我们除了是时间的过客，也可以成为时间的收获者
Apart from Being a Passerby of Time, We can Also Be the Harvester of Time.
The gatherings of life always come and go
在商品面前我们会迷失自己，
在生活中、工作中，我们不知置心于何处。
每当在城市看着十字街头的人们，心里就会有一种悲情油然而生。
眼前看到的不仅仅只是一个十字街头，更多的是众生迷茫的心，行色匆匆，却不知何去何从。在商品面前我们会迷失自己，在生活中、工作中，我们不知置心于何处。
Whenever I see people at crossroad in the city, there would be a sense of sympathy arising from my mind. What appears in my eyes is not just a crossroad but more about the lost minds of sentient beings, who are in a hurry but don’t know where they are heading to, nor what they belong to. We lost ourselves in front of various commodities. We don’t know where to settle our mind in our daily life or during our work.
在古代，曾有人问赵州禅师：“狗有佛性吗？”
老禅师看看他，摇头：“没有。”
那人问：“佛教不是说一切众生都有佛性吗，为什么狗没有佛性呢？”
老禅师回答他：“因为狗整天只知道找骨头吃啊。”
作为凡夫，我们还没有觉醒，还在做梦，是一个虽然有佛性，但是还没有觉悟的人。一个睡着的人能醒过来吗？答案是肯定的，只是现在，他苏醒的因缘还没有到来。
In ancient time, there was someone raised a question to Zen Master Zhaozhou:“Does a dog have the Buddha Nature?”
The old Zen Master looked at him and shook his head:“No.”
The person asked:“Didn’t the Buddhist teaching say all the sentient beings have the Buddha Nature? Why doesn’t the dog have it?”
The old Zen Master responded:“Because a dog only knows looking for bones as food everyday.”
English Version
英文翻译：慈法
英文朗诵：贤淑老师
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As ordinary people, we have not yet awakened and still in dreams. We, though have the Buddha Nature, have not yet obtained the awareness. Can a sleeping person wake up? The answer is affirmative. It’s just at this moment, the conditions for awakening have not yet arrived.
所以，一个人的佛性，觉悟了就是有的，没有觉悟，有也如同没有一般。实际上，赵州禅师是在强调觉悟的重要性。狗有佛性吗？他索性说没有，因为狗没有觉悟，觉悟了，就有了。
Therefore, for the Buddha Nature of a person, it is there when there is awareness, but without the awareness, it is just as same as if the Buddha Nature doesn’t exist. In fact, Zen Master Zhaozhou is emphasizing the importance of awareness. Does a dog have the Buddha Nature? He might as well say there is not, because the dog doesn’t have the awareness. Once the dog has the awareness, the dog has the Buddha Nature.
有一句祝福话说“天增岁月人增寿”，新的一年，我们怎样赋予它新的内涵，在新的一年里是否有所期许？所以，这是给大家一个新春的启发。
There is a blessing saying:“May the passing days bring you health and longevity.”In the coming new year, how should we grant it a brand new connotation? Do you have expectations for this coming new year? Therefore, this is an inspiration of Spring Festival for everyone.v
人生的聚会总是生灭的，但当我们能够真的心如明镜沉淀下来，我们除了是时间的过客，也可以成为时间的收获者。
The gatherings of life always come and go, but when we can truly settle down our mind as a bright mirror, apart from being a passerby of time, we can also become the harvester of time.
--三参法师
Master San Can
养心Slogan
频繁刷手机，我们的心灵很容易被碎片化，不要沉溺其中，学会自我节制，通过学习佛法来有效滋养并净化我们的心灵，一起回归心灵，保持身心灵的健康。
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