日日是好日 (Everyday Is A Good Day)

(This article serves as a wake-up call for my Chinese friends, especially my Chinese Buddhist friends. A few of those high achievers, who have studied tons of Sutras and attained good meditation stages, can’t seem to apply what they’ve learned to their everyday lives. Our phone conversations are full of their complains, complaining that the world is not treated them well. Maybe they’ve studied too much and forgot that Buddha’s core teaching: Looking inward. They don’t see what they already have (plenty!), only eying the things that they don’t. Even though they are considered successful by society’s standards, they are still unhappy, complaining about the same things day after day, and living in their own hell.)

當在要抱怨外界對自己不公而忿忿不平時，
請先看看自己所擁有的，再看看世界 / 國家 / 社會新聞，
就會了解慈濟基金會的 “每日靜思語”:

“心中常存善解、包容、感恩、知足、惜福。“

“感恩身體健康，能夠發揮人身良能；
感恩在多災多難的時代，能夠天天平安。“

幸福快樂只有自己能給；
汲汲往外求，是緣木求魚，永遠無法幸福快樂。
而擁有幸福快樂的秘訣, 就是感恩、知足、惜福。

如果我們感恩、知足、惜福的話，
當下就是天堂, 就是極樂世界。
反之，你擁有再多金錢、物質、男友、女人，
你還是身陷地獄的牢籠裏。

這些其實大家都知道，但在為生活奔波忙碌中，就都忘了。
大家都是很有福報的人，
都身體健康、有飯吃、有房子睡、有家人朋友可談心、還能上網玩電動，
比我在這兒看到的，大家的福報真是太大了!
活在當下，希望大家都能感恩、知足、惜福，
那麼就日日是好日!