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【莫忘初發心】(English writing below)

還有兩個鐘頭，就是「南無大慈大悲觀世音菩薩」的聖誕。

這是我2015年和我家師兄爲師父製作的影片。

當時，覺得師父持咒念佛的聲音很好聽、很莊嚴，想把這能療癒人心的聲音帶給更多眾生。

現場就用了「愛瘋」6錄製，再用同個手機做後製。

我已忘了照片是從哪來，音樂從哪取，更忘了自己如何懵懂的摸索到天明，才剪出這支片。

但那股想利益他人的傻勁，那死都要做出這影片的狠勁，到現在還記得。

以前，祇會有事沒事都往廟裡跑向菩薩求。修密後才知道，菩薩擺在桌上，不是給我們一直求籤，一直扑杯，而是啟發我們要提昇自己的心靈，洗滌自己的罪業，由凡入聖，相應菩薩的精神，和祂一樣的自在快樂。

別錯把觀世音菩薩，當搖錢樹來膜拜，那是「大財小用」。

凡夫有煩惱，就會去菩薩面前求。但你可曾想過如何讓自己無煩無惱？還是你已認命，就這樣一世又一世凡（煩）下去？

要到幾時，你才甘願停？今天的你，和十年前的你相比，有比較不煩不凡嗎？

觀世音菩薩慈悲無量，所以千處祈求千處應。祂的慈悲，沒有界線。

我們渴求菩薩慈悲於我們時，不要忘了，自己也應該學習菩薩的悲智雙運，自度度他。這樣的善男信女，最得菩薩歡心。

在觀世音菩薩聖誕，唸祂洪名持祂咒語修祂法門，最是殊勝吉祥。

修行有時需帶幾分傻勁，不知道幾時會成就，不知如何解釋自己為何要修行，但就是一直去做。

走般若行更要有些「狠」，要逼自己使點勁，才會達到目標。

祝願大家都能平穩的走在修行路，直至成就。

我想，這應該也是我們能夠給予菩薩最棒的賀壽禮了。

⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯

In 2 more hours, it would be the holy birthday of Guan Shi Yin Bodhisattva.

The Husband and I made this video for Shifu in 2015.

At the time, I liked Shifu's regal and captivating voice when he chanted the Buddha's name and recited the mantra, and wanted to showcase this healing quality of his voice.

I recorded his chants with my iPhone 6, and edited it on the same device.

I have forgotten where I took the pictures and accompanying background melodies, not to mention how I figured my way around from dusk till dawn to finally complete this video.

What I remember is the silly drive to help others, and the never-say-die resolve to figure out how to edit this video till daybreak.

In the past, I used to frequent the temple and pray to the Bodhisattva for all trivial and major matters. After practicing the Varjayana Buddhism, I realized that the Bodhisattva statue on the table is not for us to pray fervently to, with divination sticks and the wooden claps.

The real purpose is to inspire us to elevate our spiritual nature, repent our sins and move from this mortal body to the realm of sages. When we are in yogic union with the nature of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, we will naturally achieve His state of bliss and ease.

Do not pray to the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva just because you need a money tree to shake. That would be wasting a great Dharma talent.

Mortals with sufferings and afflictions would go to the Bodhisattva and pray for help. But have you ever thought about how you can cease your woes and worries? Or have you already resigned to being troubled, mortal lifetime after lifetime?

When would you finally be willing to stop? Are your present self better, with less sufferings, than the one 10 years ago?

Guan Shi Yin Bodhisattva has immeasurable amount of compassion, thus His manifestation is omnipresent with every prayer heard. His compassion knows no boundary.

In the midst of our fervent pleas to the Bodhisattva, do not forget that we should emulate the qualities of the Bodhisattva, to exercise both Compassion and Wisdom, to help ourselves as well as deliver all sentient beings. A sincere and virtuous devotee like that will surely win the heart of the Bodhisattva most.

On the Holy Birthday of Guan Yin Bodhisattva, it is most auspicious to recite His Name, chant His Mantra and perform His practice.

To walk this spiritual path requires some form of silliness. Despite not knowing when you will attain any accomplishment, not being able to explain why you wish to cultivate, you still do it nonetheless.

To take this Prajna route also calls for some "ruthlessness" to yourself. When our monkey mind says otherwise, when our sloth or greed overwhelm us, we need to force our minds to conform, so that we can reach our targets in the soonest time.

May all of us be able to walk this path of Dharma cultivation steadily, and eventually reach attainment.

I figure, this will be the best birthday present we can ever give to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.

[愛國賊］

較早前我上載了昨晚在尖沙咀黑幫挑釁外國記者的影片，之後網友Max Goldman在城寨fb以英文留言，現翻譯為中文，供大家參考：

「親北京狂熱分子和網民形同一群頭腦發熱的「愛國者」，這群人不眠不休以歪曲，缺乏理據甚至劣質的論調譴責其他異見人士（或被視為非愛國者）。他們的腎上腺素容易曝升，怨憤隨時變成挑釁（肢體或網絡暴力；甚或兩者並行），有時甚至演變成盲目的暴力行為。但是，我懷疑被他們攻擊的外國人，是否真的說過任何辱華言論或作出抨擊中共的行為。

在香港，這羣偽愛國者是收到共產黨的指示，變成僱傭兵，與執法機關並肩作戰，有「真心膠」則認為，現在是雪恥「打鬼佬」的時候，他們沉迷在仇外情緒當中， 要真正了解他們，並不是聽其言，而是觀其行。

當一個滿手血腥的專制政權將暴政視為代表公義，繁榮穩定，慣用技倆就是靠所謂的經濟發展，吹噓所謂日益堅定的外交政策，捍衛國家主權和領土完整等，以此來自圓其説，並動輒以外國干涉內政等陰謀論作幌子，實情是大量的冷血共黨官僚侵吞國家資產，然後再轉移國外據為己有。

自1949中共執政以來，發動過無數暴力血腥的政治運動，這成為惡性循環，不單令共黨官僚徹底腐敗，更甚的是同時埋葬了整個國家的傳統文化、價值觀，公義和道德。」

Pro-Beijing zealots and netizens have somehow seemed as a horde of exhilarated "patriots" who would tirelessly harangue, and mostly rebuke, dissenters (or being regarded as non-patriots) with baseless, ill-founded and even ill-bred arguments. They always easily get adrenaline going and strive to turn a flurry of ire into (either physical, virtual or both) bullying and sometimes even mindless act of violence when they see any sort of denunciation of China in any degree. But I cast doubt on whether these foreigners had actually said or done anything to insult China or CCP.

In HK, some pseudo-patriots receive the party's decree, execute the orders alongside the law enforcement agencies and get paid, whereas others do truly and preposterously believe that it's time for them to pay foreign countries back for the century of humiliation despite some of their inner minds are obsessed with xenophilia in an extremely high degree - it's better to know the real temperament of a Chinese dude from what he does than what he says.

When a party with its roots in bloody history and autocratic regime has today to present itself as the bastion of justice, prosperity and stability, common tactics such as economic incentives, increasingly assertive foreign policies, sovereignty and territorial integrity, and conspiracy theories of foreign meddling are proved, at least temporarily, effectual for passing all bucks from their corrupted governance and for reining in an egotistic populace whose minds are utterly ingrained with inferiority complex and ruthlessness, as a replacement of traditional values and morality, over the course of many violent and self-inflicted sociopolitical movements ever since CCP came into power in 1949. In this vicious circle, not only are the regime and most officials perfectly corrupted but also a country's traditional cultural values, righteousness and morality are buried.