2月22日

我有歡喜
佛光星雲 ( 1927~ )

世界上有金錢、有名位、有富貴，
都不重要，重要的是「我有歡喜」才
可貴。如果擁有了世界上的一切而不
歡喜，人生有何意義？

所謂歡喜，要能與人共享共有，
要能不妒人有；能夠享有無私無我
的歡喜，才是有價值的歡喜。

「歡喜」讓這個世界充滿了色彩，
「歡喜」讓我們的人生充滿了希望。

沒有歡喜只有憂悲，是不懂得生活；
有歡喜也有憂悲，此乃人之常情。

能夠「無憂而有喜」，則是更高的
修養；要能把歡喜布滿人生，才是最
有智慧的處世之道。

──選自《人間佛教語錄》

February 22th

I Have Joy
Venerable Master Hsing Yun (1927 - , Fo Guang Shan)
English translation: Zhi Yue

In this world, it is not important to have money, fame,
or fortune. What is important is that “I have joy.” What
meaning is there in life if we have everything in this
world but are not joyful?

Joy is sharing and co-owning what we have with others
while not being envious of what others have; this
type of unselfish and altruistic joy is the most valuable
happiness in the world.

Joy brightens the world with color and fills life with
hope. If one lives without joy, with only worry and
sorrow, then one does not know how to live life; it is
natural for life to have both joy and sadness. Moreover,
the ability to be joyful and free from worry is an even
higher cultivation. Allowing life to be filled with joy is
in fact the wisest attitude towards it.

── from Renjian Fojiao Yulu (Record of Teachings on Humanistic Buddhism)