29.07.25 : Sooner Or Later | Precepts For Giving | Bright Lamp & Spicy Ginger | Greedy As 'Monastics' | Cater Meals For Wake Support-Chanting? | Old Guard 2

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Buddhist Inspirations (since 1997)  THOUGHT  Sooner Or Later If staying in this defiled land longer, be a Bodhisattva longer. If departing for the Pure Land sooner, be a Buddha sooner. Stonepeace  QUOTE  With Observing Of The Precepts As Giving 以戒为施 一、不杀生… 二、不偷盗；三、不邪染；四、不妄语；五、不饮酒。是为大施。… 谓不杀故，能与无量有情施其无畏。以无畏故，无怨、无憎、无害。… 人间得安隐乐。… 不偷盗、不邪染、不妄语、不饮酒，亦复如是。 释迦牟尼佛 《佛说五大施经》 First, not killing lives; … second, not stealing; third, not having evil defilements (i.e. sexual misconduct); fourth, not having false speech; fifth, not drinking alcohol. These are as great givings… With that called not killing thus, it is able to, for immeasurable sentient beings, give them fearlessness. With fearlessness thus, grudgelessness, hatelessness and harmlessness… in the human world, attaining tranquillity and bliss… Not stealing, not having evil defilements, not having false speech and not drinking alcohol, are likewise thus. Śākyamuni Buddha (The Sūtra In Which The Buddha Speaks Of Five Great Givings) 相关经典 Related Sūtra: 《佛说五大施经》 The Sūtra In Which The Buddha Speaks Of Five Great Givings https://purelanders.com/2021/03/02/the-sutra-in-which-the-buddha-speaks-of-five-great-givings  FEATURE  Why ‘Yángqí’s Lamp Remains Bright And Bǎoshòu’s Ginger Stays Spicy’ 为何「杨岐灯久明，宝寿姜仍辣」 When Yìnguāng (印光) first left the household life, seeing the couplet of ‘Yángqí’s oil lamp is bright for a thousand ages, Bǎoshòu’s raw ginger is spicy for ten thousand years’, and the Sāmaṇera Vinaya’s (i.e. novice monastic disciplinary rules) words, which speak on the retribution of stealing and using permanent residents’ (i.e. those who stay in monasteries) wealth and properties, my mind was with extreme seriousness. (光初出家，见「杨岐灯盏明千古，宝寿生姜辣万年」之对，并沙弥律，言盗用常住财物之报，心什凛凛。) [...] Read more...    EXCERPT  [74] The Parable Of Ordinary Beings Who Have Left The Household Life Greedy For Profit And Gain From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之出家凡夫贪利养喻 昔有一人先瓮中盛谷，骆驼入头瓮中食谷又不得出，既不得出以为忧恼。 In the past, there was a person, first within an urn filling grain. His camel’s head then entered the urn within, not again getting out. Thereupon, not able to get it out, he was with this worried. [...] Read more...    EVENTS  [VEGAN CLASSES] @ ReJoyce NEW CLASS Mid-Autumn Special: Baked Teochew Yam Mooncakes (14th Sep 2025) Flavours of Tradition: Teochew Yam Mooncakes & Savory Yam Cake OTHERS Online Baking / Cooking Classes ****** VEGAN CAKES by ReJoyce Click Here For More  LETTER  Should We Cater Meals For Wake Support-Chanters? Question: Should we cater meals for wake support-chanters? Answer: It is better to keep the practice fuss-free, with everyone focused on coming for support-chanting (助念) only. Here are ten challenges that might arise if providing food. [...] Read more...    MOVIE  Im/mortal Meditations From ‘The Old Guard 2’ That expiring, like this life, urges urgency to live purposefully, to not take it for granted. Say and do what you should quickly, because you or your significant others, will expire first. [...] Read more...   The Daily Enlightenment TDE-Weekly is a free independent Buddhist inspiration e-newsletter. You can support us by contributing articles, running costs and encouraging friends to join. Contributions, suggestions and queries are welcomed at tde[@]TheDailyEnlightenment.com. The copyrights of the articles belong to the authors. Get TheDailyEnlightenment Telegram: https://t.me/tdegram Get Purelanders Telegram: https://t.me/purelanders Get Stonepeace Telegram: https://t.me/stonepeace