Wednesday, February 10, 2010

宗教狂热份子

近来接触的课程有很多关于宗教和种族的,这里要来讲一讲。
从小学到现在,不管在学校还是关于申请什么什么的borang,相信很多华人(Christian除外),大家大都会填佛教(Buddhism),而不会是填什么道教(Taoism)。
啊事实上呢,我也相信其实没有多少个华人,使真正的佛教的。只是大家都觉得华人就是该属于佛教的,所以大家就众望所归的一起都填佛教吗???
佛教与道教的注解,请看以下注解:
Taoism (or Daoism) refers to a variety of related philosophical and religious traditions that have influenced Eastern Asia for more than two millennia, and have had a notable influence on the western world since the 19th century.[1] The word 道, Tao (or Dao, depending on the romanization scheme), literally translated as "path" or "way", although in Chinese folk religion and philosophy it carries more abstract meanings. Taoist propriety and ethics emphasize the Three Jewels of the Tao: compassion, moderation, and humility, while Taoist thought generally focuses on nature, the relationship between humanity and the cosmos (天人相应), health and longevity, and wu wei (action through inaction), which is thought to produce harmony with the universe.

Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha (Pāli/Sanskrit "the awakened one").
Śīla (Sanskrit) or sīla (Pāli) is usually translated into English as "virtuous behavior", "morality", "ethics" or "precept". It is an action committed through the body, speech, or mind, and involves an intentional effort. It is one of the three practices (sila, samadhi, and panya) and the second pāramitā. It refers to moral purity of thought, word, and deed. The four conditions of śīla are chastity,
calmness, quiet, and extinguishment.
看完了这个,你是属于什么教的呢?

简单来说呢,道教是注重与自然和长生。我们平常在电影里看到的济公啊、玉帝啊,其实都是属于道教的。七月饿鬼节(HungryGhost festival)时,有乩童道士作法、敲锣打鼓的大肆庆祝也是道教的作为。
而事实上佛教在拜祭这点就简单得多,并不提倡烧银烧金的,上香念经是基本动作。但身为一个佛教徒的纪律甚严,包括五条basic morality:
1)不杀生
2)不偷窃
3)不邪淫
4)不说谎
5)不饮酒
我在看完这五条规戒后发现我无法当个佛教徒,因为我的贪嗔,一次过就犯完了所有的罪。

说到佛教的五条规戒就令我想起最近报纸上F4吴建豪的报导。有注意娱乐新闻的人都知道他在F4时期的行为举止是多么的滥交。相比下周渝民显得专情、朱孝天没得比、言承旭就更是阴沉冷漠(虽然他真的很帅!)。
吴建豪近年受洗为基督徒后,律己甚严,甚至有点律过火、变本加厉地什么都是主,整个就像变成了邪教狂热分子。且看以下的报导:
吴建豪说,2007年受洗为基督徒后,才知道过去为了女人犯了“好色”的罪,于是开始禁欲,前阵子他又突然想通,知道自己又犯了“骄傲”的罪,妄自以为可以身兼数职,因此上帝给了他一些过程和功课,“当时我在街头无法克制一直落泪,甚至就跪在马路旁,边跟上帝道歉边痛哭,5分钟后再站起来,突然整个心情都不一样了!”
看完这篇,你们在想些什么?
这样子的狂热,令我有点担心他会不会有一天变成Brad Pitt的Seven里面,秉着基督教里的七宗罪在大城市里打开杀戒。举凡犯了 wrath(暴怒), greed(贪婪), sloth(懒惰), pride(傲慢), lust(色欲), envy(贪婪), and gluttony(贪食)的都格杀勿论,最后把自己也给毙了!

有信仰是好事,宗教信仰固然能让人心安、自在,但过份的狂热与执着就无法让人恭维了。只要诚心向上,就像三好说的-说好话、存好心、做好事,信奉什么教又有什么关系?

2 comments:

  1. very good article indeed. hahaha! u send to sinchew bah...

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  2. wah...got so夸张bo??!
    anyway, thx ya! hehe ^^

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