當年老師父來港，有一次在九龍鑽石山的志蓮淨院主持禪修講座，有聽眾提問，基督教和佛教有什麼不同的地方？老師父答曰：「我不知道基督教和佛教有什麼不同的地方，但，卻知道他們都有許多相同的好處，令我們可以好好地去學習。」……...........之後，有些人覺得老師父是走遍世界各地講學的人(老江湖)，他的答案當然圓滑！？
如果能夠真誠地撇開對宗教或門派差異的隔閡藩籬，釋開人為創造的梏桎，這種傾向智慧的抉擇，必然會令人對生命的意義，不斷注入開放進步和覺醒的觀念，日常生活每一個情節便成為值得敬拜的寺廟教堂。從別人身上看到自己，每一天的生命，無論順逆，都變成學習的好機緣。
在這裡，待我每隔一個月用小段文字，把以前從文言或賢輩們中所聽所聞所見的經驗，用顯淺白話深入淺出，嘗試從不同的角度去重新認識生命，與君共享，務求令各位能明白了解，對每刻的生活更有意識和覺察，望大家喜歡。
Amazing Grace
Lyrics
John Newton
(1725-1807)
Stanza 6 anon.
Stanza 6 anon.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
T'was Grace that taught my heart to
fear.
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.
When we've been here ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun.
Bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
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