文／佛光星雲（1927~）

手指放光，聽來不可思議，放光不是佛菩薩的專利，只要有一顆純淨至誠的心，人人都可以放光。

當我們鼓勵安慰他人，當下就是口裡放光；給人方便的服務，不就是手中放光嗎？對人慈顏含笑，面上無瞋，是臉上放光！處處給人歡喜，給人信心，讓別人得到智慧的清涼，當下內外通身光明。

只要減去一點自私心、貪愛心、瞋恨心、諍論心，不但可以讓自己發光，也可以驅走黑暗，照耀別人。人人都是「發光體」。

──選自《星雲說喻》

Shining Fingers

Venerable Master Hsing Yun (1927 - )

English translation: Ven. Zhi Yue and Calvin Ka-fat Lau

To have light emitting from our fingers sounds like an impossibility, but to emit light is not an ability that only the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have. Anyone who has a pure and sincere heart can radiate with light.

Whenever we encourage or console others, our mouths emit light as our speech illuminates the way; when we make circumstances more convenient for others, we brightens the world with our hands. When we smile compassionately at others, our faces radiate with light! When and wherever we give others happiness and confidence, we allow others to feel the purity of our wisdom──emitting light both inside and out.

Not only do we shine when we lessen our selfishness, greed, hate, and argumentativeness, our lights dispel the darkness and illuminate others as well. In this way, everyone is an illuminating body..

── from Hsing Yun Shuo Yu

(Hsing Yun's Commentaries on Allegories)