捻花微笑

First, i was dying to finish my high school and start college

And then i was dying to finish college and start working

Then i was dying to marry and have children

And then i was dying for my children to grow old enough so I could to back to work

But then i was dying to retire

And now i am dying

And suddenly i realized i forgot to live

Please don’t let this happen to you

Appreciate your current situation and enjoy each day

……..old friend

To make money we lose our health, and then to restore our health we lose our money…

We live as if we are never going to die, and we die as if we never lived….

☆★‥‥‥‥捻花微笑 ‥‥‥‥★☆

凱思轉來一幅慈祥老人照，附在相片上的這篇短文，令我讀來不禁會心的一笑。

我想起『捻花微笑』，大梵天王到靈鷲山請釋迦牟尼佛說法。他帶了一束金色的波羅花獻給佛，請佛為大家說法。只見佛坐了下來，手上捻花，什麼話也不說。佛的苦行弟子大迦葉，卻對著花，會心微笑。於是佛高興地說：『吾有正法眼藏，涅槃妙心，實相無相，微妙法門：不立文字，教外別傳，凡夫成佛第一義諦，付囑摩訶迦葉。』

年輕的時候，我絕對無法體會這篇文章。佛陀教導的解脫輪迴，不是坐在那裡唸經、禪坐或參加灌頂法會即能學會的，而是要自己從生活中實踐『放下』才能獲得領悟。簡單的兩個字， 可是放下牽掛、貪念、欲求是多麼不簡單呢！面臨死亡時，才發現沒有活過，又耗費了這一生了。