8月10日

發光的手指
佛光星雲 ( 1927~ )

手指放光，聽來不可思議，放光
不是佛菩薩的專利，只要有一顆
純淨至誠的心，人人都可以放光。
當我們鼓勵安慰他人，當下就是
口裡放光；給人方便的服務，不就
是手中放光嗎？對人慈顏含笑，
面上無瞋，是臉上放光！處處
給人歡喜，給人信心，讓別人得到
智慧的清涼，當下內外通身光明。

只要減去一點自私心、貪愛心、
瞋恨心、諍論心，不但可以讓自
己發光，也可以驅走黑暗，照耀
別人。人人都是「發光體」。

──選自《星雲說喻》

August 10

Shining Fingers
Venerable Master Hsing Yun (1927 - , Fo Guang Shan)
English translation: Zhi Yue and Calvin Ka-fat Lau

To have light emitting from our fingers sounds like an
impossibility, but to emit light is not an ability that only the
buddhas and bodhisattvas have. Anyone who has a pure
and sincere heart can radiate with light.

Whenever we encourage or console others, our mouths
emit light as our speech illuminates the way; when we
make circumstances more convenient for others, we
brighten the world with our hands. When we smile
compassionately at others, our faces radiate with light!
Whenever and wherever we give others happiness and
confidence, we allow others to feel the purity of our
wisdom─emitting light both inside and out.

Not only do we shine when we lessen our selfishness,
greed, hate, and argumentativeness, our lights dispel
darkness and illuminate others as well. In this way,
everyone is an illuminating body.

── from Hsing Yun Shuo Yu (Hsing Yun's Commentaries on Allegories)