人间菩提 - 零九年一月三十一日 Puti – 31 Jan 09

惜福，不要吃得过量，要把碗碟里的食物都吃完。

We must treasure our good fortune, do not overeat and finish all your food.

汽车 Car

和五位高中同学一起到高中老师家拜年。每一位朋友都很用心工作，生活富足，开着汽车到老师家。只有自己守着清贫理念，搭乘公共巴士。

Five of my JC classmates visited our school teacher during Chinese New Year. Every one of them works very hard and earns a decent living, driving to our teacher's house. I am the only who believe in living a simple life and takes the public bus.

离开老师家时，顿起无名烦恼。高中时，我成绩比每一位都好，现在每一位却都比我成功，起了一点不平衡的念头。还好，想起有义师兄的心得分享。有义师兄说旧同学聚会时，接到同学的名片，印着董事长的职位。念头一转，就觉得也没什么。

I was slightly troubled when I left my teacher’s place. In JC, I outperformed every one of them. However, they are all now more successful than me. Fortunately, I remembered what You Yi SX once shared with me. He faced the same situation during his old classmate gathering where name cards with title “Director” were exchanged. However, he realized that it is not something very significant in life.

加入慈济后，了解到成功不以金钱和地位来衡量。生不带来，死不带去。万般带不走，唯有业随身。感恩上人，让我理解生命真正的意义是付出，不只要燃烧自己，照亮别人，还要启发别人，点亮别人的心灯，灯灯相传。

After joining Tzu Chi, I understand that success is not measured by money and status. They cannot be bring along when u dead. The only thing that follows you is your karma. I am grateful to Master for enlightening me that the true meaning of life is to offer our services, not only burning themselves to lit up others, but also to inspired others by encouraging them to pass on the light of good.

不过还是要忏悔。以前会为自己找借口，向朋友说，不是我不能，是我不要。如果我要，金融界任我闯。真是自欺欺人，以我的性格，面对金融界复杂的人际关系，不失败才怪。今后，我会自信地说，走在菩萨道上，我真的是法喜充满。很高兴，很感恩自己找到了正确的人生道路。

But I still have to repent. I used to make excuses and tell my friends that I can do it if I feel like it. If I really want, I can enter the financial sector and swim like a fish in water. That is all self-deception. With my character, face with the complexity of human relationships in the financial sector, I am bound to fail. From now on, I will confidently say walking along the Bodhisattva path, I am truly happy.

人间菩提 - 零九年一月三十日 Puti – 30 Jan 09

我需要多加努力，把家人从这种迷茫的生活拉回来。感恩，好在他们还没有深陷的太深。

I need more put in more effort to put my family back away from this way of life, although they are still not that extreme.

人间菩提 - 零九年一月二十九日 Puti – 29 Jan 09

天下一家，四川和福鼎与慈济人一起过年啊。好温馨啊。

How touching, people from Sichuan and Fu Ding shared the Lunar New Year with Tzu Chi volunteers.

向上人拜年 Paying respect to Master during Lunar New Year

大年初四我们和花莲本会视讯连线，向上人拜年。好想念上人啊，我会努力实行上人的期许，人间菩萨大招生。

On the 4th day of Lunar New Year, we have a online webcast with Master to pay our respect to Master during Lunar New Year. How I miss Master. I will work hard to fulfill the tasks Master gave us, recruiting more members and volunteers to walk the path of Bodhisattva.

(obtained from Tzu Chi Singapore website 取之慈济新加坡分会

http://www.tzuchi.org.sg/news/culture/2009/20090129.html)

《守著您》

隔著山 隔著海 隔千里
隔不了思念上人的心
埋藏記憶化作一份勇氣
追隨您無怨無悔走下去

守著您 守著一念心
一念心化為想師之情
漂泊它鄉的心卻緊繫在慈濟
佛心師志在千外里

仰望天際 俯視無垠大地 上人悲心無遠際
走您堅定要走的路 膚慰您要膚慰的苦
做您所說 行您所行道理
但願上人莫掛心
遙遠心依然相繫 思念心依然相契
緊緊追隨您 上人我愛您

人间菩提 - 零九年一月二十八日 Puti – 28 Jan 09

马来西亚的慈济人好幸福啊，与大家在新年时结了一分那么好的缘。

Tzu Chi volunteers in Malaysia are so fortunate to share with everybody a Happy Lunar New Year.

Tzu Chi Vietnam 慈济越南据点

I managed to found an article about Tzu Chi Singapore branch helping a Vietnam family whose child is down with cancer and seek treatment in Singapore. At the same time, Master Cheng Yen shared with everybody the work of Tzu Chi in Vietnam.

我在慈济新加坡月刊《慈济世界》里看到一篇分会帮忙一户越南家庭的报道。个案的小孩罹患癌症而道新加坡求医。与此同时，证严上人开示慈济在越南的会务和济贫活动。

菩提心要 - 零九年一月二十五日 Puti – 25 Jan 09

上人新年的祝福，和大陆各地慈济大家庭的感恩与温情。

Master blessing for the New Year as well as Tzu Chi family members in China sending their gratitude and love.

爱的约定 The Date of Love

这是我观看的第一部大爱剧场。不过，因为本身不是很喜欢看戏，所以没有什么感触。向雯云师姐借大爱剧场时特别为了度祖父母进人慈济的。


因为我忙于事业和志业，只能在礼拜六早上把大爱剧场播放给大家看。断断续续，花了两个多月，还把十六集的《爱的约定》看完。


感恩，祖父母对慈济有多了一点点的了解。我不奢望他们能通过一部剧场就接受慈济。好在，整整十六集，祖父母没有象观看其他剧场时那样的造口业，没有骂过任何演员，因为大爱剧场里没有坏人。我还听见祖母赞叹宫梅花师姐是个好人。

没造口业，还积公德，大爱剧场好棒啊！

慈濟波士頓新春團拜影片 Tzu Chi Boston Lunar New Year Well Wishes

好想大家啊！感恩大家的照顾。我们一定有缘在慈济世界里再见面的。

How I missed everybody. Thanks for taking such good care of me. We will meet again in the world of Tzu Chi.

新春年饼制做 Making Chinese New Year Cookies

新春年饼的制作过程我就不写了，写写自己的心得。

一盒杏仁饼，每一层都必须把心型的饼摆好。尖的部分向内，顺着边摆成一圈，再把圈内填满。摆着摆着，往往还有一点空位，手里拿着一片杏仁饼，就是放不进。那片调调，这片转转，还是放不进。这时，我发现因该把手中的那片杏仁饼放下，换成另一片小一点的，就能圆满地把一层杏仁饼摆好。

这时的领悟是：手中的那片杏仁饼就是自己，已经摆好的杏仁饼是伙伴们。希望伙伴们都调调心态，转转念头来配合自己，是多么自私和费时的行为。只要把自己缩小，就能把事情办好。



另一天，我到厨房内帮秋镇师兄烘凤梨酥。秋镇师兄向我解释，烘烤炉的温度是设在两百摄氏度，预计需要烤二十分钟。不过，这并不代表我们就可以好整以暇，死板地等二十分钟。如果烤炉门开了太久，实际温度下降，就必须烤久一点。如果凤梨酥上的一层练奶太薄，就必须烤短一点。如果烤炉内温度不均匀，还要把那盘凤梨酥来个一百八十度旋转，已达到金黄色的外皮。


感恩秋镇师兄向我说法，让我明白为什么佛陀要开八万四千个法门。因为众生有八万四千个烦恼。面对人事物，不能只想着自己的那一套，要学会圆融，学会包容。

心得满满，感恩师兄姐让我有机会学习与成长。

菩提心要 - 零九年一月十九日 Puti – 19 Jan 09

现在的老师，大多都是教书，不教做人。人品典范、百年树人，已成绝响。好在慈济的教育志业同仁，坚持做社会的清流。希望他们日后能做到社会的主流。

Teachers nowadays are only teaching knowledge and not ethics. Gone are the days where teachers poured their heart and soul to mould their students. Luckily, Tzu Chi education staffs are striving hard to be the pure stream of the society. Hopefully, they can one day be the mainstream of our society.

菩提心要 - 零九年一月十五日 Puti – 15 Jan 09

难得上人介绍慈济在大陆的挥动，今年的冬令发放，六个省中跨十二个县市，嘉惠七万四千八百多户。真的很佩服大陆的慈济人。

A rare chance where Master Cheng Yan introduced Tzu Chi activities in China. This year winter distribution was carried out in 12 counties across 6 provinces, helping 74800 households. I truly admire Tzu Chi volunteers in China.

大爱园游会 Great Love Charity Fair

It was my first involvement in the Great Love Charity Fair. On the eve of this event, we had a 3-in-1 meeting. Upon reaching Jing Si Hall, the mood was just like Lunar New Year eve. Everybody was hard at work preparing for the reunion the next day. It was indeed a reunion during the Great Love Charity Fair. SG and SB that I knew on separate activities like KWSH, Ai Sa or home visits all came back to Jing Si Hall. It just feels like Lunar New Year was already here!

On Sat, I helped out at the Prata stall till 3 pm. There was an incident that I remembered deeply. A visitor asked what the different fillings inside our prata rolls are. As she was one of the several visitors who repeated asked the same question, the owner got rather upset and gave his reply in a slightly rude manner. As a result, the visitor replied: "Do not speak like that. Tzu Chi volunteers do not speak in this manner". I was in an awkward situation. The owner is not a Tzu Chi volunteer. Although he is kind hearted to offer his service, he did not fully understand the Tzu Chi approach of life. But I cannot explain this to the visitor or the owner will be upset.

After I finished my task at the prata stall, I shared this story with Xiao Qun SJ. She told me that I should apologize to the visitor immediately and then explained to the owner gently Master Cheng Yen ideology. It is not an easy task and takes skills to ensure a both the visitor and owner are not upset with Tzu Chi.

At the end of the 2 days events, I had a bigger question. Everybody was buying stuffs and eating a lot of food, partly to finish spending the coupons they bought. However, I see a lot overeating and overspending, which I was involved too as I had extra coupons at the end of the event.

But I remembered Zhi Rong SX sharing with me that he no longer eats tidbits, especially when he is not hungry because it is a wasteful consumption of food. Hence, my action of using the unused coupons to buy tidbits is actually contributing to unnecessary global warming and the worldwide shortage of food.

I also remembered that Tzu Chi hosted the Great Love Charity Fair to encourage residents who are planning to do their Lunar New Year shopping elsewhere to buy at Tzu Chi instead, fulfilling the festive needs and contributing to charity. The idea is not to buy extra stuffs at Tzu Chi which we do not need.

Hence, I know what I should do next year. I will still buy coupons to support Tzu Chi. But I will only use the coupons to buy whatever I need. More likely they will be spent on CNY cookies baked by Tzu Chi. If there are extra coupons at the end of the event, I will not spend it on unnecessary items.

菩提心要 - 零九年一月十日 Puti – 10 Jan 09

欲知世间刀兵劫，须听屠门半夜声。

If you wish to know whether there will be wars, you only need to know whether there are working noises in the butchery in the middle of the night.

菩提心要 - 零九年一月九日 Puti – 9 Jan 09

点塔千层，不如暗处一灯。

Lighting a thousand-levels pagoda with lights is not better compared to placing a single lamp in a dark corner.

內修外行一念心 Learning with a pure heart

邱國氣师兄是慈青学长，也是《深度报道》的主持人。这是邱师兄在慈青十五周年庆（2007）时的感言，与大家分享。

Qiu Guo Qi SX is a Tzu Ching Senior as well as the presenter of “Deep Insight”. This is a speech by Qiu SX on the 15th anniversary (2007) of Tzu Ching.

內修外行一念心 - 邱國氣

是怎樣的因緣？讓我們在驛動跳躍的年華，遠離喧囂誘惑，投入慈青
是怎樣的心念？讓我們在年輕多感的歲月，變得清淨篤定，踏實築夢
是怎樣的堅持？讓我們在混沌難明的世道，認清價值方向，靜定己心
是怎樣的勇氣？讓我們在世風不古的當代，扮演關鍵少數，逆風飛翔
是怎樣的信心？讓我們在顛簸難行的逆境，立願跟緊腳步，勇敢前行
是怎樣的毅力？讓我們在人事磨練的當下，依舊懷抱感恩，發心如初

「發心如初，成佛有餘。」 慈濟大專青年聯誼會，在上人正名後，已走過十五個年頭，對於曾經流過這條細弱清流的年輕學子而言，是否還曾認真的問過自己？而答案是否還依舊清晰？參加慈青，投入慈濟，或許各有因緣，因緣亦隨時間不斷流轉、變異；然能一路走過來的，卻已不止一次，被熟悉的場景，相同的經歷深深觸動，是上人無盡慈悲、深廣智慧的信願，是慈濟人難行能行、難捨能捨的身行，是一群慈青懷抱理想、修己助人的發心。

一群年輕人在一起，就有股改變世界的力量。然這力量是向善？是往惡？端懸一念，端繫一心。善惡在拔河，人心在拉扯，價值在搖擺，志向在徘徊；善惡拔河的輸贏，不在力量，而是取決於人多的一方。故心中不時浮現的，仍是上人猶言在耳的真切叮嚀：『在我心裡，天天有一股清流，這是什麼樣的清流？尤其是最近，我這一股清流，是流不出去的，還要不斷在心裡，用這一股流，你們猜不出是什麼流？總是不斷往肚裡，往心地裡，不斷地在洗滌我自己，好像已經有一段時間，不知道為什麼，總是這樣的感覺，我來不及了！我來不及了！』

直到最近，上人更加清楚的說出心中三個來不及的擔心，一字一句、聲聲切切，是對時間無情的提醒，是為搶救弟子慧命的擔心，是敲響生命危脆無常的警訊。

第一：擔心自己年歲已逾古稀，但要做的事情又那麼多，自己到底還有多少時間？能帶領著全球慈濟人，共同為淨化人心，克盡心力，做到最後一口氣！

第二：擔心弟子慧命成長來不及；上人常言，「我所做的，要讓任何一個人踏入慈濟，沒有後悔；故創立慈濟，若只教會大家如何做事造福，這條修行的路，我只帶大家走了一半。」做事是一時，做人是一輩子；故如何不止只做「慈濟事」造福，還能當「慈濟人」修慧，才是上人心中所願所盼。

第三：擔心氣候暖化的危機不斷迫近，淨化人心及拯救地球的速度來不及；頻傳的天災，紛擾的人禍，危脆的國土，來不及搶救的生命與人心，都令上人分秒擔憂、時時掛心！

這三個來不及，看似個別，實則一體；亦喚起最近迴盪於心的深刻提醒，「當一個好人，已來不及救地球！」相信，許多人都認為，自己安份守己，生活簡單，心念也單純，有空還懂得當志工，幫助別人，該算是個好人。但當我們再靜心想想，世界上好人這麼多，卻沒有讓世界變得更好，讓地球變得更健康，到底關鍵在哪裡？才知原來「好人，也有習氣！」

上人常言，人都是從原諒自己的那一分鐘開始懈怠。當好人遇到選擇爬樓梯與搭電梯時；當好人遇到沒帶杯子，又想喝飲料時；當好人遇到自己的觀念不被接受，卻又放不下時；當好人感到周遭的人都這樣做，您不隨順，感覺有點怪時；這一次次的決定，就是習氣的源頭，就是性格的養成，就是命運的決定。

最近，讀到一句話：「人生最美的時刻，是自我覺察的時刻。」故若能當個懂得自我覺察、覺行的好人，就如慈濟人推動克己復禮，上人用身教，一次次慈悲的教示，自身自省自覺的感動，或許另一句話：「人都是從自我覺察的那一分鐘，開始戒慎精進」，亦能給我們更深，更即時的覺行，進而安定紛亂的人心，成長我們的慧命，膚慰受傷的地球母親。

「傳承法脈心相繫，弘揚宗門志不移，慈濟因緣會珍惜，靜思法髓無量義，吾等弟子當謹記，敬請上人莫憂慮。」相信，今年全球慈青年會的圓緣，當在場所有慈青，懷抱著最虔敬、感恩的心，向上人唱出發自內心的立願時，熟悉的感覺，盈眶的熱淚，又將會再把慈青孩子與上人的心，緊緊相繫；誠願「敬請上人莫憂慮」，不再只是一句歌詞，而是一種力行後的承諾，就如晨起恭聽靜思晨語；亦如全球協力推動「心生活運動」，那般恆持與精進；讓慈青清流成為校園主流，並以虔敬的心念、不變的初心，以合供養、內修外行，只要上人多住世一天，就能延長上人對世界善的影響力。

思緒至此，內心又不禁浮現上人對慈青孩子的殷殷期盼：師公已經有年紀了，大家要勇於承擔喔！要走近一點，不要等到師公需要的時候找不到孩子！

菩提心要 - 零九年一月二日 Puti – 2 Jan 09

用心用到极致，就是无心；大我扩到极点，就是无我。

The greatest level of working mindfully will lead us to the stage of emptiness; the highest level of treating everybody as you are treating yourself will lead us to the stage of selfless.

东北干部新年联谊 Northeast cadre volunteers gathering

新年新气象。我很荣幸当了干部，能参加东北举办的干部新年联谊。简单的聚会，一起用点早餐，大家介绍自己给大家认识，促进、促进彼此的感情。

A new year and a new start. We had a gathering among the Northeast cadre volunteers, whom I am very honoured to become one this year. It was a simple gathering, some food and an introduction of everybody to everybody.

真的很惊讶。原来东北有那么多干部志工。东北不是六区中最大的区，想必其他五区的干部志工一定更多。更令我惊讶的时，原来慈济有那么多功能组。老实说，我是没有听过人文推广组和医疗组。

I was amazed that we have so many cadre volunteers. Northeast was not the largest group, so I am guessing that other regions have many more. I was also surprised that there were so many functional groups, many that I have never heard before. Groups like Promoting Humanity group and Medical group.

最后，济雨师伯与大家分享，《新年快乐》的意识是《新的一年，天天快乐》，而《生日快乐》就是《天天如生日般快乐》。言浅意概，我会努力地实行。

Lastly, CEO brother David Liu shared with us to treat everyday like New Year and every day like our own birthday. Simple message, I will try to do it.