A presentation of a story with good spiritual lessons to reflect upon. The texts are in English with Chinese translation. Pics and images are from Google Image Search. For the Video version ( with Audio Narration in Hokkien ), please check out the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PzPD6VM4HE

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More Precious Than A Gem 比宝石还要珍贵
A Story From The Heart 一个来自心底的故事

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一个有智慧的女人快乐地旅行，
毫无畏惧地穿越过无数个山岭。
A wise woman was traveling happily.
Over mountains she treaded so steadily.

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有一天，她在小溪找
到一个珍贵的石头。
One day she found a
precious stone in a
stream.
那颗石头是一颗闪耀
着漂亮光芒的宝石。
The stone was a gem
with a beautiful
gleam.

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隔天，她遇到了一个饥饿的男人。
这位有智慧的女人很轻易的把食物分给他。
The next day she met a man who was hungry.
The wise woman shared her food so readily.

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那个男人看到了那颗宝石，心中蒙起了贪念。他对那个女人说：
“给我那颗石头，我很需要它。”
The man saw the precious stone and he was filled with greed.
To the woman he said, “Give me the stone – I’m in need.”

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那个女人毫不犹豫的给
了他。这个结果让他万
万意想不到。
The woman gave
him without
hesitation.
This was really
beyond his
expectation.

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那个男人拿到了他想
要的宝石，感到非常
开心。他心里想：我
会永远快乐和平安的。
The man left rejoicing greatly
at what he got.
“I’ll be forever happy and secured,”
he thought.

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过了不久，那个男人回来了。
他从袋子里拿出那个宝石。
Not long later the man came back.
He took out the gem from his bag.

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“I want to return this gem,” the man said.
“I have learnt something more precious and great.”
那个男人说：“我想把宝石还给你。我学到了一些比
这个宝石更宝贵和伟大的东西。”

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那个女人说：“听到你这么说，我很开心。
你确定你不会后悔吗？
The woman said, “I’m happy to hear that.
Are you certain you will never regret?”

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那个男人开心地说：“你的慈悲和慷慨让我看到了超越平
凡的东西。”
“Your compassion and great generosity make me see
far beyond the ordinary,” the man said happily.

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Dhamma Reflections
1. Life is not just about chasing material wealth and
possessions which are transient and will leave us.
2. True happiness and peace does not lie in the
outside world. It is deep in your mind within, in
your REAL HOME.
3. Wise ones develop the true wealth of spiritual
qualities of inner peace, love, kindness,
compassion, calm, tranquility, joy and equanimity.
4. The Way to develop all the above is through the
practice of Sila, Samadhi and Panna, that is The
Noble 8-Fold Path.
5. Non-attachment and Letting Go are important
Dhamma practices. Dana or Generosity helps to
cut attachments which cause Dukkha.

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谢谢
Thank You
愿我们的慈悲和智慧都能增长！
May we grow in compassion and wisdom!
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin
The End