13/05/2026
[Reflections on Learning by Jessica Chen]
學員學習心得供養：文/ 陳湘瑾
Weekly Lamrim Study Reflection ｜ In the End, What Shapes Our Future Is the Mind
Saturday arrived again — the day we always look forward to for our Cambridge Lamrim class.
Every week, as we gather online to study the Lamrim teachings together, listening to the teacher’s explanations and everyone’s personal reflections, it truly feels like Buddhism is not something far away from daily life. Instead, it is a gradual process of learning to understand our own minds.
This week, we studied the section on the “weight of karma.”
In the past, we often thought:
a good deed is simply a good deed,
and a bad deed is simply a bad deed.
But this lesson helped us realize that even when two actions appear similar, their karmic weight can be completely different.
The difference is not only in the action itself,
but in the state of mind behind it.
The Lamrim teaches that among all forms of giving, offering the Dharma is the most supreme.
Among all offerings, practicing the teachings sincerely is the highest offering.
The scriptures even say:
if a bodhisattva never departs from the wish to benefit all beings, then even offering a single flower can create immeasurable merit.
Hearing this touched many of us deeply.
Because in daily life, we often focus on how much we have done,
but rarely stop to ask:
“With what kind of mind am I doing it?”
Sometimes we may appear to do many good things outwardly, yet inside we are filled with comparison, expectation, or resentment.
At other times, even a tiny act of kindness may come from a very sincere and pure heart.
And often, it is that single thought — that intention — which truly determines the strength of karma.
Another part that left a strong impression on us this week was the teaching on anger.
The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life says that virtues accumulated over a long time can be greatly damaged by a single intense moment of anger.
It sounds shocking, yet also very true.
Sometimes we do not intentionally hurt others.
We simply feel justified when emotions arise.
We complain, criticize, or hold onto resentment because we feel wronged.
But the Dharma slowly teaches us that the thing most needing protection is actually our own mind.
Because much of our suffering begins from a single unguarded thought.
Later in the lesson, we also studied the results of the ten non-virtuous actions.
Many of life’s experiences, habits, and relationships are not random at all.
Short lifespan, poverty, hearing unpleasant words, disharmony in relationships —
these can all be continuations of past karma and mental habits.
Learning about karma is not meant to make us fearful.
Rather, it encourages us to take responsibility for every thought and intention we create.
Perhaps practice is not about suddenly becoming extraordinary.
Perhaps it is simply learning, again and again:
to have more awareness when emotions arise,
more reflection before criticizing,
more rejoicing when others do good,
and more repentance when we make mistakes.
May we continue, through each Lamrim class,
to slowly soften our hearts,
and gradually turn wholesome thoughts into a natural way of life.
☕ Leave a little time for the heart to sit quietly with Lamrim, like sharing a warm cup of tea.
— Reflections from the Cambridge Lamrim Study Group
本週廣論學習分享｜原來，真正影響未來的是「心」
又到了每週最期待的廣論課。
星期六晚上，大家一起在線上研討《廣論》，從法師的開示，到同學們的生活分享，都讓人覺得：學佛，真的不是離生活很遠的事，而是慢慢學著看懂自己的心。
這星期學到《廣論》中「業的輕重」。
以前總覺得，做善事就是做善事、做壞事就是做壞事。
但這堂課讓我們明白：
原來同樣一件事，力量卻可能差很多。
差別不只在事情大小，
而是在——我們是用什麼樣的心去做。
《廣論》提到，布施裡面，最殊勝的是法布施；
供養裡面，最重要的是如法修行的供養。
甚至經典說：
如果一位菩薩不離利益眾生的心，即使只是供養一朵花，福德也非常巨大。
聽到這裡，大家都很有感。
因為生活中，我們常常很在意「做了多少」，
卻很少回頭看看：「我是用什麼心在做？」
有時候表面做了很多，內心卻充滿比較、期待、委屈；
有時候只是小小一個善念，卻可能很真誠、很清淨。
而真正決定業力大小的，往往就是那一念心。
這週另一個讓人印象很深的，是關於「瞋心」的部分。
《入行論》說，長久累積的善業，可能因為一念強烈的瞋恚而受到很大的損害。
聽起來很震撼，卻也很真實。
有時候我們不是故意傷人，
只是情緒上來時，覺得自己「有道理」；
只是忍不住想抱怨、想批評；
只是覺得對方讓自己受委屈了。
但佛法讓我們慢慢看到：
真正最需要被照顧的，其實是自己的內心。
因為很多苦，都是從那一念不調伏開始的。
後面課程也提到十不善業的等流果。
原來生命中很多習慣、遭遇、人際關係，都不是偶然。
短命、貧乏、常聽不悅耳的話、眷屬不和……
很多時候，都是過去業力與內心串習的延續。
學習業果，不是讓人害怕，
而是讓我們開始願意對自己的起心動念負責。
修行，好像也不是一下子變得多厲害。
而是一次又一次地提醒自己：
在情緒起來時，多一點覺察；
在想批評時，多一點觀照；
在看見別人行善時，多一點隨喜；
在自己做錯時，多一點懺悔。
願我們都能在一堂又一堂的廣論課裡，
慢慢學著把心放柔軟，
也慢慢學著，讓善念變成習慣。
☕ 留一點時間，讓心跟著廣論喝一口茶。
—— 劍橋廣論班的修行日記
