How are you really feeling today?
When we live among others who could benefit from our care and concern, who are suffering in slience and to whom we do not respond.
Sometimes helping doesn’t only mean solving another person’s problems. We can also help by demonstrating compassion and offering support and hope to others in need.
Reach out, ask
And listen 💜
#compassion #empathy #howareyoureally
同時也有1部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過7萬的網紅DDMTV法鼓山網路電視台,也在其Youtube影片中提到,People all wish to live a life of peace and well-being, but how do we find the inner tranquility and attain the true happiness of ease and peace, in t...
empathy benefit 在 謙預 Qianyu.sg Facebook 的最佳解答
你看不到我 你看不到我 你看不到我⋯⋯
You can’t see me, you can’t see me, you can’t see me... 😁
【德昭鄰壑 才震四方】(English writing below)
Virtues That Shine, Talents that Astound
拜天公了!
天公,即是三十三天主的玉皇大帝,在佛教裡的帝釋天主。祂總櫃百神,下握七十二地、四大部洲和億萬生靈。
祂原是一位婆羅門的女子。在釋迦牟尼佛之前,有一佛名為「迦葉佛」。迦葉佛圓寂後,這婆羅門女發心,想造塔供養迦葉佛。
有三十二位女子也現前,幫助婆羅門女一起建塔。
造塔有十種殊勝果報:
1. 不生邊國(沒有佛法的地方)
2. 不受貧困
3. 不得邪見愚痴之身
4. 壽命長遠
5. 可得十六大國之王位
6. 可得金剛羅延力
7. 可得無比廣大之福德
8. 得蒙諸佛菩薩之慈悲
9. 具足三明六通八解脫
10. 得往生十方淨土
後來,她們便因造塔功德這善因而升天。婆羅門女成為三十三天主,其他三十二位女子成為三十二天裡的各天主。
最近因為武漢肺炎病毒,鬧得人心惶惶。
做人,不怕窮,最怕笨。可偏偏利益在前時,有的人的腦袋就掉到屁股上了。
(一)
如果這時候,你選擇乘火打劫,賺缺德錢,溫馨告訴你,這錢會讓你和你的後代吃不了 兜著走。因為這是犯了偷盜戒,東西明明不值那麼多錢,可是你故意抬高價格。其因果包括有錢沒命花,疾病連連,或多世的貧困低賤命,子孫後代也一樣。
瘟疫嚴重蔓延,你依然無動於衷,就有草菅人命之罪。你沒有護生,還犯了殺生戒,造了入無間地獄的因。
(二)
如果這時候,你沒查證事實,或故意作亂,散播假新聞,讓眾生有了畏懼恐慌心而失去理智,小心自己種下愚癡的因,沒有明心的智慧,將來自己也會有被人嚇的果,過著提心吊膽的日子。
(三)
還有一種人,在災難時,喜愛動口,什麼事都要挑,缺乏同理心、包容心和耐性。牙尖嘴利的人,最容易犯口業。不要小看口業,人會有口臭、不整齊的牙齒、嘴吧難看、人緣欠佳、家庭失合、事業不振,說的話沒有人相信喜聽,都是口業的果報。
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其實,人間有災難時,是我們很好修功德的時候。
我們應該向天公學習,有錢出錢,有力出力,有腦用腦,眾善奉行,諸惡莫作。
無論您是如何拜天公,請記得祂當初如何發心護持佛教,利益眾生,而得此尊貴之身。
金銀財寶、佳餚美酒,天上界不缺,甚至比人間還好幾億萬倍
我們人間的這些芝麻綠豆的供品,是天公慈悲才會前來受供。
如果您真心想得到祂的護佑,好好修行,勤於佈施,護持佛教,和祂一樣有護佑天下蒼生之心,您德昭鄰壑時,祂必會庇佑著您,讓您才震四方、財源廣進、閤家安康。
怎麼了?您不知道嗎?一個人特別有本事和才華時,就是因為後面有大天神或佛菩薩罩著啊! 有的人命之所以會平庸,因為後面「空空如也」啊!
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Today is the day to pay homage to Tian Gong!
Tian Gong, also known as the Lord of the Trāyastriṃśa (thirty-three) Heavens, the Jade Emperor and in Buddhism, Śakra.
He is the lord of a hundred devas, seventy-two lands, the four dvipas and billions of living beings.
In a previous reincarnation, He was a Brahmin lady. Before Shakyamuni Buddha, there was Kassapa Buddha. When Kassapa Buddha entered parinirvana, this Brahmin lady wished to construct a stupa as a offering to Kassapa Buddha.
32 other ladies joined in her initiative.
Building stupas have 10 karmic rewards:
1. One will not be born in border lands. (where no Dharma is present)
2. One does not suffer from poverty.
3. One will not receive a body of ignorance and erroneous views.
4. One's lifespan is long.
5. One receives the throne of 16 great kingdoms.
6. One obtains the Vajra Indestructible Power.
7. One obtains immeasurably vast and grand blessedness and merits.
8. One receives the compassion of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
9. One has complete three kinds of supernormal awareness.
10. One will be reborn in the pure land.
Because of the virtuous cause from building a stupa, these thirty-three ladies ascended to the heaven. The Brahmin lady became the ruler of the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven, while the other 32 ladies became respective rulers of the 32 Heavens under it.
The Wuhan virus has everyone in a jittery mode recently.
As a human, one should fear being stupid rather than being poor. Yet when money is placed as a bait, the brains of some people seemed to have dropped right out of the head and straight to the bottoms.
(1)
If at this point in time, you choose to take advantage of this misfortune and make money unscrupulously, let me gently remind you: you are getting more than you bargained for.
This constitutes stealing. The goods you are selling are not worth that much money, but you deliberately raise the prices to fleece off the consumers.
The retribution for stealing will be having to spend your "hard-earned" money on prolonged/frequent sickness, and/or many lifetimes of poverty and lowliness. The same applies to your descendants.
As the epidemic spreads and worsens, should you remain callous, that means you have utter disregard to human life. You do not protect lives but choose to commit the sin of killing lives. This sows the seed for you to be banished to Infernal Hell upon your death.
(2)
If at this point in time, you spread false news without checking on facts, or out of sabotage, causing fear and panic in sentient beings, beware that you have planted the seed for ignorance and lack of enlightening wisdom.
In the future, you will have to undergo the retribution of being frightened by others, and live your days in tenterhooks.
(3)
There is another kind of people who likes to speak recklessly in times of disasters. They pick at everything and anything, lacking empathy, patience and forbearance.
It is very easy for a person with a sharp tongue and little wisdom to commit sins of the speech.
Do not underestimate the karma from that. Its karmic retributions can cause a person to suffer from a stinky breath, untidy teeth, ugly mouth, poor inter-personal relations, disharmonious family, flagging career, and/or lack of credibility and likability in his/her words.
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When a disaster strikes the human realm, it is a very good time for us to cultivate our merits.
We should take a leaf out of Tian Gong's book - donate money that you have, contribute your physical effort that you can, use your brain that you...erm...have. Do no evil and cultivate all good.
(Oh, come on, if you can read this, you sure have a brain. It's just a matter of whether you have the heart to or not. )
Regardless of how you pay homage to Tian Gong, bear in mind how He generated bodhicitta to uphold Buddhism, benefit sentient beings and hence, obtained a distinguished rebirth.
There is no lacking in gold and silver treasures, delicacies and fine wines in the Heaven realm. In fact, they are a billion times better than what we have here in the human world.
The offerings we give are peanuts, but the Jade Emperor comes forth to receive our offerings out of compassion.
If you truly seek His protection, do your spiritual cultivation well, be diligent in your giving, uphold Buddhism, and have the heart to protect and help the common people, like the Jade Emperor's heart.
When your virtues are so well-known that you win the respect of your neighbours, the Jade Emperor will definitely
bless you with talents that astonish the world, plenty of wealth and a peaceful and healthy family.
Why? Didn't you know? When a person is especially talented and capable, that is because behind the person, there is a great Deva, Buddha or Bodhisattva watching over him/her.
On the other hand, when a person's destiny is very mediocre, that is because behind him/her is just empty space.
empathy benefit 在 Eric's English Lounge Facebook 的最讚貼文
[生活美語] 公益慈善英文詞彙
朋友要求分享這個影片時,我猶豫了幾秒鐘,因為也許我的一些訂閱者並不想看到請求捐贈的影片。然而,如果我怯於利用自己的影響力為真正需要幫助的人喚起更多關注,那我會是一名什麼樣的老師?後來我研究了影片中的慈善機構並認同其成立原由。如果我們能更關心周圍的人,那麼我們的社會就不會有那麼多的分歧。我們需要的是同理心和關懷 (empathy and care)。
倘若不便捐獻, 只要點擊或分享影片便能幫助這些志工將關懷的訊息傳遞出去,謝謝!
★★★★★★★★★★★★
同時也來學習一些與慈善相關的英語詞彙和想法吧。
Charity 慈善機構
1. preach philanthropy 宣揚慈善
2. voluntary giving 自願捐贈
3. help those in need 幫助有需要的人
4. a humanitarian act 人道的行為
5. sizable donation 相當多的捐贈
6. benefit others 造福他人
7. love of one’s fellows 對同胞的愛
8. have empathy for 對...有同理心
9. charitable trust 慈善信託
10. worthy cause 值得的/可尊敬的理想
11. recipients of charity 善舉的接受者
12. the impoverished 窮困的人
13. cannot support themselves 不能自力更生
14. solicit aid 懇求幫助
15. provide basic necessities 提供基本必需品
16. visit the imprisoned or housebound/homebound 探訪被監禁者或(尤指因病)不能出家門的人
17. educate orphans 教育孤兒
18. fund research 基金研究
19. dedicate care for the poor 專門照顧窮人
Criticisms 批評
20. critique of charity 慈善機構的批評
21. remove guilt 消除內疚
22. conceal true suffering 隱藏真正的苦難
23. out of self-interest 出於自身利益
24. government responsibility 政府責任
Effective Altruism 有效利的他主義
25. most effective way to benefit others 造福他人的最有效方法
26. consider all causes and action 考慮所有起因和行動
27. evidence-based practices 循證的實踐
28. nonprofit sector 非營利部門
29. eliminate extreme poverty 消除極端貧困
30. equal value of life 生命的平等價值
31. reduce existential risks to humanity 減少對人類的生存風險
32. cost-effectiveness 成本效益
★★★★★★★★★★★★
這是影片下方我最喜歡的評論:
This is my favorite comment on the video:
有飯吃,對一般人是稀鬆平常的事,但對窮困的人,是賴以為生的救命餐!我由衷對無私奉獻的人敬佩,因你們的付出,給需要的人們帶來了溫暖!
Having a meal could not be more ordinary for the average person. For the impoverished, it could save their lives. For those who contribute altruistically, I have the utmost respect for you. Because of your contributions, you bring warmth to those in need.
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Video: https://youtu.be/Rd5I4azdCC8
empathy benefit 在 DDMTV法鼓山網路電視台 Youtube 的最佳解答
People all wish to live a life of peace and well-being, but how do we find the inner tranquility and attain the true happiness of ease and peace, in this constantly changing world?
Having chosen “Peace and Ease” as its annual theme for the year 2021, Dharma Drum Mountain wants to encourage the general public to always treat others with compassion, thereby being at peace at all times; and apply wisdom to bring peace to themselves, thereby having freedom wherever they go. Also, we should keep an even mind in looking at all the favorable and undesirable situations, as well as the gains and losses in life, while applying a mind of empathy, tolerance, and loving care to safeguard each other and show concern for all sentient beings.
Through this film, let us learn the Buddhist wisdom of living an unobstructed life inspired by Master Sheng Yen’s words of Dharma, and, also, we’d like to invite everyone to make a resolution to be the master of our own mind, transforming our adversity into true compassion and insight for the benefit of self and others, thereby living a life of brightness, enjoying peace and ease.
法鼓山網路電視
https://ddmtv.ddm.org.tw/index.aspx
2021年法鼓山主題年影片—「平安自在」