上星期六去了做義工，幫我們民主黨南區團隊的華富辦事處帶旅行，這次去昂平坐纜車。
我總覺得大佛(見下)的笑容似笑非笑、似怒非怒，不像魏晉南北朝那時的佛像顯得那麼慈悲。當然，這只是我的直覺印象，請佛教徒莫怪.....or佛陀根本沒笑?
我並沒有宗教信仰，受王國維的影響，我對佛陀和耶穌的印象一樣：他們同樣擔荷著人類一切苦難。王國維應是在評論李後主時作了這樣的論斷，後來我覺得紅樓夢裡的賈寶玉也有這樣的情懷。
最近我在看梵高書信集，書裡面的序言也這樣評價梵高。(注：梵高學畫前曾修讀神學，並在煤礦區以非一般的熱情廣傳福音。稍後我會寫一篇關於這本書的blog，先引一段他寫給弟弟的一封信如下：But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things. Love a friend, a wife, something, whatever you like, and you will be one the right way to knowing more about it, that is what I say to myself. But one must love with a lofty and serious intimate sympathy, with strength, with intelligence, and one must always try to know deeper, better and more. That leads to God, that leads to unwavering faith.
from The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh, p.124
Last Saturday, I worked as a volunteer to joined a local trip. As you can see, we went to the Ngong Ping 360 to take the famous cable car and to have vegetarian food that day.
I wondered the smile of Buddha (he's not smiling? maybe.) has not shown his mercy enough. The impression of merciful smile of Buddha come from the statue of Buddha made in traditional dynasties which were over 1000 ago.
I am neither Christian nor Buddhist. Because of the great scholar Wang Guo Wei, I believe there’s one thing in common in Jesus and Buddha; they both bear and suffer from all the pain of human being and try to relieve the pain for us. There are people have the similar heart. The last emperor Nan Tang Dynasty and Jia Bo Yu in The Dream of Red Mansion, I believe they both have such heart.
I've been reading The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh, there are critics say Van Gogh had the same heart too, I quote from a letter he wrote to his brother, so you can make your own judgment:
But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things. Love a friend, a wife, something, whatever you like, and you will be one the right way to knowing more about it, that is what I say to myself. But one must love with a lofty and serious intimate sympathy, with strength, with intelligence, and one must always try to know deeper, better and more. That leads to God, that leads to unwavering faith. (p.124)
忙了一段時間，睡眠嚴重不足，連暗瘡也嚴重了。
As you can see in you face, I dont' have enough sleep lately.
曾在一個外國旅遊節目中看到，說幾乎所有的佛像都面向東方，但這座大佛就面向北方.....北京。不知是否真的如此? 是的話我也不會覺得奇怪。
According to a western travel programme, all statue of Buddha face the East, but this one is facing the North, to Beijing. I don't know whether it is true. I won't be surprised if the answer is positive.
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