蓮花The Lotus

        近期吾才真真正正地「靜下心」欣賞花。吾指的是，進入「花」這一字，對它的「內蘊」，更深切地體悟。深切的體悟下，始知花實不簡單啊！就是因其不簡單，所以吾才在前些日子，將花部份的「內蘊」，述之文章中，讓大家對於花這植物，有著正確的理解，及懂得妥善的運用，不至於落入世俗，或成為「花癡」。

 

從花開學做人

        春天百花開，夏天百花爭艷斗麗，這雖是大自然的有趣畫面，可是內裡卻示現著良好的教育。那就是，這只不過是一場遊戲罷了，輸贏大家心中都不會有心結，大家依然是一家人，依然是好朋友，依然一起共創未來，在無限的天空下，大地的孩子，努力，積極的守禮、守節、守德，我們一起向善向上，到那光明無盡處，永遠離開黑暗，離開生死輪迴煩惱。到那時候，清淨二字就名符其實了。

 

蓮花的真實義

        過去的文章中，吾曾提及自己是個愛花之人，吾直接喜歡的花有百合花、蘭花、鬱金香、水仙花、桃花等等。親愛的粉絲讀者們，以上是供妳你們參考的，別以為女生送花給男生，好像有點那可，更何況妳若送花給真正的修行人。他定會幫你轉送佛菩薩及諸天，然後再為妳祈福，當中包括息災、增益、敬愛及降伏，真是賺到啊！修行人不能將之於一般人看待啊！況且，真有修為的人，萬不得一也。

        幾乎什麼花，吾都欣然接受，尤其是蓮花。我們都曉得，蓮花乃出污泥而不染的花，佛菩薩以它為法座，原來已很直接地教導吾等，雖然我們都到這五濁惡世來「還債」，但我們的「自性」，始終都是清淨的，因為一時的貪、愛、無明，使我們的「清淨自性」埋伏在污濁的業緣裡，重複又重複地受盡生、老、病、死、求不得、怨憎會、五陰熾盛、生離死別等眾苦。我們應接受並力行，蓮花偉大的示現，常做清淨事，常做清淨觀，早日得回我們清淨快樂的「自性」。

 

 

        It was only recently that I was able to truly admire flowers in meditative silence. What I mean is to delve into the intrinsic nature of flowers to have a deeper understanding, and I discover that flowers are not as simple as they seem! It is for the same reason that, a few weeks back, I wrote an article to talk about the essence of flowers, to arm you with the correct understanding of flowers and knowledge on using it in your daily life, so that you will not fall into secularization or become a anthomaniac.

 

Life lessons from the flowers

        Flowers burst to life in Spring, and come Summer, they compete to be the most radiant of them all. This is an interesting phenomenon of Nature, which serves us an inspirational message worth learning. The lesson: this is just a game. There are no ill feelings, be it you win or lose. Everybody is still family and good friends, creating the future hand-in-hand just as before. Under the infinite skies, let the children of this Earth work diligently and proactively to preserve the etiquette, chastity and morals. Let us all strive towards betterment and kindness together and reach that place of immeasurable light, leaving behind the darkness and endless reincarnation cycles of sufferings. When that time arrives, you will live up to the name of purity.

 

The true significance of lotuses

        In my past article, I had written about my love for flowers, specifically lilies, orchids, tulips, daffodils and peach blossoms, etc. My beloved fans and readers, this list of flowers is for your reference. Please do not think that it is strange for a lady to give flowers to a man. It is not, and furthermore, you are giving flowers to a true spiritual cultivator, who will present your flower offering to the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and the Heavens, and pray for your merits to avert disasters, increase your fortune and inter-personal affinity, as well as overcome your challenges. What a good deal! You should not regard a true spiritual practitioner the same as an ordinary person! Moreover, the chance to meet a cultivator with genuine accomplishment is one in a million.

        I would gladly accept almost any kind of flower, especially the lotus. We know that the pristine lotus grows out of the dirty mud. The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas use the lotus as their Dharma seat. This is highly symbolic and directly conveys this message: even though all of us are here in this evil world of five turbidites to repay our karmic debts, our Buddha nature remains pure and pristine. It is the moments of greed, attachment and ignorance that cloud our pristine nature and bury it under foul and filthy karmic affinities.

        We thus go through repeated cycles of sufferings of birth, aging, illness, death, unfulfilled wishes and desires, association with those we dislike, flourishing of the Five Skandhas, separations from loved ones, and many more. We should accept this noble demonstration of the lotus, and honour it by performing virtuous deeds and adopting virtuous views, so that we may reclaim the purity and bliss of our own Buddha nature.