Finding Inner Peace in a Disconnected World
Two years have passed, and the world remains disrupted. While economies have improved, it is not an easy journey ahead.
A person’s lifespan of 70-80 years is often filled with laughter, joy, sadness and pain. Every day can be an opportunity or a challenge, it depends on your heart. How we take each day as an opportunity to learn, or as an aimless day of routine, depends on our mind, our attitude.
Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Without darkness there is no light. Without sadness there is no happiness.
There is no opportunity without challenge – such is the nature of our existence.
I urge you to view each day as a joyous opportunity to practice calming our heart and helping those around us. We can calm ourselves by seeking homage with the Buddha, finding solace in His compassion. At the same time, we must not forget those around us who may be in more difficult situations than us. We can pray for them, that they find peace and happiness on their journey. Be patient.
Put into practice the Buddha’s words in our daily life. Be it the basic practice of not wasting food or of meditating on emptiness. Take time to reflect and develop. Equalise your heart by treating everyone you meet as you would treat the Buddha. Be patient.
在缭乱的环境中得到内心的平衡
这两年里，疫情仍然没有得到很好的控制，我国的经济虽然有好转，但是接下来的这条路，还是充满各种挑战。
在人生这个道路上，短短的七，八十年，说长不长，说短不短。每一天可以开心的，或是苦恼的，都是由我们自己去选。
我们可以正面的迎接未来的日子，也可以负面的看待人生的痛苦。所有的危机和挑战，都能够成为机遇。
这都要看我们的内心。就像一幅画，好看不好看都被我们 “生活”的思维和态度影响。
没有黑暗那有光明，没有苦难也没有欢喜，没有挑战就没有机遇。这一切都是我们人生的本质。
我们有能力把每一天造成自己想要的。让我们珍惜每一天，练习平静内心，专注善于助人。在对佛陀致敬，祈求佛陀发慈悲，让我们内心得到一丝丝的平静。在不忘大环境中，他人的苦难，我们也因该耐心的为他们祈祷，让他们在人生道路中找到安慰和快乐。
迎接每一天的开始，我们应该练习佛陀的许许多多劝语 –从基本的生活小事开始- 不浪费食物到 沉思心经里的 “色 不 异 空，空 不 异 色，色 即 是 空，空 即 是 色”的道理。
时时刻刻要自我反省，训练一心。 就如我们对待佛陀一样的心， 互相尊重。学习成为更好的自己。
请大家耐心的一齐面对接下来的人生道路。