Saturday, January 2, 2016

Important for us to be filial to our parents

Translation of the below:

Respect our ancestors and cultures is beneficial as 10% of respect, will gain 10% benefit;
100% of respect, will gain 100% benefit.

We teach filial, respect elder, loyal, trust and courtesy in a few lessons.

All our 5 cardinal human relationships
(1. father&son,
2. emperor&ministers,
3. husband&wife,
4. elder&younger brothers,
5. friends)
are built on the basis of courtesy and respect.

Henceforth, if we do without courtesy and respect, all these relationships will turn into troubles, problems and disasters.

From our chinese 5 thousands recorded history, we learned and knew a lot of vivid examples that *arrogant, extravagant(luxurious), adultery and lazy will ruin a family and a country.

Thus, we should not make these 4 mistakes of *arrogant, extravagant, adultery and lazy .

It is important for us to be filial to our parents, to make our parents happy and to repay their kindness of giving birth to us, feeding and educating us.

Although we are not the one that rules our country,  we should respect and listen the advice from many of our relatives and  elders who are wise and care for us, so that we will not take a longer and uneasy path.

Even if we are the leaders, we must respect and care for our juniors and subordinates, then we can attract virtuous individuals to join us to contribute beneficence to our society.

Amitofo 🙏😊

對自己祖先文化的一種恭敬、一種尊崇,而「一分誠敬得一分利益,十分誠敬得十分利益」。

我們這幾堂課談的是孝悌忠信禮,禮的這個部分,禮敬。

「禮者,敬而已矣」,禮的本質是恭敬,恭敬是具體落實在所有人與人的關係當中。

人跟人的關係,離不開五倫,所謂父子、君臣、夫婦、兄弟、朋友,相處都屬於禮,倫常就是禮,都要用恭敬的態度來經營這五個關係。

我們都知道,家敗掉了,國亡掉了,很常的就是自己有驕奢淫逸;*驕傲、奢侈、淫亂、放逸,每個亡國之君都是這樣。那我們有沒有引以為戒,讀到這段歷史把自己驕奢淫逸去掉?

假如沒有引以為戒,甚至效法這些對的榜樣,那歷史上的錯誤將會不斷重複。

我們這個民族是全世界最重視歷史的,也是因為我們的老祖先知道,能夠從過去歷史當中得到教訓,他的智慧才能超過前人,他的整個社會才能更安定。

「入則孝」,不是說在行為當中孝順父母,直接接觸父母,才是孝順;時時心上有父母,時時不以自己的言行去侮辱父母,能以言行去光榮、去讓父母感到欣慰,這個就是孝順。

*孝的精神是知恩報恩,悌的精神是恭敬友愛,人與人相處都應該守住這樣的心態。

我們今天沒有治理國家,但我們的生命當中也有很多親戚、長者,他們比我們有智慧,他們也愛護我們,我們肯尊重他們、聽他們的勸告,人生少走很多彎路。

*假如我們沒有恭敬、尊重的心,身邊有貴人也幫不了我們,所以尊賢是每個人都要的。

在團體當中,甚至一個國家當中, 我們也引用了領導者應該愛護,還要恭敬下屬。

尤其禮敬這些有賢德之人,來為團體、來為國家社會奉獻付出,都要用恭敬的心去感召。因為這些有德之人,他不是因為利害而來的,他是因道義而来。。

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