一 人生最大的敌人是自己
二 人生最大的失败是自大
三 人生最大的欺骗是无知
四 人生最可哀的是嫉妒
五 人生最大的错误是自弃
六 人生最大的罪过自欺欺人
七 人生最可怜的是性情自卑
八 人生最可佩服是精进
九 人生最大的破产是绝望
十 人生最大的财富是健康
十一 人生最大的债务是人情债
十二 人生最大的礼物是宽恕
十三 人生最大的欠缺是悲智
十四 人生最大的欣慰是布施
Monday 31 December 2007
Saturday 22 December 2007
孔子爷
性相近也，习相远也。《阳货》
质胜文则也，文胜质则史。
文质彬彬，然后君子。 《雍也》
己所不欲，勿施于人。 《卫灵公》
君子义以为质，
礼以行之，
孙以出之，
信以成之。
君子哉！ 《卫灵公》
不仁者不可以久处约，不可以长处乐。
仁者安仁，知者利仁。 《里仁》
君子喻于义，小人喻于利。 《里仁》
君子学道则爱人，小人学道则易使也。 《阳货》
君子忧道不忧贫。 《卫灵公》
见贤思齐焉，见不贤而内自省也。《里仁》
三人行，必有我师焉；
择其善者而从之，
其不善者而改之。 《述而》
知者乐水，仁者乐山；
知者动，仁者静；
知者乐，仁者寿。 《雍也》
不患人之不己知，患不知人也。 《学而》
质胜文则也，文胜质则史。
文质彬彬，然后君子。 《雍也》
己所不欲，勿施于人。 《卫灵公》
君子义以为质，
礼以行之，
孙以出之，
信以成之。
君子哉！ 《卫灵公》
不仁者不可以久处约，不可以长处乐。
仁者安仁，知者利仁。 《里仁》
君子喻于义，小人喻于利。 《里仁》
君子学道则爱人，小人学道则易使也。 《阳货》
君子忧道不忧贫。 《卫灵公》
见贤思齐焉，见不贤而内自省也。《里仁》
三人行，必有我师焉；
择其善者而从之，
其不善者而改之。 《述而》
知者乐水，仁者乐山；
知者动，仁者静；
知者乐，仁者寿。 《雍也》
不患人之不己知，患不知人也。 《学而》
Saturday 15 December 2007
The world is changing...
Get ready for traffic jams on the Moon
It might be time to consider traffic lights on the moon. In the past week, governments, space agencies, and even a company from the Isle of Man announced plans to land on the moon.
Marking the 35th anniversary of the Apollo programme's last outing, NASA announced on Monday that its next crewed lunar mission is on track for 2020, despite an increasingly constrained budget. Meanwhile, China opened up its lunar programme to private funding last week, planning a lander for 2012 and a crewed mission within 15 years. And Russia will begin a series of uncrewed landings in 2012, after a 30-year break from exploring the moon.
But it won't just be the big players adding to the traffic jam. Last week a private company called Odyssey Moon - based on the Isle of Man - became the first entrant in the Google Lunar X prize. The contest, announced in September, offers $20 million to the first privately funded mission to land a probe on the moon before 2012 and send back pictures
It might be time to consider traffic lights on the moon. In the past week, governments, space agencies, and even a company from the Isle of Man announced plans to land on the moon.
Marking the 35th anniversary of the Apollo programme's last outing, NASA announced on Monday that its next crewed lunar mission is on track for 2020, despite an increasingly constrained budget. Meanwhile, China opened up its lunar programme to private funding last week, planning a lander for 2012 and a crewed mission within 15 years. And Russia will begin a series of uncrewed landings in 2012, after a 30-year break from exploring the moon.
But it won't just be the big players adding to the traffic jam. Last week a private company called Odyssey Moon - based on the Isle of Man - became the first entrant in the Google Lunar X prize. The contest, announced in September, offers $20 million to the first privately funded mission to land a probe on the moon before 2012 and send back pictures
Tuesday 11 December 2007
How To Overcome Your Difficulties (Part 3)
•He who expects to secure satisfaction on life from others is worse than the beggar who kneels and cries for his daily bread.
•There are no stars which we could trust,
There is no guiding light,
And we know that we must
BE GOOD, BE JUST, BE RIGHT.
•Failures are but the pillars of success. They not only help us to succeed, they make us energetic, enthusiastic, and rich in experiences.
•We live and work and dream,
Each has his little scheme;
Sometimes we laugh,
Sometimes we cry,
And thus the days go by.
Drunkenness
Drunkenness expels reasons,
Drowns memory,
Defaces the brain,
Diminishes strength,
Inflames the blood,
Causes external and internal incurable wounds.
It is a witch to the body,
A devil to the mind,
A thief to the purse,
The beggar’s curse,
The wife’s woe,
The children’s sorrow,
The picture of a beast,
And self murder.
A drunkard drinks to others’ health,
And robs himself of his own.
•There are no stars which we could trust,
There is no guiding light,
And we know that we must
BE GOOD, BE JUST, BE RIGHT.
•Failures are but the pillars of success. They not only help us to succeed, they make us energetic, enthusiastic, and rich in experiences.
•We live and work and dream,
Each has his little scheme;
Sometimes we laugh,
Sometimes we cry,
And thus the days go by.
Drunkenness
Drunkenness expels reasons,
Drowns memory,
Defaces the brain,
Diminishes strength,
Inflames the blood,
Causes external and internal incurable wounds.
It is a witch to the body,
A devil to the mind,
A thief to the purse,
The beggar’s curse,
The wife’s woe,
The children’s sorrow,
The picture of a beast,
And self murder.
A drunkard drinks to others’ health,
And robs himself of his own.
Monday 10 December 2007
How to Overcome Your Difficulties (Part 2)
•Man must be strong enough to know when he is weak, brave enough to encounter fear, dignified and having moral courage in honest defeat, humble and gentle in victory.
•When you know yourselves that these ideas are unprofitable, liable to censure, condemned by the wise, and if they are being adopted and put into effect, they would lead to harm and suffering, then you should abandon them….
When you know yourselves that these things are wholesome, blameless, commended by the wise, and if they are begin adopted and put into effect, they would lead to welfare and happiness, then you should practice them and abide by them.
•Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others, but let one see one’s own acts, done and undone.
•He who is always observant of others’ faults, and irritable, increases his own defilements. He is far from the destruction of defilements.
•The faults of others are easily seen, but one’s own is difficult to see. One winnows others’ faults like chaff, but hides one’s own as a crafty fowler covers himself.
•People blame others for their silence. They blame those who talk much and those who talk in moderation. There is, therefore, no one in this world who is not blamed.
•There was never, there never will be, nor is there now, anyone who is wholly blamed or wholly praised.
•Admitting your own weaknesses is having the intellectual to succeed.
•The noble ones swerve not from the right path, let happen what may and no longer crave after worldly joys. The wise ones remain calm and constant in mind, alike in joy and in sorrow.
•To waste a man’s existence in worry about the future, in grieving over the past, in idleness or in heedlessness, is to show his lack of fitness for the noble place that he holds as the earthly creatures.
•Certain creatures cannot see in the daylight whilst others are blind at night, but a man, who is driven to intense hated, does not observe anything, either by day or night.
•When you know yourselves that these ideas are unprofitable, liable to censure, condemned by the wise, and if they are being adopted and put into effect, they would lead to harm and suffering, then you should abandon them….
When you know yourselves that these things are wholesome, blameless, commended by the wise, and if they are begin adopted and put into effect, they would lead to welfare and happiness, then you should practice them and abide by them.
•Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others, but let one see one’s own acts, done and undone.
•He who is always observant of others’ faults, and irritable, increases his own defilements. He is far from the destruction of defilements.
•The faults of others are easily seen, but one’s own is difficult to see. One winnows others’ faults like chaff, but hides one’s own as a crafty fowler covers himself.
•People blame others for their silence. They blame those who talk much and those who talk in moderation. There is, therefore, no one in this world who is not blamed.
•There was never, there never will be, nor is there now, anyone who is wholly blamed or wholly praised.
•Admitting your own weaknesses is having the intellectual to succeed.
•The noble ones swerve not from the right path, let happen what may and no longer crave after worldly joys. The wise ones remain calm and constant in mind, alike in joy and in sorrow.
•To waste a man’s existence in worry about the future, in grieving over the past, in idleness or in heedlessness, is to show his lack of fitness for the noble place that he holds as the earthly creatures.
•Certain creatures cannot see in the daylight whilst others are blind at night, but a man, who is driven to intense hated, does not observe anything, either by day or night.
How To Overcome Your Dfficulties (Part 1)
By Ven. Dr. K.Shi. Dhammananda
•Fear and worry, born of the imaginings of a mind that is influenced by worldly conditions, are rooted in craving and attachment.
•From craving springs grief,
From craving springs fear,
For him who is wholly free from craving,
there is no grief, much less fear.
•Wheresoever fear arises, it arises in the fool, not in the wise man.
•No enemy can harm one as much as one’s own thoughts of craving, thoughts of hate, thoughts of jealousy and so on.
•Intolerance often arises from ignorance of another person’s needs and way of
thinking.
•Your faults are your signposts for learning perfection. Temper is a poor camouflage for shortcomings.
•Sweetness causes sickness, while bitterness comes with the cure.
•The ugliness we see in others, is a reflection of our own nature.
•Say not that this is yours and that is mine,
Just say, this comes to you and that to me.
So we may not regret the fading shine,
of all the glorious things which ceased to be.
•Your property will remain when you die,
Your friends and relatives will follow you up to your grave,
but only the good and bad actions that you have done during your lifetime (Karma) will follow you beyond the grave.
•Blessed are those who earn their living without harming others.
•Your wealth can edify your house but not you.
Only your own virtues can edify you.
Your dress can adorn your body but not you.
Only your good conduct can do so.
•If we want to find happiness, let us stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving.
Ingratitude is natural – like weeds.
Gratitude is like a rose. It has to be fed, watered, cultivated, loved and protected.
•Fear and worry, born of the imaginings of a mind that is influenced by worldly conditions, are rooted in craving and attachment.
•From craving springs grief,
From craving springs fear,
For him who is wholly free from craving,
there is no grief, much less fear.
•Wheresoever fear arises, it arises in the fool, not in the wise man.
•No enemy can harm one as much as one’s own thoughts of craving, thoughts of hate, thoughts of jealousy and so on.
•Intolerance often arises from ignorance of another person’s needs and way of
thinking.
•Your faults are your signposts for learning perfection. Temper is a poor camouflage for shortcomings.
•Sweetness causes sickness, while bitterness comes with the cure.
•The ugliness we see in others, is a reflection of our own nature.
•Say not that this is yours and that is mine,
Just say, this comes to you and that to me.
So we may not regret the fading shine,
of all the glorious things which ceased to be.
•Your property will remain when you die,
Your friends and relatives will follow you up to your grave,
but only the good and bad actions that you have done during your lifetime (Karma) will follow you beyond the grave.
•Blessed are those who earn their living without harming others.
•Your wealth can edify your house but not you.
Only your own virtues can edify you.
Your dress can adorn your body but not you.
Only your good conduct can do so.
•If we want to find happiness, let us stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving.
Ingratitude is natural – like weeds.
Gratitude is like a rose. It has to be fed, watered, cultivated, loved and protected.
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