【玳瑚師父隨筆錄】 《銜接聖誕節的意義》
Christmas Day - Connecting the Dots （English version below)
先恭祝所有基督教徒及天主教徒的讀者們聖誕佳節平安快樂。
聖誕節，故名思義，是為了紀念耶穌基督的誕辰。祂是為了世人的福利而降生人間的聖人，可惜世人根本不能辨認祂是真的。 因爲福報不足，救世主在世間傳福音才短短三年，就遭世人如此殘酷的對待。但祂沒有責怪世人，還請求祂的父王寬恕他們的無明，並願意以自己的鮮血洗滌眾生的業障。耶穌基督的愛沒有分別心，還有很強的忍辱性。這是完全符合佛法所提倡的忍辱及佈施波羅密。祂是真的得道者。
宗教從天上界傳下來人間，在天界，是沒有不和的，是人才不和，不但吵吵鬧鬧，還干戈四起。所有宗教的神明， 吾一概尊敬。到客人家看風水時，無論她他們供奉的是聖母瑪麗亞、耶穌基督、聖約瑟、紅財神等，吾都畢恭畢敬地向祂們合掌頂禮，只因平等，平等。
聖誕節並非是搞一些派對、聚會或尋歡做樂的節日。所有的基督教徒和天主教徒，包括世人，應該先懺悔，然後向妳你的教主發一個善心善念，去做至少一件利益世人的善行。把妳你的小愛化爲大愛。在此時，也應懺悔過去對父母、長輩和師長的不恭敬和不孝順，這樣子才能真正地平安和快樂，及真正慶祝聖誕節。
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First and foremost, I would like to wish my readers who are Christians or Catholics a Blessed Christmas.
Christmas Day, as the name implies, commemorates the birth of Lord Jesus Christ. He is a Saint who descended into this world to bring salvation to mankind, but alas, the people in his time were ignorant and unable to see His true self. There were insufficient merits generated for the propagation of the Gospel, and in a short span of 3 years, the Saviour was cruelly persecuted by the very flock He wanted to save. Lord Jesus, however, did not blame the people and even mitigated on their behalf to His Father to forgive their ignorance. He was willing to use His own blood to atone for the sins of the people. Not only did Lord Jesus displayed equality in His love, He also has a very strong threshold of endurance in the face of humiliation, which are totally aligned with the qualities of Endurance and Giving, two of the Six Paramitas in Buddhism.
Saints and deities descended from the Heavens to spread the Teachings, through different religions. In the Heavenly realm, they are the same teachings, with no conflicts or disparity. These differences only exist in the human minds. Men have squabbled and even fought wars against each other in the name of religion. Even though I am a Buddhist, I hold deep reverence to the saints and deities of other religions. Whenever I am at a client's residence for Feng Shui audit, I would respectfully put my palms together and pay homage to the Saints (Mother Mary, Lord Jesus, Saint Joseph, Lord Ganesha etc.) at their altars. All in the name of Equality.
Christmas Day should not be a day of parties, gatherings and merry-making. Instead, this should be the day for all believers (Christians and Catholics), and non-believers alike (that includes everyone of us) to first repent our sins, and make a vow to the Saint or Deity, whom you worship, to do at least one good deed that will benefit this world. Expand the reach of your love beyond yourself and your close ones. At the same time, we should repent sincerely for our disobedience and insolence towards our parents, elders and teachers. In this way, we will be able to achieve peace and happiness. And only in this way, we will truly be celebrating Christmas Day.
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