【玳瑚師父開講錄】《四月份茶會回顧》
Recap of April's Tea Session (English version below)
茶會前的五天，發生了尼泊爾大地震。於是，吾特地帶了一些出席者去買他們平身的第一串數珠。 吾細心地教導大家數珠的意義及使用方式，並解説為災難者祈福的重要性。 要唸佛持咒，一定要用數珠才能攝心。
人一天裏面有很多機會向善行善，但慵懶、傲慢、無明和疑卻使人自己障礙了自己，以爲一定要有錢才可以行善。結果，福報越來越少，日子越來越煩，容貌越來越老，還以為這就是人生。真傻！沒有自主能力的人生，意義何在？
茶會的簡要：
1） 要有男人照顧一生一世的女人，應該有怎樣的眉形？
2） 路不會只有一條，條條路通羅馬，不要這麽執著。
3） 儒家和道家的巨大區別
4） 人不能跟禽獸一樣，不能在日月星下，荒山野嶺裏做“那回事”。
5） 每日都能做的大善事 - 每天給自己的父母一個微笑。
6） 這世界的災難源頭 - 「血染的風采」
7） 為什麽每個人都應該學如何超度？
8） 如何這一世就不再窮，甚至未來世都是大福之人？
9） 原來六字大明真言能夠圓滿一切所求！
10） 但怎樣唸佛持咒才有力量？
11） 家中安神位的四大利益！
12） 埃及法王手印的秘密
13） 古希臘人也知道太歲星君對地球人的影響！
14） 爲什麽孩子不孝順不聽話？
15） 看過太多八字了，十個孩子九個都不是來報恩的？
16） 老公愛去夜店，和祖先的陰宅風水有關？！
17） 狗能聼人話，也有前世記憶，主人如何能幫愛狗速離畜生道？
18） 怎樣能增強孩子的學習能力？
19） 在神桌上，不停播放唸佛機而不自己唸佛是錯的，等同在騙佛！
20） 債主已過世，還應該還他錢嗎？
21） 父母死後八小時，可以做什麽？
等等。
有些人以爲死了就死了，學什麽佛，看不到，吃不到又用不着。這是懶得用腦的思想。紫外綫紅外綫，妳你肉眼看不到，難道它們就不存在嗎？
人的業障不消，看什麽風水都沒用。妳你沒有功德，怎麽請都請不到好的師父。就算請得到，妳你想遵照那位師父的話去做，也會障礙重重。吾教導佛法，就是希望妳你能夠自救，甚至能救人。眼光放遠一點，風水、批命、改名等能幫妳你改命，但如果妳你的身口意仍然不正，誰能救妳你呢？
人生本來就是一個笑話。不要盲目地奔波勞碌，以爲自己有用不完的明天。能夠抽出時間來茶會是有福者，能夠學以致用又利他更是人上人了。
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Five days before the Tea Session, the Nepal Earthquake struck. Thus, I brought some of the participants to buy their first ever chanting beads, and detailedly explained to them the correct meaning and method of using the beads. I shared with them the importance of seeking blessings for the victims of disasters. To chant and recite a mantra, you must use the chanting beads so as to achieve better concentration.
There are many opportunities in a day for a person to have virtuous thoughts and perform virtuous deeds. However, sloth, arrogance, ignorance and suspicion prevent one from doing so. People also have the misconception that only with money can he or she accomplish kind deeds. As a result, their merits decrease and worries multiply, with every single passing day. Their looks become haggled and they think this is the normal passage of their lives. How silly! What meaning could there be in life, if we are not the master of our own destiny?
Key topics from the Tea Session:
1) What brow shape should a woman have, in order to have her man take care of her for life?
2) There is no single path as all roads lead to Rome. Do not be so attached to your own views.
3) The great difference between Confucianism and Taoism
4) Man cannot be like a beast. He cannot indulge in sexual activity out in the wilderness or under the Sun, the Moon and the stars.
5) One of the greatest kind act you can do is to give a smile to your parents everyday.
6) The source of all calamities - bloodshed.
7) Why should everyone learn the Deliverance Practice?
8) How can you escape from the clutches of poverty this life and be prosperous, even in future lives?
9) The amazing wish granting prowess of the Six Syllabus Mantra
10) But how should mantras be recited for it to be powerful?
11) The four amazing benefits of having a shrine in your house
12) The secret behind the Mudras of the Egyptian Pharaohs
13) Even the ancient Greeks are aware of the influence the Duke of Jupiter has on the people living on Earth!
14) Why are your children unfilial and disobedient?
15) After analyzing so many birth charts, nine out of the children are not here to pay debt of gratitude!
16) The Feng Shui of the ancestral grave has something to do with your husband frequent jaunts to nightspots?!
17) Dogs are capable of comprehending human languages, and they possess past life memories as well. So how may a dog owner help his or her beloved dog to quickly leave the animal realm of existence?
18) How can you boost your children's learning ability?
19) It is wrong to place a MP3 player that plays Buddhist mantras on your altar, in substitution of you reciting the mantras in person. This disrespectful act is akin to deceiving the Buddha!
20) Your creditor has passed away, so how do you return the money owed to him?
21) What can you do in the first 8 hours of your parent's death?
And many more.
Some people think that death is the end of the road so why the need to learn the Dharma, which they perceived to be something impractical, when they can neither see, eat or use it. This is a lazy man's thinking. Your naked eyes cannot see infra-red and ultraviolet rays as well. Can you dispute their existence?
If a person does not take steps to eradicate his karmic hindrances, it would be futile to seek improvement through Feng Shui. If you have insufficient merits, you would not be able to engage a highly competent Feng Shui master. Even if you can, you will experience many obstacles when you badly wish to implement his instructions. I teach you the Dharma in hope that you can save yourself and others around you. Please have some foresight. Even though Feng Shui, Destiny Analysis, Name Change can improve your life, who can save you if you continue to be unwholesome and not virtuous in your speech, body and mind?
Life is a joke after all. Do not get caught in the toils of everyday life, blindly thinking that you will always have endless tomorrows. To be able to make time for this Tea Session is definitely a person of fortune. To be able to use the knowledge gained from me and help others is more certainly a man above the rest.
