<![CDATA[小艾]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:44:24 GMT Qzone zh-cn Copyright (C), 2005-2008, Tencent Tech. Co., Ltd. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:28:44 GMT <![CDATA[汤恩比博士看二十一世纪的世界[转]]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1258248524 汤恩比博士看二十一世纪的世界

Quotations of Dr. Arnold Toynbee
英国历史学家汤恩比博士文句精选

China’s past achievement and historical experience have endowed it with the qualifications that the West so conspicuously lacks. On the strength of that achievement, China has a more promising chance of shepherding mankind into political unity than any other country.

中国过去的成就和历史经验，已使其具足统一世界的资格；这正是西方所显著缺乏的。在这种成就的力量上，中国比任何其它国家都更有希望，带领人类政治走向大一统的世界。

◎ 汤恩比博士简介（Biography of Dr. Arnold J. Toynbee）：

阿罗德．约瑟．汤恩比（1889-1975）是英国著名历史学家。他毕业于牛津大学，任伦敦大学的希腊语和历史学教授。曾代表英国政府参加两次世界大战后的和平会议。他发表过约三千篇论文著作，主要学术贡献是十二册的巨著《历史研究》（A Study of History），从社会文明发展的角度来研究历史。他认为，社会文明的衰落源于无法胜任道德与宗教的挑战，而非物质与环境的挑战。

(1) The religions that can salvage mankind 拯救人类之宗教：

“… the founders of the less crude religions and philosophies have perceived that the nature of divinity is not power but love, benevolence, and humanity. The Buddha, the Bodhisattvas, and Christ stand not for the exercise of power but for self-abnegation and self-sacrifice. Confucianism and Shinto stand for a harmonious co-operation between man and nature; Taoism for letting nature takes her course, undisturbed by impertinent and clumsy human interference. Surely the Weltanschauung that follows from these more perceptive and less aggressive religious and philosophical traditions is the one that now offers the most promising hope of salvaging mankind. The injunction to “subdue,” which modern man has taken as his directive, is immoral, impractical, and disastrous.”

Source: Toynbee, Arnold, 1973, The Genesis of Pollution, Horizon, Volume 15, No. 3, summer issue, pp.4-9.

译文：
　 一些较为文明的宗教和哲学的创始人认为，神性的本质并非权威，而是爱、仁慈与人道。佛菩萨和基督并非权威施行者的象征，而是代表克已奉献和自我牺牲；儒家与神道教代表人与自然的和谐互助合作；道教则以自然为导归，不为人类粗鲁笨拙的行为所扰乱。诚然，在这些格外睿智而温和的宗教及哲学传统基础上所建立的世界观，才是现前拯救全人类最大的希望。现代人热衷于「征服对方」，这种观念不仅毫无道德、不切实际，而且祸害无穷。

出处：汤恩比， A. 1973, 《污染的起源》，文出自《地平线》杂志，第15册第3期，4-9页。

(2) Who is the Inheritor of the Earth? 谁是地球的继承者？

The course of Chinese history has been cyclical; yet China has been more successful than the west in solving two crucial problems: it as succeeded for centuries in holding together millions of people in relatively stable domestic peace and order, and it has also succeeded in assimilating a foreign ideology, Buddhism, in a way that enriched the indigenous civilization.
For more than five centuries China was split into a number of competing local states. But in 221 B.C. the country was unified politically, and since then its political unity has never been more than temporarily disrupted, while its cultural unity has never been lost.
As early as the second century B.C., the emperor Han Wu-ti realized that China's political unity must be buttressed by the creation of a professional civil service in which the qualification for entry would be merit, and the test of merit he chose was a proficiency in Confucian philosophy.

译文：
　 中国历史不断地周而复始的改朝换代。然而，中国比西方更成功的解决了两个主要问题。其一，数百年来，中国国内在和平而有规律，相对较安定的环境中，成功地维系了数百万人的团结一致。再者，中国成功的融合了一个外来的思想文化—佛教，佛教丰富了中国本土文明。
　 在历史上。中国曾有超过五百年的分裂时期（春秋战国的五百年中，中国分裂成许多小诸侯国），但是在公元前两百二十一年，整个国家在政治上大一统了。之后，中国的政治始终是统一的局面，再没有长期分裂过，且在文化上，从未丧失她的整体性。
　 早在公元前两个世纪，汉武帝已经了解，要保持中国政治的一统，必须培训一批专业优秀的政府官员来维系，官员的合格标准，他则选择对儒家哲学精通深入程度来考核。

In the twentieth century mankind is in much the same state of mind as the Chinese were in the third century B.C. We are the prisoners of an age-old habit of political disunity and of consequent warfare between competing local states. This habit has become so deeply ingrained that we are reluctant to be liberated from it; yet we now recognize that if we fail to unite politically on a global scale, the “annihilation of distance may result in the annihilation of life.
Dare we hope that China will meet the world's desperate need? Since the disintegration of the Roman Empire, Western statesmanship has been dedicated not to re-establishing political unity but to frustrating attempts to reattain it. The West has deliberately disqualified itself for unifying the world politically. China's past achievement and historical experience have endowed it with the qualifications that the West so conspicuously lacks. On the strength of that achievement, China has a more promising chance of shepherding mankind into political unity than any other country.

Source: Toynbee, Arnold, 1974, Inheritors of the Earth? Horizon, volume 16, No.3, summer, pp.18-19.

译文：
　 ……二十世纪的人类与公元前三世纪（战国时代）的中国人，在心态上非常相同。我们已经成为政治分裂，以及由于政治分裂而导致的国与国之间的竞逐与战争，这种古老习惯的囚奴。这种习气已经根深蒂固的深植于我们心中，使我们不愿意从这习气牢笼中解放。然而，我们现在已经意识到，如果不能实行全球性的政治统一，这种毁灭性的疏离将导致所有生命的毁灭。
　 我们胆敢希望中国能满足世界迫切的需求吗？自从罗马帝国解体以来，西方的政治并没有致力于重建统一，而是破坏性的企图阻止统一。西方已有意使自已不具有政治上统一世界的资格。中国过去的成就和历史经验，已使其具足统一世界的资格；这正是西方所显著缺乏的。在这种成就的力量上，中国比任何其它国家都更有希望，带领人类政治进入大一统的世界。

出处：汤恩比，A. 1973, 《地球的继承人？》，文出自《地平线》杂志，第16册第3期，18-19页。
Transferred from: http://new.pllc.cn/tushuwenzi/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=5069 ]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1258248524#comment 134218240 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:28:44 GMT http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1258248524 <![CDATA[A Bag of Gold]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1255705326 Once a king had a great highway built for the members of his kingdom. After it was completed but before it was opened to the public, the king decided to have a contest. He invited as many as desired to participate. Their challenge was to see who could travel the highway the best.

On the day of the contest, the people came. Some of them had fine chariots. Some had fine clothing, fine hairdos, or great food. Some young men came in their track clothes and ran along the highway. People traveled the highway all day, but each one, when he arrived at the end, complained to the king that there was a large pile of rocks and debris left on the road at one spot and that this got in their way and hindered their travel.

At the end of the day, a lone traveler crossed the finish line warily and walked over to the king. He was tired and dirty, but he addressed the king with great respect and handed him a bag of gold.

He explained, “I stopped along the way to clear a pile of rocks and debris that was blocking the road. This bag of gold was under it all. I want you to return it to its rightful owner.”

The king replied, “You are the rightful owner.”

The traveler replied, “Oh no, this is not mine. I’ve never known such money.”
“Oh yes,” said the king, “you’ve earned this gold, for you won my contest. He who travels the road best is he who makes the road smoother for those who will follow.”

Edited and translated by Wu Jin, English Salon 2009.03 ]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1255705326#comment 134218240 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:02:06 GMT http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1255705326 <![CDATA[Hang Your Troubles]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1255524388 I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse. After he had just finished a rough first day on the job, a flat tire made him lose an hour of work and his electric drill quit and his ancient truck refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence.

On arriving he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands. When opening the door he underwent an amazing transformation. His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.

Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier. “Oh, that’s my trouble tree,” he replied. “I know I can’t help having troubles on the job, but one thing’s for sure, those troubles don’t belong in the house with my wife and the children. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home and ask God to take care of them. Then in the morning I pick them up again.”

“Funny thing is,” he smiled, “when I come out in the morning to pick ’em up, there aren’t nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before.”

Edited and translated by Xiao Lin, English Salon 2009.03 ]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1255524388#comment 134218240 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:46:28 GMT http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1255524388 <![CDATA[[转]人，因为感恩而文雅高贵]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1255230082 焕发学生内心深处人性中的光辉与温暖，是当前教育的最终使命，感恩之心的培植与唤醒，是我们应当首先坚守的底线。因为——人，因为感恩而文雅高贵。
　　在一个小镇上，饥荒让所有贫困的家庭都面临着危机，因为对于他们来说，最起码的温饱问题都难以解决。小镇上最富有的人要数面包师卡尔了。他是个好心人，为了帮助人们度过饥荒，他把小镇上最穷的20个孩子叫来，对他们说：“你们每一个人都可以从篮子里拿一块面包。以后你们每天都在这个时候来，我会一直给你们准备面包，直到度过饥荒。”
那些饥饿的孩子争先恐后地去抢篮子里的面包，有的为了能得到一块大点的面包甚至大打出手。他们心里只想着要得到面包，当他们得到的时候，立刻狼吞虎咽地把面包吃完，而且没有一个人想到感谢好心的面包师。
不过，面包师注意到一个叫格雷奇的小女孩儿，她穿着破旧不堪的衣服，每次都在别人抢完以后，她才从篮子里拿剩下的那块最小的面包。然后她总会记得亲吻面包师的手，感谢他为自己提供食物。不过她并不立即吃掉那块面包，而是拿着回家。面包师想，她一定是回家和自己的家人一起分享那一小块面包，多么懂事的孩子呀！
第二天，那些孩子和昨天一样抢夺较大的面包，可怜的格雷奇最后只得到了昨天一半大小的面包，但她仍然很高兴。她亲吻了面包师的手后，拿着面包回家了。到家后，当她妈妈把面包掰开的时候，一个闪耀着光芒的金币从面包里掉了出来。妈妈惊呆了，对格雷奇说：“这肯定是面包师不小心掉进来的，赶快把它送回去吧。”
小女孩儿拿着金币来到了面包师家里，对他说：“先生，我想您一定是不小心把你的金币掉进了面包里，幸运的是它并没有丢，而是在我的面包里，现在我把它给您送回来了。”
面包师微笑着说：“不，孩子，我是故意把这块金币放进最小的面包里的。我并不是故意要把它送给你，只是希望最文雅的孩子能得到它。是你选择了它，现在它是你的了，算是对你的奖励。希望你永远都能像现在这样知足、文雅地生活，用感恩的心去面对每一件事。回去告诉你妈妈，这个金币是一个善良文雅的女孩儿应该得到的奖励。”
（林格／文） ]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1255230082#comment 136315400 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:01:22 GMT http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1255230082 <![CDATA[幸福人生讲座：细讲《弟子规》【第2讲】——观念的作用]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1250420409
演讲者介绍：蔡礼旭老师，海口孝廉国学启蒙中心主讲教师，北京“大方广文化公益网”的重要参与者，中国地质大学外聘高级讲师。他的演讲稿，已经被联合国教科文组织翻译成多国语言，在世界上广泛的流传。 ]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1250420409#comment 134222336 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:00:09 GMT http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1250420409 <![CDATA[幸福人生讲座：细讲《弟子规》【第1讲】----人生的抉择]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1250259065
演讲者介绍：蔡礼旭老师，海口孝廉国学启蒙中心主讲教师，北京“大方广文化公益网”的重要参与者，中国地质大学外聘高级讲师。他的演讲稿，已经被联合国教科文组织翻译成多国语言，在世界上广泛的流传。 ]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1250259065#comment 134222336 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:11:05 GMT http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1250259065 <![CDATA[三世因果经]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1249895596
三世因果经
欲知前世因 今生受者是
欲知后世果 今生作者是
善男信女至诚听 听念三世因果经
三世因果非小可 佛言真语实非轻
今生做官为何因 前世黄金装佛身
前世修来今世受 紫袍玉带佛前求
黄金装佛装自己 遮盖如来盖自身
莫说做官皆容易 前世不修何处来
骑马坐轿为何因 前世修桥补路人
穿绸穿缎为何因 前世施衣济穷人
有食有穿为何因 前世茶饭施贫人
无食无穿为何因 前世不舍半分文
高楼大厦为何因 前世造庵起凉亭
福禄具足为何因 前世施米寺庵门
相貌端严为何因 前世花果供佛前
聪明智慧为何因 前世诵经念佛人
贤妻美妇为何因 前世佛门多结缘
夫妻长寿为何因 前世幢幡供佛前
父母双全为何因 前世敬重孤独人
无父无母为何因 前世都是打鸟人
多子多孙为何因 前世开笼放鸟人
养子不成为何因 前世皆因溺婴身
今生无子为何因 前世填穴覆巢人
今生长寿为何因 前世买物放生灵
今生短命为何因 前世宰杀众生命
今生无妻为何因 前世偷奸谋人妻
今生守寡为何因 前世轻贱丈夫身
今生奴婢为何因 前世忘恩负义人
今生眼明为何因 前世舍油点佛灯
今生瞎眼为何因 前世指路不分明
今生缺口为何因 前世吹灭佛前灯
今生聋哑为何因 前世恶口骂双亲
今生驼背为何因 前世耻笑拜佛人
今生拙手为何因 前世造孽害旁人
今生跛脚为何因 前世拦路打劫人
今生牛马为何因 前世欠债不还人
今生猪狗为何因 前世皆因骗害人
今生多病为何因 前世杀生害命人
今生无病为何因 前世施药救病人
今生囚牢为何因 前世作恶害别人
今生饿死为何因 前世糟蹋五谷人
毒药死者为何因 前世药物毒众生
伶仃孤苦为何因 前世恶心侵算人
眷属欢笑为何因 前世扶助孤独人
今生疯癫为何因 前世酒肉逼僧人
今生吊死为何因 前世劫索在山林
鳏寡孤独为何因 前世狠心嫉妒人
雷打火烧为何因 大秤小斗不公平
蛇咬虎伤为何因 前世冤家对头人
万般自作还自受 地狱受苦怨何人
莫道因果无人见 远在儿孙近在身
不信吃斋多修积 但看眼前受福人
前世修善今享福 今生作恶后沉沦
有人毁谤因果经 后世堕落失人身
有人受持因果经 诸佛菩萨作证明
有人书写因果经 世代儿孙家道兴
有人顶带因果经 凶灾横祸不临身
有人讲说因果经 生生世世得聪明
有人高唱因果经 来生为人受恭敬
有人印送因果经 富贵荣华报来生
有人顶礼因果经 事事件件皆称心
有人深信因果经 同生西方极乐人
三世因果说不尽 龙天不亏善心人
大众发心广劝化 印送此经吉星临
一人传十十传百 明因识果做善人
人人向善家家乐 移风易俗永太平
——选自《三世因果经解说 了凡四训精解答疑》 ]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1249895596#comment 134218240 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:13:16 GMT http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1249895596 <![CDATA[佛学英语轻松学之“转经轮”]]> http://51378053.qzone.qq.com/blog/1249812625 转经轮：to turn a prayer wheel
转经轮，属佛教法器。其中装藏经文或咒语，通过右旋转动即等同念诵之功。
轉經輪的功德利益——海濤 輯
1）我們僅僅碰觸或轉動經輪，便能帶來不可思議的淨化，並累積難以置信的功德。
2）在西藏，通常只要有密法流傳的地方，便也會有轉經輪法門的存在。這個法門由龍樹菩薩傳給獅面空行母，再由獅面空行母傳給蓮花生大士，而由蓮花生大士將它帶入西藏。
3）轉經輪有地、水、火、風四種，其功德之一是，它是十方一切諸佛菩薩事業的化現。
4）為了利益眾生，諸佛菩薩化現於轉經輪中，淨除我們的一切惡業、障礙，並使我們實證菩提道次第。
5）在建造了轉經輪的地區，一切有情（不只是人，也包括昆蟲等）均不會墮落三惡趣，他們會獲得天人身，或往生淨土。
6）如果諸位家裡有一個迷你型的轉經輪，那麼諸位的家裡就會和普陀拉（觀音的淨土）一樣無二分別。
7）當諸位死亡的時候，如果身旁有一個轉經輪，那麼諸位就不需要破瓦法。擁有轉經輪本身將成為一門將意識遷至淨土的法門。因為只要想到轉經輪，就能幫助一位臨終的人將意識射入中脈，由頂輪離開，而化生於阿彌陀佛或觀音的淨土。
8）僅僅碰觸到轉經輪，也能淨除極大的惡業及障礙。而轉動包含一萬遍「嗡嗎呢唄咩吽」的轉經輪，就積聚了如同持誦一百萬次「嗡嗎呢唄咩吽」的功德一樣。
9）在那數秒鐘之間，諸位便能修持如此有力的淨業法門，累積如此多的功德。轉動經輪一次，就等同圓滿了許多年的閉關。這被解釋為轉經輪的功德利益之一。
10）透過水轉經輪，碰觸到轉經輪的水都會受到加持。當水流入海中或湖中時，它便會帶著能淨除數十億動物及昆蟲的力量。
11）火轉經輪是由蠟燭或電燈的熱能所驅動。從轉經輪所放射出來的光能淨除它所碰觸到的一切有情的惡業。
12）由風所驅動的轉經輪也類似於此。碰觸到轉經輪的風將受到轉經輪的加持，從而具有力量，能淨除被風碰觸到的一切有情之惡業及障礙。
13）教法中也提及轉經輪能阻擋非人及其他有情的傷害，也能止息疾病。
14）轉經輪時，有二種觀想法：
第一種是我們觀想光從轉經輪的咒鬘中放射出來，照亮我們，並淨除我們所有的疾病及病因，以及我們的邪念及其遺留在我們心中相續的習氣。接著我們再觀想光芒照亮一切有情，淨化他們的一切痛苦、惡業及障礙。
第二種觀想是光芒從咒字放射出來，如灰塵上方的真空吸管，勾召一切疾病及非人的傷害，以及最重要的是，疾病的肇因、惡業及障礙。這一切全部都被吸入或融入轉經輪中。當我們一邊持誦五串或十串唸珠的咒語時，一邊以這種方式觀想清淨自己。
15）當持誦幾串唸珠結束時，觀想由轉經輪放射出來的光芒，淨除了六道有情的痛苦及障礙。這些再融入轉經輪，而一切有情，包括我們自己全都獲得解脫，證悟菩提道，成就大悲佛的果位。
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