以为小狗是蓄意攻击他，必会生气，而使事情越弄越糟。

B.迁怒-

馀怒未消的迹象有位父亲下班回家，一进门就看到十多岁的女儿正在用他的工具修理东西，而工具散落一地，使客厅凌乱不堪，他便不禁开始破口大骂，聪明的女儿在收拾乾净後跑来拥抱他，然後问：「爸爸，你今天在办公室必定遇到不愉快的事，是吗？」这位懂事的女孩瞭解老爸的怒气不完全是针对她，而是他可能因为别的事受伤了，因此她没有情绪反应，反而能安慰爸爸，这是极大的智慧。我们在生活中是否也常遇到类似的状况？例如：孩子放学回来重重的把书包一摔，问他发生了甚麽事，他却不礼貌的说：「你好烦喔！」太太问先生晚餐想吃甚麽，先生竟不客气的说：「跟妳结婚这麽久了，我爱吃甚麽妳还不知道吗？」先生下班回来看到太太抱著孩子沮丧的坐在客厅，便过去关心的问：「心情不好吗？」没想到太太却生气的说：「你怎麽到现在才回来？」

C.关怀-

疗伤的最佳良药在这些情况中，若当事人都认为对方针对你在发脾气，一定也会开始生气，不是骂回一句难听的话，就是用冷漠与迴避来拒绝对方。因为我们也受伤了，需要自我防卫。但如果我们能看到：他对我兇，是因为他受伤了，事情就能比较正确的解决。我们怎麽去面对一个心灵受伤的人呢？首先，他需要被瞭解，被接纳。妈妈可以对孩子说：「你今天在学校受委屈了，来，告诉我发生了甚麽事。」太太可以对发脾气的先生说：「你心情不好，除了我之外，还有谁惹你生气啊？」而另外那位先生可以对沮丧的太太说：「一整天在家带孩子真辛苦，妳希望我现在为妳做甚麽吗？」如此对方的情绪一定很快的能稳定下来，在感受到被瞭解与接纳後，他甚至可能因刚才失礼的表现觉得内疚。

D.省思-

突破的开始罗马书十二章廿节说：「你的仇敌若饿了，就给他吃，若渴了，就给他喝；因为你这样的行为就是把炭火堆在他的头上。」何况我们的亲人，绝非仇敌，我们岂不更应如此善待他们。从另一个角度来看，当我们自己成为那个敏感、易怒、无理、情绪失控的人的时候，我们也应意识到其原因很可能是我们曾经受伤，而伤口尚未复原。就像有次我的脚趾受伤，家人从我身边经过碰到了它，我痛得本能的大叫：「你为甚麽踩我？很痛唉！」把对方吓了一跳，他是故意踩我吗？绝不是。其实他只是碰了一下，也不是故意要伤害我。但若没有伤口，就算他踩到，我都不会生气。我又痛又叫是因为有个未复原的伤口存在，每当别人去碰它一下，或自己不小心踢到，就痛得生气，也使对方不敢接近我。心灵的伤口也是一样，有位姊妹在电话中啜泣著对我说：「我觉得我快把我的孩子毁了，他们一点小小的错误，就会让我气得对他们怒吼，我知道我不该说那些难听的话，但就是没办法控制…！？」我对她说：「那是因为妳自己曾经受过很深的伤害，没有完全被医治，而他们碰到了妳的伤口。」这位姊妹的伤口是自卑感，不确定自己的价值，以致於当孩子表现不佳，她就觉得被否定了，愤怒只是被否定之後的本能反应。若我们能瞭解自己那待医治或解决的问题，再正确的对症下药，必能成为情绪稳定、别人喜欢接近的人。我们也更能看清其实许多不快乐不是别人造成的，乃是自己本身的问题。

Changi Airport farewell~

New Terminal 3 !!

Guess where I was? besides hq! but it seems that I was not seen by the photographer leh~

Hi Frenz!

I'm back in tw, tks for sending me off!

tks xiurong for your love letter haha!

Life here huh, like wat i've told u guys lor....:p

Take care!

metta hoon

开学典礼 School Opening Ceremony

欢迎各位参加新加坡佛光山[开学典礼]
All are welcome to attend FGS School Opening Ceremony.

2月24日, 1.30pm @ 榜鵝
24 February, 1.30pm @ Punggol

Power of the Mind~

Let's hold on together and graduate together. No more no less

Phew! 菩萨显灵…..Last nitz I managed to persuade CJ to do her reports, just a day before the deadline for ven Yung Dong’s report. I have come out with a good idea especially for her! I suggested her to drop one elective subject so she needs to do only 3 reports instead of 4 reports. Furthermore, one of the reports has postponed the deadline to 30 Jan 2008 instead of 23 Jan 2008, so she can finish her report even when she goes back to Thailand. She can send her report back to Professor via email.

But then I cheekily progressively encouraged her not to drop that particular elective module because it only requires us to write about 400-500 words, not as difficult as we think, ha!

I suggested a short term goal for her: Complete all the necessary reports for this semester. And whether she wants to continue her studies, she can think it over again when she goes back to Thailand during this winter holiday. Why make the decision of quitting school now? If she quits now, there will be no turning back. But if she submits all reports, she can choose to stay or not stay~

Furthermore, she is quite impressed that I’ve breakthrough myself and share with her more dharma now. I told her to learn to handle herself before she decided to quit. The environment, the Dharma friends, the venerable etc in FGU can help us to discover ourselves better.

I’m not sure what will be her final decision after the winter holiday, but at least, she is willing to submit her reports and agreed to reconsider it again. Now she is very busy with all the reports and has forgotten about her stomachache! Her mind is taking over her body now, and I’m soooooo happy for her!

We had a good chat with ven Mansheng just now. CJ is so positive in her words, telling shifu happiness comes from within and not due to the environment and other external factors. Can you believe that? She was so negative a few days back but now! Wow! The power of a positive mind! But I think I deserve some credit also lah! :p

Tomorrow is CJ’s birthday. As I’ve told her, the greatest gift she got this year is a new her! She is celebrating a new self!!! I’m so proud of her!

YEAH! Jiao you CJ. Dun give up so easily, even the road will be rocky in the future! We do not need to set a long term goal for ourselves if we are unsure now, we can set a short term goal: Learn to handle ourselves better, when we do so, who knows we’ll have a clearer picture of what we are going to do next??


(Hoon, Jan 16 2008)

Better Tomorrow

(Hoon, 15 Jan 2008)

CJ finally decided to quit school. Sad? Of course, she has been my “playmate” since school started. But I always believe that 塞翁失马, 焉知非福, nobody can live without anyone.

It is a pity that she decided to give up without finding what she wants in life ( besides getting married I think…HA!) I’ll definitely will miss the days when we go play eat and drink together! :’(

Today I’m quite excited talking to a classmate. She is independent, always comfortable with herself and anyone she met, humorous but not hurting, analytical etc, always 身心自在～ cool.

I always have new discovery about myself every time I talk to her and she always guide me to handle myself better. She told me I’m always confused about my emotions and failed to realize I always have drastic change in my physical expression. I can be super high at one moment and then my face can turn black in the next moment as if someone owe me a thousand dollars, haha!

Been always confused (that was what exactly what CJ’s mother calculated for me. She said I’m confused with myself)`,I’ll tend to defend myself without knowing why I feel in a certain way and thus I have problem expressing my feeling to others. If I cannot even understand my emotions, how can I expect my friend to understand me?

On the other hand, I need to learn to express my state of mind to others for eg when I’m tired, stressed etc so others will know what is on my mind so they will know how should they react to me in a certain situation. She told me if I can understand myself better I am able to handle my relationship with others better.

At last there is someone who knows me and shows me the way to handle myself better. My friend told me I’ve improved a lot in handling myself for the past four months and I’m really glad to hear that!

I really appreciate my friends here. They always tell me they love me. Every time when I’m moody (strangely, sometimes I didnt even realize it myself, I just feel something is different in me:p),, they will always sacrifice their time for me in the mist of rushing their reports (though I never express my state of mind to them or request them to accompany me).

They told me I’m not a person who knows how to express myself when I’m moody, but they can sense, perhaps through observing my actions or expression. Really?Haha!

I'll try to be mindful about all my 起心动念 from now on...:p

亚洲佛光青年生命成长营 - 心得报告

虽然我从香港回来已有一段时期了，但是那几天在香港参加成长营的点点滴滴却已经深深的烙印在我的脑海里。这是我第一次代表新加坡佛光青年分团外出参加营队，同时也是难得能够放下工作的重重顾虑，所以我很珍惜这次出国参学的因缘。

虽然就只有那么短短的几天，但是却足已让我找到一个全新的自我，同时也燃起了我想为众服务，结缘的热诚。此外参加了这次成长营之后，我更加肯定自己在分团里面所要扮演的角色，我希望能够尽力的为佛教付出多一份力，多一份发心，我是这么一直期许着自己。

其实之前当我从获知香港承办成长营的消息时，心里就非常渴望自己能够亲身前去参与和交流，但是另一方面又放不下手上那繁忙的工作而犹豫不决。感谢家人，常住还有团员们的鼓励与安排，让我能够顺利前往香港参加成长营。

在香港参加营队的那段期间，看到了香港青年朋友们为筹办这次营队的艰辛与努力，真的让我非常感动。所以当下就告诉自己这一次我将要扮演着[水]的角色，无论遇上什么样的人事物，都要能够包容，随众参与，还有与人融合共处。很庆幸自己能够与亚洲各国的青年打成一片，同时也从他们身上学习到各国不同的文化，还有青年们的活力与优点。

这一趟回来可说是收获良多，法喜充满。非常感谢大会也特别颁了一个奖项给我，其实我都一直告诉自己把个人荣耀放一边，最重要的还是得归功于身边的每一个人，因为众缘的力量，才真的是不可思议呢。

现在我满心期待着下一次的因缘，也或许以后因缘具足之下，轮到我们这个[小红点]承办下一届的成长营，我真的希望我们能够凝聚更多本地的青年佛子，一起来努力加油，为各地青年打开学佛之门，让大家都获得满满的收获，然后再回到各自的国家去行佛之道，以期佛光照三千，法水流五洲。

(曾富键 David)

Are you happy?

A heaven where we study ~ FGU

If someone ask me are you happy a few months ago or even for the past 30 over years, I wouldn’t say I’m.

Now, if the same question has thrown back to me, my answer will be definite.

I’m happy because I’m more appreciative now. Appreciative that I’ve given a chance to study in this beautiful university in Taiwan, appreciative that I have many friends here and in Singapore, appreciative about my family members who are always so supportive, appreciative that I’ve met My beloved teacher The Buddha, and most importantly, appreciative that finally I’ve put dharma into practice and my happiness comes from within.

I can sense and see my growth spiritually, though there’s still along way to go. I’m a happier person now, seeing myself breaking through the toughest and in turn, I’m able to help the friends around me.

I’m spiritually happy and my faith in Buddhism has grown even stronger.

I really enjoy my stay here. Listening to music on a sunny peaceful early afternoon while rushing reports with my fellow classmates or undergrads, mixing around with people I’m familiar or not familiar with, learning to get along with people from different background, learning to let go of my ego etc. I simply love the transformation process I’m going through.

I feel the peacefulness in me. That’s a feeling I would like to have always no matter where I go. Is that considered as an attachment too? Haha!

I simply love the quote: “Self-confidence is not a feeling of superiority, but of independence." - Lama Yeshe

I hope the thesis I wrote for the next 2 years will be beneficial to myself and to the others. I hope the thesis will be useful to anyone regardless of race, language or religion and it will transcend time and space.

Happiness comes from within. Be carefree of our body and mind, it’s the happiest moment in life.

A website worth reading:

http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/self-confidence.html

(Hoon, 12 Jan 2008)

我的超级善知识

Ven JF – Always have time for me whenever I need her.

She told me: ‘cos you are my personal friend so I’m willing to spend more time on you.”

She is really damned patient with me. At times when I was trapped in my problems, I will start telling her my same old story again and again and she will always there to listen to me and give me good advice.

Thus she jokingly told me I’m her no 1 MSN friend, haha!

She is super concerned about me especially these few months when I’m struggling in FGU. She is very worried about me.

She basically knows everything about my life here including things I that I haven’t got chance to tell her, like when CJ went back to Thailand. She always got the first hand news about me. She told me she got a lot of “xian ren” here and ask me better to behave myself!!

Our good affinity started when we were in the same uni. I was super good to her I think, KEE! Helping her whenever she needs from uni to Buddhist College till when she has renounced. She appreciated my help and my friendship. Thus, she is willing to spend time to listen to my complain gua, haha!

Like other normal friends, sometimes we will 抬扛. There was once I asked her a lot of Buddhist terms thru MSN, after sometimes, she replied: You think I’m your online dictionary issit?

HEE…

As I always tell her, I really appreciated her friendship and I love her very much. Jia you orh! I’ll always there for you whenever you need me. I know you’ll do the same.
一起共成佛道!

CJ

CJ 因胃痛回泰国休养了近三个星期终于回来了!

她的情况稍微好一些, 但回来一天, 胃病又开始发作了。她一整天都躺在床上都不能去上课~

其实她心里有很多心魔未除。 我很明白这种感受。 不知为什么， 我总觉得她的胃病有一部分是心理上的压力造成的。还有两个星期就期末了, 能不能突破她自己， 唯有靠她的意志力了!

我什么也不能为她做什么, 只有虔诚拜佛回向给她。 我也叫她念佛不要胡思乱想。

同学说, 她很羡慕我和她的友情。

我差点从椅子跌了下 来。

两个“问题孩童”在一起, 怎么会有人羡慕！同学说, 她羡慕是因为我们是互相扶持的好朋友。 有些人因志同道合而成为好朋友的她反而不羡慕， 她觉得患难见真情才可贵！

一路走来, 真的很辛苦。但如果蝴蝶没有破蚕而出的挣扎， 就没有展翅高飞的一天。

虽然我们有时也会吵架, 但当我在最需要朋友扶持时她对我的体谅、弃而不舍的友情， 我最近才开始懂得感恩。

我不希望她因为身体的不适而放弃在这里学习的机会。放弃了, 未解决的心理障碍还是会纠缠着你, 不管你躲到天崖海角。直到你面对和解决它， 心魔才没有机会干扰你。这次放弃了, 以后遇到同样的问题, 或许你还是会选择放弃。

前几个月我也想放弃， 自以为回去以后我总有一天也会有办法驱除心魔。 其实我太看得起自己了, 要不是这里的众多善知识和佛陀加被, 我还会被困在自己的烦恼中。

我这几个月的改变, 连老师和学长都觉得惊讶我能如此迅速走出来。学长说, 前几个月, 我的磁场好象一座墙, 靠近我的人好象随时都会“long piah ”(撞墙)，哈哈!可是她很惊讶我最近的磁场变得比较柔顺勒~

Wow！ 我自己都觉得不可思议。我这几年来一直想寻找的答案突然在这四个月都想通了! 这让我很相信拜佛的力量。因为除了善知识的帮助， 在我最沮丧和无助时, 我只好去找佛陀。

最近我也发现, 我执是世界上最不值钱的东西。或许因为一个我执, 友情、亲情都可能被破坏。它甚至会阻碍你的那么一点善念和善心， 它也是障碍一个人前进的阻力。

所以， 慈悲伟大的佛陀！求求您, 让CJ明白清楚看到自己的问题, 给她力量突破自己， 不要放弃她自己。 也请求您给我智慧让我能帮助她!


Dear CJ:

Perhaps you didn't know I’ve break through myself these few weeks when you were away. You told me I have changed a lot when you saw me yesterday. I’m happier and cheerful. Yap! Ven Man Sheng said that true happiness comes from within, can you feel my inner peace and happiness? :p

You asked me why I become fatter when you were away. I know why you asked me, because I should have missed you and eat lesser, haha!

Please hang on for another 2 weeks and be determined. Nothing can make you fall apart. We are all here for you. I was prostrating to the Buddha and have dedicated all the merits to you.

And remember we’ve promised DJ, HY and JL, we will strive hard and complete all our reports by this weekend so we can go play badminton and see movies when the semester ends.

A friend in need is a friend indeed. I appreciated what you’ve done for me. You are always there for me when I was suffering for the past 4 months. I’m here for you now, I’ll not let you give up so easily. Please be determined and bow to the Buddha, please tell the Buddha how much pain you are now and please tell him you would like to stay and we shall graduate together.

Today when I was in the library rushing my report, DJ dragged me to the computer room, she has dedicated 2 songs for me, I would like to, dedicate one of the songs to you. It’s the “Honey” movie Theme song. DJ said it’s a movie of NOT GIVING UP and we shall go see the movie in the library when we finish our reports:


I Believe
They said you wouldn't make it so far uh uh
And ever since they said it, it's been hard
But nevermind the nights you had to cry
Cause you have never let it go inside
You worked real hard And you know exactly
what you want and need
So believe and you can never give up
You can reach your goals
Just talk to your soul and say…
(Chorus:) I believe I can (I can)
I believe I will (I will)
I believe I know my dreams are real (know my dreams are real)
I believe I'll chant (Oh yea)
I believe I'll dance I believe I'll grow real soon and (That's why)
That is what I do believe Your goals are just a thing in your soul uh uh
And you know that your moves will let them show
You keep creating pictures in your mind
So just believe they will come true in time
It will be fine Leave all of your cares and stress behind
Just let it go Let the music flow inside
Forget all your pain And just start to believe

(Chorus:) I believe I can (I believe I can oh yea)
I believe I will
I believe I know my dreams are real (All of my dreams are real)
I believe I'll chant I believe I'll dance (I gotta dance)
I believe I'll grow real soon and (ooo)
That is what I do believe Whoa oa oa YEA… (Music break)

Nevermind what people say
Hold your head high and turn away
With all our hopes and dreams I
I will believe
Even though it seems it's not for me
I won't give up
I'll keep it up Look into the sky
I will achieve all my needs I will always believe….OoOo

(Chorus 2x) I believe I can
I believe I will (I can)
I believe I know my dreams are real (I got strength)
I believe I'll chant
I believe I'll dance (I gotta dance)
I believe I'll grow real soon and (watch me watch me watch me)
That is what I do believe (I do believe in me)
I believe I can
I believe I will (oh yea)
I believe I know my dreams are real
I believe I'll chant I believe I'll dance (I gotta dance)
I believe I'll grow real soon and That is what I do believe (I do believe! yayeeyay)

With lotsa love
Hoon, 7 Jan 2008

找回阳光的我了!

(Hoon 29 Dec 2007)


与内心交战了4个多月, 我终于走出来啦！

面对自己其实是很可怕的。不知怎么搞的, 来到这里， 心中无名的不安、恐慌、焦虑一直来纠缠着我。我真的不知在不安什么、害怕什么， 一直钻牛角尖, 走不出自己。

那天上满纪老师的唯识课时, 平时和蔼可亲的MM学长突然正严厉色的对我说:“你看着我的眼睛听我说!唯识对你很重要!你要依教奉行!”

这段自我封闭的日子， 还好有各位学长和善知识的扶持。MM学长的每一个叮咛等她走后我才发现这么受用!

还有在西方受过教育的JF和HY一直伴我左右。她们总是不厌其烦地揪出我的种种问题, 分析它们然后总是很正面的看待我所遇到的每个境界, 我才这么快走出来。

当然也要特别感谢我的超级知己Jue Fang法师 这几个月来几乎天天和我连线, 不断地鼓励我。还有超级慈悲的老师们， 总是给我们时间长大，一直叫我“加油”！哈哈！

在众多的助缘及自己不断的反省下, 有一天上唯识课, 我突然间 “开悟” 啦！

原来， 我的心魔是自己创造出来的。 现在， 我天天努力实践佛法, 勤练四正勤, 不让妄想魔鬼来打扰我。

我也终于知道为什么每次我的友情到了某一个阶段就会和朋友闹得不欢而散而让我对友情止步。 因为我的我执大过天！ 我很怕受伤、被拒绝，所以往往会为了保护自己而伤了朋友。

现在我终于明白。要朋友不离开你, 你要好好保护他们， 不要让他们受伤。 最大的慈悲是把自己的身、口、意照顾好, 自己要学习受伤, 伤多了其实也没什么了。 宁可自己受伤, 也不可以伤害别人！

所以， 我这几天都告诉自己，只有别人， 没有自己。

由于期末考即将来临， 所以没什么人签轮组, 人手短缺, 纵使昨天我已很累了, 但还是从行堂帮忙到善后再帮到清洗大寮。洗完后我真的累跨了！

我也不要多想别人对我的态度, 不要等别人对你好, 要先对别人好， 纵使我害怕被拒绝。 但人都是需要被爱的, 所以既使先主动, 别人也不会每次都拒绝你的善意。


当别人无意间讲话伤到自己时, 不要太过认真, 听过就马上放下, 也不要反驳。

同样的，时时提醒自己的反应不要太快, 要说好话, 不要伤到人。

这种种都是我在学习放下我执的训练。

我能坚持多久, 我不知道， 我也不是每次都成功所以偶尔还是会气馁。 有时习气所然也会故态复萌。不过我觉得实践了佛法后我心中的恐慌、不安都减少了,多了一分自在。

遇缘则师。很多看似逆境的事（如我和CJ 吵吵闹闹的友情、她回国休养等）其实都是我们调伏内心的好因缘。也因为不断的尝试和反省， 我才明白怎么和人相处。难怪, CJ 的母亲说我和CJ是对方的贵人, 哈哈!

所以我学到了:
-放下我执, 心里只有别人没有自己， 可能带给你意想不到的效果。

-慈悲~是把自己的身口意照顾好。

-越是自己害怕的事, 越是要学习面对。克服了就会觉得其实也没我们想象的可怕。

-暂时不能解决的事情总有一天会有突破, 没办法时就去拜佛回向吧！哈

-要常和自己“自证分” （习性）不同的人相处在一起, 才不会增长自己的我执, 才能学习怎么和不同性格的人相处。和有同样烦恼的人在一起烦恼会更多。

曾经有位朋友的话很有意思， 她说: 修行是和你最讨厌的人相处， 哈哈!

<静思语>：“看人不顺眼是自己修行不够”。

-要做“护”心的人, 不要做“负”心的人。把每个人的心都当自己的心, 自己不想受伤, 就要以同理心对待每个人。

-要坚信因果~ 以后和别人吵嘴时千万不要和别人冷战, 也不要掉头就走, 否则别人也会这样对你:p

-微笑其实也是一种布施

刚刚JF 悄悄地对我说, 老师发现我这几个星期有改变哦！又恢复开朗了, 开始照顾人了!真的很意外老师的观察力勒!

我又是我了, 不同的是, 我又突破了一关。

我终于明白， 我最大的问题, 就是没有好好实践佛法~

坚持~

(Hoon - 20 December 2007）

今天我的书法老师说我的书法比以前进步了很多哦! 他说看得出我有用心在写哩!

老师曾说过写字看得出一个人的个性和内在修持, 而且很考耐性。

我很高兴因为最近我终于开始拜佛了, 有时也会打坐, 而且时时提醒自己要说好话, 心存好念, 把佛法实践在生活中。我不知是不是这样所以我的字进步了!:p

同学说当我觉得最苦的时候千万不要放弃， 就如一个长跑健将， 当他跑到想停下来但还是继续跑时， 过了最辛苦的阶段后体力就上更上一层楼了!

学长说叫我拜佛是因为我心中已有答案自己该怎么做, 只是不愿意面对。 并不是每个人她都会叫他们拜佛的。

其实很多老师、学长都叫我拜佛。 起初我蛮抗拒的，也半信半疑，很不喜欢对着不会讲话的佛像礼拜讲心事。

但现在我发现, 当一个人没有能力去克服一些问题时, 可以天天作回向, 请求佛菩萨加被, 加上自己的努力, 没有解决不了的 问题！ 现在我很喜欢和佛菩萨接心， 真的很令人感到安乐自在。

唉!不要看我好象很空闲, 多一个月就要把5分报告写好, 我还没开始做呢!

现在我要回房看书了! 在培养看书的习惯咯！也希望通过看书让我把心沉淀下来， 不要什么事都往外求, 该向内看了!

这个周末我们要去南华大学参加学术研讨会, 在嘉宜, 从礁溪到嘉宜大概要4个小时车程吧！等回来再赶报告咯！*YAWN*