一位出家僧人的口述

一位出家僧人講到：他在未出家前是獵人，專門捕捉海獺。

有一次，他一出門就抓到一隻大海獺。等剖下珍貴的毛皮後，就把尚未斷氣的海獺藏在草叢裏。

傍晚時，獵人回到原來的地方，卻遍尋不著這只海獺。

再仔細察看，才發現草地上依稀沾著血跡，一直延伸到附近小洞穴。獵人探頭往洞，不禁大吃一驚：原來這只海獺忍著脫皮之痛，掙扎回到自己的窩。

為什麼這麼做呢？

等獵人拖出這只早已氣絕的海獺時，才發覺有兩隻尚未睜眼的小海獺，正緊緊吸吮著死去母親乾癟的乳頭。

當這位獵人看到這一幕時，身心受到極大的震撼，他從來沒有想到動物會有這種連人都做不到的母子人倫之情，臨死還想著給自己的孩子餵奶，怕自己的孩子餓了，

想到這裏這位獵人不由得心生悲泣，痛哭流涕，慚愧的無地自容。

於是，他放下了屠刀，不再當獵戶，出家修行去了。

每當這位已經出家的僧人回憶起這段往事的時期，眼中仍會泛起淚光。

飲食最低的目的是為了果腹，最高的目的是為了適口，而在果腹與適口之間，其相去何止百千萬里。

可是我們的味覺，由入口到咽喉，只有十數公分，過了咽喉，就什麼都感覺不出來了。

我們何忍為了這十數公分的感受，而殘殺如此多的生靈呢？

希望所有見到此則故事的朋友們，內心有所觸動，珍惜任何生命。
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(Courtesy of forwarded mail from Lim Soo Lian)

Lateral Thinking or Thinking Outside Of the Box

Check out your lateral thinking power!

The first 4 images are the questions and the answers are given at the end.

Please do not look at the answers first, these are really good. Try it.

QUESTION 1:

QUESTION 2:

QUESTION 3:

QUESTION 4:

ANSWERS

*1. The last person took the basket with the egg in it.
**2. All the other card players were women.
***3. Pour the juice from the second glass into the fifth.
****4. The recluse lived in a lighthouse.

(Courtesy of forwarded mail from Cheong Chee Kwong)

Lessons to be learned for 2012

(Courtesy of forwarded mail from Sum Chee Nung)

Keep Walking .....

Keep Walking.....

Because...

The Organs of your body have their sensory touches at the bottom of your foot.

If you massage these points you will find relief from aches and pains as you can see the heart is on the left foot.

Typically they are shown as points and arrows to show which organ it connects to.

It is indeed correct since the nerves connected to these organs terminate here.

This is covered in great details in Acu-pressure studies.

God created our body so well that he thought of even this.

He made us walk so that we will always be pressing these pressure points and thus keeping these! organs activated at all times.

So, keep walking....... LIVE LONGER !!!!!

 
(Courtesy of a forwarded mail from Jason Gan)

Automatic Car

Achar Singh buys the new Automatic BMW X8 Sport. He drives the car perfectly well during the day, but at night the car just won’t move at all.

He tries driving the car at night for a week but still no luck. He then furiously calls the BMW dealers and they send out a technician to him.

The technician asks,

“Sir, are you sure you are using the right gears?”

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Full of anger Achar replies,

“You fool, idiot man, how you could ask such a question? I'm not stupid!
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“I use D for the Day and N for the Night!”

Nice Thoughts

(Courtesy of forwarded mail from Pastor David Chen)

好笑的道理

四大名著似乎告訴我們的道理：

《紅樓夢》告訴我們：凡是真心相愛的，最後都拆散了；凡是胡亂混搭的，最後都團圓了。

《西遊記》告訴我們：凡是有後臺的妖怪，最後都修成了正果；凡是沒後臺的，都被猴子打死了。

《水滸傳》告訴我們：只走白道不行，只走黑道更不行；行的是走黑白兩道，官匪勾結的道。

《三國演義》告訴我們：精兵強將只能一時輝煌；兵多將廣才能坐得天下。

時間告訴我們：

忙碌的日子, 好好照顧自己，人生呀...如賽場 :

上半場按 學歷、權力、職位、業績、總資產，比上升；

下半場按 血壓、血脂、血糖、尿酸、膽固醇，比下降。

上半場順勢而為，聽命；

下半場事在人為，認命。

但願你上下兼顧，兩場都要嬴。
沒病也要體檢，不渴也要喝水，

再煩也要想通，有理也要讓人。

世上有兩件事很難：

一是把自己的思想，裝進別人的腦袋，

二是把別人的錢，裝進自己的口袋。

前者成功的叫 -- 老師，

后者成功的叫 -- 老板。

兩者都成功了的 叫 .........老婆!!!

(Courtesy of forwarded mail from Yong Yew Khoon)

God's Boxes

I have in my hands two boxes,

Which God gave me to hold.

He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box,

And all your joys in the gold."

I heeded His words, and in the two boxes,

Both my joys and sorrows I stored,

But though the gold became heavier each day,

The black was as light as before.

With curiosity, I opened the black,
I wanted to find out why,
And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole,
Which my sorrows had fallen out by.

I showed the hole to God, and mused,

"I wonder where my sorrows could be!"

He smiled a gentle smile and said,

"My child, they're all here with me."

I asked God, why He gave me the boxes,

Why the gold and the black with the hole?

"My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings,

The black is for you to let go."

We should consider all of our friends a blessing.

Share this with a friend today just to let them know

You are thinking of them and that they are a joy in your life.

A ball is a circle, no beginning, no end.

It keeps us together like our Circle of Friends.

But the treasure inside for you to see,

Is the treasure of friendship you've granted to me.

Today I pass the friendship ball to you.

Pass it on to someone who is a friend to you.

(Courtesy of forwarded mail from Chan Chun Mun)

Amazing Paths

(Courtesy of forwarded mail from Yong Yew Khoon)