[meeting again, really like communist party! extremely 困!]
L: 修行嘛！
[well, cultivation!]
C: 係嘅，不過食飽飯幾難頂，想入睡魔地，呵呵！
[agree, but hard to withstand after filling my stomach, think of entering "sleep-modhi", hehe!]
L: then don't eat too much.
[那不要吃太多]
L: u have to use wisdom to overcome your problem, this is cultivation
[你用智慧解决问题，这就是 修行]
L: 要做的，开心去做。 法喜充满
[have to do, then do it happily. Filled with Dharma Joy]
C: Thank you ! 明白！
[谢谢！ understand!]
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This is a story by AJB, a renown monk, whose speeches are greatly appreciated and sort after by many Buddhist.
I was staying with this temple in the hills.
One day, the resident 2nd in command, instructed
us to shift a pile of bricks out of sight from the front of the temple to the
site behind the temple.
He said to do it before the Abbot’s return, as it is
unsightly.
Fellow monks and I commence the shift under the hot sun, pushing
primitive make-shift wheel-barrows.
We completed the task within a few hours.
Upon the Abbot’s return a few days later, he asked that the
bricks be move back to where they were.
Once again, we toiled under the hot sun.
I was disgruntled with the fickle-mindedness of the administration
team and commented: The load is too heavy and the sun is too hot!
Fellow monk, G: When you have to do it, do it happily.
Looking at him, I suddenly realized and felt ashamed as no
one complains as they are carrying out the Abbot’s instruction.
They all have peaceful and contented disposition that shine
brightly.
From then hence, no job is too difficult nor too tiring nor pointless.
The Sun seems to be cooler and friendlier, the load of
bricks seem to lighten as well.
Our hearts created the difficulties and negatives thereby
weighing us down.
When we do everything happily
putting in our whole hearted commitment, nothing is too difficult to overcome.
Amituofo
Lotuschef
Pure Karma
True Buddha School
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