不算跑题。小周 wrote: 何止禅修，在阅读教学上也常出现过分注重词汇教学这‘手段’，而忽略了文章所隐含的重要信息或价值观此‘目标’。
求学，所求的学问是明白做人的道理，如何做个有用的好人。
‘文字’是手段，是学习的媒介，不是目标。
好像离题了。
He was the son of the Brahmin Bhaggava, chaplain to the king of Kosala, his mother being Mantānī. He was born under the thieves' constellation, and on the night of his birth all the armour in the town shone, including that belonging to the king. Because this omen did no harm to anyone the baby was named Ahimsaka. At Takkasilā (Taxila) he became a favourite at the teacher's house, but his jealous fellow-students poisoned his teacher's mind, and the latter, bent on his destruction, asked as his Guru-Dakshina (honorarium) a thousand human right-hand fingers. Thereupon Ahimsaka waylaid travellers in the Jālinī forest in Kosala and killed them, taking a finger from each.
Ahimsaka became a highwayman, killing travelers who passed through the forest. When the people of the kingdom began to avoid the roads, he entered the villages and dragged people from their homes. He never took clothes or jewels from his victims, only fingers. To keep count of the number of victims that he had taken, he strung them on a thread and hung them on a tree. However because birds began to eat the flesh from the fingers, he started to wear them around his neck as a garland. Thus he came to be known as Angulimāla (Anguli - Finger, Mala - Garland or necklace).
Villagers petitioned the king of Kosala, who vowed to hunt down Angulimala. Fearing for her son's life, Angulimala's mother set out to find him and warn him of the king's intent. The Buddha perceived with his "divine eye" (faculty of clairvoyance) that Angulimala had slain 999 victims, and was desperately seeking a thousandth. If the Buddha encountered Angulimala that day, he would become a monk and subsequently attain Nirvana. If Angulimala encountered his mother instead, he would slay her as his thousandth victim and fall into hell for millennia as a matricide.
The Buddha set off to intercept Angulimala, despite being warned by the people of the village in which he was staying. On the road through the forest of Kosala, Angulimala first saw his mother who came to warn him of the impending arrival of the kings' army. Angulimala, after some deliberation, decided to make her his 1000th victim. But then when Buddha also arrived, he chose to kill him instead. He drew his sword, and started running towards the Buddha. But although Angulimala was running as fast as he could, he couldn't catch up with the Buddha who was walking calmly. This bewildered Angulimala so much that he called to the Buddha to stop. The Buddha said that he himself had already stopped, and that it was Angulimala who should stop. Angulimala asked for further explanation, after which the Buddha said that he had stopped harming living beings, and that Angulimala was still harming and hurting living beings. After hearing this, Angulimala changed his ways, vowed to cease his life as a brigand and joined the Buddhist order.
从开始的第一个帖子读到这边，里头的佛曲介绍无不勾起了显扬于87-89年在诗礼槟榔师范学院（已关闭）搞佛学活动的日子。那时显扬是主席，也兼教佛曲和土风舞。帖子里的佛曲正是当年我们集会时都爱唱的，尤其是这一首Climb The Path With Gladness,更是每次集会时都获得会员点唱的曲子。还有《竹林之歌》和《拈花》，当年我们还分部二重唱。学院生活给我最大的收获，就是在佛学会的日子。不知当年的台柱，可有注册成为法情的会员？如有，希望我们在法情中再续前缘。毕业之后去到宜力执教，在佛教会成立了学生团体——欢喜林，这些佛曲也因而广为流传。继续进修之后，在没有老师带动之下，欢喜林也陷入冬眠状态。不知如今欢喜林状况如何了。此刻心情，正如《歌的回响》的作者所说般：歌曲像是我的日记，在纾解压力的同时，也助我留住回忆。老黄 wrote: 今晚我们先唱一首轻松愉快的佛曲。
学佛本来就该是愉快的：
CLIMB THE PATH WITH GLADNESS
Lyrics：D Hunt
Climb the Path with gladness,
In the field of life,
Vanquishing illusion,
Ignorance and strife.
Brotherhood and service,
Shall our motto be,
And the goal before us,
Truth and liberty.
We will teach Thy Dharma,
Wheresoe’re we go
Wisdom, Love, Compassion,
In our actions show.
We must stand together
Fighting side by side,
Truth is undivided
This must be our guide.
All divisions vanish
Where the Truth is known,
This the greatest lesson
By Lord Buddha shown.
Forward marching ever
In the Dharma’s might,
Till we lead the nations
Into the endless light.