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Effective Fly Killing

If you know me, you know that I don”t like flies. They just buzz around and it seems like there is always one flying around in the summer when you are trying to sleep.
I decided to buy a electric fly swatter to finally take control and wage war on the flies. I have begun my [...]

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Starting to Recycle

Though my wife would prefer that we spend all of our money on jewelry, we have made a decision to spend the money on the future of our kids. We are not going to be putting money away for them or anything like that, but instead we will be recyling.
We have decided to [...]

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Shopping for Deals

Getting a good deal for me is one of the most exciting things in life. I find deals wherever I go, whether I am at the store or at a garage sale. I like the fact that I can save money while having fun.
What I did today was a good example of my [...]

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One of the things that my wife and I like to do after a hard work week is to take a break. We get a babysitter and take the whole evening for ourselves away from the kids.
We did not make it to our movie this week as we had some shopping to do. [...]

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「須菩提!若有人以滿無量阿僧祇世界七寶,持用布施。若有善男子、善女人,發菩提心者,持於此經,乃至四句偈等,受持、讀誦,為人演說,其福勝彼。云何為人演說?不取於相,如如不動。何以故?一切有為法,如夢、幻、泡、影;如露,亦如電,應作如是觀。」
佛說:「須菩提!若有人以充滿了無窮世界的七寶來行布施。此外,如果另有善男子或善女人,發了無上菩提心,受持讀誦此經,甚至少至以其中的四句偈、四句等,為人演說,使人悟性,那麼此人因此所得的福德勝過前面以七寶布施的人甚多。而受持此經要如何為人演說呢?必須要不著相,不動心。為什麼呢?因為世間,凡是有所為而成的法,都是生滅無常,如夢、如幻、如泡、如影、如露亦如電,凡屬有所為,終究是虛幻的,應該都視為有如此六種一般。」
佛說是經已,長老須菩提,及諸比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷,一切世間天、人、阿修羅,聞佛所說,皆大歡喜,信受奉行。
佛反覆闡明般若之法,至此已說解完畢。長老須菩提,與同時在法會聽經的諸僧人、女尼、善男、信女、及一切世間的天人鬼神等,聽完佛所說的般若大法,無不歡喜感化,信受其言,奉行其教。

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「須菩提!若人言:『佛說我見、人見、眾生見、壽者見。』須菩提!於意云何?是人解我所說義不?」「不也,世尊!是人不解如來所說義。何以故?世尊說我見、人見、眾生見、壽者見,即非我見、人見、眾生見、壽者見,是名我見、人見、眾生見、壽者見。」「須菩提!發阿耨多羅三藐三菩提心者,於一切法,應如是知、如是見、如是信解,不生法相。須菩提!所言法相者,如來說即非法相,是名法相。」
佛說:「須菩提!若有人說:『佛說過我見、人見、眾生見、壽者見』這種話。須菩提!你認為這個人是否了解我所說的意思?」須菩提回答說:「沒有,世尊!」這個人並不了解您所說的意思。為什麼呢?因為您所說的這四見,只是為了凡夫便於了解佛的深意而說,事實上應該要超乎此四見之外,並非耍拘泥於其中而存此四見,所以只是為了便於說明,而假借一個名,稱之為我見、人見、眾生見、壽者見而已。」佛又說:「須菩提!凡是發無上正等正覺菩提心的,應如此認知,應如此為見,了悟無相妙理,自然行無相妙行,則知無所蔽,見無所障,如此信解。即為妙悟,而不生法相,至此才得真空無相之妙。須菩提!法相本是虛空的,即非法相;虛空中有幻相,所以才稱之為法相。」

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