每週金句-No.113 一米一絲,皆為農作汗血;施捨助人且為陰德,浪費毫釐是為作孽。

一米一絲,皆為農作汗血;施捨助人且為陰德,浪費毫釐是為作孽。

  古云 :「一粥一飯當思來之不易,半絲半縷恆念物力維艱。」一粒米、一寸絲,皆是天地的饋贈、農作的辛勞。故君子以勤為行為準則。勤是一種自我約束,君子清欲寡念,儉以養德;勤儉是一種生活方式,君子學習聖人之飘高歌,安貧樂道;勤儉是一種齊家之法,現在之福,積自祖宗,浪費毫釐即是作孽,將來之福,留於子孫,施捨助人方可積德。

  Every bit of rice and silk comes from the sweat and blood of farmers; giving to charity to help others should be an unpublished good deed and wasting the slightest bit is a sin.