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Google Chrome - Browser
September 4, 2008 12:12 pmCan’t believe that google will now make it’s own web browser. I didn’t do much/any reading on it, but thought I will just donwload it and try it out. My first impression is that it keeps the interface to minimal which is what I like, all the common shortcuts works, responses is very quick and all the small little details are done right (for me anyway)! Just everything I need for a browser! I’m surely dropping firefox (at the moment I use it to check email since opera doesn’t load gmail nicely!). It’s difficult to not sure google since their products is so well decided, but there is a danger that I’m so dependant on google products!!! Would be nice when they release the Linux version!
Tags: Google, Internet, software
Categories: Internet, Google
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生死事大
August 8, 2008 7:58 pm死：學道之人，念念不忘此字，則道業自成。
生：若生西方，庶可與佛光壽同一無量無邊矣！參閱《印光大師全集‧冊五》
《淨宗祖師印光大師》 - 在印光大師的思想中有很濃厚的厭離娑婆、欣求極樂的淨土理念。嘗喻言：願離娑婆，如囚徒之欲出車獄，絕無繫戀之心；願生西方，如過客之思歸故鄉，豈有因循之念。大師於自房內書一死字作為座右銘並注題記曰：學道之人，念念不忘此字，則道業自成矣！時時以無常迅速，生死事大為念，可見其求生淨土之深心，確實非同常人。
印光大師說：「無奇特奧妙法則，但將一個死字，貼到額顱上，挂到眉毛上。」參閱《印光大師全集‧冊一》
古德說：「人心不死，道心不生；心還不死，焉得一心？」
印公閉關處佛堂供奉著西方三聖，二只書櫥中存放著印公生前閱讀過的部分經書。一張方桌正面墻上掛著一幅印公親書（複製品）「死」字條幅，細看注釋，「死，學道之人念念不忘此字，則道業自成」，印公將世人最忌諱的「死」字置之當頭，可謂驚世駭俗，然而對早已悟徹生死的大師來說，它恰恰揭示出人生的迷茫，亟需棒喝，時時警愓，只有了徹生死，才能獲大自在，聯想到大師皈依弟子十萬，且其中不乏政要巨賈，而印公生前一向生活簡樸清貧，直至弟子檢索遺物時僅三枚郵票而已的情景，一種偉大人格使他贏得當時及後人的崇敬也就不奇怪了。出於對印光大師的無限崇敬，我們邀請弘法法師一起在印公關房前合影留念。參觀完佛博館，透過一件件法器、法物、佛教文物；一幅幅珍貴的照片，一本本佛典經藏，它們猶如一幅歷史長卷，折射出吳中歷代高僧大德為弘揚佛法鍥而不捨的堅勒跋涉。
虛雲和尚開示錄 - 師示眾：痛論生死事大，無常迅速，一失人身，萬劫難復，此身不向今生度，更向何生度此身之旨。言之痛切，聞者悚然。
「是日已過，命亦隨減，如少魚水，斯有何樂？大眾，
當勤精進，如救頭然，但念無常，慎勿放逸！」
Vegetarian Restaurant in China Town (London)
July 14, 2008 8:39 pmIt’s not easy to find a Chinese Buddhist Vegetarian restaurant in London, I would like to share one in China town that has a special vegetarian (素食) menu. You can also request them not to cook with any fetid vegetables: garlic, onions, leeks, scallions, and so forth.
五辛 - 五种有辛味之蔬菜也。即大蒜、茖葱、慈葱、兰葱、兴渠是也。此五种辛、熟食发淫、生啖增恚。又曰‘五荤’。
Mr. Kong
21 Lisle Street, London, WC2H 7BA
(next to See Woo Supermarket 泗和行)
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Google Maps Mobile - My location
If you want this function on K800i and found that it’s not supported after installing GMM, you will need to flash your phone with the latest firmware.
Google Mobile Maps (GMM) 2 recently introduce a new feature called “My location”, a function to find your current location using Mobile towers around for mobile without GPS. I’m surprise that my K800i from 2 years ago can run GMM, however to support this function the mobile need the latest firmware (at least not the one I have)!
I’ve version 2.2.0 installed and tried this function in Bracknell, I would say it’s not too bad. Most of the time it says it’s accurate to within 1.7km (probably better than it claims, I would say within 1km most of the time). However in places more urban the accuracy will be higher. I read somewhere that GMM uses data collected from mobiles with GPS, with increasing number of people using this function, it should get more accurate over time. The reason for finding out about this is mainly for travelling. GMM would be very useful in finding hostels, food and point of interests nearby…
Skype Mobile
Download the latest version from skype directly and it works fine on the K800i too but it’s not true VOIP. What it does is that it loaded up all the contacts and everything as expected, but when you make a call, it will dial a number (charged at local rate or deducted from inclusive minutes) to make that call. A bit like using a calling card I guess, but without entering the pins… So becasue of that I went on to searching for a true VOIP (SIP) client for K800i but couldn’t find one at this moment of time. However did found PennyTel which is slightly cheaper than skype and the good thing is, you can use any SIP phone or softphone like x-lite or ekiga in linux. Also the Skype that comes with 3’s X-series is actually a iSkoot, not Skype!
Three Roaming
Something that I only just found out, Three roaming is actually “free” with you are travelling in a country with a 3 sister network, ie. Austria, Australia, Denmark, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland and Sweden. “Free” means you can use your inclusive allowance to call or text standard UK number + data allowance! However if you call a local number aboard, it will be charged as a oversea calls just like how it would be if you make the call from the UK!
Useful Appications
Software mentioned here are data intensive, unlimited internet access is recommended on your mobile!
If you are also on Three UK, you will find that 3 includes many download links in the 3 Planet page, but they are usually not the latest version!
- Google Maps Mobile - http://m.google.com/map/
- Google Mail Mobile - http://m.google.com/mail/
- Skype Mobile - http://www.skype.com/m/
- Opera Mini - http://operamini.com/
Tags: gnome, Google, Internet, k800i, mobile, software, Technology, Weblog
Categories: Weblog, Technology, Internet
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印光大師護國息災法語
May 31, 2008 6:35 pm說因果報應
蓋現在世界之劫運‧吾人所受各種災難‧皆由過去多作惡業‧以致現在感受苦果。故知此種惡果‧即是過去惡因之所造成。欲免苦果‧須去苦因。過去已種之苦因‧念佛懺悔‧乃能消除。現在若不再種苦因‧將來即可免受苦果。何謂苦因‧貪瞋癡三毒是。何謂善因‧濟人利物是。若人人能明此因果之理‧則諸惡莫作‧眾善奉行‧災禍自無從起矣。
惟以今人不明因果之理‧故多私欲填胸‧無惡不作‧只知有己‧不知有人。詎知利人即是利己‧害人甚于害己。故我平素常言‧因果者‧聖人治天下‧如來度眾生之大本。捨因果而欲談治國平天下‧何異緣木求魚‧未見其能有得者也。佛言‧「欲知前世因‧今生受者是‧欲知來世果‧今生作者是。」如今生所作所為皆是惡事‧來世安能免受惡果。若今生所作所為皆是善事‧來世何患不得善果。易曰‧積善之家‧必有餘慶‧積不善之家‧必有餘殃。書曰‧作善‧降之百祥‧作不善‧降之百殃。其理與我佛所講之因果正同。所謂餘者‧乃是正報之餘‧並非正報。本人來生後世所享受者‧乃為其本慶本殃。餘報則在其子孫‧餘慶餘殃‧皆其先代所積‧而流被者也。
世人不知因果‧以為人死後即皆了脫‧無所謂再有善惡果報‧此為最誤天下後世之邪見。需知人死之後‧神識並不隨滅。若人能知神識不滅‧則必樂于為善‧不敢為惡。若以為一死即了‧則可且快目前‧任意縱欲‧無惡不作‧無作不惡。此種極惡大逆之作為‧皆為斷滅邪見所致之結果。果能盡人諸惡莫作‧眾善奉行‧則自然天下太平‧人民安樂。然此尚非究竟法‧如何乃為究竟法‧是即念佛求生西方‧了生脫死。並需閑邪存誠‧敦倫盡分。則不但國運可轉‧災難亦可消。
說念佛吃素為護國息災根本
此次法會之目的‧為護國息災‧但如何方能達此目的。余以為根本方法‧在于念佛。蓋殺劫及一切災難‧皆為眾生惡業之所感召。若盡人能念佛‧則此業即可轉移。如能有少數人念佛‧亦可減輕。念佛法門‧雖為求生淨土‧了脫生死而設‧但其消除業障之力‧實亦極其鉅大。而真正念佛之人‧必先要閑邪存誠‧敦倫盡分‧諸惡莫作‧眾善奉行。尤需明白因果‧自行化他。今日之非聖無親‧賊仁害義等等邪說‧皆是宋儒破斥因果輪迴‧以致生此惡果。如人人能明白因果之理‧即無人敢唱此等謬說矣。蓋世間一成不變之好人少‧一成不變之壞人亦少‧大多皆是可上可下‧可好可壞之人‧所以教化最為緊要。孔子曰‧惟上智與下愚不移。只要加以教化‧ 即無不可以使之改惡歸善。放下屠刀‧立地成佛‧惟在人之信念而力行耳。今日中國社會之所以如此紊亂‧即因無教化之故。但教化需從幼小時起‧所謂教婦初來‧ 教子嬰孩‧若小時不教‧大即難以為力。何則‧習性已成‧無法使之改易也。故念佛之人‧需注意教育其子女‧使為好人‧存好心‧說好話‧做好事。果能盡人如此‧則災難自消‧國家亦可以長保治平矣。
凡學佛之人‧有一必須注意之事‧即切戒食葷‧因食葷能增殺機。人與一切動物‧同生天地之間‧心性原是相等‧但以惡業因緣‧致形體大相殊異。若今世汝吃牠‧ 來世牠又吃汝‧怨怨相報‧將世世殺機無有已時。果能人人茹素‧即可培養其慈悲心‧而免殺機。否則縱能念佛‧而仍圖口腹之樂‧大食葷腥‧亦能得學佛之利益幾何哉。
摘錄自《印光大師護國息災法語 》
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觀世音菩薩
6:26 pm印光大師普勸全球同胞同念觀音聖號啟
觀世音菩薩，於無量劫前，久已成佛，號正法明。但以悲心無盡，慈誓莫窮，故復於十方世界，現菩薩及人天凡聖等身，以施無畏，而垂濟度。普門品所謂：應以何身得度者，即現何身而為說法，不但現有情身，即山河船筏，橋樑道路，藥草樹木，樓臺殿閣，亦隨機現，總以離苦得樂，轉危為安為事。凡遇刀兵水火，惡病惡獸，怨家對頭，惡鬼毒蛇，種種危險者，果能至誠稱念：南無觀世音菩薩，即可蒙菩薩加被，轉危為安。現在殺劫瀰漫，全球皆無安樂之處，亦無安樂之人。願中外同胞，同念觀音聖號，同以觀音救苦救難之心為心，同以觀音利人利物之事為事，則人我念空，鬥爭事息，自可同享太平，共樂天常。縱定業難轉，喪身失命，亦可仗菩薩力，往生西方，則是因宿業而殞身命，蒙佛力而出苦海也。凡我中外同胞，祈共鑒此愚誠！
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觀世音菩薩，誓願宏深，尋聲救苦。若遇刀兵、水火、饑饉、蟲蝗、瘟疫、旱澇、賊匪、怨家，惡獸、毒蛇、惡鬼、妖魅，怨業病、小人陷害等患難者，能發改過遷善、自利利人之心，至誠懇切念觀世音，念念無間，決定得蒙慈護，不致有何危險。倘仍存不善之心，雖能稱念，不過略種未來善根，不得現時感應。以佛菩薩，皆是成就人之善念，絕不成就人之惡念。若不發心改過遷善，妄欲以念佛菩薩名號，冀己之惡事成就者，決無感應，切勿發此顛倒之心也。念佛最要緊，是敦倫盡分，閑邪存誠，諸惡莫作，眾善奉行。存好心，說好話，行好事。力能為者，認真為之。不能為者，亦當發此善心，或勸有力者為之。或見人為，發歡喜心，出讚歎語，亦屬心口功德。若自不能為，見他人為，則生妒忌，便成奸惡小人心行，決定折福折壽，不得好結果也，宜痛戒之。切不可做假招子，沽名釣譽。此種心行，實為天地鬼神所共惡。有則改之，無則加勉。
摘錄自《一函遍復 》
念佛求生西方可兼念觀音、藥師佛嗎？
至於念佛也好，念觀音也好，何必多此一種閑計校。光以末劫苦重，觀音悲深，故每令人兼念，以期速獲慈護也。然念佛亦非無感通，而念佛亦非不可兼念觀音也。專兼均可，佛亦曾令人念，故知了無妨礙也。若念彌陀求生西方，又念藥師求生東方，則不可。彌陀、觀音，同是一事。而觀音悲深願重，故當兼念，以期速得感通也。（文鈔續編卷上復念佛居士書）觀音求生西方，亦可往生西方，但不可謂何必更念阿彌陀佛。以觀音乃阿彌陀佛之輔弼也。彌陀是主，觀音是賓。彌陀如國王，觀音如塚宰。善會其意，即可無疑。（文鈔三編卷二復丁普靜居士書）
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