奇妙恩典

肚裡的胎兒有二十六週了，是個男生，名字 ‘思定’，意思是思想安定，集中，寄望他的成長也是如此。還記得要出發去三藩市之前的幾天，在化驗所取得驗孕報告出來的一刻，樂在對面步馬路慢慢步至，我倆都是合不攏嘴巴地笑著，從那一刻開始，我們的生命旅程將變得不一樣。感謝神賜給我們這個大恩典，懷孕的過程讓我感受到 ‘愛’ 每天每天的臨到身上，每日每日地滋長，以前會在經文或別人甚至自己禱告時看到聽到說到這些語句，但現在是真真正正的領略到，是何等的奇妙。

今天練習瑜伽，做到 agnistambasana 時，愛的感覺不斷地湧上來，打坐時，讓我把一些以為己經‘知道’的東西領悟更深：“當發現自己開始對身邊的一切事物起了關愛，願意分享你的愛時，這表示更大的愛將會降臨。”

蒙福，在這期間，我仍有心又有力地繼續教著瑜伽，我希望可以把這份愛和我的學生分享和擴散。當然我亦希望思定能夠感受到媽媽的愛。

生命密碼導航

前陣子遊台灣時，住在老二的民宿，她幫我計算了我的生命密碼，其中兩點正好是這一兩年間不斷思考著的人生課題，我一直猶疑不決，但因為今次生命密碼的導航，給予我更大的信心和勇氣向著這個方向繼續前行...........來到三十有多的年頭出現人生另一個重要的轉捩點，是時候有些東西要放手，重新出發．

「有意思的生命密碼遊戲」分享‧探討
探討生命密碼　　透視人生去向
嘉賓：黃綺嫻　(老二)
日期：2009年7月3日(星期五)
時間：晚上8:00
地點：边度有書

Keep Practising

Excerpts from the book " Don't Look down On the Defilements, They Will Laugh At You" - Ashin Tejaniya

Food for thought

• To know reality you have to be courageous. If you wish to arrive at the truth you have to start meditating, to be aware of yourself. The first thing you need to acknowledge is that there are defilements in your mind. This is basic. We all want to be good and we therefroe tend to see and show only our positive sides. If we do not face the defilements we end up 'lying' to ourselves and others. If you want to change for the better you must know your negative sides. When you start seeing yourself in a realistic way and acknowledge both your good and bad qualities, you are doing well.

• When your understanding of the true nature of things grows, your values in life will change. When your values change, your priorities change as well. Through such understanding you will naturally practise more, and this will help you to do well in life.

Keep Practising

Once you truly understand the benefits of the practice you will never stop practising; you will always keep it going wherever you are. When you are really able to apply the Dhamma in your life and start seeing the difference it makes, then the qualities of the Dhamma will become obvious. The qualities of the Dhamma will come alive for your. They will become really meaningful to you.

Mindfulness , Awareness

好朋友 Raul 和 Heidi 去年從緬甸寄來了他們老師 ( Ashin Tejaniya) 撰寫的靈修書籍 - "Don't look down on the defilements, they will laugh at you"，經過了幾番轉折，終於來到手上 ，書的內容很適合初學內觀靜坐的朋友閱讀，在 Sayadaw U Tejaniya 的網頁上找到書的電子版本，在此，希望可以和大家一起分享：

(extract from the book)
Essence of the Practice:

• - Develop a right understanding of the practice;
• - Practise continuously; it is absoulutely essential for the developmenmt of your practice;
• - Relax;
• - Have the right attitude, accept your experience just as it is;
• - Be aware intelligently;
• - Recognize the defilements.

要閱讀全書內容，請瀏覽Sayadaw U Tejaniya 的網頁：http://sayadawutejaniya.org/