Vesak Day 卫塞节的感想！

"希望佛陀能够保佑我们生意兴隆，财源广进！”星期五晚，当我去膜拜佛陀时，听到一些人嘴里小小声的念着。。。

是的，Vesak Day 就落在5月9日星期六，虽然今年，我在卫塞节当天必须赶往KL出席展览会，因而未能如以往般出席佛教花车的游行。。。可是，我在前一晚还是到了槟城佛总膜拜，浴佛，诵经。。。

当晚，可谓人山人海，众多的人士都赶往佛总、佛寺，买鲜花，莲花烛等膜拜，我当时在想，虽然有这么多人膜拜，但是我们当中，有多少人真的了解佛教的真正意义呢？大家是不是都为了各自的利益而前往膜拜？

可是，在大家像佛陀祈求的同时，我们是否忽略了佛教原本的意义？如果，我们没能了解当中的意义，我们的祈求又是否会灵验？

我本身也不是很懂佛教意义，只是大约知道佛教说，众生皆平等，善有善报，知足长乐！也就是说，一切生物皆平等，我们是否做到这点了呢？我们是否公平对待我们家的佣人？善有善报，也就是说要多做好事，就会有好报，我们有是否有慈悲的心胸？知足常乐，教我们要有感恩的心，要感谢我们所拥有的，千万不要人心不足！

当天，我看到最虚伪的膜拜人士，莫过于前往仁嘉隆東禪寺膜拜，又发表演说的。。。因为他完全与佛教教义背道而驰呀！你看，众生皆平等，他有做到吗？拜托看警卫怎么拖议长出去就知道了，善有善报，哈哈这个不用说了，知足常乐？拜托，有了中央还要霹雳，怎么知足常乐？

是的，在Vesak Day 膜拜的同时，我们是否了解佛教呢？众生皆平等，善有善报，知足常乐，我们又做得到多少%呢？

I'm talking about Vesak Day in this post, Vesak day was on 9th May 2009, also known as the birthday of buddha.

This year, I have to miss the buddha parade, because I have to attend an exhibition in Kuala Lumpur on the same day. Despite that, I've go for prayer ceremony on the eve of the Vesak Day, there were a lot of peoples there, offering flower, lotus candle, etc.

Suddenly, something flash to my mind, I just wonder, how many % out of those who come for prayer do really understand about buddhism, me, of course not understand in depth of it.

But to my mere understanding, I understand that buddhism teaches us that every creatures that lives in this world enjoy equal rights! you'll get positive blessing if you're doing something positive! You'll always be happy if you enjoy what you already have, and not always look for what you don't have!

Later, I read in the newspaper, Malaysia PM has gone to a famous buddhist temple and deliver a speech there, but I feel quite uneasy, because I don't see any value of the above explained in him!