聖誕夜我們到德蘭兒童中心一起過節，聖誕該有的聖誕禮物，聖誕樹、聖誕老人、聖誕帽...我們都能輕易的給光晴。
所以，我們希望再給光晴多一份對世界的關懷。當天我們捐出了之前社區跳蚤市場賺的錢。
生活可以簡單但心靈要很富足，富足到可以散播給身邊的人。
2011/12/24
2011.1224_聖誕夜
聖誕夜我們到德蘭兒童中心一起過節，聖誕該有的聖誕禮物，聖誕樹、聖誕老人、聖誕帽...我們都能輕易的給光晴。
所以，我們希望再給光晴多一份對世界的關懷。當天我們捐出了之前社區跳蚤市場賺的錢。
生活可以簡單但心靈要很富足，富足到可以散播給身邊的人。
2011/12/01
2011/07/14
2011/02/23
When You Believe
Whitney:
Many nights we pray
With no proof anyone could hear
And our hearts a hopeful song
We barely understand
Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains long
Before we know we could
Chorus:
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who know what miracle
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe
Mariah:
In this time of fear
When prayer so often proves in vain
Hope seems like the summer birds
Too swiftly flown away
And now I am standing here
My heart's so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say
Chorus:
There can be miracles
When you believe (When you believe)
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who know what miracle
You can achieve (You can achieve)
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe
Bridge: (Both)
They don't always happen when you ask
And it's easy to give in to your fear
But when you're blinded by your pain
Can't see you way safe through the rain
Thought of a still resilient voice
Says love is very near
Chorus: (Both)
There can be miracles (miracles)
When you believe (When you believe)
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who know what miracles
You can achieve (You can achieve)
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe
You will when you believe
You will when you believe
Just believe
You will when you believe
2011/02/16
2011/02/11
2011/01/25
President dissatisfied with military drill performance
Article
President Ma Ying-jeou expressed his dissatisfaction with a large-scale live-fire air defense exercise, yesterday, in which one-third of the missiles missed their targets.
There is still room for improvement,” Ma commented on the drill, the largest in recent years, while demanding an immediate review.
At the exercise held at the Jiupeng air base in the southern Pingtung County, the military fired off a total of 19 missiles — two more than initially planned — six of which failed to hit their targets.
According to the United Evening News, the missiles that were off the mark included the short and medium-range, anti-air and multi-target MICA (Missile d'interception et de combat aerien, “Interception and Aerial Combat Missile”) manufactured by French-based MBDA launched from a Mirage 2000 fighter and a Taiwan-made short-range missile and air-to-air Tien-chien II missile from a Indigenous Defence Fighter (IDF).
A Sparrow anti-air missile, on the other hand, shut off and dropped to the sea six seconds after launch. An extra Sparrow missile, fired by the Army also overshot the target.
Air Force spokesman Pan Kung-hsiao (潘恭孝) explained that the Tien-chien II missile failed to explode after reaching target while the MICA was successfully locked on to its target but missed its planned projectile after firing.
While commending the military officials for their efforts in planning the exercise, Ma said he was “not very satisfied” with the result and that there was room for improvement to address the mechanical problems or human errors that led to the high off-target rate.
Among the 12 units involved in yesterday drill were the Army's 602 Air Cavalry Brigade, the Marine Corps 77 Brigade and the Air Force 427 Wing.
The drills covered combat tactics, combat strategies and air counterattacks, and involved the test-firing of a variety of missiles, including Tien-kung, Hawk, Sparrow, Stinger, vehicle-launched Tien-chien I short-range, and air-to-air missiles.
The Chinese-language United Evening News reported that NT$300 million worth of weapons and target crafts were used in the exercise.
The drill was open to the media to help raise security awareness among the public, the ministry said.
Opinion
It shows couple things. First of all, the governments waste our money by this way. then later they will tell people us, we need to buy more missiles and weapons. Second, the government is lost control. It’s means, if any official did something wrong, their boss will not have any punishment, but give them 18% bank saving rate. Finally, people can not stand for that anymore, as the media did, they use satirical to write this story. And the only thing we can do is don’t to vote him next time.
Vocabulary
drill
- A hand tool, power tool, or machine with a rotating cutting tip or reciprocating hammer or chisel, used for making holes
initially
- at the beginning; "at first he didn't notice anything strange"
interception
- An act or instance of intercepting something, particularly
- An act of a defensive player catching a forward pass
- An act or instance of receiving electronic transmissions before they reach the intended recipient
indigenous
- Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native
Sparrow
- A small finchlike Old World bird related to the weaverbirds, typically with brown and gray plumage
- Any of a number of birds that resemble true sparrows in size or color
counterattack
- an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.
2011/01/18
Australia: Soaked Australia focuses on flood cleanup
Summarize
Some Australian communities remained isolated by floodwaters and others braced for a new river peak today as the nation's third-largest city struggled to clean up the putrid sludge left behind by the receding Brisbane River.
The floods have caused 27 deaths in Australia's northeast since late November, and 14 other people are missing, most of them from a flash flood that hit towns west of Brisbane on Monday.
In northern Victoria, a dozen small communities were sandbagging amid fears of high-peaking rivers, and 3,000 people have evacuated.
An economist has estimated the Queensland floods' cost could be as much as $13 billion, or 1 percent of gross domestic product in Australia's 1.3 trillion Australian dollar ($1.29 trillion) economy.
Mining companies say they won't be able to meet contracts for coal, Australia's biggest export, while Queensland farmers' crop losses could push up world food prices.
Even more frightening for farmers is the Bureau of Meteorology's prediction that rain could last through March due to the cool conditions in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean associated with the current La Nina — a weather system known for producing heavy rains.
My Opinion
I hear a victim said, evey things is gone but I am glad my family are all alive; and other vidio took one woman, she said crying, I lose eveything I earned. Then I realize, people can decide their attitude and life (happy or said) by evey moment no mater what they experience. The flood is just a status and I choose to glad for the people they learn from the flood and sad for those who decide be a victim in that moment.
Vocabulary
equatorial /ˌekwəˈtɔːriəl/ DJ /ˈɛkwə'tɔrɪəl/ KK
- near the equator or typical of a country that is near the equator 赤道的；赤道附近的；赤道地區特有的 adjective
meteorology /ˌmiːtiəˈrɒlədʒi/ DJ /-ˈrɑːl-/ DJ US /ˈmitɪə'rɑlədʒɪ/ KK US
- the scientific study of the earth's atmosphere and its changes, used especially in forecasting the weather (= saying what it will be like) 氣象學 noun uncountable
isolated /ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/ DJ /'aɪsəˈletɪd/ KK
- adjective
- of buildings and places 建築物或地方 far away from any others 偏遠的；孤零零的
- isolated rural areas 偏僻的農村地區
- of people 人 without much contact with other people 孤獨的；孤立的
- See also:lnely Synonym
- I felt very isolated in my new job. 我在新的工作崗位上覺得很孤獨。
- Elderly people easily become socially isolated. 上了年紀的人很容易變得與社會隔絕。
- single; happening once 單獨的；只出現一次的
putrid /ˈpjuːtrɪd/ DJ /'pjutrɪd/ KK
- adjective
- of dead animals or plants 死的動植物 decaying and therefore smelling very bad 腐爛的；腐臭的
- the putrid smell of rotten meat 爛肉的臭味
- very unpleasant 令人厭惡（或惡心）的 informal
- of dead animals or plants 死的動植物 decaying and therefore smelling very bad 腐爛的；腐臭的
epicenter [ˈepisentə] DJ [ˈɛpɪˌsɛntɚ] KK
- noun
- 【地】震中,中心;集中點
- The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
- The central point of something, typically a difficult or unpleasant situation
engorged [enˈgɔːdʒd] DJ [ɛnˈgɔrdʒd] KK
- adjective
- 充盈的;腫脹的;漲滿液體的
engorged [enˈgɔːdʒd] DJ [ɛnˈgɔrdʒd] KK
- adjective
- 充盈的;腫脹的;漲滿液體的
- Cause to swell with blood, water, or another fluid
- Become swollen in this way
- Eat to excess
Article
Some Australian communities remained isolated by floodwaters and others braced for a new river peak today as the nation's third-largest city struggled to clean up the putrid sludge left behind by the receding Brisbane River.
Officials have said the complete cleanup of the Queensland state capital would take months, and reconstruction up to two years.
The floods have caused 27 deaths in Australia's northeast since late November, and 14 other people are missing, most of them from a flash flood that hit towns west of Brisbane on Monday.
In Grantham, described as the epicenter of the flash flood, 70 percent of the town remained cordoned off today while searchers looked for the bodies of the missing.
"People I hope will understand the pressure that the police are working under in these sorts of circumstances and be patient," Queensland state Premier Anna Bligh said. "They are working as hard as they can to be in a position to allow people back into Grantham as quickly as possible."
The wall of water that swept through the town left behind dozens of smashed cars wedged in trees or bogged in fields, houses slipped off their foundations and masses of muddied belongings piled up as debris in the streets.
The engorged rivers that flooded Queensland towns have now swelled south into other states. In New South Wales, nearly 7,000 people have been isolated by floodwaters that overflowed highways and emergency services helicopters air-dropped food and other supplies to residents.
In northern Victoria, a dozen small communities were sandbagging amid fears of high-peaking rivers, and 3,000 people have evacuated.
An economist has estimated the Queensland floods' cost could be as much as $13 billion, or 1 percent of gross domestic product in Australia's 1.3 trillion Australian dollar ($1.29 trillion) economy.
Mining companies say they won't be able to meet contracts for coal, Australia's biggest export, while Queensland farmers' crop losses could push up world food prices.
Even more frightening for farmers is the Bureau of Meteorology's prediction that rain could last through March due to the cool conditions in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean associated with the current La Nina — a weather system known for producing heavy rains.
Some Australian communities remained isolated by floodwaters and others braced for a new river peak today as the nation's third-largest city struggled to clean up the putrid sludge left behind by the receding Brisbane River.
More than 12,000 rubber-gloved volunteers hauled sodden debris from soaked homes, shoveled muck and swept and mopped muddy floors in some of the 30,000 homes and businesses that were flooded in Brisbane.
Officials have said the complete cleanup of the Queensland state capital would take months, and reconstruction up to two years.
The floods have caused 27 deaths in Australia's northeast since late November, and 14 other people are missing, most of them from a flash flood that hit towns west of Brisbane on Monday.
In Grantham, described as the epicenter of the flash flood, 70 percent of the town remained cordoned off today while searchers looked for the bodies of the missing.
"People I hope will understand the pressure that the police are working under in these sorts of circumstances and be patient," Queensland state Premier Anna Bligh said. "They are working as hard as they can to be in a position to allow people back into Grantham as quickly as possible."
The wall of water that swept through the town left behind dozens of smashed cars wedged in trees or bogged in fields, houses slipped off their foundations and masses of muddied belongings piled up as debris in the streets.
The engorged rivers that flooded Queensland towns have now swelled south into other states. In New South Wales, nearly 7,000 people have been isolated by floodwaters that overflowed highways and emergency services helicopters air-dropped food and other supplies to residents.
In northern Victoria, a dozen small communities were sandbagging amid fears of high-peaking rivers, and 3,000 people have evacuated.
An economist has estimated the Queensland floods' cost could be as much as $13 billion, or 1 percent of gross domestic product in Australia's 1.3 trillion Australian dollar ($1.29 trillion) economy.
Mining companies say they won't be able to meet contracts for coal, Australia's biggest export, while Queensland farmers' crop losses could push up world food prices.
Even more frightening for farmers is the Bureau of Meteorology's prediction that rain could last through March due to the cool conditions in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean associated with the current La Nina — a weather system known for producing heavy rains.
2011/01/16
2011/01/10
Mass bird and fish deaths stoking curiosity
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2011/01/08/2003492995/1
Summarize
Five thousand blackbirds rained from the sky, Then more dead birds fell in other states.Then huge fish kills were discovered,suddenly it became a worldwide phenomenon.
Conspiracy theorists, doomsayers and religious extremists warned that the end was nigh.(USGS) National Wildlife Health Center. “There is nothing apocalyptic or anything that is necessarily out of the ordinary for what we would see in any given week.”
“Natural causes appear to be the reason for the deaths of the fish,” a statement by the Maryland Department of the Environment said.
“Spot may have difficulty surviving in colder temperatures and the species’ susceptibility to winter kills is well-documented,” it said, noting that surface water temperatures last month were the coldest in 25 years.
As for the bird and fish deaths elsewhere in the world, many were still under investigation.
But in today’s Internet Age, when hardly anything remains secret, word of mass bird deaths has spread with unparalleled speed.
“Now some of these kinds of stories, because they get out there on the Internet, if they are compelling enough they can immediately make this jump to national news,” he said. “Let’s face it, big quantities of birds falling from the sky or fish going belly-up is a pretty compelling story.”
Opinion
Birds and fishes die-off, attached people’s eyes. Someone says the end was night and those phenomena are the symbo of apocalyptic. Another says, it’s because of the weather changes and pollution. And the other says it happened before, just because the internet, the world become small and any compelling story can be shared easily.
Vocabulary
spate off /speɪt/ DJ 
a large number of things, which are usually unpleasant, that happen suddenly within a short period of time 一連串，接二連三（通常指不愉快的事物）
immune /ɪˈmjuːn/ DJ
that cannot catch or be affected by a particular disease or illness 有免疫力
conspiracy /kənˈspɪrəsi/ DJ
a secret plan by a group of people to do something harmful or illegal 密謀策劃；陰謀
doomsayer - One who makes dire predictions about the future
the end was nigh 到底是近了
apocalyptic /əˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪk/ DJ
-
adjective
-
describing very serious damage and destruction in past or future events 描述（歷史）大動亂的；預示（未來）大災變的
-
like the end of the world 似末世的；像世界末日的
compelling /kəmˈpelɪŋ/ DJ
adjective
-
that makes you pay attention to it because it is so interesting and exciting 引人入勝的；扣人心弦的 written
/ʌn'pærəˈlɛld/ KK used to emphasize that something is bigger, better or worse than anything else like it 無比的；無雙的；空前的；絕無僅有的 adjective formal
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Article
END ISN’T NIGH:Despite the conclusions many may be jumping to, wildlife experts say the recent spate of mass animal die-offs aren’t unusual, merely well publicized
AFP, WASHINGTON
Five thousand dead blackbirds rained from the sky on the first day of the New Year in Arkansas. Then more dead birds fell in other states. Then huge fish kills were discovered in multiple US waterways.
And suddenly it became a worldwide phenomenon, with reports of mass die-offs of birds and fish in Sweden, Britain, Japan, Thailand, Brazil and beyond.
Doves, jellyfish, snapper, jackdaws ... it seemed no species was immune.
Conspiracy theorists, doomsdayers and religious extremists warned that the end was nigh.
Could it be astronauts testing a potent sound beam to ward off aliens? The US military experimenting with satellite-powered energy weapons?
What about chemical sprays, meteor showers or earthquakes activating pollutants from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? “Birds” surged to the most searched term on the New York Times Web site.
Religious bloggers loaded their sites with Bible verse, Hosea 4:1-3: “The land dries up, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea are swept away.”
But as speculation roiled the blogosphere, wildlife experts rolled their eyes.
“It is not that unusual,” said Kristen Schuler, a scientist at the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center. “There is nothing apocalyptic or anything that is necessarily out of the ordinary for what we would see in any given week.”
Indeed, the USGS keeps a log on its Web site with reports of groups of birds dying each week, averaging from dozens to thousands.
Regarding the bird deaths in Arkansas, where the local custom is to set off fireworks to mark New Year’s Eve, officials determined it was likely that the noise set off a deadly bird panic.
“It appears unusually loud noises, reported shortly before the birds began to fall, caused the birds to flush from a roost,” the USGS National Wildlife Health Center said in a statement posted on the Arkansas Fish and Game Commission Web site.
“Additional fireworks in the area may have forced the birds to fly at a lower altitude than normal and hit houses, vehicles, trees and other objects. Blackbirds have poor night vision and typically do not fly at night,” it said.
In Louisiana, Schuler said it looked like cold weather might have killed off about 500 birds.
Meanwhile, in Maryland, locals were spooked by reports of about 2 million dead fish in the Chesapeake Bay.
Officials were quick to assuage concerns, saying the deaths were a result of an unusual cold snap, combined with an overpopulation of a species known as spot fish.
“Natural causes appear to be the reason for the deaths of the fish,” a statement by the Maryland Department of the Environment said.
“Spot may have difficulty surviving in colder temperatures and the species’ susceptibility to winter kills is well-documented,” it said, noting that surface water temperatures last month were the coldest in 25 years.
As for the bird and fish deaths elsewhere in the world, many were still under investigation.
According to the National Wildlife Federation’s Doug Inkley, the most frequent cause of mass death in birds is disease, though pollution and “just plain accidents” can also trigger large scale die-offs. Often, people just are not aware of them.
“Most of the time these areas are not near human habitation such as in forests or in the woods,” he said on CNN.
But in today’s Internet Age, when hardly anything remains secret, word of mass bird deaths has spread with unparalleled speed.
“In 1960, if a bunch of birds started falling from the sky it may have been noticed by some people. It may have gotten reported in the local paper, but it may never have gotten any further than that,” said Robert Thompson, professor of pop culture at Syracuse University.
“Now some of these kinds of stories, because they get out there on the Internet, if they are compelling enough they can immediately make this jump to national news,” he said. “Let’s face it, big quantities of birds falling from the sky or fish going belly-up is a pretty compelling story.”
2011/01/07
七十歲佛教徒的佛學分享
這份公公的手稿放在我桌上也快半年了。終於把它數位化了。動力是，公公的七十大夀快到了，我想這會是份有意義的生日禮物。
幾個月前，公公乎然拿了這份手稿要我們，(Kevin跟我)，說要打成電子檔；沒有多問什麼，直覺告訴我（我的評估判斷），是想多印些跟大家分享所學、所知。拖那麼久不動作，可見我對這個是多麼的有看法。某人覺得很好、很重要的東西，自己卻充滿了評估判斷。
幫忙打這文章過程時得到的領悟。做任何想做或不想做的事，在生命中都會為自己種下因、得到果，例如剛打的前幾天心情很不好，不能平心靜氣的打這不熟悉的字，更覺得寫這些誰會懂呀，我這麼做只是浪費時間。直到最後善解這經驗只是為了讓我看見。起心動念都是業。
年輕常會批判老人家的想法、行為。其實那些都是他們生命經驗裡最美好的東西才會拿出來跟我分享。也許跟自己磁場不合、也許我還未能看懂、也許真的不合時宜，但他們所說的一切絕對、絕對都是他們對我，對這世界最好的付出了。
希望以後光晴也能這麼來理解我。_______________________________________________________
相信淨土法門和相信有何差別 作者：陳培植
98.6.11 日 (一) 星期四
諸位蓮友、同學、阿彌陀佛。今天要來與大家分享的題目是相信淨土法門和不相信有什麼差別。在未讀到淨土法門，信與不信時我們先來讀讀淨土法門的由來和瞭解一下來龍去脈。
大家都知道本師釋迦牟尼佛，在二千伍百多年前降生在北印度「加昆羅律國」，生為太子(悉達多)然後出家。示現八相成道，了悟宇宙人生的真相。證得無上菩提 (阿耨多羅三藐三菩提)，然後到鹿野苑度五比丘，並三轉法輪，五時興教宣說無上妙法(八萬四仟法門)完成(佛、法、僧)三寶。
成佛後在定中用二十一天的時間為身菩薩說華嚴，即(大方廣佛華嚴經)。然後說阿含方等共十八年，大般若經二十二年。八年講法華，即(大乘妙法蓮華經)一日夜說涅槃經。
佛說法四十九年，於人夀八十歲，時入滅進入涅槃。
後佛的侍者弟子。阿難尊者與五百羅漢在七葉窑結集，佛一生所說的一切法而留傳下來。即是經、律、論，合稱三藏十二部，後人把它裝釘成冊，即現今所依據的大藏經，後經多次的結集，留傳年代久遠故出現多種的版本。整部大藏內容深廣份量多如汪洋浩瀚、博大精深，分為「教、理、行、果」四法及十二部。平常凡夫是難於一一通達，故古德把它分文別類各揀所需，相應了義的法門而各自專修，並創宗立派共有十個宗派二小、八大。如下，淨土宗、淨土法門則是其中之一，有稱淨宗蓮宗或是念佛法門，專持念阿彌陀佛名號及求生西方淨土。(至心信樂、發菩提心、一向專念)。例如(聖嚴師父)承先啟後，創建法鼓山道場、成立法鼓宗弘揚漢傳佛教、宣揚觀音法門、念佛法門、中華禪法。
天台承(天台祖師)把它判為回教，分別為藏通別圓、宗門教下、羅教、密教。密教即是密宗，顯教則包括九大宗派。如下：又把佛分為六即佛。大乘圓教的經典首推華嚴、法華、凡網三部。如下：淨土法門屬於大乘圓教古德稱讚為圓中之圓，徑中又徑，是無上妙法門餘大道，(無量夀經一段經文非是小乘第四十三）。
佛告慈氏、汝觀彼諸菩薩摩訶薩、善獲利益有善男子善女人、得聞阿彌陀佛名號能生一念喜愛之心、歸依瞻禮，如說修行，當知此人，為得大利，當獲如上所說功德，心無下劣，亦不貢高，成就善根悉皆增上，當知此人非是小乘，於我法中得名第一弟子。又有一段文，說彼無量億諸菩薩等，皆悉求此，微妙法門，尊重聽聞，不生違背。多有菩薩，欲聞此經而不能得，是故汝等應求此法。
經上云，念一句阿彌陀佛名號，滅罪河沙。能消除八十億劫生死大罪。我們要知道一劫的時間是多麼的長久、久遠，是一個世界成住壞空，人夀從八萬四千歲，每百年減一歲，減至十歲再從十歲增至八萬四千歲，這樣一減一增為一小劫，二十小劫為一中劫，四個中劫為一大劫，若以時間來算一大劫，計十三億四仟三佰八十四萬年，那八十億劫就更不用算了。故阿彌陀佛的名號功德不可思議。(大集經)云
阿彌陀佛名號即是(無上深妙禪)。善導大師說，如來所以興出世唯說彌陀本太願海。
淨土法門亦名淨土宗、蓮宗、念佛法門。最初自東晉太元六年慧遠大師在盧山創建東林寺，成立蓮社，專弘淨土法門。三十年不出山門，以寺前虎溪為界，一生中三次親見，阿彌陀佛及極樂世界，殊勝勝景，參加共修人數達一百二十三人個個念佛，或成往生西方淨土，是故被尊為中土淨宗初祖；娑婆世界尊普賢菩薩初祖；法界尊大勢至菩薩初祖；淨土法門，淨土宗淨宗、念佛法門，自東晉，慧遠大師創立蓮社以來，一千多年來共產生十三位祖師。
傳至清末民初的印光大師是第十三位祖師。如下。淨土法門所依據的經論有(三經一論)
1. 佛說 阿彌陀佛
2. 佛說 觀無量夀佛經
3. 佛說 無量夀經
無量經共有十二譯本，七種已失傳，剩下五種內容。因譯本各有差異，因此，宗朝，王龍舒及數位大德，開始會集，但是所有會集，首推民初的夏蓮居大德，會集本最為善本，名(佛說大乘無量夀莊嚴清淨平等覺經)。集五種譯本之大成，好念又順口，使人常生歡喜心，而留傳最廣。真是功德無量。可參考(聖嚴師父)的書。四十八個願望及念佛生淨土。
一論則是，天親菩薩著的(往生論)。後來古大德，彭際清大德，又把(華嚴經)入不思議解脫境界。普賢行願品，這一品共四十卷(俗稱四十四十華嚴)，第四十卷最後，普賢行願(讚)
(品卷)
普賢菩薩十大願王導歸四十一位法身菩薩，發願求生西方極樂世界，咸共尊修普賢大士之德，修普賢行。因此也把它例入，又清末民初的印光大師，也將(楞嚴經)，裡二十五圓通，大勢至菩薩念佛圓通章。也把它例入合稱淨土五經一言論。
大勢至菩薩在地，我以念佛心入無生忍，憶佛、念佛現前當來，必定見佛。都攝六根，淨念相繼、不假方便自得心開。四十一位次的菩薩，住行向地等覺，妙覺是佛，是從初住算起。(破一品無名，證一分法身)。
阿羅難是七信位，還沒回小向大，發菩提心，二萬劫後才回小向大。
念佛是因成佛是果，故需深信因果，俗說萬般將不去、唯有業隨，一切皆空因果不空；轉換不空、相續不空；變換不空、循環不空。念佛求生西方淨土法門，阿彌陀佛之所建立釋迦世尊之所宣揚，十方諸佛同聲稱讚，因其丈佛慈力，三根普被，利鈍全收。是故為易行道，也是門餘大道，無上殊勝妙法。淨宗與密宗都是他力法門，都是修清淨心。密宗以清淨心徹法底源，三密合一。淨宗以佛力、法力、自力，三力合一感應道交及清淨念佛心。入無生法忍，即理一心不亂。禪宗即是明心見性、大徹大悟。教下則是大開圓解，名稱各異目的、意義相同。經上云，地上菩薩始終不離念佛，所以大家應皆念佛。以上是淨土法門的概況。
現在來讀讀相信淨土法門和不相信有何差別。在理上性上，講是無差別，何以故 ，金剛經云，一切諸法，法法平等，無有高下，已無高下，當然平等而無差別，但事相上，體用上，願心力上，還是有所差異。因眾生無始以來的妄想、分別、執著、無盡煩惱使然的變化，八識五十一心所心念的不同而有所差別。地藏經云，眾生起心動念無不是業、無不是罪。業力甚大，飛敵須彌、能深巨海、能障聖道。故說念佛法門曷行道，其他法門為難行道。一切諸法都是世尊金口所宣，每一法都能使人破迷開悟，離苦得樂，了脫生死、出三界，因此說無差別。
淨宗以信願行為本，金剛經云，信心清淨則生實相，信為道源功德母。佛法深廣如瀚海，唯信能入。(信自信他、信事、信理、信因、信果)(六信)。一切法門分為解門與行門。佛家常說，信、願、行、證、悲智雙運，福慧雙修。
供養書寫、讀經、聽經、聞法、深入經藏、深解義處、勤修、戒定慧，悉滅貪、瞋、癡、斷惡、修善、破迷開悟、離若得樂，了脫生死，出三界。
淨宗、則以信願行三資糧。專持念。阿彌陀佛名號，發願求生西方淨土。至心信樂，發菩提心，一向專念…一切時一切處二六時中，行、住、、臥，都攝六根，淨念想繼，一心繋念，老實念佛。故須解行並重。
(在襄陽房山石經，有二十一個字，羅什譯本所沒有的。在一心不亂之後。則是專持名號，以持名，故諸罪消滅即是多善根，福得因緣。
(十二之一)阿彌陀佛(讚佛偈)
光中化佛無數億，化菩薩眾亦無邊。十方三世佛阿彌陀第一。佛告阿難，阿彌陀佛，威神光明，最尊第一，十方諸佛，所 不能及。光明善好，勝於日、月之明。千億萬倍(光中極尊，佛中之王) (無量夀經十二)
十方諸佛，恆沙諸，說誠實言，共稱讚。無量夀佛，不可思議功德，超勝獨妙，建立常然。是故，我們應當信受奉行，依法修行。實當念佛求生西方極樂世界。南無阿彌陀佛。
(十二)
佛家常說，但見，阿彌陀佛，何愁不開悟。經上云，見佛了生死，如佛度一切，花開見佛悟無生。得生其國皆是，阿鞞跋致，得不退轉，一生補處。平等成佛，若不信淨土法門，而其他法門則須斷，見思煩惱。故自力修行難。障碍多，時間久，佛家常說，(三大阿僧衹劫)。而且人的命短未待你修行有成，人夀已盡。從有功行，來生再得人身。能遇到佛法又能修行。佛家常說，菩薩尚有隔陰之迷，何況是凡夫。
人身難得，佛法難聞，能得遇淨土法門，而能信、能行，更是難中之難，莫過此難。(無量夀經)。大集經云，佛說末法中億萬人修道難得一個得道。只有念佛法門，仍能救度眾生，萬人修萬人去。澫益大師說，一句佛號，三藏十二部經論。禪宗一千七百則公案一切戒律都在裡面。功德不可思議，實當念佛，發願求生淨土。阿僧祗，是無央數，沒有數目可計算，再加一個劫那就更久，無上甚深微妙法，百千萬劫難遭遇。願同念佛人，感應隨時現，是故汝等當信受奉行，依教修持，即每一次受阿彌陀佛，本願威神灌頂，加持及十方諸佛的護念。是故相信淨土法門與不相信有壤之別。不可同時而論。能依教奉行，經上云，是真供養。若不往昔修福慧，於此正法不能聞，已曾供養諸如來，則能歡喜信此事，如是妙法幸聽聞，應常念佛而生喜，受持廣度生死流，佛說此人真善友，如是一心求淨方，決定往生極樂國(無量夀經)。極樂世界是諸上善人俱會一處，(無有諸苦但受諸樂)，今得值佛，後聞無量夀聲，靡不歡喜。佛告彌勒，敬於佛者是名大善。實當念佛。阿彌陀佛，四十八願度眾生，九品咸令登彼岸。
金剛經云
如來滅後，後伍百歲有持戒，修福者。於此章句，能生信心，以此為實，當知是人，不於一佛二佛，三四五佛而種善根，己於無量千萬佛所種諸善根。聞是章句乃至，一念生淨信者。須菩提，如來悉知悉見。是諸眾生得如是無量福德。俗語說，百世修來同船渡，大眾能一起，共同念佛都不是偶然的。可說是因緣聚會。眾生善根不可思議。(無量夀經)。
經上云，
正法時期…持戒，成就
像法時期…禪定，成就
末法時期…淨土，成就
以戒為師，以苦為師。以西方為歸。
能相信淨土法門，是多生累劫，福德善根，因緣成熟，也是無量劫以來希有難逢的因緣，是故相信淨土法門與不相信，善距是難以形容計倍。十方三世佛共同一法身，佛佛道同，但願有所不同，如世尊五百願，藥師佛的十二大願，阿彌陀佛四十八願都各有差異。大慈悲度眾生的心目地是相同的，都希望眾生快快成佛。法鼓山的四眾共勉語未句，處處觀音菩薩，聲聲阿彌陀佛。每尊佛的教區是個三千大千世界。我們的地球名娑婆世界，一回天下，亦名。
南瞻部洲(堪忍的世界)如來有三身四土
1. 凡聖同居土
2. 方便有餘土
3.實報莊嚴土
4. 常寂光 土
釋迦矣尼佛，佛有三身三名，法身、報身、化身。
一、清淨法身毘盧燕那佛
二、圓滿報身盧舍那 佛
三、千百億化身釋迦矣尼佛(釋迦文佛)
早課，同登華藏玄門共八毘盧性海(一真法界)
華藏世界是，蓮華藏世界簡稱。也是釋迦如來，法身毘盧燕那佛淨土的名。佛經上說，在風輪之上香水海中有大蓮花，在此蓮花中含藏著微塵數的世界，所以重重無盡叫著蓮華藏世界，此世界共二十層。而我們所居住的娑婆世界即華藏世界的第十三層中間。
念佛法門無上妙法，功德不可思議，一乘了義，萬善同歸，凡聖齊收，利鈍悉彼。頓該八教，圓攝五宗，橫超三界，逕登四土，一生不退，平等成佛。
以上的報告僅供參考，希望大家對於淨土念佛法門有所認識，增加信心，煩惱輕，智慧長，念佛能一心繋念，法喜充滿。若無平時萬千念，那有臨終一念心，佛在西方莫遠求，西方只在汝心頭。四生九有，同歸淨土法門(課誦本早課)裡八難三途共八彌陀願海。
阿彌陀佛
如來興出世，難值難見，諸佛經道，難得難聞。遇善知識。聞法能許，此亦為難，若聞斯經，信樂受持，難中之難，無過此難。若有眾生得聞佛聲，慈心清淨，踊躍歡喜，衣毛為起或淚出者，皆由前世曾作佛道。故非凡人。
(世間難信之法，誠難信，是為甚難)
圓山臨濟寺
有位念佛會副會長，林道奇居士。他平時當維羅，領眾念佛共修，但在臨命終時，排斥人為他念佛，不肯有人為他助念，可見業力甚大，能障聖道，是業障起現行故。故臨命終的一念關連，心不顛倒，正念分明，即得往生，彼佛國土，極樂世界，清淨佛國中，南無阿彌陀佛
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